Archive for the ‘Facebook’ Category
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011 |
I’m not sure what people did before Facebook, but my friends are using the social networking tool to post some rather personal prayers for all to see.
Just today I was rather taken aback by a Facebook friend’s status update prayer for forgiveness for one or other transgression.
Hopefully the recipient of their prayers is connected via social media as well.
Makes one wonder what happened to whispered or even silent prayers in a church or bedroom.
It does make for interesting Facebook feeds though. And makes you aware of your friends’ states of mind – allowing one to know where to get the gossip or who to avoid.
Or our colleague sitting quietly in his/her office might send out a prayer asking for forgiveness for those they offended today. And you think “Yayyyy! They are aware of their bitchiness towards me.”
Only to realise they also offended their husband/wife /girlfriend/hairdresser, etc,
But what do you do if a close friend or family member updates their status/prays for guidance about a rather serious personal matter?
Do you comment with advice (for all their friends) to see? Or do they expect a divine response to their prayer. On Facebook?
If you are anything as nosy as I am, you wonder why the anxiety ridden prayers for deliverance from current torment.
What did they do, you might wonder. As I sometimes do.
These things are not as easy as they used to be.
Prayers were private matters between you and your God/god. People shared with those they felt closest to and trusted.
Everything was on a need to know basis.
Now it’s between you, your God/god, your Facebook friends and everyone you include in your feeds. And every time Facebook changes their privacy settings, your profile is open to the entire Facebook world!
And then there’s that fervent prayer for the Boks to win their rugby matches, to which I want to say “amen”. But I already set my profile status as “not religious”.
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 |
Yesterday I logged onto Facebook only to find a petition waiting for me. Nothing unusual, except this one was about getting rid of Julius Malema.
This from a cousin who is not an ANC supporter.
So I wondered out loud – in my status update – as one does on Facebook. I wondered what hope a Facebook petition would have if the ANCYL president was actively defying his party boss. Who just happens to be president of the Republic.
How on earth will signing up to an anti Malema group make any difference?
Julius Malema by the looks of things enjoys whatever publicity comes his way. Good or bad doesn’t seem to matter.
From what I understand, the only way to get rid of Malema is through the ANCYL. Whether you have a Facebook account or not, wishing Malema away won’t help get rid of him.
The only way as far as I can tell is for the ANC to cut him off financially – I take it the ANCYL doesn’t have money of its own - or vote him out through the ANCYL structures.
So if you’re under the age of 35 and prepared to register as a ANCYL member and attend party meetings or a member of the ANC national council, you have no hope of getting rid of Julius Malema.
Signing up to petitions on Facebook will only mean you’re giving away your privacy. My guess is Malema won’t be bothered either way.
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009 |
So now the word ‘unfriend’ has received celebrity status by being named tech-savvy word of the year by the New Oxford American Dictionary.
That damn word!
Having been unfriended recently for apparently no reason, I feel a bit better knowing I’m not the only one on the planet to be unfriended on Facebook.
(It felt so at the time!)
I must admit to being a bit of an obsessor – most bloggers probably are - so spent more time than necessary trying to figure what I did to offend her enough to unfriend me.
I still don’t know…and I don’t know what to say when I meet her family who lives in the same complex as I do. Do I ask how is so-and-so?
And if I don’t am I offending her family?
Grrrrr this damn Facebook!
Mind you, yesterday I felt like unfriending my very own sister on Facebook when she took it upon herself to update her status with family news, that should have been related first hand.
I was so angry, I came within a few clicks of unfriending Facebook itself from my cellphone.
But sanity prevailed as this busybody did NOT want to be miss anything.
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Friday, November 6th, 2009 |
So this morning we walked into the office to a nice e-mail from one of the managers warning us about using the internet for personal usage.
Apparently someone came in on a Saturday and downloaded more nearly 2 Gigs with of data. So now we all must suffer.
They also took the opportunity to warn us against using Facebook at work. I don’t know what is the problem with managers and Facebook as it is probably one of the least offensive things one can actually do at work.
Mind you, a few of us sit in staff meetings and chat to each other via mobile Facebook, which our technologically challenged management probably can’t even comprehend.
And somehow or other the same people who are on Facebook (other than me – because I declined) went out for drinks after work last Friday.
By being closed minded instead of embracing technology and finding more creative ways to limit personal internet usage, cliques are being formed.
One way or another people will find ways to socialise via technology.
Banning things just make people go underground. It certainly has never stopped anyone doing whatever they want to to.
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Sunday, April 19th, 2009 |
Being on Facebook is pretty much like starring in your own soap opera.
You have your main characters who are upfront and centre every day and minor players who hop in and out of the conversation.
Occassionally a day player pops up with a one liner or two and then disappears never to be seen again.
When filling in profile details one of the most difficult fields to fill is the one about relationships.
For newly married friends and those who know with a 100% certainty they’ll stay married forever, it’s easier.
Those who are dating and on shaky relationship ground, it’s a whole other story.
When you enter a new relationship, it’s with excitement that you fill in “in a relationship” field.
You hope feverishly that your partner does the same on his/her profile.
If they do, great.
If they don’t…you wonder if you’re jumping the gun on the relationship…
Do you change your status back to single while you wait for him/her to decide? A bit of Facebook psychology?
The new Facebook makes the whole making up/breaking up scenario even more public.
Complete with comments from the ex saying “please move on” and “stop bombarding me with private messages”. OUCH! I’ve seen it. Honest!
As a Facebook Friend you (the uninvolved party) are left at a loss – do you comment or don’t you. Even when your heart is breaking for your friend, you know from experience that this might not be the final final final time they break up.
Of course after the ‘break up’, the relationship status changes to single in double quick time.
Followed by joining a dating site. Usually the same day.
Which of course the ex-partner becomes aware of.
Resulting in a reunion.
Culminating in another change in relationship status.
Which might or might not last a day.
And so are the days of our lives.
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