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- This is my ramblings of my experiences at Edge Hill University in England with a picture or two
Friday, October 7, 2011
I Always Feel Like, Somebody's Watching Me
As I am reading this I am still not sure who big brother is. Sometimes I think it could be this high status person but then I think Hey! It could be like that guy from Wizard of Oz. I am actually really interested in seeing who it turns out to be. I think our version of big brother is our social media sites. I mean take a look at the new facebook and their "ticker". I hate how I can see what my friends are doing on every second. I don't care that Suzie Smith commented on Jackie Johnsons changed relationship. If I really cared, I would just go look myself. I tend to block people on my newsfeed so that I just see what my close friends are up to because I honestly don't care about what half the people on my friends list are doing on a tuesday afternoon. The funny thing is that people think we have privacy on these websites because we have our profile blocked or our pictures hidden, but in reality we give up that privacy when we hit "I agree" to the terms and conditions that we don't even read. I remember when my step mom first got a facebook. When she found out that they owned the pictures she flipped out. I looked at her and asked, "well did you read the terms and conditions?' she said no and I said there ya go! You have no right to complain when you didnt take the time to read. That is exactly why I dont post things that I dont want other people to see. You post something, they have it forever. FOREVER. We give up our privacy without even realizing or taking the time to acknowledge it.
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I’m too excited to see who he ends up if we ever actually find out. I agree that we think that after we hit I agree were still getting privacy so not true read what you agree to people. Also seem to think the social media and internet are like the crossover of big brother to out other readings and so so so true .. FOREVER just like this post I’m commenting on your blog its forever even when I hit the delete button somewhere it is database.
ReplyDelete" If I really cared, I would just go look myself. I tend to block people on my newsfeed so that I just see what my close friends are up to because I honestly don't care about what half the people on my friends list are doing on a tuesday afternoon."
ReplyDeleteIt is so interesting to me that people (even myself included) have so many issues with FaceBook; however, we continue to feed into this network. Why not delete those people who you do not care to read about? Do we feel like we can delete them. Obviously we can literally delete them, but there's some "force" or feeling that makes us not delete them... Can you make a connection between this and Big Brother or any other themes/ symbols in 1984?
I'm also really curious to find out who Big Brother is! I feel like he, she or it can be compared to a lot of different things. But you are right with the facebook comment. People post all these things without realizing that someone has it all forever. It made me think and now I want to be careful with what goes on and what doesn't!
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