Sometimes I find myself thinking that "things" just are more disappointing than they used to be~ Then I think "Really" No, They are not... It just has become the day of information overload ~ That Things, actions or people are no more irritating today then the were 10 - 20 years ago... It's just we get way to much of them... not to mention it is so easy to investigate a "lie" let's say... Everything is at your fingertips.. so much so people have yet to understand. Social media of all kinds and soon to be more I am sure allows people to think out loud~ They make comments on status updates that my generation used to keep to ourselves.. Oh we thought it, we just would never say it... We were taught better then that. Is this OK? Where is the class that is called Social Media Etiquette... We learned as ladies in my day what side of the plate the Dinner fork went on... It was taught by our mothers... The kids today know more about social media then their parents so who is directing them... It is a age of log on and figure it out yourself... And then people wonder, why are things the way they are today. Online bullying, well think about it... social media encourages it to some point. " Status updates are blinking at our kids with stuff like.. How is our mood? Well surely if they are not cheery the whole world is going to hear about it, who caused it and what that person intends to do about it... even though it is all probably built up out of emotion that made it much more then it really was....Then it is hard to forget about because we just announced it to several hundred friends whom all just jumped on our pity wagon offering to beat somebodies A__... you get the picture... What once was a temporary bad mood that would soon pass in my day, has just become a "event..." Probing is next, they will come out with this probe you stick in your head and if your thinking it it will automatically update the social media sights of your choosing.... Laugh now but remember I called it in 2010.
And then there is this obnoxious updating of your every location... Really people.... Is anything sacred any more... My husband has the IPhone and he started using that AP... I was not aware of it right away, but would get texts from friends that said, Is it packed there?? I'm like what? Ha? Looking around I am saying, how does she know I am here.... Dinner out with my Husband and Kids should be just that. Of course I made it clear to the Very wise husband that I did not like that practice and now he asks if he should update our location....
This location AP is gaining in popularity and I have to ask myself, Has everyone lost their mind? Now of course I can not use names here but I am going to play through a actual Facebook Update... Drop dead gorgeous beautiful friend of mine, whom regularly likes to take sexy photos of herself in the mirror, you get my thought here... basically it is no secret she is little, petite and stunning... Facebook says she is single... Plenty of pics show her home and kids, both kids not big enough to offer mom any protection... also her young daughter is as stunning as she is... checks in at night at home... Really... It's like saying, I am home alone with no protection, come get me now!! This really has made the stalkers job so much easier!! And this is a parent whom like I said before has a stunning daughter that is learning from her example... Again the need for Social Media Etiquette... and I, the chronic worrying type~ am scared to death for my freinds safety!
Can the location AP be useful, of course it can... you are going to meet a large group at a event, check in let the group know you are there. Not all things have to be private, but choose those things wisely.
I guess I just sit here and miss the ole days, when we were kept guessing and we really had to pick up the phone or stop by to say hello... Social Media is here to stay and I love every bit of it... I just can not wait until more people use it wisely~
