Readings, Myspace Outage? Really People

The Myspace article (despite being a jab at myspace addicts) goes to show how helplessly addicted people are to the internet and the need to be connected. Are people that desperately in need of connection that they forget that living human beings still exist and that he or she does not need to appear hopeless and only talk to weird strangers online and hope that 1000 friends online constitutes as a real friendship in person doing actual physical activities? If there ever was a technological disaster I am sure I could survive a full day of talking to physical people instead of virtual folk. Don't get me wrong, the internet is a great way to keep connected with people....people you have met or hope to meet in person. I love to use Facebook to talk to certain friends on a daily basis yet I do not use the computer as my only personal friendship skill.

I Robot You Jane.

xoxo

Tom Brady, Cranberries and a Horse Named Ed

The community project sounds very interesting to study and do the field work to observe these possibly strange and quirky characteristics of the miniature communities we are about to study. There are dozens of interest clubs and sports teams on campus to select . I think a community of sports fans, say football fans (or to avoid mass anger and hatred of defeat Pat's lovers), hockey fans. Coming from a small town I see the communities built amongst the cranberry bog owners and their work crew. The same goes for all the equine businesses and riders. If I could study a community that I already belong to it would have to be either the small ma-and-pop cafe I work at or my friend-community within the Commuter Lounge/Commuter Student Association. In both communities we support one another and accept each other for our differences yet share similarities in interest of music, television, relationships etc.

Toodles Everyone!

Hello my name is Jane Doe

The article, Facebook: Editing Myself, had the most importance to me out of the reading assignments. Facebook is bigger now then what myspace was four years ago. Myspace was used on more basic level to let users have accounts based on interest(music, movies, friends, art, etc.). Today, people use Facebook for work, school, family, friends, relationships, anything! Companies post their advertisements on the main Home page tailored to individual interest. Businesses have pages to draw interest. The users of Facebook use their profiles to create virtual copies of themselves.

Mrigaa had information on her account that she would not want her students to see. She had her interests, music, books, ,and basic information to the tee. She had to create an account that would aim to please all the viewers. But the major point is, a Facebook profile is not going to please everyone. People lie about themselves, change and amplify themselves to create what he or she believes to be an ideal version of themselves. Then there are the users that post the drunken sloppy pictures of last nights bash.

Don't judge a book by it's cover, and don't a person by his or her Facebook.