Week 9-Social Networking

It took a long time, and quite a lot of energy exerted by my friends, but I finally succumbed to the beast that is Facebook. At first, I was over the moon about friend requests, profiles, and locating old friends, co-workers, camp pals, and the like. Now, I might check it every couple of days. I usually don't update my status, because I forget, or I don't have something pithy to say.

I do like it for making me feel connected to people that I don't get to see often. It's less effort than a regular email, which is less effort than a telephone call, which is less effort than a visit. I still prefer seeing people in person, and try to do so as much as possible. In that respect, I don't believe that social networking will take over my life.

For work, I know of many libraries that maintain a page for its patrons, or certain age groups. I feel that the jury is still out on whether this is beneficial for the library, or if this will be replaced by something else in the next few years.