Posts Tagged ‘Internet’
|Antisocial Networking
Sunday, October 17th, 2010
Antisocial Networking © 2010 Lynn Rebuck
Recently one of my friends on Facebook announced that the next individual to “friend” him would become his 500th friend on the popular Internet social networking site. Since I am already his Facebook friend, I responded to his post by informing him I was going to defriend him. He replied that the correct term is “unfriend.” Whatever. I’m antisocial networking.
It is probably my competitive nature that caused me to threaten to virtually abandon him. We’ve always known that some of our friends are more socially connected. With Facebook, the popular people get to overtly brag about it, as the number of one’s friends is quantified for all of cyberspace to see.
I just recently passed the milestone of having one hundred purported friends on the site. Actually, most of them aren’t real people. I created their profiles myself. I have make-believe Facebook friends. It’s just easier that way.
You see, when I had real people as Facebook friends, I was overwhelmed with the volume of data that they were disseminating in my direction, from Farmville crops to Farkle scores. Some shared far too much information. I really don’t need to know which 1970s hairstyle my friends are most like.
Some of my three-dimensional friends have not become my virtual friends, since they are not yet on Facebook. But so many people have created profiles on the website it is now the premier online destination for social connectedness.
According to sales guru and author Jeffrey Gitomer, “Facebook is (more…)
Tags: Facebook, farkle, farmville, friends, funny, humor, Internet, Social Networking, Twitter
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Talking with High-Tech Teens ©2010 Lynn Rebuck
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
Anyone who has raised teens or been around a teen for more than a few minutes knows this universal truth—teens truly speak a different language. And today it’s harder than ever to get their attention.
How do you communicate with a kid who is simultaneously text messaging on a cellphone, playing Guitar Hero, and battling on World of Warcraft?
Teens today are (more…)
Tags: Communication, Facebook, funny, humor, Internet, Kids, motherhood, parenting, Social Networking, teens, Twitter
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Something to Tweet About © 2009 Lynn Rebuck
Friday, November 6th, 2009
Something to Tweet About © 2009 Lynn Rebuck
I have good news, but first I must explain.
Since reluctantly showing my face on Facebook, and then inviting followers on Twitter, I have been continually challenged with what to post to periodically update my friends/followers.
Although I am seldom at a loss for words, I get writer’s block when [...]
Tags: Communication, Facebook, Internet, Posts, Social Networking, Technology, Tweets, Twitter
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