Hello, all, and welcome to my iWrite blog for assessment numero 2! I'm Grace Patterson and I'm in Frank's class for the first semester of 2011. I'm extremely enthused, even as I research and type my little heart out, as I am a newbie to the university world and am taking everything as it comes. I already keep a blog, which can be found under the name PattieCakes, that is a general blog based on the things I notice in life that either annoy or intrigue me. THIS blog, however, is for more of an academic purpose. That of a one-sided debate regarding the awesomeness of the over-populated world that is Facebook.com.
As you can tell from my enthusiasm in my written tone, and the title of the blog also, I'm writing about the positives of Facebook. Obviously! Because as far as I'm concerned there are way more upsides than downsides. And even the downsides of the famed social networking site are being constantly fixed and improved by the dilligent workers at the Facebook HQ.
The irony of this blog is that, even on the leadup to publishing it for my assignment, Facebook itself was the main cause of my distractions. Facebook is easy and fast. It's a good way of keeping in contact. It's relatively safe if you're cyber-smart and know all about stranger danger. It's bursting at the seams with games and apps and friendship opportunities. It's becoming a part of everyday life! How often do you hear, when someone hops out of the lift at their floor, "Hey, I'll facebook you!" Facebook has not only taken the social networking world by storm, but it's become an adjective. It's had a movie based on its life from humble beginnings. Facebook is part of a new revolution.
I argue that Facebook has more positive aspects than it does negative. People might tr to protest this, saying it's dangerous and a waste of time. But it's not! It's a new age way of communicating and keeping up to date with the people in our life.
It's fun.
It's addictive.
It's fast.
It's easy.
It's Facebook.
Loved the third paragraph about facebook distracting you. That is very true. I wonder if you'll explore this further in your blog.
ReplyDeleteSup G-Pat. You gave me an interesting Sunday read I gotta say. It's good you admittedly took a bias stance in your pros and cons argument, as well as keeping an informed structure in your writing. Nice work.
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