SMWS 1-28

Facebook really isn’t my thing anymore… I read through my timeline occasionally, but I rarely post anything… For some reason it’s been losing its appeal to me. Back in high school, it was a much closer experience. Everyone from school would post and like each other’s things nearly every day. Near the end of the school year pictures and posts about prom, graduation, and summer dominated my feed. I wouldn’t say I was addicted, but I remember using Facebook A LOT back then. But once summer actually came, the fire slowly died down. Everyone still posted, but there wasn’t the same feeling.

Besides the fact that it didn’t feel the same, summer was the time that my aunts and uncles REALLY started using Facebook, and they acted like typical family members on any social media website. They commented on every post, posted random things on my wall, and told my parents about every little thing I did on Facebook. I didn’t really mind it, but this changed the way I looked at Facebook as well. Once the first semester of freshman year came around, I really didn’t mess with Facebook anymore… I had switched over to twitter.

Now I would say I use both equally, although not very frequently. I use twitter mostly to keep up with current events and the new friends I’ve made. I use Facebook to keep in touch with the people back home, and my friends that went off for college. It’s interesting to go on there and see how much people have changed and what people are accomplishing.