This was a neat article this fella wrote. He likes Facebook, but his point was, if you don't like it, then don't do it. He tried deactivating his account just to see what would happen. He brings out how it shows you pictures of people you would supposedly miss, and also demands a reason for why you were leaving their site. I know what that's like myself because I left Facebook. They don't seem to take it too well, like it's a relationship that went sour and the other person demands to know what went wrong. "It's me, not you," that's what you'd say, but when it comes to Facebook, I'd say, "It's you, not me." I have no heart or soul for them.
I like what he said at the end of the article a lot:
"Is there some point at which not belonging to Facebook will be the equivalent of not acquiring a driver's license or other form of government-issued ID, refusing to keep one's money in a bank, or choosing not to have a telephone number--an extreme form of protest against societal norms that amounts to what my mom would describe as cutting off your nose to spite your face?"
So, will Facebook ever be that big? Who knows.
This post make you think. What will the society of the future demand? Will being online and having an online persona be required? If you decide not to be on a social networking site, will you be the equivalent of a hermit? I think as more and more people go online and do more of their work, business, and leisure activities online, it will almost be a requirement to have an online profile, maybe even a government regulated or issues profile just like an “online driver’s license”. Then the government would have an easier time tracking everyone’s activities. Big brother may be living in the Internet!
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