Good bye Face book

I have been thinking for sometime that I need to rid myself of my face book. The thought has been occurring to me that it is unsafe. I would read news articles about people being arrested, losing jobs, finding cheating spouses, all over face book. And while I don’t have anything illegal on my page, anything that would cause me to lose my job (unemployed) or anything that would as my girlfriend puts it “damage the relationship.” I still find face book as a huge invasion of privacy.

I remember when a bus driver, after over hearing a conversation I was having with my girlfriend, and another friend of mine, came up to us and started talking. He started talking about a lot of things, wisdom really, and gave us his views on face book.

It has taken a little while for his words to sink in, but I feel I understand it now. He was saying that face book is a waste of time, and it is. However it can cost you more than your time. I cant help but to feel that the idea of people looking back on your statues messages and inner most thoughts when you were 20 years old is something that most of us would not like to have done. Who wants to be 40 years old sitting down at an interview for a dream job, and having to answer for drunk status updates made when you were still in college. Sometimes the excuse, “I was just young and dumb.” doesn’t cut it.

I feel as if I will live a life in which I will not only be accountable to God and my wife, but I will also be accountable to the general public. I have no idea how much I will change years from now, I don’t need my past holding me back anymore than it already has.

Sure, if you are responsible with the tool (face book) you should have little to fear, but for the rest of us, who have bouts of immaturity and irresponsibility, face book can be a noose around our necks. Not only that but people tend to forget exactly who they have added as friends, and before you know it people you don’t want knowing end up knowing things. People ask you about things on your status update and it takes you a moment to think “Wait, I didn’t tell you that how did you know?”

How embarrassing is it to get the response. “It was on your face book.”

How often have we been surprised when almost near strangers who are our friends on face book, know things that we would not have told them in person.

No, face book is not evil, its just that its dangerous if used without the up most respect and caution. Its like holding a lit stick of dynamite and a pair of scissors as you run around trying to find a place to throw away the dynamite. If Face book doesn’t blow up your entire world, you may just walk away with a few scraps and bruises. So before that happens to me, I'll walk away from face book.

Good bye face book.