Electronic
social media has certainly affected personal intimacy. This does not just
include the relationships of the romantic variety either. All forms of
relationships have been affected by the Internet. Let’s start with the obvious
starting point: Facebook. Most people have a Facebook account in our time and
this, in of itself, is not really a good or bad thing. Facebook accounts allow
families that live in different states to stay close by letting the members see
current events of their loved ones. It allows old High School friends to
reconnect or stay connected. Facebook allows clubs to get information out to
each other without going crazy with trying to find all of the members’ numbers.
But Facebook is not a God-sent entity: it can be down-right terrible for
relationships on every level. Heaven forbid you’re cheating on your wife with
her ditsy best friend that posts a picture of you two together! Facebook can be
damaging beyond scandals as well. With Facebook, a person can have hundreds of
friends! But most of those friends aren’t real friends, there really is no
relationship beyond ‘liking’ each other’s pictures or stats.
Shifting
gears to a romantic intimacy, the Internet can be great or terrible as well.
There are hundreds of dating sites now-a-days. Hundreds of people us them too.
Loads of people have, honest to God, met their soulmates on these kind of
websites, but the same amount have probably met their stalkers too. When it
comes to trying to find a mate online, it can be really dangerous since you DO
NOT have the face to face interaction. You cannot see the good in someone’s
eyes, or the evil, without ever seeing them until you decide to hook-up in
reality.
To sum it up, the Internet
is not good or bad. We come down to choice here: what do I post on this
website? Who do I friend? Who do I get into a relationship with? Are these
really my friends? It can be great, but it can also be terrible.
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