I remember when I first registered for facebook about 3 years ago. It was fun to see my friend count rise and then get jittery when I got a friend request from a girl a liked (ha just kidding, but not really). Over time these devices like facebook and twitter have turned into a way for people to have an alter ego. A personality that is now suddenly capable of taking on the world because they can get away with dishing their thoughts into cyber space. Also, it is not the websites faults', but the users'. Most people would never say half the things they say on social media networks if they were talking to someones face. These social media sites let people off the hook of handling their problems like an adult. It is my personal belief that technology is making people anti-social rather than connecting the world like it claims. We can message a person half-way across the world in a second but yet we are incapable of having a conversation with someone sitting across the room from us. As some of my friends know, there is nothing I hate more than going somewhere and having everyone just sit in a circle and stare at their iphones. Why did you even invite me here if we're just gonna sit and text other people and play Temple Run? We should enjoy each others company while we still can. I laugh when people post things on twitter that I know a future employer can easily find and use against them. We get it, you get drunk on the weekends. Social media has now become a tool for people to complain because it will help them stay miserable because happiness is boring to them.
As for me I am going to attempt to practice what I preach by extinguishing my involvement in social media. They just cause much more problems then they do positive effects. My twitter account will be deleted later tonight and I will keep my facebook for the sole purpose of keeping in touch with my friend Moritz from Germany but will not post in it. I do not want an alter ego, and I do not want a platform to complain on. If people want to talk to me I would love to have them call or text me. Preferably call because like I said, we should be able to talk to each other.
I have decided to keep this blog though because this is not an alter ego. This is me Jared DiSanti, not Draino or some other personality to hind behind telling you my feelings. So if you wish to keep up with my blog, you will still be able to. And I also challenge you to make an effort to maybe skip a tweet for a night and call someone to ask how they are.
Thanks for reading!
