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           As I mentioned in the previous post we are becoming more and more dependent on technology. We have substituted the way we as individuals interact with one another. Today we spend more time socializing on the computer than actually spending some quality time with one another – a friend or a family member. Sites like Facebook and Twitter are sites that have substituted the actions of socializing with other individuals in person. Through these sites – which I do think you all are familiar with, since they have become highly popular over the last couple of years – we could learn everything about anyone with out even meeting them, we could also become friends with people from the other side of the world, which may never meet.

Although they are seem to be highly affected in keeping people in touch, they are ultimately affecting the way we as individuals interact with one another, as Dawn Pang states in  “Is technology changing how we interact and relate to others?” similarly in the article “Brave New World of Digital Intimacy” by Clive Thompson states how some individuals find it more intimate to socialize with others because they would not feel alone at any time. Yet there is a greater affect to how long individuals use these tools – Facebook and Twitter – to socialize, yet it also depends how individuals use these tools to socialize. For example it is interesting to see how on Facebook or Twitter we are comfortable at becoming friends with individuals we don’t even know, something we don’t typically do in person –at least I don’t, do you? Another example would be the way we become so comfortable at expressing ourselves through our post or posting anything we want to say without thinking twice about it.

Facebook like Twitter have become more visible and popular to how individuals interact with one another. It is interesting to see the affect Facebook and Twitter have had on individuals when they final come face to face to catch. Thompson state how individuals that many individuals feel awkward when finally spending time with friends in person because it not like if they don’t know what’s going on in the other persons like. After such these change us as individuals and also demonstrate how in fact these two technological forms of communicating affect us.

Before closing this post I would like to leave you with a few questions how long do you spend on sites like Facebook and Twitter? And do you think they have affected the way interact with others in person? If you don’t think Facebook and Twitter have had an affect on you try staying away from it for a couple of day and you last? It will be interesting to see your results.