Facebook in person - Reader Response

The video Facebook doesn't want you to see



Here's the description from YouTube:

"What would it be like if Facebook was actually played out in real life? As featured on BBC Three show 'The Wall'"

This was great! I don’t know what life would be like if we didn’t have our social networking sites. I know it wouldn’t be like this video but none the less things would most likely be pretty different. This video provides an example of what facebook would look like if it were to play in a real life scenario. I thought it was funny when a person spray painted on someone’s house saying that they were writing on his wall and everybody can see it. They did a great job making this video they dropped all the right lines to make it match right up with the site. Eric Zorn explains how facebook took it off his profile, “facebook has removed this video from my page and, I'm assuming, many others.”Due to privacy settings," says the note. Right. Looks to me like they can't take a joke...”

This video may be funny but at the same time it is how our culture is becoming to be on facebook. People are friend requesting random people that they saw in their class or walking back from a party. I personally have gotten a few random requests from people in my classes but I usually don’t accept them until I actually shake hands with the person and meet them. Would we be more social if we didn’t have social networking? I can’t even predict whether we would be more social or not because it’s hard to picture not checking my facebook 15 times a day.

This also makes me think of who could possibly be viewing my profile. People that are higher up in the food chain and possibly looking to employee me at some point. I would just hope that they wouldn’t judge me based on what my hobbies could be. Seems a bit unfair to me, I mean everyone likes to have a good time every once and a while. So an embarrassing photo makes its way onto the internet, I get a job interview and kill it, then come to find out I don’t get the job because of a picture they found of me on the internet. That’s bogus, I feel if someone has the right knowledge, skills, and the mindset there is no reason why a picture on the internet should be the choosing factor of whether someone gets the job or not. I can see the content of someone’s page being more of a factor like how they present themselves on their page. Like if a person were to say all they like to do is drink and do drugs all the time. That would be something to consider, but if someone talks about what they are involved in and what good they are doing in the community, then that should benefit them. Think about life without facebook employers wouldn’t have the option to look through all your pictures they would only know your experiences and what you tell them. Regardless social networking is something that has become of the norm and everyone knows about it. I can definitely see both sides of the argument with employers researching people’s profiles, which is why I keep mine somewhat appropriate. I just hope I don’t encounter any negative experiences through what I may put on my facebook page.