Facebook and the Emotional Roller Coaster of Social Networking
I've been on Facebook for about three years now. When you first sign up there's a small learning curve but, you quickly learn to navigate and begin searching for friends. Maybe you got invited on to Facebook by someone. So, that's a nice start. Before long the true range of the Facebook experience begins to emerge. The friend requests from all sorts of people from your past begin to arrive. Some of these people you remember dearly and are thrilled to be in touch with again. Some of them are people you hoped had disappeared forever. Old flames find you. People you were once friends with who married your old flames find you. It's a roller coaster of emotions and blasts from the past that blow your mind. Sometimes you find an old friend that you lost touch with long ago. You're so excited that this person is part of your life again. Then you come to realize that they've moved on and there's not really a space for you in their life anymore. You stay friends ...