Facebook

I really enjoyed the Facebook stalking assignment! I spend a lot of time "stalking" my good friends on Facebook but I don't really pay attention to other people. You can learn so much if you have access to their wall, pictures, and information. For the assignment I stalked this kid that was my older cousin's boyfriend back when I was probably eight years old. I adored him. He always played sports with me and included me even though I was so much younger than him. It was cool to see where he is in life now that ten years or so have passed! I definitely agree that Facebook is a panopticon, however as users we have the ability to chose what goes onto our profile. That's different from say a security camera as a panopticon. You can't pick and chose what it records. I wonder if this aspect of it prevents it from being considered a panopticon. It's funny how some people put their entire lives on Facebook whereas others barely put anything on. I am friends with one of my cousins. She has a blackberry and uses Facebook on it. She's literally always on facebook! It's funny to me because I barely update my statuses but she's always updating hers. Facebook is so entertaining, especially stalking people!