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CCT205 - Week 5 Response: Social Networking

I wouldn’t have to think too far back to remember a time where a single day would pass where I didn’t check my Facebook. However as the years have gone by I find the amount of time spent on social networks have significantly decreased. Even at the time I was hard pressed to find a reason to be on Facebook as much as I was and in retrospect it’s even more difficult. Part of the reason would definitely have to be the pseudo connectedness that Facebook evokes. This was especially significant in high school as the majority of my Facebook friends were, and still are people that I know from high school. Although you are not actively participating in these people’s lives, Facebook gave you a way to know more about the people that you see every day at school. Perhaps one of the reasons that Facebook is not as appealing is because I don’t really keep in contact with the majority of the people I knew in high school and in all honestly, I don’t really care how cute your new puppy or how trashed you got lost night.

Another reason that I’m not on Facebook nearly as much as I used to be is because of my Smartphone. Even though I don’t check my Facebook everyday on my phone I know that if I have a new notification or friend request I will be alerted so regardless I’m still plugged in to the matrix at all times.

While I’m no longer on Facebook as much, I have recently taken to Twitter a lot more. I had originally joined Twitter a few years ago and at the time I liked the idea of being able to follow the personal lives of my favourite celebrities. Eventually that novelty had worn off as not many of my friends had Twitter so I neglected it. I also felt that Twitter demanded a degree of self-importance that I didn’t have nor want. Though I am on Twitter more often my interest in social networking is dissipating and I can’t help but feel that I will soon be using social networkse for the purposes of networking on a professional level.