I’m a Facebook convert
08 Jan 2009
Due to serious peer pressure, I have succumbed into the internet’s equivalent of quicksand. FACEBOOK! Woohoo. Okay, there wasn’t much pressure. However, knowing that my mom had an account and I didn’t was the final blow to my otherwise unshakable resolve not to join social networking sites. I do have a Multiply page which I barely touched since college.
It’s interesting how I’ve always been extremely slow at adapting these web “trends”. That’s considering the fact that I’m a techie at heart with a degree in Computer Engineering (soon to be M.S. in Electrical Engineering). I guess it’s not that I don’t get the purpose of these whirlpools of unproductivity. I mean, it doesn’t hurt to spread your network (social or otherwise). My hesitation is probably because of my passion for productivity and efficiency. Facebook and productivity just don’t go well together. I can prove it. I’ve just created an account and have done nothing to my profile yet, but I’m already getting “sucked” into the quicksand.
Oh well, there’s no turning back now. I guess I’ll just try to check my account once in a while. I’ve already created a Gmail filter so that friend requests won’t interrupt my otherwise prestine inbox. So if you know me personally, look for me on Facebook.
