Journal 9/22

I signed on today because I had sent a message to someone about taking over my shift at the Hare Krishna dinner tonight. I checked my messages first because I saw that I had a new one (and I was expecting it). I looked at the new friend request I had (which was someone I know). Luckily, I rarely get friend requests from people that I don’t know. Several event invites were waiting for me and I replied to those. I had several group invites, but I ignored those immediately. In addition, I had four notifications (which I looked into). Three people wrote on the wall for an event that I’m co-hosting, and the fourth was an acceptance to a friend request.
As I have become accustomed to doing, I checked my horoscope. Sadly, it hasn’t changed from yesterday’s. I only use a few applications: horoscope, honesty box, bumper stickers, and flair. The latter three are only used when someone sends me something.
In my news feed, I saw that various people put up disastrous pictures from their outings this weekend. I also saw that today is one of my friend’s birthday. In terms of old news, people keep making and joining groups about regressing back to the old version of facebook. That happens to be an issue that I think is ridiculous and not worth deliberating over. Also, I keep getting "poked" by the same person. Each time I ignore it, I get another one sent. It’s getting to be rather annoying. I e-mailed a response back to that guy, but didn’t post/message anyone else. The information that I learned makes me reflect about my decision to stay in this weekend, and I know that I need to call my friend to wish him a pleasant birthday.

Journal 9/22 by Lindsay

I signed onto Facebook today because I had time to kill in between my classes and getting on Facebook is kind of what us college kids do. Today has kind of been a boring day for me as far as Facebook goes. I checked the comments on my photos and events and such that I’ve been invited to. I uploaded a couple pictures from my phone during class earlier because I was bored. I had to make a new album because my first album was full. I didn’t see anything that shocked me. I typically don’t see much that shocks me anyway. I replied to Tim’s comment on the photo of my tattoo. He asked me if it meant anything so I just kinda explained my tattoo. I pretty much only used the photos application today. I haven’t used any others yet today. After cruising Facebook I felt indifferent. It was basically a waste of time and not that entertaining. I didn’t learn anything new nor did I find out something exciting.

Friends friends and more "friends"

Pay particular attention to your "friends" this week.

How many friends do you have? What networks are they in? What networks are you in? How many friends do your friends have? Is your network inherently "better" than theirs? Do your "group" memberships make you feel more a part of something?

Social capital

How much are you worth in your network? Can you put a dollar sign on this? Are you worth more or less in yoru social network than some of your friends? How would you quantify this?