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It's not creepy to me, because Facebook is where I share only the Facebook part of my life. Occasional jocular insights and unusual occurrences, mobile photos o

It's not creepy to me, because Facebook is where I share only the Facebook part of my life. Occasional jocular insights and unusual occurrences, mobile photos of things I thought people I know might be amused by – it's not the story of my life by any means. What is creepy, and perhaps more depressing than anything, is the idea of a Facebook timeline actually passing for the story of your life. When used to the extent pitched at F8, it becomes Cliff's Notes for a human relationship – instead of having known someone for seven years, you can just read their timeline and call it catching up. I suppose a lot of people don't see this as a bad thing. I can't help but see it as a gradual cheapening and trivialization of the human experience.

marvin 15y ago
This is a classic "get off my lawn"/"everything was better before" argument. There will always be time for real human interaction. To the extent that technology has changed the way we interact with other people, it has always been possible to go backwards and live the way you want. As an example, I prefer to live with housemates instead of living on my own, even though the latter is what society "expects" me to do in a time where most of us can afford to live in our own apartments. There has always been criticism of new communications systems and claims that they will destroy normal human relationships. Things may change slightly, but in a free and democratic society you always have the option of going your own way. And unless your views are completely esoteric, there will be others who do the same. If your "friends" are happy with catching up by reading your Facebook profile, would you really get anything out of talking to them in the first place?