I'm finally joining Facebook. It feels trendy to join, but it also feels trendier (in a sort-of anti-corporate, counter-culture, I-hate-all-things-mainstream way) to avoid joining. I want to avoid becoming "that guy" who defines himself by all things he is not and all things he does not have. I already don't have cable t.v. and rarely watch television. I don't own a cell phone. I've gradually shifted to listening to mostly indie music.
My only hope in avoiding becoming "that guy" is by joining Facebook and by continuing to drink my coffee at Starbucks. I'll also avoid the "that guy" wardrobe. I don't own any t-shirts with clever phrases, so I think I'm good.
Admittedly, Facebook is difficult to navigate. I have no idea how a wall functions. I'm trying to figure out if there is a blog function on it and if I can link these blog posts to that. I don't want to bother with finding a bunch of pictures of Joel and Micah and adding them to my picture place. And I don't want to deal with curious people who wonder why there are so few pics of Christy and me (because Joel, being a three year old, is a nice kid but a lousy cameraman).
I'll probably avoid much of Facebook. There is something more organic and introverted about how community connects and develops on Blogger. It's social networking without a platform. We program the network rather than it programming us. Which is cool if you don't want to feel like an android or cyborg.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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Joining facebook means be prepared to have your students message you and ask to "be your friend." One good thing about this is that you could really get to know some of your students through their profiles and pictures (not sure, you might learn too much about them!). I do think facebook would be beneficial to teachers in terms of keeping touch with old students. It's an easy way to communicate with someone and there e-mail address is usually on their profile. I do think it's wierd though, being a college student and having your professor befriend you on facebook. There needs to be some limitations.
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