Sunday, September 30, 2012

“The question isn’t, ‘What do we want to know about people?’ It’s, ‘What do people want to tell about themselves?’” - Mark Zuckerberg



Social media sites are intriguing.  One gets to peer into the window of peoples’ most private thoughts, and sometimes, actions.  How many times have you logged onto Facebook or Twitter to see that someone is engaged, married, divorced, pregnant, widowed?  It’s really about the status or announcement of the event.  It’s a safe haven where people can put information out there they really choose not to share on a more intimate level.

Something seems lost when someone needs to announce to 500 or 1,000 close friends, at the same time, they are getting married!  What happened to calling your sister or best friend with uncontrolled excitement jumping through the phone to share the news?  Or, maybe it’s the safe place to announce you agreed to marry the person all your friends and family hate.  They’ve told you over and over again the person’s wrong for you!  You ultimately go through with the wedding, find out they’re all right and then you can post the details of your divorce decree!

Then, sometimes, it’s all about the shock value!  It’s about posting a statement so controversial that it can only be done once, loud, and with vibrato!  That seems to be the only way they’ll listen.

 - Nancy Valentino

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