The Facbook Community

• Facebook is a community. If you don’t what Facebook is, it is an online social network for people to join for free. There are many different purposes for why people join, such as finding old friends, making new ones, and also networking opportunities and business contacts. Because we are connected by our own choice in the network, I feel that this makes us a community. I joined Facebook about three years ago because my daughter had an account also; she was my first friend. Than came my others kids, some siblings, cousins, and than friends. Facebook is the only community that I really feel connected to; the reasons why  probably have to do with how close I am with many of the people who are “my friends,” and the security I feel, knowing that most of those friends would be there for me, if I needed them, at anytime. This is what holds us together.
• There are many different interests that people in my network comprise, ranging from hobbies, food, movies, families, dating, friendship, and much more. I believe the diversity of mine is unique; I have single friends, gay friends, men, women, children, people of different races and even those from different countries. Every one has their different needs; some even use the network for financial gain for their own businesses. Many values are also similar within, but much is very different, and this is part of the whole make up people, as in any social situation or community. I am Catholic, and so are a lot of people that I grew up with, here in Facebook. Some of us still attend the same church. But for the most part, I don’t usually get caught up in religion or politics with my friends, because it never really comes up.
• As far as cohesion as a group, I rarely see problems that interfere with our ability to remain tranquil. Sometimes I have issues with things my children write; they are teenagers, and they don’t see that their words can reflect their character in a negative way. I find myself repeating these words to them, “Say it; forget it. Write it; regret it.” I see a lot of support going on within my group of friends, which I guess maybe some might feel left out. Recently, a friend of mine was hurt with me, because I hadn’t contacted him for a long time on Facebook; he took this personally and deleted me as one of his friends. I was a little confused by his reaction, mostly because he could have reached to me, just the same.