HW # 3 Questions and Theory of Digitalization

Questions and Theory of Digitalization What is the reason for facebook in general? Why do people feel the need to get on their computer go to their profile and chat, update, and friend request all day long? Why even create a profile about yourself and your life and what you do in the first place? What does it really accomplish, what do you as a person gain from having and interacting with your personal profile in general? Why do so many people have a profile on facebook and go on it every day for hours at a time?What compels people to sit on their ass all day on the computer and talk and gossip about other people and them selves? Maybe it's because people want to feel that they are important in life and feel good about themselves that's why they create these profiles. Or maybe people just like what just going online talking to their friends, making plans, and trying to hook up. Rather then trying to be something their not on their profiles and not there own person. Maybe as the people whom try to be something there not in there profiles retrospect spend alot more time on facebook attempting to feel good about themselves in the process. Where they basically create or in a way try to be somebody their not,the complete opposite of being independent and being their own true person. And on the other hand maybe the people whom just go on their profiles who are there true selves and there own person spend less time on facebook because all they are doing in making casual conversation and planning amongst themselves and friends. Here these people who are independent and do think for themselves and have created there profiles based on their true selves,unlike the others who impersonate others. In conclusion besides the fact that people who make profiles are real or fake overall, I feel that we being as adults old and young and children are learning very much about the technology of digitalization from using facebook. These are my thoughts, questions and theories on this specific part of digitalization called facebook.

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