Courtesy of Drew Grant at Crushable:
1. You’d actually have to pick up the phone and talk to your friends to find out what they were doing later.
I believe Facebook has re-defined our social relationships, so I definitely believe this is one of the biggest perks of living without Facebook. Verbal communication and personal interaction has become so limited because of Facebook, and the internet in general. It's important for a person's social skills as well as communication skills to talk to friends in person, or even on the phone as opposed to just on Facebook or through text.
2. No annoying reminders of your teenage years every time someone from high school friends you.
This idea goes back to that whole "friends" versus friends idea. Do you really need to have everyone from your graduating class as a friend on Facebook? Especially when you didn't even like them in high school?
3. Employers would have to hire you based on your resume and interview alone, and only later find out what a hard-partying freak you are.
This is such an important topic. So many people are denied jobs (or fired like that teacher who had a picture of herself drinking) because of information found by employers on their Facebook.
So many people don't even realize that the stuff they post on the internet is there to stay and it's really hard to get rid of. Their employer is also guaranteed to find it if they go searchin'.
4. You wouldn’t spend half a day trying to find out how to limit your profile so your mom couldn’t see that picture of you doing shots with the entire rugby team.
Kind of relates to number 3. Why post things that you wouldn't want your parents to see? The internet is public, so why post it if you aren't proud of it?
5. MySpace would still reign supreme. Wait…that’s not a perk.
No comment on this one...
6. Your relationship status would refer to that talk you had with your significant other about the status of your relationship.
Again, this is part of that conversation about how the private has turned public. Why is it anyone's business if you're in a relationship or not? And why does being in a relationship on Facebook make it officially "official"? It took my boyfriend and I over 4 months to change our relationship status on Facebook from "single" to "in a relationship" after we had the relationship talk. We didn't really think it was necessary to alert the world to our relationship right away. Our friends knew, and that's all that mattered. We didn't need our "friends" "liking" or commenting on our private matters.
7. If you wanted to harass a dying girl, you’d have to go next door and do it to her face.
This refers to an incident where the neighbors of a 7 year old girl who was dying of Huntington's disease posted pictures of her beneath a skull and cross bones on Facebook. First of all, what the hell is the matter with these adults taunting a 7 year old girl? Second, this just shows how the internet has become a platform for many to do and say things they may not do in person. The internet has this aura of anonymity, but with Facebook, where your name is attached to everything you do, I'm not sure how these people thought they were anonymous. Or if they were even thinking?
Here's a link to find more on that story: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/10/13/Dying-girl-finds-support-after-harassment/UPI-42021286988871/
8. Mark Zuckerberg would have had to finish college.
He didn't?
9. Lying at your 10-year reunion would be so much easier. (“Why yes, I am married to a supermodel and own my own helicopter.”)
Totally true. Can't really fake anything because of Facebook. Your information is out there... unless you fake the supermodel thing on Facebook. Which you totally can... because Facebook is only an extension of your personality and doesn't really depict who you are. Just who you want people to perceive you as. Confusing, right? More on that later.
10. Aaron Sorkin would have no reason to be so goddamn smug.
He made a lot of money...
Here's the link to the list and article:
http://crushable.com/other-stuff/10-perks-of-living-in-a-world-without-facebook/
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