When I read the article about Carmen's point of view of "Quiting Facebook", I thought it must have been hard on her to end it all with four clicks of the button. So many people are involved with the internet circle of personal clicks to engage themselves more to past buddies or even new ones that they forget that there are more events to do outside of the room. When I first signed up for Facebook, I did it because I was forced to do it. My friend, Kashmir, who was two years older than me "suggested" for me to sign up in order for me to contact her when she goes to college. A couple minutes later after signing up, I reunited with past friends from kindergarten all the way from high school to college. I was amazed on how many people I knew where signed on this site.
A couple weeks later, I was obsessed. I needed to feel like I need to comment on or blog something about my day. I took pictures, drew pictures, and even added as many cool things as I could find. But when you actually look at the reality of it, you realize that it is not the real you that is cool, it is the cyberspace icon you made for yourself, your internet life that makes you "cool". But in doing so, you dismiss the reality of real social experiences with people. So, I stopped going on it. To me, it wasn't just the comments or the updates your friends post on the website, but the games. Farmville, Cafe World, and also Restaurant City of course were ridiculous games, just by supplying your cafe with food or growing virtual food. It was a completely a waste of time. I knew it, but I couldn't stop. I felt really responsible.
If I was in the position to delete my account, the risk is not all that great. Sure, I would lose contact with all my friends, but in order to break out to the real world to show the real me is the real prize. I think that will be the real prize by just showing some rebellion. But it might take a lot of courage to do that right now.
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