It is very useful- i often wonder how people argued before the assistance of Google, and if it weren't for Facebook i'd pretty much have no social life- but at the same time, its an absolute cunt.
For example, Facebook. It tricks me all the time. On facebook, everyone has the chance to think of something witty to say, rethink it, edit it, before finally posting it in the most amusing form possible. I'll read someone's interesting or funny statuses, think 'wow' what an interesting/funny person', then actually see them and remember they are really boring/a complete tosser.
And though facebook might make it easier to meet up with people and get to know them, it also prevents it. Sometimes i would rather just stay at home with my laptop, facebooking and watching shit on youtube. Because on the internet..
THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING TO DO.
Even blogging.. i'm not massively into it, i'm far too lazy. But some of the blogs i read and follow get very personal. Its odd knowing very intimate things about people who you don't really know, or haven't even met. In a way its pretty cool, experiencing from a distance a different life and perspective, but knowing someone over the internet isn't like knowing someone in person.. its very easy to edit yourself through a keyboard.
Tbh, apart from anything else, i'd just like a bit of anonymity.
The internet takes away all the mystery from things. Now you just have to google something to become an expert on it, as long as you don't use wikipedia. Its so easy to know everything about someone without really knowing them, which if anything makes it easier to judge them unfairly. Or be... mistaken.
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