http://www.pluggedin.com/upfront/2010/thisisyourfriendshiponfacebook.aspx"Do we all realize, for example, when exactly it is that we reveal
information to show off? To vent? To gain social or intellectual
standing? To manipulate? To intentionally stir up trouble? Are we
building up our Facebook friends for the express purpose (consciously or
unconsciously) of guaranteeing a built-in audience with whom we can
indulge our increasingly narcissistic tendencies? In our clamor to be
known, appreciated and seen on social networking sites, are some of us
becoming relationship consumers rather than nurturers?"
This quote sums up what I found myself doing when I was on FB. It caused me to be self-inflating and I do think that I was becoming a relationship consumer rather than a nurturer. It is funny how the Lord changed my viewpoint of FB....I actually encouraged many of my friends to get on FB to begin with...perhaps my reasoning was that I would have the audience the quote refers to.
Articles like this bring me to my knees. I realize how much I need to be saved from myself.
What are your thoughts?