tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255284583537167032.post1039895330967169632..comments2023-04-17T07:17:39.692-04:00Comments on Social Media for Professional Writers: Before you change that Relationship StatusUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255284583537167032.post-88633445145036896632010-04-07T23:34:23.655-04:002010-04-07T23:34:23.655-04:00I'm not really into the whole-who's single...I'm not really into the whole-who's single and who isn't game. Although I have befriended my ex-boyfriends from high school and feel happy to know that they are single. I guess it gives you a ray of hope that they might be your "soul mate." On the other hand, I do think that having a relationship is a private matter and should not necessarily be broadcasted on Facebook.Nadiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05728589717584298440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255284583537167032.post-65526636993437153672010-02-06T13:28:20.135-05:002010-02-06T13:28:20.135-05:00Reading this blog made me laugh and shake my head ...Reading this blog made me laugh and shake my head in wonder. I'm not on Facebook (yet) and have missed out on status updates to my friends' pages. I've been weeks late hearing about an engagement or new development in someone's life. I'll call a friend and say, "Hey, I just heard about.... Why didn't you tell me?" And her reply will be, "Oh, I forgot you weren't on Facebook. When are you getting on?" <br /><br />This open and rapid dissemination of personal information is part of my reluctance. Everyone keeps telling me I can control who gets on and who sees what, but can I really? Look at what Jason said before me. Even though he couldn't get on his ex-girlfriend's page, he still got updates from others. How much of my life do I want the masses to read? <br /><br />You might say that there is still the telephone, but the phone and other information networks do not move as swiftly or as widely as Facebook. I know it's just a matter of time before I join, and the time is counting down more and more quickly, but the idea makes me very nervous. Then again, one of my friends re-connected via Facebook with the man who is now her husband. Maybe Facebook is the way to change my status from "single" to "in a relationship"!Dina M. Schwartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10336834889711648176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255284583537167032.post-1720644397209832262010-02-04T16:50:03.460-05:002010-02-04T16:50:03.460-05:00This was a very thought provoking piece. The curre...This was a very thought provoking piece. The current atmosphere definitely opens up more channels for people to connect and communicate, but at the same time it puts a lot of information out there that some people would rather remain ignorant to. I once dated a girl for about a year; we still talked after we broke up but she removed me from her friends list because she didn't want me to know that she was seeing other people. Even though I couldn't see what was going on on her page, mutual friends of ours could<br />and it got back to me anyway. Could this have happened pre-social media? Of course, but social media enhances the amount of information available to cyber-stalkers and busybodies.JWrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824738677997782175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255284583537167032.post-46752135218896990212010-02-01T17:14:13.071-05:002010-02-01T17:14:13.071-05:00I enjoyed this glimpse into modern dating. The las...I enjoyed this glimpse into modern dating. The last time I went out on a date, Richard Nixon was President. I wore plaid bell-bottom baggies, dingo boots, and a sweater vest. No shirt, mind. Just the vest. My hair was longer than hers was, but hers was neater. We rode around in my 1969 Pontiac GTO. It had a large hole in the floorboard which I had put there when I installed my new Hurst shifter. We spent the evening listening to the Doobie Brothers drag through song after song on my cheap eight-track tape player. Occasionally I'd hit her with one of my pickup lines, such as "Excuse me, but can you check under your seat? I've misplaced my Congressional Medal of Honor." Finally she agreed to just get married because she realized she couldn't stand dating me anymore.<br /><br />That's why online dating is so successful. There had to be a better way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com