Facebook and MySpace

Not having any desire to join either of these social networking sites, I checked them out courtesy of my daughter’s page. She kindly logged on to Facebook to show me (albeit so briefly that I couldn’t read any of the messages posted!) her profile page and list of friends. For her, Facebook is a wonderful way of keeping in touch with many school friends who have moved out of Auckland to study at universities throughout New Zealand and overseas. Messages can be exchanged and photos posted. It is also an alternative to texting friends locally. I, on the other hand, have little desire to re-kindle friendships with past school friends … too much water has passed under the bridge! I am content to socialise with current friends in person or, if that is not possible because of distance, maintain contact by telephone, text or email. I also did not like the fact that, even if you decided to withdraw from Facebook, any information published – messages, photos, etc. – remained their property and would probably still be accessible because of the various ‘friends’ you had linked to.

Only had a quick look at MySpace … seemed to be mainly a site where fans could follow their favourite musicians – again, not something that interests me.

I don’t think I would want to connect with my local library through these types of social networking sites.