I was always a skeptic when it comes to revealing personal information on the web. Things that matter to me the most should be out there on the web for everyone to see, neither was I registered on classmate finder nor Facebook.
My logic is if I have to get in touch with someone why don't I just pick the damn phone and talk to the person. One of one phone/ face conversations are things that I am more comfortable with. Facebook doesn't allow me to do that hence never cared to open an account. Moreover with recent stores where people have gotten themselves in trouble by posting views, images on social networking sites. Recently a girl in India was arrested when she expressed her anger on the political system in India.
There are numerous examples of people posting about an upcoming vacation on Facebook, and finding their houses robbed on their return. Having said that, my recent experience in a small town in Germany lead me to understand the need of social networking in our daily life.
During our stay in Germany a few years ago, me and my wife used to dine at a small restaurant. We wanted to keep in touch with the restaurant owners, and with language a barrier it was getting difficult to converse via skype/ phone. On my recent visit to the town, I asked to the owners if there was an effective way of communication between us that allowed us to stay in touch and overcome the language barrier and voila the answer was 'FACEBOOK'. It not only allows us to share picture/ comments but also makes it easier to communicate using Google translation, problem solved!
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