I can admit that I am a
FaceBook stalker. I post small tidbits
and the like but I enjoy reading about how my friends are doing way more than
posting. The reason I am on FaceBook at
all is because of the promotion. Let’s
face it – FaceBook is a wonderful platform for getting your work recognized. Being an author makes it a necessity for me
to be on FaceBook. At least that is what
I tell myself. Yeah, right.
And then there’s the
nonsense and what I will refer to as FaceBook Drama. I find it amazing the things people put out
there for the world to see. Talk about
having no secrets. There are many people
that have absolutely no filter at all. Between
knowing what they are having for dinner to knowing where they are going for
vacation. That is some scary stuff when
you really stop to think about it.
So we have been sucked
into social media. From FaceBook to
Twitter to Instagram we are ‘Live’. Sure
it is great to connect with old friends just as it is nice to see pictures of
family far and wide. Between taking ‘selfies’
to posting video in Real Time we are a generation living in the Now. We have to have it right now. Tomorrow is no longer good enough. Waiting for anything is unheard of. So, how did we get to this place where our
demands need to be met this very moment?
Do you really want to know
what I’m thinking right now, or what I am doing right now for that matter –
probably not. And that’s okay because
believe me – the feeling is mutual. With
friends like mine who needs ‘frenemies’.
While I’ll be the first to
admit that it is easy to get sucked into everything FaceBook there needs to be
a way to do a FaceBook Detox and live to tell about it. Let me give it some thought and I’ll be sure
to post my findings.
