That is the question.
At my age, you hope to be over the whole peer pressure thing. I said no to drugs. I said no to cigarettes, witchcraft, grand theft auto and the other normal teenage angst. Ironically now, more than a few years after high school, I'm being pressured to jump on a social bandwagon on which I'm not sure I want to ride, and I'm beginning to give in to the pressure.
I'm seriously thinking about registering on Facebook.
I've received several invitations from my lovely friends and colleagues, but I'm still contemplating whether to sign up. I've heard pros and cons from folks, and it's an ongoing debate (in my head). OK, so maybe it's not that serious, but maybe it is.
We're in the digital age. I admit that I'm not too big on the whole phone thing. I gave up the pen pal thing after college. So, Facebook seems to be the new millennium's way of keeping in contact. As a matter of fact, I have an irking feeling that I'm missing out on some major events and news in my friends' lives by not being in the Facebook loop.
So, keeping in touch with my friends is a pro, but there are also some cons I've been told.
I actually know one person deleted her profile. Why? She was connecting with guys whose married life she'd rather not know about. A former colleague is still registered but often has to ignore friend requests from people he feels don't fall into the "friend" category in his life. Do I run the risk of reconnecting with "undesirables"? Then, there's the whole cyber-stalking thing. The more you're on the web, the more open your life is, and you can't always control who comes in.
On the pro side, I hear it's a great way to network professionally. Plus, for every person you hear from that you don't care to, there are two or three that you're glad to reconnect with ... or so I hear.
So, help me out. Am I over thinking it? Am I missing out on whole new world? Should I give in to the pressure?
