Who is the king of procrastination?
Facebook. Facebook, facebook, facebook.
If I could count the hours that I have spent not doing my homework while on that site, it would be a scary figure. For some reason, being constantly connected to every one's business is a must for the people of my generation. We relish the freedom that social networking gives us in defining who we are. We can look thinner, smarter, more educated, or more humorous. Shakespeare said that "all the world's a stage," but for some people today, Facebook provides our greatest performance.
When we are online, we do not have to be ourselves. We can control what everyone else gets to see. Perhaps this is the pull of social networking. Limits are eliminated. The bytes of information can be manipulated to create an entirely new being. You are just an avatar, an idealized version of yourself. This is freedom to some. They can appease every person. However, social networking exists on only one level. So, while you may be a star in cyberspace, you could just be an average joe in the real world. People are much more than what the internet can communicate.
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