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In quick summary, the article explores the resulting social behaviour displayed by the enthusiastic young users of the social networking sites. The author mentions the scientific studies which point to an increasing narcissism and exhibitionism coupled with lowered emotional intelligence and self-esteem, when researching the impact of all manner of MySpace and Facebook-like sites on children and young adults.
In addition there is a lament that the possibility of snap judgements will lessen the opportunities of getting to know people one meets socially, just because we may not like the interests and quotes listed on their Facebook page.
I must be honest; I am puzzled at such adverse reaction to social sites in general. Granted, Facebook is not something that is there to promote actual social activity, but it can be useful when used to keep in touch with people one does not see often or who fall outside my social circle. Admittedly, I am an educated 'mature' user, and by that I do not mean old. Just someone who understands the importance of being able to restrict meaningless babble and the mini-app onslaught directed at me, but also knowing that true social connections, including the ones made online are not made via a few lines on a Facebook messaging system.
Another thing, the so-called social zombeism is not restricted to those who have yet to finish puberty. Many people, including those, in their 2o/30/40/50s are costing their companies productivity hours by spending most of their time on the new phenomenon - Facebook. Perhaps social education is not only needed for teens and kids.
This is my favourite quote from this article, which I find exceptionally beautiful. Even though it refers to the MySpace site, I think its application can extend far further. The quote belongs to the author, Christine Rosen
"Indeed, this is one of the characteristics of MySpace most striking to anyone who spends a few hours trolling its millions of pages: it is an overwhelmingly dull sea of monotonous uniqueness, of conventional individuality, of distinctive sameness."
Oct. 30th, 2007
Browsing around digg.com I stumbled across this particular article. It talks about Facebook and social networking websites in general. In view of the recent 'Facebook hating' mentioned in many of the posts lately, I thought I may offer my humble opinion in addition to the article's summary.
Browsing through the world
Oct. 30th, 2007 05:23 pmI think I mentioned many a time before how much I am amused by Digg.com articles. Anything from silly to stupid to downright bizarre interpersed with something intersting and worth knowing.
This article, about how sex is not allowed on Singapore Airlines in the new double bed private suites definitely fals under the more bizarre news. The short summary went along something like this: Even though Singapore Airlines has equipped its new A380 jets with private double bed suites, company officials are saying you'd better not do the bouncy bouncy in there or you'll meet with their stern disapproval. What are they going to do? Throw you off the plane?
Another article is of a more serious nature. It reviews a book, "Shyness:How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness" that addresses the issue of shyness and how over time it became viewed as a mental disease allowing the pill-happy pharmaceutical companies to hawk their often not well-performing drugs onto the duped market. The author, Professor Christopher Lane who was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to study psychopharmacology and ethics talks about the psychiatry is using drugs with poor track records to treat growing numbers of normal human emotions and o course, the pharmaceutical industry's willingness to exploit this constantly expanding market of treating human emotions. The review is concise is and comprehensive and fortunately, in my opinion at least, escapes the pitfalls of too much scientific high-browed words when reviewing a scientific book.
This article, about how sex is not allowed on Singapore Airlines in the new double bed private suites definitely fals under the more bizarre news. The short summary went along something like this: Even though Singapore Airlines has equipped its new A380 jets with private double bed suites, company officials are saying you'd better not do the bouncy bouncy in there or you'll meet with their stern disapproval. What are they going to do? Throw you off the plane?
Another article is of a more serious nature. It reviews a book, "Shyness:How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness" that addresses the issue of shyness and how over time it became viewed as a mental disease allowing the pill-happy pharmaceutical companies to hawk their often not well-performing drugs onto the duped market. The author, Professor Christopher Lane who was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to study psychopharmacology and ethics talks about the psychiatry is using drugs with poor track records to treat growing numbers of normal human emotions and o course, the pharmaceutical industry's willingness to exploit this constantly expanding market of treating human emotions. The review is concise is and comprehensive and fortunately, in my opinion at least, escapes the pitfalls of too much scientific high-browed words when reviewing a scientific book.
