I'm back on facebook, and my motives were unpure. I will not discuss them publicly. We will just agree that I am working on all that.
It's fun though. Like many of us who are a product of a twitter based social system, I know that every thought I have is completely fascinating. I also know enough that every thought I have should not be let out of my head, or chaos will ensue. So between my engaging thoughts and questionable social filter, I find some ways to enjoy the facebook.
It gives me something to do when I'm not texting.
This morning, on Yahoo, I read an article about a teacher who got suspended with pay because though she did not give the name of her school, basically dogged at least a few of her students on her blog. (Note: My students are awesome! I love my job! Thank you State of Idaho!) Of course we have heard of such things happening before. It's something to think about as I begin to explore these public kinds of writing, like this blog.
My mother once told me not to write anything down unless I wanted the whole world to read it. This was before computers, where the only real danger was that my note might get into the hands of the principal.
Now it might end up in the Japaneese Embassy for all I know.
There's something to be said for integrity here, maybe if I am cool with how I am and how I live, then things will end up okay. Sounds awesome. I have learned that is not true actually, and the person with a lie more appropriate than the truth sometimes wins. Or do they? What's winning?
I have not completed my coffee ritutal, which has affected my ability to compose complete sentences.
Onward.
I work in a facility that polices our facebooks and it's gotten to the point where I don't even have my coworkers on it, because I don't want some sarcastic comment about road rage to be taken to work and used against me. It's too bad-but it's something I have learned to approach with a CYA mentality.
ReplyDeleteI use my facebook as a journal, it would be mostly ok for my kids to see. Although I LOVE it when others are inappropriate on facebook. I don't want it to come back to haunt me....
ReplyDeleteNothing ever written on the internet should be thought of as private. There are ways for people to read thoughts. I agree with your mother. Don't write it down if you don't want anyone to read it. I like to think our journal entries we write in our homes are safe. I sometimes need to write to keep sane. The internet, however, is not private.
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