Blogging vs. Facebooking
Prayer:
Dear God:
I thank you for making me live this day, I wouldn’t wanna die before doing all that I have to do for you. I would also like to thank you for all the technologies we’re using to network God but why did humans come up with Facebook?!
This happened a coupla months ago, when I was invited to join Facebook – at that time, I was very against this thing since I’ve seen what it does to my sisters who literally had their face stuck to the screens ALL the time. They wouldn’t wanna show me what they were doing – talk about being an older sister! WOHO!
El mohem, I logged in & was dumb browsing it – uploaded some pictures not any more :P & added my sisters (no running girls)… I thought it was cool at the beginning TILL I started seeing & being contacted by people I don’ wanna be associated with or even get in touch with! These are people who I just don’t wanna be around & it’s weird because I thought to myself, you run from people in real life to see them in cyber land?! WTF!
His & Hellos lead to a bad incident & I keep telling people, I am a veeeeeery patient person but there are limits & that doesn’t apply on everyone. Anyways, these buncha idiots did something that pissed me off BIG TIME – I had to let the “devil”, my sister N. handle it her way! Kokokok!!! This made me deactivate the whole thing..
Now, almost every single person around me has a Facebook account & I keep arguing that Blogging is much better & useful! I do not really know what Facebook does besides keeping you in touch with family members abroad – like in my case; As I got to know a cousin of mine whom I didn’t see since invasion! Hey Tamy!! :)
This is what I did when I logged on yesterday:
1. Log on, check emails if there’s any
2. Bite someone to turn them into zombies
3. Send ass bites to people
4. Search for discussions
5. Draw on someone’s wall!
6. CHECK OTHER PEOPLE’S PICTURES! LOL! :) highlight of Facebook!
Ok, seriously! Do you get what am saying here!? NOTHING serious going on there besides biting chumps & poking someone’s eyes! Last thing I did yesterday was answer a couple of questions Student Talk Group had there; That’s what I like, interesting stuff to do – not go there say hi to people you already see outside in the street! OMG!
Blogging….
What do I say about blogging!! I love it! It’s not an addiction, it’s a healthy activity… keeps my mind sane! I vent things here & cuss & curse – well, I already do that in real life but hey! I love it.
Benefits of blogging:
1. Meeting wonderful, funny, interesting, educated, helpful smart people like you guys
2. Thaqafa 3amma = General knowledge: browsing through Safat lets me know more stuff than I do reading a newspaper
3. Get inspired to do something for my life or just for a day
4. Get to build up my personality by being exposed to different type of people & getting personal with them – like commenting on a topic I don’t like.
5. Enhance language – My English writing skills have improved a lot since I started – I picked up vocabulary too :) DIMWITS! LOL!
6. It’s interesting because we can all share thoughts – besides acting like kids sometimes but seriously we get so intellectual sometimes..
Is there something you’d like to add more about YOUR blogging experience?! AM so hungry, I can’t focus!!
October 10th, 2007 at
I just signed in yesterday….. hehe
October 10th, 2007 at
See, this is what I mean, saaaame people – different setting! Bas Facebook is dumb
October 10th, 2007 at
I don’t have a Facebook account either. Cheers for blogging. I love it, and I love the people I’m meeting. Yes, you included;p
October 10th, 2007 at
I spend around 5 minutes a day on facebook. I don’t understand why its so important to some people, but it is nice to see what people you knew years ago are upto, to discover that the people you know actually know each other (small world), and to share and see some photos. That’s basically it.
I don’t think it compares to blogging at all. How much self-expression can one do on a 1 line wall post or status update?
October 10th, 2007 at
I hate facebook
I only use it to play games with my co-workers
Texas Hold’em is awesome! :D
October 10th, 2007 at
To me I draw a clear distinction between facebook and blogging and they have very different purposes. Facebook is more about my real world and social networking, I stay in touch with high school and some college friends largely only because of facebook!
Blogging is totally different, there’s a much more narrow range of people that are interested in writing blogs or reading them (Im not talking age groups, I’m talking more like personality types). It’s more like a mind exercise than a social exercise!
