Down the rabbit hole we go.

So I have friends, as do all people. In actual fact, on Facebook alone I have over 1000 friends. Awesome hey! "Friends". I am so blessed. I have 1000 people that I care deeply about and who care about me and that I grew up with. Built a past with.

DING DING DING! WRONG!

Of those 1000+ people, I think I have a good relationship with about 30 of them? People that I actually have a past with; that I remembered? Why then do I have these other 970 people on my social media? Why? Has it become a thing of status to have that many people linked to your private profile? Is it vanity maybe? That could be it. The world has become a competition of "friends" and "followers" and bit.ly link tracking and profile hits. It's such a crazy thing. Is this the new school ground with the popular kids in the corner and the not so popular kids being teased? And we wonder why kids go Columbine!

We join groups to show things we are interested in, yet do nothing in these groups. We "like" strangers status updates, yet do not comment as we do not know them. We "like" famous people's fan pages because that boy/girl you have a crush on "liked" it too and you hope this shows that you have something in common. It's strange this world we have entered into. Out identities have become public domain, our thoughts open to review and comment. (Yes, even this blog counts as this strange world.)

Will this world ever change? Have we gone to deep down the rabbit hole to look back now?
Yes, I believe we have. I firmly believe that online social media have become an addiction. Yes, I am also very much addicted. As are millions of others. Let us hope that we still keep a small part of ourselves, for ourselves. Let's not loose that little piece that gives us a soul and makes us as special as we are.

Happy Tweeting, Pinging, Facebooking and Blogging all you wonderful people!

X
Ray