Monday, May 31, 2010

Status updates

What’s on your mind? Is the question everyone with a facebook is presented with when they logon. It’s nice of it to ask, and I am sure that for some people it’s the one time they are asked that question. What you have to remember is however interested it may seem about what you’re thinking about, the truth is. It does not really care, along with most of the people that are on your friends list.
Keeping people informed about the events in your life makes them feel more connected to you, and should be encouraged. But there are things that should be kept to yourself, and not plastered on your facebook for everyone to see. “Got the results of my AIDS test today, positive is good right?” 
It was much better back in the days when the things people thought about, stayed that way. But now there is no shortage of public forums in which to allow these whack job to express themselves. It used to be if you wanted to express yourself you would go and flash in the park, and a jogger would have their day wrecked. Now the same thing is done on the internet and people say it’s a metaphor for global warming and the GFC.
So no matter how tempting it is to answer the question “What’s on your mind” just remember, something’s are better kept to yourself.

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