Hello!
I have a lot of Facebook friends. At the time of this post, I have 1056. And that number will only increase with time. I see having a lot of Facebook friends as a status symbol; people immediately judge you by your number. When I am friend requested, or even simply creeped on, I have this sinking feeling that people look immediately to my friend count to determine if I am a social person; in turn, I would be either a friendly person or a cool person to hang out with. Let's all be honest, would you really have the patience to get to know someone with 50 Facebook friends? Or would you rather get to know someone who has a lot of connections, and could possibly connect you to more people, thereby either finding a new friend, love interest, or job. Now for my main point: because I have so many friends and connections, there are certain duties I internally feel I am required to adhere to.
Of these special, self-assigned duties, the first and most important to maintain that circle of friends effectively is to support them. In order to do that, I must act online in a manner similar to my personality in real life. Because I come off as such a nice person in real life, I have a duty to be a nice, caring, compassionate person online. The main example of this was a status I recently posted, condemning people who complain about everything on Facebook (i.e., not getting enough sleep, too much homework, too much work hours). I later go on in the status to instruct people to cheer up, enjoy life, and smile. I received over 30 likes on that status, which was a great morale booster. It also means that from now on, I cannot complain on Facebook. As such, I am going to complain here in my blog. This is what makes me a hypocrite.
Who doesn't like to complain? It lets off some steam. It is especially nice to complain to someone, because if they attentively listen, we feel like we belong and that people care about us. But online, in a public setting as large as Facebook, is not the place to do it. So many of my friends complain so much about their lives, whether it be school, work, sleep, love, friends, family, or any combination of those. If you want to complain, I personally believe *cue Miss South Carolina speech*, then start a blog. That's what I have done. Back to the main idea.
Another self-assigned duty on Facebook is to inform my friends of huge happenings in my life. After that, I expect a large response from people. This is why I only update my Facebook status every once in awhile; about twice a week. I hate people who update everyday, or worse, more than once a day. Unless you are a celebrity (and even then it might be pushing it), nobody wants to know that much about your life. Also, I'd say I average 8-11 likes on nearly every status I post. There is a pretty solid group that like my statuses often, but I get most excited when I get 20+ likes. Usually this occurs either when I post something extremely inspiring, or a person in my life experiences a major change. Here are a few examples of when I got a lot of likes:
1) The status I mentioned above, about cheering up in life and forgetting your worries.
2) My brother being accepted into the same prestigious high school I went to.
3) My changed relationship status (although this only lasted 2 weeks, I received 44 likes on it)
I am not the type of person who will take down ugly or bad pictures of myself, and only keep the good ones up. I hate people who do that. But when it comes to pictures, I also hate people who put up pictures of themselves drinking... and they are not of age. I hope you do get caught, and never get a good job ever. I also hate pictures of distorted faces, either swirled, or blown up, or squeezed, or whatever. And then they post 20 of those pictures at a time. Maybe it's funny to you, but no one cares.
I'm kinda tired of this post. I'll resume later. My big ending point: DON'T FLATTER YOURSELF. Not as many people care as you think. In any case, have a wonderful day! Bye bye
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