What up people? Sorry I’m so late with the new blog, but
isn’t that expected from me? I wrote
this blog because of some of the thoughts I had about some of the people I have
become connected with on via the Internet.
Let’s start this blog of with a definition:
Social networking – The Use of a
dedicated Web Site to communicate informally with other members of the site, by
posting messages, photographs, etc.
One thing
that I’m starting to realize about myself (and possibly others) is the whole
concept of social networking. See, a
social network’s true intent it to help people communicate, or
“socialize”. These people can be friends
that you have lost contact with and want to rekindle your friendship, family
members, or possibly make new friends. When attempting to make new friends, however,
you have to understand that just because a network says that you and someone
have become “friends”, the reality is that you are just linked within this
network (“Facebook friends” for instance).
Some people
might be thinking “DUH” right now, but there are many people that get things
misinterpreted within the network. Also,
there are others that seek more than what the social network generally has to
offer. Some people, for whatever
psychological reason of the individual, are in search of acceptance amongst
peers. These people tend to hide their
true identity from those in the virtual world because they don’t feel accepted
by others around them in their own environment.
They might not have any intentions to communicate with people at all;
they just want their number of “friends” to increase for the sake of
popularity. Some of these people are
never fulfilled, but rather content with their large amount of contacts.
There are
others that become “friends” with people on these social networks and believe
that since they share the title “friend” on the world of the Internet, they are
actually friends with them outside of that world as well. A lot of these people are left disappointed
when they discover that their “friendship” only lasts as long as both people
are engaged in the social network simultaneously. When one or both leave, the “friendship”
isn’t recognized. While one person might
actually acknowledge that the relationship only exist through the internet, the
other might of not understood that and have higher expectations outside of the
internet then their network friend.
With that
being said, social networks CAN actually be the start of a beautiful friendship or even a love interest between two people, but people can have to take these networks and the people
in them for what they actually are. If
you are on these networks trying to fill an empty void within yourself, then
you should be careful. Instead, you may
want to go get some psychological help to get to the root of your own
issue. That doesn’t mean you have to
abandon yourself from these networks.
Use these networks as they are intended, and just don’t get ahead of
yourself.
God bless
you all… and follow me on Twitter @WriteJus
;-) haha…
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