With all the different social networking sites in the world wide web these days, such as Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Fubar, and many more, it raises the question of "Who really cares what your doing 24/7?!" Not only can individuals update they're status online but, they can also update they're status from they're cell phones....and they do.
Shela Johnson is 17 years old and says that she does status updates almost every hour and likes the fact that she can let people know what she's thinking, saying and doing but her brother Chris, who is in his twenties, says that he only updates when something amazing happens in his life. He also believes that girls are just more open about everything than guys are and want everyone to know everything about they're lives. "To be honest, it's actually kinda annoying that girls update all the time because it shows that they just want someone to pay attention to them," says Chris.
It raises the question about genders and social networking. Girls seem to display if they're upset or happy about relationships, school and friends and guys seem to keep everything really reserved and private unless it's to they're closest friends in personal messages and not comments for the whole world to see.
Should we be more discreet with our updates? Is Tweeting that you just put mustard on your corn dog or that you just went to the bathroom really necessary? Has social networking status' ruined our ability to socialize with other people?
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