Why Facebook is a False Connection

Happy Birthday is the highest form of interaction on Facebook

Happy Birthday greetings are the most popular post on Facebook. It’s MUCH easier to click a “Wish John Happy Birthday” than it is to really connect. So are our social networks actually working against our socialization skills? Do we text when we should call?

What’s the cost of all of this Facebooking?

I’ve been hearing more and more about the disconnect that social media is causing. We stay inside and write an email when we should go out for coffee or call. So is it Facebook, is it society, is it the new pace of life or the new norm?

What does it take today to make actual contact with someone? A date, location and willingness, and flexibility. And the desire to make the effort to meet. Both parties have to make an effort. First dates are kind of the same way. You have to “want” to go on a date, you have to be motivated by the possibility of meeting new people.

One clear example, for me, of the lack of warmth on the net has to do with things aren’t going so swell. Looking for encouragement in Facebook posts is like looking for nutrition in McDonald’s fries. While sometimes I do put up an open “feeling” post, and I do get some responses, they are more like high fives and not warm…