Okay, cut it out and just admit it. There is one person on your Facebook friend's list who you know is only your friend because he/she is snooping around looking for God knows what to report to God knows whom....RIGHT?
Thinking about the ways Social Networking Sites impact relationships, it's becoming so easy to "stalk" people and relationships can be hurt by the simplest things, like reading too much into a wall post or comment....
Online social networking was supposed to make us closer and in some ways it has. Thanks to these social networks, many of us have gotten back in touch with old friends, shared old and new photos and even became better friends with some people we wouldn't have spoken to otherwise.
On that same note, social networking sites like Facebook has ruined a lot of relationships. Please, don't misunderstand this statement. We voluntarily put ourselves in this situation the minute we sign up for our Facebook accounts and decide to release our personal information via status updates, change in relationship status, pictures, wall posts etc.. Basically if we're not careful, our online interactions can hurt our real-life relationships. But let's be real, it's what we are actually saying that's really choking up our relationships.
EXAMPLES
It is very easy for people to get jealous or to much into your business on Facebook.
I have a lot of examples for this, but here is a classic one. If someone comments on someone else's page. Let's say the comment was of a sexual nature but in reality it is an 'inside joke' between two friends. There are several problems that could arise from this 'inside joke.' The angry spouse is one, the loud mouth 'Facebook friend' that you know will run back and tell someone "OMG did you see what such and such wrote on such and such wall," and even the friend that just has to know what you all are talking about but clearly it wasn't meant to be shared, etc... So essentially a comment can lead to so many places.
Facebook has a huge impact on all of our relationships.
Think about this. This social network that I love so much has the potential to tell EVERYONE on my friend's list everything that I do all thanks to my, news feed. Am I lying? Let's take for example one of the main things that you CANNOT remove from your news feed update, HE/SHE IS NOW IN A RELATIONSHIP...At what point does Facebook's news feed allow you tell everyone, that you are in or out of a relationship? (Never) Do you list the person? If you are casually dating someone, do you put “It’s Complicated” or will that make you look like an ass? Even just taking off the relationship option causes it to be posted that you have changed your relationship status, which can lead to very uncomfortable conversations.....................................................
Let's go to the next extreme. EVERYONE has that one friend who CONSTANTLY updates his/her status and it's NEVER or rarely anything worth reading. One of two things happen. You either end up deleting that friend only for them to find out later and ask a million questions, which then forces you to say, "You annoyed me on Facebook that's why I deleted you." In most cases the friendship takes a very sour turn here. The other option is just dealing with it but knowing how annoying that person is on Facebook you make them pay for it with slick comments, or less invites to certain places, etc...RIGHT?
There are a few people who manage to keep their lives separate from Facebook. (They are the ones who don't have a Facebook or have one and only manage to log on once every year. Yes, it's possible!!) However, for those of us who are lucky enough (laughing) to be on Facebook 'all the time' answer this, Does Facebook hate relationships? Is it harder to maintain any sort of relationship if you have a Facebook page?
