Do you think facebook wrecks a teens self esteem?
I think facebook acutally builds a teen’s self esteem. There are people out there who get way more comments than me, but I still think it’s cool when someone i know but don’t really talk to in real life likes one of my statuses. I also don’t have a phone, and if it weren’t for facebook I wouldn’t be able to talk to any of my friends other than in person!
Life comparison and popularity contests is the purpose of facebook. Everyone spends their time on facebook checking out what everyone else is doing and comparing it to themselves, even though few would admit it. Try not to take it too seriously, or yes, it could wreck a person’s self esteem. It can get crazy on there – everyone’s trying to ‘out cool’ each other. Who’s got the best pictures of themselves having fun, who’s getting the most comments, who’s got the most ‘friends’, etc. I quit it a long time ago. The world doesn’t need, or want, to read what I might have to say to one person. I wouldn’t consider 500+ people to be my close friends either. The word ‘friend’ kind of loses a lot of meaning and value on social networking sites. If you choose to quit, it wouldn’t mean you lose your close friends, you’d just need to make more effort to stay in touch with them. Hanging out, calling, texting, emailing. They’re all far more personal ways of staying in touch, and take much more effort
Facebook should die. I had one so called ‘friend’ make me an account, write a load of **** in the profile, and comment on some horrible people’s pictures, talking about how hot they were. I was not amused. So after that little episode, it only strengthened my resolve that Facebook is an unnecessary contribution to the internet, far too many people get bullied and discriminated against on it, and no one really needs it. If I had the power, I’d get everyone to boycott Facebook. It’ll happen someday, when I’m ruling the world from my little bedroom in a middle of some random town in South Wales.
