Facebook, Twitter, Myspace and all kinds of networking "tools" are available now. I am witnessing many whom are so much hooked into the social networking sites. Eat FB, Sleep FB, Dream Fb and so on. At one point of time, I just feel that people are overreacting rather than actually making use of these facilities.
No doubt. All the social networking sites are useful and so to network with people. Exchange informations, happenings and ideas online. Get to know people and even get hired online. But a social network should remain a social network and used for specific reason and time period. Malaysia is said to be having the fastest growing social network dilemma. People are not just hooking online with social network all day and all night without realizing how much valuable time that they are missing or better said, wasting.
What I realize is that people are so happy to exhibit, share and distribute their personal informations and pictures to people they do not "actually" know. My point of view is that the more you tell people about you, the more you are making yourself vulnerable. You also don't realize that those pictures that you happily share with a big smile and pose, can be used anywhere and anytime for different purposes including defaming you. After all what are you talking online? Some crapping - hey thats so nice-lah, you are so pretty today, i am so stressed.... blah blah blah....
Who is so interested to know if Mr.X likes Air Asia, Toyota or the all new Ipad 2?
Who cares if you just got yourself a super nice jacket, if you drive a BMW or if you just ate Walls Ice cream?
Who wants to know if you are in Selayang Supermarket, Golfing in Italy, or at the Chicken Rice Shop with your boss?
Social Networking and more over with Malaysian becoming a bragging and self proclaiming network rather than putting the SN to real use. Mr.X tells people that he got too much work to do at office, but still active in FB telling people what he was wearing yesterday night and he forgot to brush his teeth this morning. We are in the midst of making Malaysians the most less progressive people with recent reports claiming than more than half of civil servants are hooked to social networking sites during office hours. How do we expect people to really work and be productive?
Just look at an example of Tony Fernandez Facebook site. He is using the Social Network site to market and exchange information about his business. His words are marking the progress of the company and his team. He share facts on the developments which indirectly promotes his brands. That's a smart guy using his Social Network wisely. Does he share his photos with his kids? or what he was saying to his wife over last nights dinner?
For some, Change is just a word.
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