Conversations of Faith at Common Ground

A criticism that has been made about Facebook is that it can reduce face-to-face interaction, depersonalizing relationships.  While I can understand this potential impact, Facebook doesn’t have to be seen in a negative light, either.  In contrast, it has the potential to close the gap on the compartmentalized life many of us live.

It can achieve this because as we “friend” people we know, we begin to blend our various networks together — the past with the present.  Furthermore, it can merge the separate areas where we live our lives — work, hobbies, family activities, school, etc…  Our coworkers or classmates can discover the things that are important to us.  FB has the potential to allow superficial relationships to go deeper, because people get glimpses into what we share with others that might not be “publicly” known.

If FB isn’t a useful way we’d bring our different spheres of influence together, how could it occur?  If FB isn’t the way you would do it, what would (do?) you do?

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