The Becker Blog

I’m sure there are people who study this and publish about it. To them: forgive me. I am not really interested enough to track down and read the literature. I mean no offense. It’s just that I’ve noticed a few things that I find amusing…

I’ve been on FaceBook for about 2 1/2 years and it’s fun*. I catch wind of lots of interesting articles and news items through FB. I’ve noticed though that most people seem to approach FaceBook “friendship” in one of a few ways:

1. They only friend actual RL friends and family.
   1. These are often the people who reveal a little TOO much. Perhaps they think FB is a private space. That anyone can see.
2. They friend colleagues and professional contacts.
   • These people are the ones who tend to share news of a global or SIG nature. I hear about lots of interesting things from these folks.
   • They also tend not to say much about their personal lives.
3. They friend ANYONE.
   • I call these FaceBook Tramps.

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(C) 2010 M.Parker

SPOILER ALERT:

If you haven’t seen the movie yet and don’t already know how it goes (and can’t guess) then DON’T read this post. I won’t tell you exactly how it ends, but guessing will be child’s play after reading this.

Don’t get me wrong; I loved this movie. I’m listening to the soundtrack right now. It was visually stunning. Beautiful. Could easily develop a fantasy crush on one or two of the Na’vi men.

BUT……

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