I saw this article “Facebook ‘sex chats’ blamed for one in five divorces” in the Daily Mail all about Facebook being blamed for a rise in divorces. After my reading and studying of Facebook recently, I was struck by this and realise that one of the dangers of Facebook is that you can take away boundaries and allow for much more of a hidden conversation. When you don’t see people reactions you can create a different persona because you don’t see uncomfortableness or embarrassment. You are connect in away that has never been seen before. This danger is being lived out by so many people. I wonder what we can do as people to protect ourselves from our own selfish desires. Mcluhan said that when extend something we always lose something and he is right in this case too. Facebook extends our connection but it also diminishes many protect layers in our lives. Wonder what we are to do about protecting ourselves from the dangers?
Protecting yourself from dangers, I think, relies on other people as well. It’s important to be accountable for our online conversations just as much as for our offline ones.
But what does that mean?
Someone else you trust has your facebook login details? someone else checks your emails?
Provokative post
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Yeah two great idea but practically does that work? I have head no one yet come up with a solid way of dealing with this issue. All I know is I hear it more and more becoming an issue. I know that when I was in school sexting was the cool thing and now facebook sex is in thing. How do protect everyone?
I wonder if there is something we are missing. But many (me included) could sure use the help!
I know that for me, having guys I trusted who would ask provokative questions would be a great help.
But interestingly, then, the problems caused by these distancing forms of friendship are overcome….
By rediscovering true relationship.
Yeah and re-discovering true community. We are distant culture aren’t we. Always bothered by privacy and our own self view. We seem less bothered by deep community.