October 10th, 2007 at
I don’t like facebook either. I have an account which I don’t use at all but mainly interested in keeping just to socialize with people that I no longer have contact with.
Blogging is much more interesting because it keeps you mentally stimulated, like you said.
October 10th, 2007 at
I must say
My name is Pinky and it has been 3 minutes since I last checked facebook.
Addicted!!!
In some ways I understand exactly what you say Chikka but I’ve managed to ignore the numpties I don’t to be in touch with and get in touch with those I do!!!
Give it a try!
October 10th, 2007 at
p.s. hope Numpties adds to your vocabulary!!! :)
October 10th, 2007 at
I don’t get Facebook either :/
October 10th, 2007 at
Face boook is Wa3, ok i actually never tried it bes as i read what you said, virtually pocking people? hmmmmm “wa2eva!”
Blogging Rocks Woohooo!
October 10th, 2007 at
so the highlight of your blogging is meeting dimwits ;p?
October 10th, 2007 at
I got some many invitations to sign in Facebook, yet i didn’t have my account active yet. I don’t get it to be honest.
October 10th, 2007 at
I love BOTH equally..
Man, this reminds me of when fans would fight over The Backstreet Boys & ‘NSYNC..
I still love BOTH equally :p
October 10th, 2007 at
I totally agree with it!
October 10th, 2007 at
I dont have a facebook account and i dont want to know anything about facebook :P my sisters have an account and only call me to see ppls pics
October 10th, 2007 at
I dont have that account but I have hi5….and u dont wanna see it either, especially the lady who wrote in about me section: YYYYYYYY AMBIAH! THANX GOD AM NOT UGLY
how poor is she wallah!allah yesa3enda 3ala nafsha o 3liay …shahart feha maskenna kak :P
she is foool she she should expect ay shay yo9alha….
And SISTER!!
I AGREE WITH YOU AND WITH EVERY WORD U HAVE SAID!!!
October 10th, 2007 at
LOL I LIKE THE CURRECT MUSIC! aywa aywa aywa
October 11th, 2007 at
After getting all my high school friends in and people I lost touch with facebook was not fun anymore although last week at work nothing worked but facebook so I started randomly poking people and messaging them.
Hi since you very liberal would you sanction an r2d2 c3po wedding?
I guess they either found it funny or offensive but who cares boredom sucks big time
October 11th, 2007 at
Sorry i am late to reply ! Eid rush is taking up my time …
I was very much in to orkut … but now i dont even open that page .. people are so fake ! scumbags , but met a few old friends , thats an plus , But now i like blogs ! cz its about me and me and me .. and i can add the ‘masala’ the way that i want ,
Officially this is the most sober reply i have ever written , which sucks btw … i need to drink more cough syrup !
October 11th, 2007 at
I’ve been always against facebook, hi5, meebo, myspace, etc..
WordPress FTW !!
October 11th, 2007 at
7adeeeeeeeee i hate facebook!
mara sheft wa7ed labs shirt maktob 3aliha “u looked better on facebook”
Loool funny ;p
to me facebook and blogging are two very diffrent things that we can’t compare!
October 11th, 2007 at
I don’t like it, it’s just Lame!
October 11th, 2007 at
tintintintin BLEMBLEMBLEMBLEM brembrembrem! aywaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa :P
October 11th, 2007 at
Facebook and blogging are completely different.
I joined facebook a long time ago, and I got in touch with ppl who I havent seen since middle school and elementary (that I ACTUALLY WANT to keep in touch with)
These ppl were my friends and because we all got separated through high school and college, it was great seeing each other and catching up.
So it does have benefits. U can also learn about them, like where they graduated from and when, married, engaged, etc.
Personally, I dont use it to get to know more people. I just keep in touch with ppl I already know.
As for blogging, that’s a whole new thing. Its where u write about whatever u want. Facebook is just a keeping-in-touch sorta thing.
October 11th, 2007 at
hmm I have been invited and i did register but I couldn’t find my way around there so I didn’t go again, I don’t understand how it works.
And how do u meet old friends? I mean, Everyone is using their real names of what?
