When I saw that we had to make a Facebook or MySpace page, I was so excited because I already have both a MySpace and Facebook page. I’ve had a Facebook page for about 3 years now and a MySpace page for about 2 years.
When creating a page, you have the option of what you want revealed about yourself. For instance, I don’t have a lot of information on my page besides the basic information: my birthday, where I’m from, if I’m in a relationship, what gender I am, and my ethnic background. The reason why I put those things on it is because it’s basic information that the people I know can use to identify me. The reason I have a MySpace and Facebook page is so that I can communicate with my friends that I don’t talk to on a regular basis, it’s a quick and easy way to communicate when talking on the phone be a hassle when trying to contact 3 and 4 people at a time. A lot of people I know will put their personal and private information on there: phone numbers and what dorm they stay in. I choose not to put those things because that’s just asking for a weirdo to come find me and meet me at my place unannounced. I feel like those type of people are stalkers that may try to hurt you just by meeting you on your page. You never know what people are thinking and the information you have on your page can be a invitation for them to use for their own devices.
I think a lot of people put false information on their pages as a security blanket. For example when I mean security blanket people may not want to disclose there sexual orientation because if everybody was heterosexual it would be fine to put this information but since people are gay, lesbian and even bisexual it is not very accepted and is not your typical norm so their for a lot of people don’t put that type of information. Another example is when people get on MySpace saying that they are in high school, and tell people “hey let’s meet up” when they are really 40 years old and is their teacher just trying to meet you some place and have sex with you. For one they aren’t suppose to be on MySpace because it’s against their policy but also that the teacher being a pervert and trying to mess with young kids. Both of these examples are why people in general have to be careful online because they don’t know if the information is true or false. This is why I have my MySpace page set to private so only my friends can get on my page; you either have to know my full name or my email address to be my friend or even look at my whole page. I have restrictions so that not just anybody can get on my page and roam around on it. I feel like my page is safer that way and I feel more comfortable being on my page knowing that I don’t have stalkers roaming on my page.
About a year ago I ended up having a stalker on MySpace after I transferred from the last college I was at, this guy was wondering why I ended up leaving the school and wanted some of the athletic wear that I had because I played on the sports team there and he also wanted to send me gifts and get my phone number and address. I ended up blocking him from my page and he tried to get back on my page by using a different profile and since I didn’t know this person I denied them as my friend. This is why I set my page to private.
I thought this was a really good exercise for us to do, to really think about what we put on our pages and what we disclose about ourselves; whether we want the whole world to know about us or not. And if it’s even valid information, because a lot of people put false information and feel that they aren’t going to get caught because they are on the internet. The one part I enjoyed about this assignment is that it made me think about what I am really putting out on my Facebook or MySpace page and it’s letting people really know things about me and who I am.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Monday, January 21, 2008
You've Got Mail
When I first saw that in our next assignment we could watch the movie "You've Got Mail," I was excited because I had seen this movie before and I knew that this would be the best option out of the three for me to do. While watching this movie the characters recreated their identities online by getting to know each other and then developing a friendship. They started to give advice to each other about what was going on in their lives, however, they didn't get to personal as to their love lives. They did spend time recommended books to buy and read though. Their friendship eventually turned into them being together by the end of the movie.
The funny thing about their relationship is that, they had already knew and met each other before knowing they had been chatting online for all this time. They hated each other because Joe Fox ran Kathleen Kelly out of business because he was the owner/ competition, right across the street, from her bookstore. She ended up loosing business because of his new store. She was angry and thought that he was a bad guy and he put the bookstore on her street on purpose. They ended up patching their relationship up by randomly bumping into each other and then going on dates to get to know each other more. But on these casual dates they end up talking about the guy that she met online which she at that point didn't know that it was him and he's giving her advice on what she should do. He's playing reverse psychology so that she would forgive him but he's also not telling her the truth to let her know that it's him, that she's been chatting with the whole time online.
The likely hood of this really happening to somebody is one in a million chances but it can happen. Most people do these types of chats and end up meeting but a lot of the time they don't even no each other. A lot of people these days just do blind dating or they have match making sites online to go to that will match you up with somebody that may have similar interest that you may have, you also have myspace and people can view your profile and see your pictures online so they know what you look like. Anything can happen with friendships that you create online it's just a matter of you go forth with meeting that person or just staying friends online.
