FACEBOOK: Too cute for me

Not that I haven't tried it.  Not that I'm not there.  It's a great networking tool but--and don't bother sending me hate mail--a rather juvenile one. It's made for teens I think, but lots of, er, oldies are spending a lot of time on it, sending each other cyber-food and I don't know what else!!  I took some of the tests. I'm right-brained AND I'm Rachel in FRIENDS.  Not particularly life-changing discoveries there, though I thought I would definitely be Monica. 

People find people they haven't seen in decades on Facebook, which might be the attraction for us Pinoys, who so love living in the past.  Cyber re-connections are made and people spend hours sending each other silly virtual tokens.  All in good fun, I suppose. Still, I worry about virtual relationships.  I really do.  I think people should take the time to catch up with a friend over coffee if they are sincere about re-connecting. I bet people get a kick out of seeing old classmates and acquaintances but would instantly freeze and back off at the prospect of physical meetings. Am I right?

I wish there could be a more productive use for such a tool--perhaps to further social change? If we could all harness something like this to swell up to the tipping point of change in this country then WOW!  Now we're talking.  If every Filipino used his Facebook time, energy, and network towards manifesting change in our country, can you imagine the groundswell????

In the meantime, I limit my participation to checking in with a few friends and family members whose photos are the reason I joined.