Do we HAVE to make it Facebook official?

We had an interesting topic in my new communication tech. class. The use of Facebook to expose every single detail and activity of each one’s life has become quite disturbing to others.

Facebook was created for social purposes (well maybe some would argue that it was mainly for dating purposes of geeky college kids who couldn’t find a date on Friday night). So why then this tech savvy generation would complain about Facebook being stupid.

The younger generation’s argument is that now everything has to be Facebook official. They say that this is not acceptable in this human society.

What kind of impact does Facebook have on personal relationships? Does this depend on what age range you are in?

Jose Rose is a digital creative director of the ad agency Deutsch LA. He wrote an article about his own personal experience with relationships and Facebook.  Here is a touching except from his article:

The amount of calming satisfaction it gives me to be able to communicate with him through technology is undeniably palpable and human. It’s the other side of the “I don’t care what you ate for breakfast this morning” argument against the mundane broadcasting of social media. In this case, I absolutely care about this. I’d listen to him describe a piece of bacon, and hang on every word. Is it better than a conversation with “real words?” No. But is it better than waiting two more days, when the mundane moment that I long to hear about so much is gone? Yes

He says that it is confusing to most people about if social media is making people closer or getting people to be father away from each other. But in the end social media is a just a tool that was created by one of us to be able to have easier and better communication.

This is going to be my research topic for a class. Await more details… J