My Social Network Experience:
When the trend and craze of
social networks took off, everybody was jumping on the bandwagon right away,
except me. Being a very reserved person
who had concerns about the many security breaches in technology and my PPI
(personal & private information) just floating out somewhere in cyberspace
for anyone to view or misuse, I hesitated to join the frenzy. Classmates from high school & college
complained and friends & family criticized my willingness to just socially
“hang out” online that I finally compromised and signed up for an account. MySpace.com & Ning.com were the popular
social networks at the time, but they were quickly phasing out due to the
popularity of Facebook. So, I thought
here’s just another fad that people will be “cyber-hopping” around to join
until a new network comes along. Should
I bother to invest my time again setting up an account and getting reconnected
to everyone when my circle of friends, who had convinced me to join, were now
“abandoning the ship” (meaning the two former networks mentioned) and switching
over to Facebook?
