Who are you?

Just like the other 2/3 of the Earth's population, I also own a Facebook. (What a revelation!) I had it four years ago and was also super duper excited to know that I can stalk anyone without revealing my true identity (unlike Friendster, gosh, I suddenly miss friendster....creating "cool" posts, making the "girliest" background and updating it with chart topping songs. )

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Going back to Facebook. Do you know someone who has over 3ooo friends? I mean, seriously? A gazillion strangers can see your private photos (I'm talking about demure, vain photos :D), read your rantings and just know when and where you ate your dinner each day of the month. Gazillion of strangers know you online and you don't even know 80% of them personally. 

I have over a thousand friends in FB, that's before I decided to unfriend 50% of them. Yes folks, I allowed 500 unknown people to take a peak of my own small private life. That's basically because I added all people who have "Ronida" as their first names and all those that have my last name too. Hey, I just want to make amends to some of my long lost relatives that even my mom and dad never met. And I was thrilled to realize that I'm not the only Ronida in the planet. I grew up with this egocentric belief that my name is sooooo unique and no mother ever thought of naming their child with exactly R-O-N-I-D-A, aside from my own mama. (My papa is named ROmmel and mama is NIDA--- the history of my historic identity). So I sent friend requests to people from the Philippines extending to Indonesia and Albania. I wanted to know all of them, because apparently, I just know all Ronidas are amazing people. 

Again, about the Facebook chaos. I received a chat and a message in timeline from two people named xxxxxx with a profile picture of a whatever-anime-character-i'm-not-aware-of. She/He (They) know me and I have no idea who he/she (they) are. Then brutally asked, "who are you", then, taraaa, turns out she is my best friend and he is my high school classmate. I literally have to scan their profiles and look for some comprehensible photos where I can recognize them. 

Why can't people remain their real selves in FB? I think FB is meant for families and friends to keep in touch, sort of. You can always protect your privacy by choosing who you invite as friends and it's super easy to tweak your privacy settings. And I definitely think FB is not a blog or a private, intimate letter where you can blurt out your hurt and hate for the world. There are better ways to communicate, to show respect and appreciation. There are REAL ways and means to show concern or to be heard by someone. FB is a great tool if people live miles apart but everyone may raise their hands to agree with me, nothing beats a personal and intimate conversation with a live human being. There's no LOLing when you're actually hurt badly. There's no I <3 YOU when you really feel burdened. There's no OK when really, it's not OKAY.

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