Facebook in Reality

Anyone who has read my previous post The Facebook Addiction might think I dislike Facebook after this one. The BBC 3 program The Wall produced this little promo. Its cast in a comedic lighty but I feel the way it protrays Facebook is very true to life.

I’ve been on Facebook for nearly a year now. I’m no hater, in fact I have found it useful for keeping/getting in touch with people. Especially one’s that I haven’t spoken to for a long time. At the same time though, I am aware that it has also put me back in touch with some people I hoped were lost forever (not mentioning any names because some of them might be reading). Sometimes people add me and I wonder at first who they are, usually they are someone I went to high school with. At lot of the people I went to high school don’t provoke fond memories in my mind. Growing up I was something of a geek (nothings changed there then) and as most any geek will tell you, high school is not a fun time when you are more interested in maths/science than football.

This video really hits the spot when it goes through the blokes initial confusion, “It’s me, tom from school. We sat next to each other in maths. We didn’t get on”. And yet, years later this same person now wants to be my friend, most likely he is just on a quest to show his psuedo* popularity by getting as many friends as he can.

* Doesn’t that posh word just look so out of place in my usual ramblings!

Posted by Andy May 2008

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