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Is Networking Really That Social? (May/June 2011)
You may have heard of a little thing called Facebook that's been sweeping the nation. Twitter, Tumblr, KokoParty...there are a whole slew of sites today whose main purpose is to bring people together and allow them to share ideas (or really flattering pictures of themselves). Do you think social networking sites are a positive tool, bringing people from all over together and letting friendships blossom? Or do you avoid them like the plague, preferring face-to-face conversation over the World Wide Web?
We'll share your answers with Mimi, once we can drag her away from Nosebook.
Ok, so this is a philisophical discussion... I guess social networking can be good and bad.
Wasn't Mimi blocked from Nosebook?
(May 7, 2011 - 10:15 am)
No, she just stopped because I told her the truth, her best friend on nosebook is really Kokopelli
(June 2, 2011 - 7:30 am)
But Kokopelli doesn't have a nose!
(October 2, 2011 - 5:19 pm)
the only uses i can think of for social networking are coordineating proetsts and overthrowing middle eastern dictaiters
(May 7, 2011 - 2:47 pm)
Or, you know, saying hi to your friends after you move...
I use facebook a lot, mostly because I've moved a couple times and I can say hi to all my buddies. It's a lot easier if you're both on Facebook or Twitter(which I don't use - I am incapable of writing short comments) than having to go all the way through your email to tell them something. I like using the phone, too, but I don't always know their number and they're not always home, and not everyone checks their voicemail regularly. If you send them a message on Facebook, you know they'll get it the next time they log in.
There are bad things too - if you put something on your wall for example, EVERYONE you friend can see it, and once they've read it you can't take it back, so you have to be careful. And you have to make sure you set up the security settings correctly, because there are some creepy stalker types out there. If you are careful and nice to people, though, social networking is pretty awesome.
(May 8, 2011 - 9:24 am)
It is kind of creepy isnt it that people go around recording everything about themselves and what thier doing with no thought of who might see it...
(May 8, 2011 - 2:27 pm)
I want to be on nosebook!
(May 9, 2011 - 11:02 am)
I Think Facebook and other social networks are taking up to much of the average persons attention span nowadays.Sure,they help buisnusses and all, but personally,when we want to communicate online, people should stick to e-mail.
(May 10, 2011 - 8:20 pm)
i would mostly want to keep in touch with my friends, beacause several have moved away and more are in the process...
(May 11, 2011 - 10:26 am)
I personally think social networking is OK in moderation, like if you've moved a bunch of times, but people are relying on it too heavily. Communications over the Internet are overruling face-to-face communications.
I don't have a Facebook or Twitter account, but I use email and I communicate to other Musers through this and MuseBlog. I just have to be careful. Internet is kind of addicting, and if I'm not careful it takes over my life. That's what I think has happened to a lot of people.
When it asks you "what are you doing right now", really the answer is always, "I am sitting here at my computer/iPod/smartphone, posting updates."
(Wow, I haven't been on here for forever.)
(May 12, 2011 - 2:35 pm)
I totally agree, the internet is okay every once in awhile but not all the time.
(May 26, 2011 - 7:44 pm)
I don't think social networking sites are all that cool. Isn't there like a maximum amount of characters you can use? I prefer face to face conversations. You don't have a word limit.
(May 14, 2011 - 5:37 pm)
hey erin, nice thoght
(June 8, 2011 - 8:08 am)
yah that is a good point, erin.
(June 30, 2011 - 8:06 am)
i think there is only a word limit on twitter
(May 15, 2011 - 5:36 pm)
I'm only 11, so I don't use any social networks, and I have no reason to. I normally email or talk in person, because most of my friends keep up with email. I think there's no reason to use Facebook until you're an adult, because it's meant to reconnect old friends, and most kids have no old friends unless they move a lot.
(May 17, 2011 - 4:20 pm)
I think that FaceBook and such sites are good for friendships. In the last one did you see the lines connected by facebook friends?
(May 17, 2011 - 7:36 pm)
I think that they are okay, sometimes. I do prefer face-to-face conversion, but social networking sites are useful sometimes.
