In my Composition 2 class, we are writing essays about ownership. While one could go many ways with this, I decided to write about the media owning Americans. While researching this topic, I came across a site that inspired me to alter my essay: http://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/facebook-statistics-stats-facts-2011/ My topic is now: Facebook Owns The World.
While many social networking sites consume our time, Facbook seems to be in the lead. Facebook is consuming our lives; statistics prove this. I, myself, spend hours a day on Facebook, looking at the statuses of others, updating my own status, keeping up with FB drama, etc. There is a point where one must get off of Facebook and do something productive. Unfortunately, for many of us, we do not choose to reach this particular point.
One site describes Facebook addiction as a disorder, Facebook Addiction Disorder (FAD): http://www.buzzle.com/articles/facebook-addiction.html
An organization called The Anti-Facebook League of Intelligentsia (AFLI) has a very well organized argument against the use of Facebook. Although some of the articles are long, they prove to be very humerous and entertaining. http://theantifacebookleague.com/
Lastly, a document I found while researching this topic encourages Facebook "suicide." http://knol.google.com/k/knol-librarian/facebook-suicide/3habgt1nl2wxs/15# Maybe by the time this blog is done, I will have committed Facebook "suicide!"
This blog will archive my 40 days without Facebook, present statistics on Facebook usage, and give my opinions on the topic. I encourage the reading of these few articles. I hope you enjoy them and find each one as interesting as I did. Thoughts and opinions are welcome, just please be respectful of others. Thanks for reading, check back soon!(:
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