I'm so Totally, Digitally Close to You.

I found it very interesting to read this article. I think it is awesome that a college student invented Facebook.

It is weird to learn about Facebook not having features such as news feed and privacy. Those are just some of the things I have taken for granted.

Learning about Loopt was kind of scary. (It lets your friends know wherever you are.) I think it is important to still have some privacy in every day life. I do not like to broadcast my business all over the Internet. I do not think everyone cares about what I am doing every minute of the day...

But, I will admit I do check out my News Feed to see what others are doing. I think this is something that most Facebookers do. When something comes up that interests you, why not check out what the other person is doing? After all, they did put it online...

I found the section about Seery to be a little strange. I do not think I would start following someone on Twitter if I did not personally know them and if they were not a celebrity. I think it is a little strange to just start following someone out of the blue.

I do agree with the article when it discussed most of the relationships or "friendships" on Facebook are just loose ties held together by technology. Many of my "friends" are from high school and are old acquaintances. Only a select few are people who I would consider myself to be very close with.

I also think that Facebook is something that can be used to hurt others. The article briefly talked about this, but I feel it was very important to bring up. As a future educator, I feel it is important for teachers to know what is capable of being said, tagged, and published on Facebook. There is a lot going on in high school and most of it can be found online. In my opinion, Facebook can be compared to a talking yearbook.