The Book of Faces

Facebook is a very popular social networking cite throughout our entire world. Everyone has a Facebook profile. If you don’t, then you are either seven years old, or have no life according to the rest of society. Facebook used to be this great new cite where you could get in tough with your friends faster, but it has slightly evolved in our changing society. Since the creation of Twitter, Facebook’s importance has declined.  Now, it is simply a place to keep your memories and stay up to date on events rather than your only lifeline to the rest of the community. 

I remember when I used to use Facebook applications like crazy. I was obsessed with “Picnik,” “Scrabble,” and “Farmville.” Now, I don’t even pay attention to that part of Facebook. Now, I simply use Facebook to keep my own and see other people’s pictures and get I touch with people who I do not see regularly anymore like graduated seniors. Many people I know don’t use Facebook a lot, but keep their profile because that is where all of their pictures and memories are stored. Since our generation is so technology based and we don’t take time to make photo albums or scrapbooks, the Internet is pretty much the only place we can store our important videos and pictures. Although, some people use Facebook as a way to show everybody everything they do. It has become known that your popularity depends on how many “red-cup” pictures you have on Facebook. So many people post pictures of themselves doing inappropriate and illegal stuff to brag to everyone else how rebellious and cool they are. This is just stupid. Anyone can see those pictures and you can get into a lot of trouble. If you lucky to not get in trouble, people are still going to talk about you, but not obsess over how cool you are. They will call you not-very-nice names and judge you harshly. Nobody wants to see how drunk you got at a party or how teeny tiny your little outfits are. We don’t care. The reason normal people post picture is to share things such as dances, trips, or fun school events. No one cares how immature you are in your free time. 

I sort of feel bad for Facebook because websites such as Twitter make the “status” and “wall” features unimportant. Many people tweet rather than update their Facebook status because it gets to people more directly so that everyone knows what they are doing the minute they do it. That also replaces a “wall” but also the growth of just texting in general eliminates that need. Instead of writing on a wall, you just text the person. Odds are you will get a response faster because everyone is glued to their phones. Facebook is a nice thing to have, but in reality, the necessity for it is decreasing. (484 words)