Facebook has become a love-hate relationship for me. I love the fact that I am able to keep in touch with family members more closely. I love being able to connect with other writers. I love finding old friends. I love how my church has its own Facebook community.
While all of these are things I love, there are also things I hate. Like the sometimes dumb stuff my children post. Especially when they are friends with church leaders or family members, leaving wide open the door of possible judgment being passed.
I hate the way someone can think they know my child by something posted but they are really only getting a smidgeon of the person they are. Or they might have just posted lines to a song but it was mistaken for their own words.
I hate that the world knows when my daughter’s “relationship status” has changed…yet again.
While Facebook certainly affords many opportunities to intermingle, it also makes your business known. With so many ways to get around Facebook, you don’t even have to be friends with someone but you can find out all kinds of things anyway.
In fact, I was recently able to piece together an unfolding drama that was happening in the life of one of my children through various Facebook people. This drama isn’t just there for me to see. It is for everyone else to see as well.
I love Facebook enough that I wouldn’t ever close my account. I love the information I can find out about my children and their friends, so it’s another reason I won’t close their accounts. But at the same time, I hate how others get to be privy to the same stuff.
Facebook…love it or hate it, its here to stay. You just have to decide whether you love it or hate it more.
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