How things change.

I was actually sitting on Facebook, watching as the home feed continuously refreshed, with all my friends posting statuses, their photos from recent places they have been, and things of the like. I realised one major thing, i feel like i still am in contact with all of these people.

The truth is, some people from school i haven't seen in a year, but the magic of facebook makes the knowledge of their exact whereabouts and every intimate detail of their lives possible to view at the click of a button.

At first when i thought about it, it scared me a little, myself being sucked into this world. I mean, why do we now find out things like someones relationship status from their facebook profile? We can access photos of people we have never met before in our lives, by going through a few pages. Is this the baseline of Internet stalking?

Facebook is praised as a social utility and the truth is, i wouldn't give it up for the world. I think that it's one of the only ways i do keep in contact with my friends. But in the same way it has made keeping friends simple and impersonal. We no longer need to make an effort to pick up the phone or go and see someone to claim that we have "talked" to them. After all, a simple wall post will do.

I am also finding that when i see someone i haven't seen in ages, and they tell me something, my usual response is "oh yeah i saw that on facebook". This is the same with alot of people i am sure.

But why is this so? Why do we continue to post our personal details for everyone to see, rather than telling our friends what is going on in our lives. For many people facebook is the main destination when we visit a computer.

So what would we do without this social utility? Sure myspace achieved this to a degree, however you would still be only able to see someones profile as they wished you to see it.

I am not saying that i am not a serial offender, in the facebook phenomenon, but i am also saying that i too have become lazy in communicating with friends that i consider myself to be close to.

Now why, i must ask myself has this happened? Is it that i have no time? We all claim to be super- busy, but how is it that we can make time for the people that are immediately around us. Why do we stop making an effort as soon as it takes a little more effort to stay in touch. Why is that we continue to say to people that "we should hang out" and yet deep down we secretly know it will never happen.

As for this much i can safely say i am no stranger to these crimes. For me, i think its about re-evaluation. Who or what is most important to me? Its definitely, i think, food for thought...