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So this past weekend, my
good friend and I were talking about men and it progressed to us discussing the
topic of Facebook relationship statuses. Are you one of those individuals who
openly declare their romance situation to the world? If you are, then join the
other million who do because you are not the only. However, I am not one of
those people. I like to keep things private. I`m the type of person who lives
for the moment - not the label. On the other hand, the internet has made
privacy virtually obsolete and has made public announcements of things like
relationships, the norm but I
would prefer not to share my love life with the online community and would
rather opt out from ``digital PDA`` altogether.
Unfortunately, I know
several women who care about ``status`` whether it`s in the real-world or on
Facebook. Then again, women have been defined by men and the so called label
makes them feel secure. My personal opinion, it`s `official` when two
individual have `the talk` and from experience this is truly important to every
relationship. So when people say,
``It`s only official when it`s on Facebook,`` I completely disagree. I do not
need a social networking site such as Facebook to publicize my
personal life. I simply prefer to inform the people closest to me at my own
discretion and then others gradually, over time. I know some may not understand
my logic and see displaying their relationship status on Facebook as a symbol
of declaring their love and it`s understandable as we now live in a technology
based society. Hence for me, relationship statuses = unnecessary way to let the
world know you are with someone + lack of privacy.
Also
for many people, Facebook has come to mirror how they see themselves in real
life and the one thing that mixes it up is the relationship status. This can
ultimately make things complicated as you are joining two people in the social
networking world. My real question is about proper etiquette when it comes to
sharing this kind of information online or does etiquette simply go out the
window when it comes to this issue?
