FACEBOOK VERY REVEALING

Since joining Facebook some time ago I have found it to be a very interesting and revealing place. I have discovered all manner of things about people that I thought I knew and I dare say, some have found out things about me that they didn’t know. It is a very revealing place this Facebook.

Often we live lives that are guarded in many ways, whether it be some secret sinful habit or some aspect of our lives that only a select few have an insight into. Whatever it is, at some point the guarded often becomes the unguarded and the secret the revealed.

I am sure there is some good in this, as there is undoubtedly cause for concern in certain circumstances also. Misunderstood patterns of behaviour can perhaps become clearer as a ‘friend’ observes interaction with other ‘friends’ within the Facebook environment via ‘The Wall’ or some other Facebook application. Certainly the ability to maintain contact during what would previously have been lengthy periods of non-contact is something that most users of Facebook cannot fail to appreciate.

However, the Facebook environment does reveal certain disturbing aspects of some with whom we have varying degrees of interaction. Perhaps it is a person we thought we knew but only ever had the occasional chat with, only to find on Facebook that we didn’t know him/her as well as we thought. Then there is that person with whom we have shared many a social outing, only to find that there are some hidden aspects of their life and/or personality that shock us.

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