Social Life-Web Style
About 10 years ago, going to the local bars or catching a movie was considered hanging with your friends. Today, exchanging text messages via facebook or twitter, could be considered spending time with people. The social world has flipped upsidown. People date via facebook and myspace accounts and see eachother through photo updates and blog posts.
They also break-up via these social sites. There was a news story last year about a girl who broke-up with her boyfriend at a concert by changing her status on facebook to “single” from “in a relationship.”
People don’t even have the courtesy to talk to someone when they are right in front of them—although, I’d have to admit, that was kinda clever. Sounds like something I would do.
Social networking Web sites have created suspicions of cheating in a relationship. I admit that I check my boyfriends’ comments on myspace and facebook regularly—well not so much now than in the beginning. I even hacked into the email accounts to check those— I know I’m bad for doing it, but these sites create serious paranoia.
I’m not the only one though, I’ve heard of other women checking and visa versa. The internet, moreover, social sites, have created a whole new realm to cheat. It’s more secure than a phone, but less secure with openess to post comments viewable to anyone.
Social sites have also enabled me to connect with old friends from high school. I added at least five new “friends” to my list from school. It is great to get in contact with these people. Social sites have forever changed the way we communicate for the better and worse.
