Facebook Makes Me Sad
I just spent way too much time looking at entries on here and being surprised by how recent some of them are. The same refrain though, who knows if anyone will see this because it looks like the "Friends Page" is fucked for anything going back more than two or so weeks.
I miss this piece of the internet and it's part nostalgia, but it's also the fact that these entries actually made connection that felt genuine. Earlier in the evening I got sucked into the carefully curated or abandoned Facebook profiles for people haven't spoken to in years. Still "friends" but in no way would I feel comfortable slapping something on to their page as a way to reconnect.
Maybe lj wouldn't be as raw as it was a decade ago because we've all learned how to present ourselves online now, but man do I miss that. I miss that freedom of sharing and be allowed into my friends' lives. To get a true sense at the moment what they were thinking, feeling and doing. I miss having a space that felt so safe online.
My own Facebook page is mostly a ghost town and it really doesn't give much on what's happening with me. One would have to follow me on twitter, tumblr, and instagram to even begin to know what I am doing and even then, you'd have little clue as to how I was feeling.
I might just start throwing things up here again just because I can.
I miss this piece of the internet and it's part nostalgia, but it's also the fact that these entries actually made connection that felt genuine. Earlier in the evening I got sucked into the carefully curated or abandoned Facebook profiles for people haven't spoken to in years. Still "friends" but in no way would I feel comfortable slapping something on to their page as a way to reconnect.
Maybe lj wouldn't be as raw as it was a decade ago because we've all learned how to present ourselves online now, but man do I miss that. I miss that freedom of sharing and be allowed into my friends' lives. To get a true sense at the moment what they were thinking, feeling and doing. I miss having a space that felt so safe online.
My own Facebook page is mostly a ghost town and it really doesn't give much on what's happening with me. One would have to follow me on twitter, tumblr, and instagram to even begin to know what I am doing and even then, you'd have little clue as to how I was feeling.
I might just start throwing things up here again just because I can.