Good day technological whizz kids!
People are forever slating the internet, particularly social networking sites, calling them invasive and negative. Now, I am not insane, I KNOW they can be. BUT they are the best way to procrastinate, the best way to laugh at people and the best way to let all of your excessive photo taking go to good use. Let's not lie...
All of these researchers who think Facebook is a step too far probably have Facebook and Twitter, that's the annoying thing. They need to calm down. Facebook is an amazing thing. (I'm not secretly employed by Facebook, I do genuinely believe that). If it wasn't for FB I would not be in touch with people who live thousands of miles away. I would never have been able to keep up contact with my gorgeous German friend Liz if it wasn't for WhatsApp and Facebook and I would have done a lot more revision for my exams (although that is not the point).
It is also free - let's not forget. I could have texted Liz to arrange my trip over to Dusseldorf but money does not grow on trees.
I think the reason so many people are anti-FB is because they're simply jealous they didn't think of the idea themselves. Mark Zuckerbeg did while he was at university. The man deserves a knighthood. Simple yet genius. Think about it like this; you can now stalk people who you maybe saw once in Starbucks. You don't know anything about them barring the fact they're hot, and all of a sudden you can figure out where they went to school, if they have good grammar (Repeat and learn: 'there' is geographical; 'their' belonging) and if they have a sense of humour. Of course you also need to find out the more pressing details such as is he in a relationship, does he photograph well and of course see if any of his friends float your boat even more.
(I do take into account that if you were a criminal, you could also do this for more sinister purposes, but let's not dwell on the negative.)
Now, you might end up with this boy. He could be your knight in shining armour, your prince charming, he could be the Face to your Book YET, without Facebook, you would never have known. On the flip side, he could have been some sort of creep who can't spell, had three kids by the time he was 15 (statistics say they start young in Dundee), list shoplifting among his interests and be a total perv. How embarrassing if you'd actually gone to speak to a guy like that, unless that's your sort of thing of course...
At least Facebook gives the opportunity to spot the criminal and insane before you get involved, though I take on board that people are adept at posting what they want you to see.
Facebook makes couples, who make kids, who make the world go round. I rest my case. Facebook is therefore the internet equivalent of Paddy McGuiness on Take Me Out, with more variety and less desperation.
Let's not forget the endless hours of entertainment Facebook provides us all. Stalking people you don't know to the stage where you know their top ten outfit choices better than your own, laughing at your ex-boyfriend's current girlfriend and the constant travesty that is her wardrobe and of course feeling like a God when lots of people like your statuses.
Facebook is educational. Social skills; Facebook chat. Fashion sense; Photos. Sociability; Friend requests. Education; Newspaper Apps. Investigative work; Facebook stalking.
Therefore, the next time somebody has the audacity to tell you that they don't use Facebook for whatever reason you can now understand why. They are severely lacking in one or all of the above of these skills and you should therefore request they seek help asap. (They are the type of people who, if they had face book, you'd be de-friending).
Well that's me off back to the land of Facebook, probably to receive a friend request from somebody with a name i can't pronounce or spell. I won't accept though - don't worry...
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