It's really crazy how attached you become to your "web 2.0" possessions. The other day Facebook was having issues, and when I logged in I watched in horror how my friends list displayed "You have 0 friends". All I was able to see was whatever I had posted in the last few days, which of course wasn't fun at all. I am one of those people who takes pictures of everybody except myself. Why would I want a picture of me... I see my photo everyday in my twitter and Facebook account.
Well, I don't go around asking for people to be friends, so I would say 90% of my 220 'friends' requested me to add them, and I know 99% of the people on that list. I guess we latinos, and specially ecuadorians, use Facebook not to meet new friends, but to get in touch with long lost friends and family. And just going to the trouble of finding them all again was not something I wanted to do.
So when that happened I sent a status update from Twitter to FB, saying that, I was now going to be able to study because my Facebook friends had dissapeared. I had some funny comments like: "yeah right!" (somebody who knows me well), and some sweet ones saying "I am your friend whatever Facebook says"... They all came back the day after.
But anyway, the point I am trying to make is how used to get to things you didn't have a year ago. And how communication and interaction has changed... now you
* remember everybody's birthday
* don't bother calling or writing an email to congratulate them, you write on their wall
* find out if relationships started or ended almost immediately
* realize how old you are when you see your friend's kids growing up
* worry when someone dis activates his/hers account
We'll see where all of this takes us... But it's been a crazy year...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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