Friday, April 13, 2007
Stalker status.
I'm sure most people have heard people use the term "stalker status" in referene to facebook/myspace and have probaly looked at someones facebook or myspace that they do not know themselves. But do you think its wierd when people know people from facebook, but never have had any interaction with them in real life? OR are freinds with someone from facebook or myspace, but don't know them at all?
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I do think it's kinda weird when someone is friends on facebook but never have spoken in real life, but at the same time, if they talk online but never get the chance to meet then that may be a different story. I think that some people may just be shy and what to admire someone from an affar. I personally hate when people add me on facebook that I don't know and they don't ever talk to me. I think that its okay to meet people off the internet, but not to just "stalk" them and be a creep
hahaha yes this is deffiantly weird but this is the world we live in today with sites like facebook and myspace. This just personally happed to me like a couple of days ago... i met a kid i had never met i knew him from facebook and he obviously knew me too lol because he was like ya ya wuts up kurt mitchell before i even told him my name hahaha... i thought it was pretty funny so i asked how he knew my name and was like i see it on facebook all the time. So, i mean i dont think its that weird its just kind of funny. It only gets a little weird when people you never will ever know friend request you and you accept. Such as they live like in California and we live in Massachusetts lol thats kind of weird.
I think it's SO weird when people do things like that. But at the same time, we're all guilty. Whether researching someone who used to hook-up with your current boyfriend/girlfriend, looking up someone from class, or someone you might have met one night when you were hammered at a party, we've all done it. Does it make it right, no? While the argument can be made that "if people don't want other people to see it, they shouldn't put it out there," it still seems invasive. I have both my Facebook and MySpace set to private and I monitor my friends closely. I hate the thought of people I don't know being able to see pictures of me and comments left by my friends, etc.
I do feel it is odd when people send friend requests from far away like Kurt said. It is extremely creepy as Erica pointed out. Also, I think it is hard to actually being someone's friend without actually meeting them in real life. With all the situations that people have been injured by meeting people through the internet you just have to be smart and look out for your safety.
I think it's kinda hard not to have the "stalker status" on things like facebook and myspace, especially with the "stalker feed" on facebook. It's a good way to meet people from your school i guess, but sometimes it can get pretty creepy knowing pretty much anyone in your network can see all your pictures and everything.
I have mad friends on facebook and I havent actually met all of them. Sometimes people have just mutual friends or they want to look at there pictures and profile to see whats up. Anything past that is a little weird.
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