Another One Bites the Dust

"Welcome to Facebook!" taunts the social network's home page. By typing your email and your password, you are entering into a world of connectivity and opinions. On this website, you are vulnerable to the happiness and upsets of your family and peers. What started as a technological forum for communication, now stands as the worlds largest platform for egocentrism and contention of people's happiness and sufferings.

I think that Gulati is completely correct. Users on Facebook have become so addicted to this form of social media that being on it actually threatens our happiness. You see people posting pictures and status' that almost seem competitive, like showing the world that one person is better than another. It may not seem that way to most people, but from an outsiders point of view, its a never ending competitive cycle.  I believe it when Gulati says that there are some forms of jealousy or anxiety when it comes to using Facebook. I saw the proof of it last night.

One friend on my list, without naming names, posted a status update. Some friend of his commented on it and flat-out told him the most negative things that I'm sure would destroy my self esteem if it was inflicted on me. Not only did the aforementioned friend get a comment, they got a war. So many hate comments were on that one status update that I couldn't BELIEVE what was happening.

Facebook not only causes a competitive nature in its users, but it encourages them. Facebook allows each person to log on to multiple devices. Phone, computer, iPad, Kindle, iPod, you name it, you can probably get on to Facebook with it, that's for sure. Its ridiculous how many college students I see actually looking at Facebook on their laptops and then checking it on their phones. We've all been guilty of that, forgetting that you've already looked at the computer monitor, why not update on your phone as well?

The point is that Facebook is the leading event for multiple causations. It leads to a loss of  face-to-face interaction, creates a competitive nature in its users, allows for access on multiple devices that spark the intense addiction, and others.

If everyone limited their amount of time spent on Facebook, they could have more hours in a day to relate with actual people and not the profiles they see on a computer screen.

No wonder people think there are not enough hours in a day...