(May 19, 2011 - 7:49 pm)
i do NOT have an account on any of these "social" sites, and proud of it! I prefer reading,studies,& playing outdoors. try that instead of playing on the computer!
(May 20, 2011 - 7:15 pm)
Well, you are using a account on this page so........
(January 29, 2012 - 3:49 pm)
I think that scocial networks can be good, but also bad. I don't think we should get to a point where we are on all the time or where we think it's better to facebook our friends than talk to them, but when we can't see our friends, talking online is a great way to stay in touch. For incetense, I have some relitives who live not-far from me who I see every few weeks and others who live on the opposite side of the country and I see every few years. Now that I am regularly skyping my far-away cousins, however, I am starting to get to know them better than the ones who live close to me.
(May 25, 2011 - 9:48 am)
I agree about only having Facebook for talking to far away friends. It seems so stupid to waste time on the internet when they live just down the road (I live in a very small town) whereas friends who live on the other side of the WORLD!! You see, I go to a International School and all my friends always move away and I never get to see them. So Facebook is good in that sense. And I've only just got Facebook because one of my best friends is moving away to Europe and I'm really going to miss her! However, one of my other friends who is completely against Facebook keeps saying "GET SKYPE!! IT'S WAY BETTER!!" While she's right in that it's safer, I'd rather have an account that my parents both have - as neither have Skype. Plus, Facebook is only dangerous when you're an idiot and post exacty where you live, your exact age, and check your Facebook in a foriegn country (trust me, it's happened to nearly all my friends - they go on their Facebook while on holiday somewhere other than the town we live and they get home and they've been hacked!)
(May 30, 2011 - 2:47 pm)
Skype IS pretty cool, because if you friend someone and you both have webcams, you can video chat. It's basically really fancy IMing. And don't get me wrong, I like face-to-face stuff better, but most of my friends live in a different state, so I probably use Facebook more than the average MUSE reader. (like I said, I've moved a few times... :P)
(June 11, 2011 - 10:44 am)
Yeah! Skype is awesome! I've moved to a totally different COUNTRY than all my old friends, and skype allows me to actually see them! Facebook just dosent do that, event though all my friends use it. Also, theres a new version of skype where you can sign in to your facebook account and talk to your friends! It's facebook, only safer, because you can only talk to your friends. Also, you can set skype up to open and sign you in as soon as you turn the computer on, whereas on facebook you have to set it as your homepage or something, and it wont remember you.
(November 2, 2011 - 2:07 pm)
Social networking is interesting but so are other things.Face-to-face realationships can last soooo much longer than ones on Nosebook.You really don't know who your "friends" are on nosebook because they don't have to submit their own name or pic.If you really want a good friend, get of your computer, (or pie-dish Koko) and do it.Urania, your "friend" on Nosebook Coco, is really Kokopelli, so do not share the plans for the secret pie acidator you ordered.Mimi, would you really rather sit in front of your computer all day instead of doing something with your best friend?
Kokopelli you are a nasty imature brat, Auiu is awseome, and Bo your random facts page is hilarious.
(June 2, 2011 - 7:29 am)
I don't think it's fair that you call anyone a brat. I happen to really like Koko and Aeiou is just a very nice muse who is very smart. Koko brings fun and humor to the mag. lighten up and have a laugh.
(June 17, 2011 - 3:02 pm)
to honor d: its aeiou not auiu, and your absoluty right about kokopelii.
down with kokopelii!!
(June 2, 2011 - 9:59 am)
what in the world is kokoparty ?it probably has sompthing to do with kokopelli.
(June 4, 2011 - 1:47 pm)
In my school newspaper, I did a little experiment. I made a little social network called Giddyup on the newspaper. With the people I used, they got sucked up in it!
(June 12, 2011 - 9:02 pm)
I like FaceBook, but I think it can definitely be overused. It shouldn't replace real life friendships- I've had conversations with people on FaceBook then we've completely ignored each other the next day. And friending random people is a bad idea, especially if you're just doing it so you have more 'friends'.
