EzzellSes493

The reason why Facebook so often in the news and why it should generate so much enthusiasm; after all, isn't it simply a website?

I guess the biggest response to this problem is 'no, it is not only a website'. It is a area, a home, an expression of approach, a space to connect and time to share. As a result, supporters of Facebook guard their right to its use, defending it as ardently simply because any heavily fortified 'Castle'. However, with equal valour, others (dwelling in Castles) seek to make sure you dismantle it, or at the lowest, impose restrictions on the use. I realise the castle analogy might appear unusual given Facebook's doctrine of open communication. However I use the software here to illustrate how attitudinal walls have produced a grand divide between those who understand how to use Facebook, those who think they understand how to use Facebook and those who don't have learned to use Facebook.

Michael DuBasso

It has been recommended that Facebook (as well forms of social media) could be useful in emergency and disaster situations mainly because offers the opportunity for 'real-time' updates that are not restricted by conventional media regulations. However, even as I type this I'm able to hear the collective outcry of those who suggest social media could have devastating consequences in all of these same situations, especially when 'untrained amateurs' or even 'rubber necking' glory hunters offer false or confusing information. Of course there is as well the danger of being exposed to tragic circumstances involving loved ones before 'official notification' is normally given. Worse, are the bullies who use Facebook as an easy way of torture and uglier still, are the heartless (faceless) folks who deface tribute pages.

These arguments are typically raised (particularly by parents, politicians and school administrators who really do not use or understand, Facebook), as evidence that Facebook's use need to be restricted or even banned from the game. But, isn't this a event of blaming the instrument, when really, it is the wielder of your tool? After all, a simple fork (designed as a possible eating utensil) can be a toy in the hand to a child in a sandpit, or a weapon during the hand of an attacker.

It is with this at heart that I offer 2 suggestions, one to parents, politicians and school website; and the other for the team who administer Squidoo.