Here I am. I am not on facebook as I write this. Though my friends would be shocked. I am on my blogspot. I import it to facebook to share it with my friend who would otherwise not read it.
I have heard lots of debating about facebook and the evils and the benefits. I believe that there are plenty of both. It can be addictive if you get started on those games. I was a word games nut for a couple of months. I quit. Cold turkey. Now, I'm a social gamer. ;) Maybe two games every two months. And strangely, when I got out of the competition of it, it was less exciting to go back and play. Then, I joined the Mafia Wars to help my one son kill the other one. They are mobsters, you know. But, I found no joy in that. Thought it was dumb. Then I started a farm so that my farming friends would talk to me when they were sending me stuff, since they were too busy farming to chat. Alas, I sucked at fake farming. So, now I do what I got on facebook to do. I interact.
I enjoy being able to pray for people, talk to people, see what they are doing. Not stalking, just enjoying their quips, fears, hopes, journeys.
I think that I probably enjoy it so much because I tend to be a social introvert. I don't like being all alone all of the time, but I don't like large crowds and chit chat either. Facebook is a way for me to get to know people better within a structure that fits my personality. Some of my friends are mostly "friends in a box." We uplift and encourage one another via facebook. We see one another at other times, but don't necessarily plan those times. But on facebook, we can sit and have a heart to heart.
My energy level probably contributes to my enjoyment of facebook. I can get to interact without as much physical outlay of energy. It means that I can enjoy more people. I like that.
Honestly, I really like my facebook. I don't abuse it. I'm not looking to have a thousand friends. I don't befriend strangers. I don't stalk my kids.......unless Isaac is supposed to be in bed, then I message him. ;)
But there are dangers. No strangers as friends. Not in mafia, not in mousehunt. I believe it's dangerous. Don't let strangers know where you live, how many kids you have and what you had for breakfast. If you have to have those friends to play the game, start a bogus facebook without any info on it at all. No pics. No personal info. Just the game.
Some people say that facebook can cause infidelity. People are meeting old lovers or something. Well, I guess it could be true. I have met up with a few old friends from high school. Haven't wanted to date them. Let alone have an affair. Infidelity probably is caused by something deeper than signing up for facebook. At least, that's my take.
I love getting glimpses of the lives of my friends and family around the world......literally. It keeps me alert to what is happening in their lives. You can lament the fact that you are not getting as much snail mail. I do. Desperately. I can probably count on one hand the hand addressed to me items I get in a year. I love real mail. But the fact of life is that my kids and this next generation communicate differently. I want to be a part of the communication, so I step up and join in. Kind of like my grandparents getting a phone. They didn't grow up with them. They didn't understand my spending hours on it. But they got one. They used it to talk to their kids around the world.
The world is always changing. We don't have to be afraid of it. We just need to be wise in how we use it.
Enjoy responsibly.
blessings,
rhonda
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