The Good, the Bad, and the Facebook

The Good, the Bad, and the Facebook

               As a child, I remember having to call my friends on my house phone to their house phone, ask to talk to them if their parents answered, and then I was able to talk to them! They might have not even been home and I would have wasted all that time just to be told they weren't there.

               In this day and age, kids have the best resources possible for attaining information on where their friends are, who they are with, and what they are doing, all the time! With leading social media sites, Facebook and Twitter, It's easier for the average person and child to get the whereabouts and happenings of everyone, but is this slowly becoming a trend that will be too much for us to handle? With the world and people inside of it progressing more and more quickly and efficiently, is this soon  becoming a race where we can't win? Will it progress too fast and too overwhelming that we won't be able to control it?

               The more and more things that happen in this world, like Egypt protesting and eventually overthrowing the government, to a girl in school getting tormented by the popular girls, both happen by Facebook. Groups can be created to help benefit, or tear down an individual. I remember making groups on Facebook, I made one to create a local Capture the Flag team in my hometown, I also made a few to bump up my online gaming community, and outreach events for my church. Those would be examples of good uses of this technology.

               In the past, I've been a part of some Facebook groups, and started one that I am not really proud of. One was called "Mr. Anderson, the man, the myth, the legend". It was funny, and people would recollect on what Mr. Anderson (Our Civics teacher in High-School who's been teaching for 60 years) taught them, and the life lessons he has instructed on everyone. I've also created a group that called out one of my friends for pretty much being a guy who sits around all day, eats hot pockets, and plays video games. The only reason I did this was because he was my best friend, but he also was the guy my girlfriend cheated on me with. I was incredibly upset with him and her, so I decided to make it a big public thing, to sort of "Get back" at them with.

               Is all of this, a technology that will soon consume us and take us over? Will this eventually become too advanced for us, and cause more problems than benefits? It seems like everyone and their grandparents have Facebook's, is this safe for everyone anymore?