Zak, I think it’s interesting how you describe facebook as a “gigantic cell phone text message service,” but also emphasize its ability to be used as a “stalking tool.” While I certainly agree that it’s asynchronous in the context of communication between users, maybe the stalking aspect would qualify as something different. Facebook profiles are essentially semi-public personal websites; browsing through them and looking at people’s pictures, hobbies, etc is in some ways like viewing strangers’ web pages and photo albums. It would also seem as though profiles are created with the expectation that strangers will view them, which relates to facebook’s underlying purpose of being a social networking site and not solely a means of communication between existing friends. I would thus say that profiles are part of the online space of the World Wide Web, which Wallace explains is like an online yellow pages and self-publisher among other things.
Hey! I think facebook is good for someone like us. Clearly...if I'm not mistaken...you're not too fond of the whole blogging thing. Neither am I. Facebook is pretty much the only thing I do on the internet. This was my first blog, and I have to say, it was not quite up to par with what I can do. I promise you'll be seeing an improvement. I'm not sure about you, but as for me, its not that I dont like the computer or the internet, its just that I would rather be doing other things. One example is hanging out with my friends, and I guess facebook is just another method of doing so. As for the Chicago accent, I apparantly place a lot of emphasis on my "a"s. For example, when i say apple, i say aaapple. I guess its annoying, but I don't notice it, so it doesn't bother me. Hope this helps!
I really like your post on facebook! I spend countless amounts of hours "facebook-ing", looking at my friends' recently updated profiles and sending free gifts. It’s truly addictive!
This is the way I look at it: facebook was invented by a kid like us, who just like us wanted to find a way to link all of us college students together (...and now high school students as well). Facebook is a product of our generation's need to network and stay socially active and we're the sole responsible for keeping it alive and growing. Overall, facebook does what we want it to do...so lets not call it a "stalking tool" or complain about the addictive power this site has because...if none of us really wanted others to know what's going on in our lives, we wouldn't post relationships on facebook, upload pictures, add applications and joining groups.
This is a perfect example of an asynchronous space. There is no immediate communication but members are allowed to post on each other's profiles and comment on pictures at any time.
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Zak, I think it’s interesting how you describe facebook as a “gigantic cell phone text message service,” but also emphasize its ability to be used as a “stalking tool.” While I certainly agree that it’s asynchronous in the context of communication between users, maybe the stalking aspect would qualify as something different. Facebook profiles are essentially semi-public personal websites; browsing through them and looking at people’s pictures, hobbies, etc is in some ways like viewing strangers’ web pages and photo albums. It would also seem as though profiles are created with the expectation that strangers will view them, which relates to facebook’s underlying purpose of being a social networking site and not solely a means of communication between existing friends. I would thus say that profiles are part of the online space of the World Wide Web, which Wallace explains is like an online yellow pages and self-publisher among other things.
Hey! I think facebook is good for someone like us. Clearly...if I'm not mistaken...you're not too fond of the whole blogging thing. Neither am I. Facebook is pretty much the only thing I do on the internet. This was my first blog, and I have to say, it was not quite up to par with what I can do. I promise you'll be seeing an improvement. I'm not sure about you, but as for me, its not that I dont like the computer or the internet, its just that I would rather be doing other things. One example is hanging out with my friends, and I guess facebook is just another method of doing so. As for the Chicago accent, I apparantly place a lot of emphasis on my "a"s. For example, when i say apple, i say aaapple. I guess its annoying, but I don't notice it, so it doesn't bother me. Hope this helps!
Hey Zak,
I really like your post on facebook! I spend countless amounts of hours "facebook-ing", looking at my friends' recently updated profiles and sending free gifts. It’s truly addictive!
This is the way I look at it: facebook was invented by a kid like us, who just like us wanted to find a way to link all of us college students together (...and now high school students as well). Facebook is a product of our generation's need to network and stay socially active and we're the sole responsible for keeping it alive and growing. Overall, facebook does what we want it to do...so lets not call it a "stalking tool" or complain about the addictive power this site has because...if none of us really wanted others to know what's going on in our lives, we wouldn't post relationships on facebook, upload pictures, add applications and joining groups.
This is a perfect example of an asynchronous space. There is no immediate communication but members are allowed to post on each other's profiles and comment on pictures at any time.
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