About a year ago I was introduced to this phenomena sweeping the nation called "Facebook."
In using it I had the opportunity to reconnect with old friends from years past. Not only did I reconnect with old High School friends I have been able to reconnect with childhood friends - from my gradeschool years.
I will admit that in doing all this reconnecting I sort of reverted back to some juvinile tendicies. Tendicies I haven't had since I was a juvinile. It must be because seeing friends from when I was a kid sort of brings the old kid in me back out.
Sometimes I will say something on there that is just totally out of character for me. It may not have been out of character for me 20 years ago - but now it certainly is. It makes me wonder (and worry) what my friends who never knew me in adolesence think.
What is even scarier about Facebook is that isn't anonymous. I have the privledge of having some annonymity here - but there its all an open page. But it just isn't me.
I have come to the conclusion that facebook is a cesspool of vanity; and at least when dealing with old friends from years gone by, it is superficial at best.
Regardless of this enlightend realization I find that I am quite addicted to facebook - and I know it is because deep down I am vane myself.
I have taken a few steps to help me in my facebook experience in regards to vanity and hopefully make my time there more productive and useful:
1) Post more pictures of me from the current time. This with the realization that I don't look like quite as good as I did 20, 10, or even 5 years ago!
2) Try to cultivate real friendships and not superficial ones
3) Talk about Jesus, Christianity, and Calvinism all the time - and see how many people start ignoring me.
4) Accept no friendship requests from old girlfriends or girls I had a romantic interest in when I was a kid.
5) Accept no friendship requests from ex-wives or husbands of current friends.
So far doing good with #'s 4 and 5 and not so good with 1-3. I know the best thing to do would probably be to cancel my account. We shall see....
In using it I had the opportunity to reconnect with old friends from years past. Not only did I reconnect with old High School friends I have been able to reconnect with childhood friends - from my gradeschool years.
I will admit that in doing all this reconnecting I sort of reverted back to some juvinile tendicies. Tendicies I haven't had since I was a juvinile. It must be because seeing friends from when I was a kid sort of brings the old kid in me back out.
Sometimes I will say something on there that is just totally out of character for me. It may not have been out of character for me 20 years ago - but now it certainly is. It makes me wonder (and worry) what my friends who never knew me in adolesence think.
What is even scarier about Facebook is that isn't anonymous. I have the privledge of having some annonymity here - but there its all an open page. But it just isn't me.
I have come to the conclusion that facebook is a cesspool of vanity; and at least when dealing with old friends from years gone by, it is superficial at best.
Regardless of this enlightend realization I find that I am quite addicted to facebook - and I know it is because deep down I am vane myself.
I have taken a few steps to help me in my facebook experience in regards to vanity and hopefully make my time there more productive and useful:
1) Post more pictures of me from the current time. This with the realization that I don't look like quite as good as I did 20, 10, or even 5 years ago!
2) Try to cultivate real friendships and not superficial ones
3) Talk about Jesus, Christianity, and Calvinism all the time - and see how many people start ignoring me.
4) Accept no friendship requests from old girlfriends or girls I had a romantic interest in when I was a kid.
5) Accept no friendship requests from ex-wives or husbands of current friends.
So far doing good with #'s 4 and 5 and not so good with 1-3. I know the best thing to do would probably be to cancel my account. We shall see....