The funny thing about their relationship is that, they had already knew and met each other before knowing they had been chatting online for all this time. They hated each other because Joe Fox ran Kathleen Kelly out of business because he was the owner/ competition, right across the street, from her bookstore. She ended up loosing business because of his new store. She was angry and thought that he was a bad guy and he put the bookstore on her street on purpose. They ended up patching their relationship up by randomly bumping into each other and then going on dates to get to know each other more. But on these casual dates they end up talking about the guy that she met online which she at that point didn't know that it was him and he's giving her advice on what she should do. He's playing reverse psychology so that she would forgive him but he's also not telling her the truth to let her know that it's him, that she's been chatting with the whole time online.
The likely hood of this really happening to somebody is one in a million chances but it can happen. Most people do these types of chats and end up meeting but a lot of the time they don't even no each other. A lot of people these days just do blind dating or they have match making sites online to go to that will match you up with somebody that may have similar interest that you may have, you also have myspace and people can view your profile and see your pictures online so they know what you look like. Anything can happen with friendships that you create online it's just a matter of you go forth with meeting that person or just staying friends online.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Abstinence
When i first read that we were going to have to do a blog about going 24 hours without get on the computer and how my day would function without it. Then it occurred to me that i stay pretty busy throughout the day anyway without even realizing i get on the computer. I am an athlete and our schedules are pretty hectic anyways and we have a lot to do within our day that has to do with athletics.
I started my day off by going to practice for three hours, after our three hour practice I got treatment for bout an hour. Then I went home and became productive by sitting down and doing homework that I could do without getting online for a couple of hours and just be productive at that, after I was done with that I did some laundry and watched a movie.
It affects your way of communication because it cuts you off from the people that you don't talk to on a regular basis from even connecting with them through email and instant messaging, I feel like that was the most difficult part of not being able to be online because I had wrote a couple of friends the night before and I was waiting to hear there responses back to my questions and wondering how they had been because I hadn't talk to these people in a while. Also this made me call people and talk on the phone a lot more then I really wanted to because I'm not a person who is always on the phone or wants to be when I can just email somebody and check the message later, you always have people you don't want to talk to sometimes that you rather talk to them by text or email so that you don't have to hear them on the phone cause they might talk and talk and talk. This made me communicate the old fashion way and not use the technology that I'm so use to using.
It affects how you spend your time because it makes you do other things that you wouldn't normally spend that much time on doing. You had to be productive on like cleaning that house, doing those dishes that have been sitting there for a couple of days, making you read the paper for scores and highlights, reading magazines and spending time with other people in person rather then just online. It makes the things that were less priority before, more of a priority now because you don't waste your day on the computer all day. I don't think you realize how much time you really spend on the computer until you have to put it down for a day or even a couple hours. Its almost like it has inabled us from things because we spend so much time on the internet. There is so much access to it that we almost take it for granted.
I felt like doing this wasn't really a big deal, I wasn't addicted to the internet that bad for me to not be productive by doing other things but it did kind of bug me that I couldn't check my email all day but then I got over it. It was a good test to go without a major part of technology.
I started my day off by going to practice for three hours, after our three hour practice I got treatment for bout an hour. Then I went home and became productive by sitting down and doing homework that I could do without getting online for a couple of hours and just be productive at that, after I was done with that I did some laundry and watched a movie.
It affects your way of communication because it cuts you off from the people that you don't talk to on a regular basis from even connecting with them through email and instant messaging, I feel like that was the most difficult part of not being able to be online because I had wrote a couple of friends the night before and I was waiting to hear there responses back to my questions and wondering how they had been because I hadn't talk to these people in a while. Also this made me call people and talk on the phone a lot more then I really wanted to because I'm not a person who is always on the phone or wants to be when I can just email somebody and check the message later, you always have people you don't want to talk to sometimes that you rather talk to them by text or email so that you don't have to hear them on the phone cause they might talk and talk and talk. This made me communicate the old fashion way and not use the technology that I'm so use to using.
It affects how you spend your time because it makes you do other things that you wouldn't normally spend that much time on doing. You had to be productive on like cleaning that house, doing those dishes that have been sitting there for a couple of days, making you read the paper for scores and highlights, reading magazines and spending time with other people in person rather then just online. It makes the things that were less priority before, more of a priority now because you don't waste your day on the computer all day. I don't think you realize how much time you really spend on the computer until you have to put it down for a day or even a couple hours. Its almost like it has inabled us from things because we spend so much time on the internet. There is so much access to it that we almost take it for granted.
I felt like doing this wasn't really a big deal, I wasn't addicted to the internet that bad for me to not be productive by doing other things but it did kind of bug me that I couldn't check my email all day but then I got over it. It was a good test to go without a major part of technology.
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