October 11th, 2007 at
Well, yeah Shayouma, last time I checked they do & I do too :D
October 11th, 2007 at
please do not mention god ( allah ) name in jokes or funny writing , al do3a’a lee allah leyastgeb wa ya’3fer le 3ebadh
etqo allah jazakm alla 5er
October 11th, 2007 at
- Amethyst : You too babe :)
- Hani: Well yes, it’s basically that & not mush I guess
- Mona: You gotta teach me that girl :)
- Asoom: Yes, I’d rather the small controlled group rather than meeting freaks I don’ like :) bas hey, it just became interesting :)
- Sushi: Mental’s gooooood
- Pinky: NUMPTIES! LOL!
- 3baid: wala ana :/
- Bello: WOHO! I guess you’ll change your mind after what you heard :)
- Purg: YEAH, one day you too :P
- Cat: Log in & try it – no fun at all.. bas pictures! :)
- Swair: LOL! I will find you there :P
- Sis4you: Thanks :)
- Yara: Same here with my siss, bas when we get together next time, I show you :P
- Desert Rose: YEY GIRL! Blogging ROX!
- Outkasteya: LOL! I know *dancing*
- TAT: Yeah boredom is weird – I like poking people!
- Grey: Go sleep :P
- Mishref: I know dude
- Ra7alla: I know we can’t compare bas people who have accounts there argue a lot when it comes to blogging – guess we have to start shifting people !
- Vizen: Yeah ain’t it! Especially for someone like me :)
- This lady says: Yeah, I don’ wanna know about people either – enough here :)
- Muslim: en sha2 allah – thanks bro. :)
October 11th, 2007 at
you get exposed to bad taste in music too :P
i agree with you but one ought to use everything moderetly
even bloging can sometimes be harmful
October 11th, 2007 at
ERROR! GRRRRRR! I like the music! You don’t know any better yabo “mal3a2a” ! :P
Ok – Yes both can be VERY harmful, especially with weirdos out there..
NOW DANCE!
October 11th, 2007 at
thank God someone actually agrees that facebook is such a silly invention intended only for the increase of online dating/hook ups and exposure of uneccessary pictures over cyber space! blech! u wanna keep up with ur friends, u can email or msn, u dont need to put ur pic up for the world to c and the opposite sex to check out and flirt with u on some level, and blech again! lol
i donno why i hate it so much, but i cant think of my better half having a profile with his pics and getting poked and msged by girls and me being cool about it!
wow! rant over, me feeling better :D nice blog u got here btw :)
bless!
October 11th, 2007 at
LOL Girl, I ws checking both facebook & the blog at the same time! I’m not a hypocrite bas I just found out something very interesting on Facebook which me lose my mind! I love blogging! I’m an addict actually! More than that, I think I love writing! I wonder where will this take me?? *imaging being a writer or an editor*
Thanks yours too…. you should write something soon ;)
October 11th, 2007 at
Three Cheers to Blogging! Rock on :)
October 12th, 2007 at
I’m the ANTI-FaceBook! Matroos 9aidat w bas she’3il te’6ebi6. Ofcourse mo kelihom. Bs wayeeed. Bil blogs 9a7 you can meet interesting people. I deleted my account a long time ago. Had to make one b3ad ’cause of my friends bs I deleted it yesterday, a7es bs.. I can’t take it anymore.
Sorry 3la il garga bas I hate FaceBook w I can write an essay about it b3d! :D
October 14th, 2007 at
I love the siteeeeeee :D chicka ;) hehehehe ;**mwa
October 17th, 2007 at
.. When I joined Facebook – Talk about Peer Pressure- months ago as every single person I know ( And I would love to keep in touch with ) prefer FaceBook. I decided to give it a try and enjoy the -so called amazing socializing experience. I admit, I was hooked in the first few days.. It’s amazing to see people that you haven’t thought of and then sudenly , it struck a cord, and you feel ashamed because you didn’t keep in touch .. .. E-mails, writing in walls and so one.. Then, it started to get annoying, and worst of all, the number of people who want to be your friend!!!! I have no problem with people whome I worked with, but a person Who I spoke to, once .. wants to add me… I thought the concept behind Facebook is to keep in touch with YOUR freinds, not build friendships with poeple you can’t stand …