"Facebook: Why I Hate It" Response

After reading this article, I realized how much time I do spend wasting on Facebook when I should be doing school work, or anything more productive. It is a way of knowing everything about everyone simply by looking at your news feed. By checking it in the morning, you know who broke up overnight or what parties people went to last night. You are friends with so many people - many whom you have no idea who they are, which if you think about it is scary because they know so much about you without knowing you. Before I came to school, I became Facebook friends with so many people also coming to West Chester University. I remember in the first few weeks of school walking around campus and recognizing people from Facebook, not because I knew who they were. It is scary to know that everything you put on Facebook, everyone can see. Nowadays, many employeers are checking Facebook before they offer someone a job. Many times that can be the deciding factor. Schools are able to logon now which leads to many students getting in trouble for pictures posted. Although it is a great way to comunicate with friends from home who we don't get to see everyday anymore, it has become such an addiction to so many people, especially high school and college students when there are so many more important things we could be spending our time doing. As many times as we say we are going to get work done, we find ourselves logged onto Facebook and finding out what everyone is up to, which makes it all the more difficult to stop.