On the other hand, it is a good way to talk to people if you live far apart and don't see each other a lot in person, because I prefer being able to look at someone's wall and pictures than a list of emails we've sent each other.
(June 13, 2011 - 6:23 am)
I don't use facebook, because if you want to tell stuff to your friends, just text them or email them. Even better, just hang out with them!
(June 13, 2011 - 4:23 pm)
So, you guys all realize we're social networking right now, right?
(June 17, 2011 - 2:52 pm)
i think social networking is ok in moderation. if you use faceBook only go on 1 time a day and dont let it take over your life!
(June 18, 2011 - 10:38 am)
i don't know if you could call this soicoil networking can you? i mean what is the meaning of sociol networking??
(June 18, 2011 - 3:21 pm)
i think facebook is great for people who you do not see every like my family in Virgina
(June 18, 2011 - 4:31 pm)
I keep away from internet sites that ask for too much info like facebook, but I guess if you don't put your real info then there's no trouble.
Personally I prefer email and face-to-face conversation, and Skype is also really cool. I moved to another country when I was 8, and I communicate with my family by Skype and with my friends by email and the little chat-thingy that pops up on Gmail.
(June 25, 2011 - 12:03 pm)
i think that social networking sites are not only useless but far from being healthy. people get obsessed with them. it gives a whole new meaning to tmi. some applications are what i would call less destructive than others. like the sharing of this great new place you found where you can eat soup and sushi and watch Austin Powers movies from noon until four with your besties. i don't have a facebook OR a cell phone, and i still have meaningful social interactions with people and boys(who are obviously aliens). that concludes my rant.
(June 26, 2011 - 3:23 pm)
I guess all the social networks are cool in the way that you can connect with people from far away and easily interact with each other. But you don't want to be obsessive about it, like (no offense) Mimi with Nosebook.
(July 1, 2011 - 5:56 pm)
I really don't get social networking.
Example of a Facebook obsessed person:
"OMG I just drank a glass of juice! I gotta update my status!"
(September 13, 2011 - 7:50 pm)
I don't use Facebook or anything else myself, but I once tried experimenting and tried to make an account (not that I would use it or anything. Just to experiment. Face it, humans are curious), and there was a step that said to type in your mobile phone so they can send you a verification code to confirm that you're a real person. Well, you may not think about it, but that is discrimnation people. Facebook is discriminating a number of people. 1) People without cell phones who can't obtain use from someone else. You can't use the site without one. 2) People who can't/don't text. Some people can't text. There are people of all ages who never learned how to send a text and simply use their cell to talk to others (an example would be grandparents who haven't entered the technological age yet). How are they supposed to do this whole conformation code thing when they can't text?! And 3) People who simply don't want to give out their cell phone numbers to Facebook. We shouldn't have to tell some website what our phone number is! That is an invasion of privacy. Sure, Facebook writes that it won;t send you anything without your permission, but who knows? What if some terrorist is going to use those phone numbers for some deadly plot or something if they find them? Citizens could be in danger.
Speaking of danger, with the London riots, the riotorts could have used Facebook to send messages quickly, not to mention their high-speed Blackberrys. People told Blackberry to block the site, but they wouldn't, so in result of that, more people could have died than if Blackberry was blocked.
So, yea... Think about it.
(September 13, 2011 - 8:41 pm)
I hate websites that ask me for my name. The name I'm using now isn't even my real one. I also don't get why people love to post pictures on the internet. I mean really guys, finding you just got that much easier. If I ever get Facebook: Only friends can see my profile (I think they have that as a setting), and no pictures at all.
(September 20, 2011 - 9:36 pm)
I write a blog under the name of Nobody. You're not alone in your opinions.
(October 2, 2011 - 5:18 pm)
Yup. Exactly.
(October 9, 2011 - 6:19 pm)
i think skipe is awesome because i have friends in australya and i can see them every second week!
(March 7, 2012 - 11:03 am)
I think social networking can be okay, but sometimes people need to go talk to people.
A good example of this is in Wall-E. The first two people who talk to each other are right next to each other, but they're on their screens, like a webcam-type-thing. It makes me sad.
(May 13, 2012 - 10:18 am)