Social Network

I am not a big fan of social media. I like the idea of staying connecting to people and thats the main reason I still have my Facebook, but its frustrating how much people share about themselves and how Facebook pages aren't a good representation of the person. With Facebook people have their profiles and it is just a representation of them, not the whole picture. I think that is alright because you don't want to share everything with the whole world, but sometimes people create this social media persona that just isn't them. Looking through some of my friends profiles I feel like if I didn't actually know them I would think they were a different person. Its dangerous because people can get these preconceived notions of a person just through Facebook. I've heard of plenty of people not getting a job because of their Facebook pages so its important to be careful what you put out there.

I think that Facebook pages shouldn't be seen as the whole picture, just what people want others to see. My Facebook page is private and I have it under my middle name instead of my last name. I did this because a professor of mine during student teaching told the class that principals and parents can look at your page and if there is anything inappropriate up there it could cause issues. I didn't have anything up there that I thought would get me into any trouble, but I still did it because I didn't want people that I didn't know seeing my page. I like the idea of people that I know seeing my Facebook page because they already know who I am and what I like to do, so the Facebook page isn't informing them about me. It is just merely a way to stay connected to friends and family. I hate when people make assumptions about people and do the Facebook stalking because it only gives you glimpses of a person. I also think that gender plays a big role in Facebook because many people do the Facebook stalking of their crush and make their opinions from there. Its also interesting to see the different ways males and females are on Facebook because it seems at least from my timeline that the females share more about their own lives, while the males share more about their interests. Overall I see the point of social media and some of the benefits but it isn't something that I will spend hours stressing about.