Whither the Individual

Samantha Seigerman





Face book has become a new technology that has become almost a part of us. Some of us can’t even go one full day without logging onto our Face book account. As we join these different social networking sites we expand our identities. By creating our facebook friends we allow ourselves to create a profile and an image for others to view. We also expand our horizons by finding new and old friends. Social networking allows us to connect with others via the internet whether its with old friends or new ones.
I personally have found people from my kindergarten class that I never thought I would keep in touch with or even see again. It is nice to have a site that allows you socially to connect with others via the internet. Facebook also offers features like having your own photo album which to some can be an invasion of privacy.
Myspace and facebook a two very different social networking sites in the sense that facebook is more realistic in the way that facebook allows you to put more personal information like what college you go to and can set people up with different networks. Whether it’s a network of your college or your highschool you can join these networks regardless of what race, ethnicity or type of person you are.
There is however the issue with privacy and the loss of personal space. Facebook while it can be private if the user desires to do so, it is on the interent and can be viewable to whoever has access on the net. Sometimes we can get a little to comfortable with what we put on our Facebook like pictures or what we say to other people. This can be somewhat of an invasion of privacy to others being that people have accesses to all your information and photos. This can include different things whether it’s your mom being nosy or your boss looking to see if you’re a serious enough person by judging your photos. We put so much information ourselves on our face book that although our privacy is invaded we allow it to be that way.