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Analysing Facebook

by Guest6793 | 12 years, 8 month(s) ago

The more time people spend with technology, he says, the more comfortable they feel. And when one's friends and family are all doing it, too, that only adds to the feeling.

People aren't trusting Facebook, they're trusting the other people who use Facebook. When I see people around me using it, it gives it legitimacy and signals this is a community I can trust.

And the thing people quickly learn about Facebook is that if you're going to do it all, you've got to dive in with both feet. You've got to reveal yourself, or people won't be able to find you. You've got to reveal more, or you'll lose people's attention. Your friend count becomes social currency.

People who watch a lot of reality shows, its been found, spend more time on Facebook, have more network friends, are more "promiscuous" in friending and more prolific in sharing photos of themselves.

Average people are being cast on these shows and they're quasi-celebrities. They're giving interviews and confessionals, sharing who in North America they've slept with and who they hate.

On Facebook, people can very easily enact that behavior. To be seen is to exist.

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Maravarman

yes but it's not as if were saying this on a street corner to the faceless public! I feel like I'm in the warm embrace of the community..
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Merlyn

As Facebook and other social media sites gain even more acceptance, questions of "how much is too much" will only multiply. You either close yourself up or you open yourself up - but to the whole world. That is the problem and that is hard to get your mind wrapped around. I don't blame people for being torn and acting in inconsistent ways.

Still social media will keep driving people to greater degrees of intimacy. And eventually it will trump the modern isolation that's grown from suburban living and scattered families, where individuals generally keep to themselves.

Facebook's world is more like village life - where everyone can see what everyone else is up to. That's Facebook's village with 1.5 million inhabitants!!

Which is where the denial comes in handy. When all those people post updates about their relationship, they're not thinking about the reality of how many people might see it; they're thinking they're letting a few good friends in on some news.
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