When I opened my Facebook account back in 2007 I only had around 3 friends. Filipinos barely know this social networking site back then and I never thought it would become as famous as it is now. It's crazy how people get so crazy about it. Since it became a trend many of the people I know would post anything they want, status updates, personal videos, pictures...anything. I myself do these things too. I remember someone even commented on the number of pictures I post on my Facebook account saying it is too much but I can't help it, I love sharing my photos and my account is set to "private" anyway. There was a time though that I got connected to strangers, people that I didn't really know personally just because I got hooked with some game applications of the website, in order to play the game I needed to add the other "players" as my friends so we can all have fun..lol.. But it's over, now I'm only connected to those people I really know like family or relatives, friends from school, from work and from the neighborhood.
When I go online I always open my Facebook account, it's automatic for many people (lol) and I do enjoy the fact that I can get to read many updates from my friends. It's a nice place to share many things but I have also observed some things that I don't really appreciate so much like some pictures that I find "offensive" or videos that I think are nonsense but the world is not about me and it's a fact so I just have to bear with it. Status updates though are really something that bothers me because when you post something as a status it is just like saying something to the "world", it's a community out there and there are just some status updates that annoy me. I don't know why people are not being extra careful when they post something. Some will post the ordinary foods they ate or they're about to eat, some will post their schedule like "it's 7 o'clock in the morning and I'm still in bed, will be in the office at 10 and then at the mall at 3pm", what the heck? I mean, you think the world has to know all of it? Come on! I have also read some status updates about the "brand" of the milk of her baby or the price of a new gadget. It's crazy how a person's character is shown on her "Facebook Status". No wonder why some companies go to this website to do a background check of a prospective employee.
I am not saying I am perfect when it comes to "facebooking" because like I previously mentioned someone is even against the number of albums I have in there. I guess it's just a matter of perspective and you can't expect everyone to be like you or to use the website like you do. I just wish that when it comes to "saying" or should I say "posting" something everyone will be more careful. I am an English teacher and even if I don't have a license yet I am sure that I do still know the "basic grammar rules" and it's funny how many times I've read grammatically wrong posts from a "licensed" teacher for crying out loud. If you're not sure how to say it in English then might as well say it in the vernacular, after all it's not against the law to use your local language...(just saying) ツ
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