I have a Facebook profile. And what the writer Carmen Joy King said, images have no meaning beyond “I look pretty from this angle” or “I’m wasted” or “look who my new boyfriend is.” is what I was and am. The reason why I upload my profile constantly is that, firstly, I want to snap a part of my lives and leave it over longer. Secondly, I don’t want to be disturbed from others but just want to disembogue the piece of my lives and share it with others or friends so that they can understand who I am, what I am doing and how everything is going well, without the help of face-to-face conversation. I was able to accomplish let my friends, family and acquaintances know how I am and also they let me know how they are by using the smart mediate daily tool.
Still, I know there are several side-effects. By doing so, we barely make a call, send a mail or actually meet but check their comments up regularly. To let them know how I really well or really bad, I have been uploading some made-up story and made-up images. Am I undergoing narcissism? Or maybe there is a subtle pressure to us to express ourselves for something we don’t notice. Even though we put these displeasures aside, we seem to ignore our responsibility to the new social network coping with almost every human relation.
Now the reality that the great ranges of works are done on the net, such as Facebook, is undeniable. That’s why quitting the Facebook means suicide at online life for the writer. However, the thing I’m carefully concerned about is having obstacle of communication or being paralyzed before innumerable Facebook users.
I like your line, "[I am] undergoing narcissism." this is your response to Aristotle's quote, "We are what we repeatedly do." We become the verb the action we do.
ReplyDeleteAnd it is so scary when I felt that the action I repeatedly do is something unvalued. lol
ReplyDeleteDid you take TCS1? In it, we did this whole section on photography, and how people take pictures to prove they had an experience worth experiencing. It's justification of sorts, or mere evidence to show other people, "See? I did do something that day! And aren't I cooler for it?" Facebook is the perfect outlet for this, as you said with images saying "I'm wasted" or "look who my new boyfriend is." The photos were taken, likely, FOR Facebook.
ReplyDeleteThe photos were taken with the intention of proving to everyone that you know how to have a good time and that you aren't a single prude still.
At least, I know that's why I post pictures to Facebook. I like to think I take most photos for memory or aesthetic purposes, but that doesn't mean I have to show everyone. But Facebook just makes it so much easier to prove your life in the form of photos.
I'm sure everyone has at least heard this at a party after a photo is taken: "That better be going on Facebook!"