Every month or so, I will deactivate my Facebook for a while just for a break, etc. Now I'm contemplating completely deleting it. Big step for an 18 year old girl who's generation has been known to spend around 5 hours a day on it (and that's the minimum)! But I've realised how useless it is and how it's such a vehicle for bad situations. People say things on the internet that they would never say in real life and it's sort of scary. Also, it's easy to get in from a night out when you're a little bit (or very) drunk, and see your laptop on your bed and go straight on Facebook, writing wall posts/inbox's is never a good idea when you're intoxicated! I'm not a pro with all this new technology, I can barely work an iPod/iPhone, touchscreens are definitely NOT my forte and my BlackBerry is about as 'gadgety' as it gets for me.
My plan is to leave Facebook for a few days, see how I get on with out it and then delete it. I'll make a new one before I go to university. It's even annoying me how worked up I'm getting over a simple social networking site but you see, that's the problem! Social networking sites have now become part of most teenagers lives. It's rare that you'll find a child/teenager/young adult who doesn't have a Facebook account and who doesn't use it for ridiculously long lengths of time a day. It's ruining all communication. I love writing letters and making phone calls, but Facebook has made it easy to avoid real socialising and instead, discuss everything, and ANYONE, over the internet. It's easy to say things that you'd be usually cautious of talking about when you're not face to face with somebody, it's easy to hurt somebody's feelings and feel no guilt when you can't actually see their face or hear their voice. The events creator on Facebook is another thing that really gets on my nerves. Long gone are the days when you'd search the shops for fun and pretty invitations, picking out all your closest friends for invites to make your birthday party or general event full of all the people you genuinely love and not just everybody on your so called friends list. I get slightly offended when I'm invited to a party on Facebook and I see people are invited who the host has never even spoken to. I'd much prefer a hand written invitation or even a text, anything other than a collective internet invitation with no meaning.
I also hate the photo's on Facebook. If I don't have it and a bad photo of me gets put up; it won't matter. Nobody can tag me and nobody will poke fun out of me when I'm not even on Facebook (probably because they'll forget I exist). In fact, I doubt that anybody would even upload a photo of somebody who they can't tag or take the mick out of which can only be a good thing. I think I want to be more private, that's the whole problem. I don't want my life broadcasted over the internet and with Facebook, it's so tempting and easy to do so. I also don't want to read about other peoples lives, whether it's their dogs birthday, how many people were in the que at Tesco, how badly their roots need doing, etc; I REALLY DON'T CARE! Letting your friends know how you're doing and what you're up to is one thing but telling a load of strangers about how many boys you 'pulled' at the club last night or how your boyfriend has cheated on you with an unattractive female is drastic, there's no need. Bring the back the days of normality, when socialising with friends actually meant seeing them in person and having a good time, not sitting on the laptop bitching about the same person everyday and organising events that will probably never come to anything and if they do, will be full of idiots who are only there for the free alcohol and a chance to leave the house...but they'll probably still check Facebook on their smartphone while they're at it!
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