I'm not doing a complete Digital Detox, which should be obvious due to the fact that I'm writing this right now. I'm only going on a Facebook Detox, which by itself, is still a pretty interesting task.
So, what did I think about my first day without Facebook? It was weird. I feel so disconnected from everyone. I can't go online and talk to friends about something I want to clarify. I don't know if something weird happened at school today (especially because I wasn't there). I can't go online and just read up on what people are saying on the groups I'm a part.
It just shows how connected we are to one website. One example is this. I'm currently compiling a list of nicknames for our math team shirt. In order to do this, I created a Google Docs link and posted it on our math team forum. Then I told people to post the same link on Facebook, since I couldn't by myself. Then, people started asking questions on FB, and of course, I couldn't respond to them, mainly because I never knew they existed. Then, my friend had to relay those questions to me, so I could respond to them, and then I relayed the answers back to the puzzled few.
Also, today I was at the NHSPA Convention for an Online Bootcamp workshop. Now, normally when I'm taking notes with my laptop, I usually have a few links open: Gmail, Facebook, CNN, GDocs, etc. This time, without Facebook, even though it was during school hours, I felt different. There was no constant checking to see if one of the things I "liked" had an update of any sorts. Also, because everyone around me was on Facebook, it was hard to not think of logging on.
Finally, today, after coming home, I started working on my homework. Now, I don't have ADD (at least I don't think so) but I tend to like clicking through links every 15 minutes or so, just to get my mind off homework and see what's going on in the world. I look through email, CNN, sports, and usually Facebook. This goes back to my first point, where I felt disconnected. I knew about everything in the world, except for what happened at my own school. That feeling of disconnection really was surprising. I knew initially that I wouldn't be able to know a lot about what my friends were doing, but now, it finally hit me how much information I glean from Facebook.
Is it a good thing? To have all the information you need on Facebook? I don't know. In one way, it's definitely convenient to have everything in one place. On the other hand, it's bad because you are basically disconnected from knowing about your friends and the society around you. Only six more days to go.
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Youtube video.
This video, I would appreciate if you didn't watch, and instead just listen. This is a clear example of a song that I have mixed feelings about. It starts out great, and has some great parts in the middle, but all the other parts just ruin the song. I like how it starts with a great vocal, but then abruptly descends into a dance type of song. Also, don't watch the video because it makes absolutely NO SENSE. It's just horrible. I can't even begin to describe how horrible the music video is.
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