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Thursday, October 04, 2007
Food for Thought
My husband sent this article for me to read. While not everything directly applies to my life (I don't have My Space or Facebook accounts), there are points that can be applied to me personally and in the future with my son and our relationships on the Internet.
Virtual Friendship and the New Narcissism by Christine Rosen. I recommend printing out the .pdf file for readability.
Although a secular article, some of the points are good reminders for me. It is good for me to examine and reevaluate my computer usage from time to time.
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A very interesting read. Thanks for the link!
Posted by: suzanne temple | Saturday, October 06, 2007
The article was interesting food for thought.
Posted by: MaryM | Sunday, October 07, 2007
I found the status seeking comments t be interesting and probably the most truthful. I don't know that "friendship" is what they are really networking for. To me networking is more about professional or status needs. Which isn't bad, it's even neccessary in many careers to succeed, but certainly not genuine friendships.
I really try to limit what I get on the net for and where I go. It helps to keep me focused. That said, I do find a comraderie with about two hands-full of people on the net. We tend to be on the same page and interests. And in at least 3 cases, there's no way I'd ever meet such people in person. So for those instances, I find thenet to be a valuable source of support and encouragement that I'm not going to get from my physical community.
But I'm older and hopefully better able to discern these things. For all those other reasns listed, none of my children are allowed to do such things on the net yet.
Posted by: Martha | Monday, October 08, 2007