DQuixote

Are they even friends at all? 

Listen closely Sancho… Let me break down who these “friends” are and you tell me if the word is true to the people of this group. 

I see a lot of family. Family I would have never updated with all my activities in any other past time. Some would judge me, some be envious, and others would gossip. Anything I post will be filtered through them first. This limits my truthfulness and honesty. 

Many more are friends, many of whom would have drifted away long ago in any other past time. These and family will be most of your interactions. Most of what you post will be geared toward these two audiences. 

There are also old co-workers. These are acquaintances that you would have never talked to again in any other past time. These are often envious, gossiping, and curious people. Looking through a peephole into your life without you ever knowing because they never engage or interact, just view, like weird voyeurs.  It is creepy and would have been called stalking in the last century. 

Ex-girlfriends.  This is another hint that your friends are not your friends.  Your exes want nothing good for you. They want to see you single and lonely on your Facebook forever.  They don’t want to ever be with you again, but they will not hesitate to curse any relationship you ever get into. Some will even sabotage your relationship. 

Dead people.  Yep, each day you take a stroll through a graveyard with all your friends that have died. You see others weeping on their wall. Just finding out they have died. Putting flowers on their grave. Sometimes the family takes control of the account and it is even creepier to see updates from your dead friends. What happiness this must bring to our days. 

What do you have to say to this crowd everyday.  Nothing will please all of them. Only bad news will please some. What good would it do to your life to have hundreds of people curse your image every day?

I see old friends political post and curse them saying, “How can they be so stupid? What the hell is wrong with them?” I am sure they reply to my image and post with the same curses. 

So Sancho, you see a man must re-invent himself to break these chains. It does not matter how many followers you have, but the quality. Even at that, times change. An honest friends list has only a few people, and why would you make such a tight friendship public? To brag and have it sabotaged and cursed by others?

To be honest on the internet is to wear a mask. It is the only way. To show your personality and let your words flow freely, to do so without fear requires you be a God, or wear a mask.