MySpace, facebook and twitter, Oh my!
Everyone keeps asking if I have a MySpace, or facebook or twitter page. And my resounding answer has been “No”. Honestly, I have enough trouble maintaining relationships with “real” friends, so I don’t know how I would deal with a host of new “cyber” friends.
Having one of these pages might keep me more in touch with the people I already know, or maybe I’d reconnect with some old friends I’ve lost touch with. But honestly I am not a budding pop star (anymore), so I don’t need a MySpace page to share my music and tour schedule. And do I really need to know what my friends are doing right now? Will I be unable to survive if I don’t know that someone is drinking coffee or reading the lasted book on the New York Times best seller list? No!
I also think sites like these have age limits. I hated high school, so why would I want to subject myself to that kind of mentality in my 30s? I have one co-worker who is obsessed with amassing new facebook friends – as if having a large number means you are special, popular and well liked.
Another friend, who is n his 40s, just signed up to facebook. He has a young daughter, she is 12, and I said to him “Isn’t it odd that in a few years she’ll be one of your facebook friends.” “And she’ll know all about your lascivious activities.”
As for myself, I prefer this semi-anonymous blog, which only a few people in my life even know about, or bother to read.
Having one of these pages might keep me more in touch with the people I already know, or maybe I’d reconnect with some old friends I’ve lost touch with. But honestly I am not a budding pop star (anymore), so I don’t need a MySpace page to share my music and tour schedule. And do I really need to know what my friends are doing right now? Will I be unable to survive if I don’t know that someone is drinking coffee or reading the lasted book on the New York Times best seller list? No!
I also think sites like these have age limits. I hated high school, so why would I want to subject myself to that kind of mentality in my 30s? I have one co-worker who is obsessed with amassing new facebook friends – as if having a large number means you are special, popular and well liked.
Another friend, who is n his 40s, just signed up to facebook. He has a young daughter, she is 12, and I said to him “Isn’t it odd that in a few years she’ll be one of your facebook friends.” “And she’ll know all about your lascivious activities.”
As for myself, I prefer this semi-anonymous blog, which only a few people in my life even know about, or bother to read.
posted by Pablo Perez at 3:36 PM
1 Comments:
Funny, I have a Facebook and a MySpace page... and now that iPhone has a Facebook app, I find myself updating what I'm doing at any given moment all the time.
And yes, I turn 40 next year. Ugh.
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