Yesterday it was my birthday.
My family phoned me or just met me. Then there has been a handful of people who texted me on my mobile, mostly in the morning. I do not care how they remembered my birthday’s date, what I care about is that they took the time and the money (for those who paid) to text me. I am not ashamed to admit I use myself both Facebook and my mobile phone agenda to keep track of birthdays, apart from certain ones that are quite stuck in my head. But what I liked is that those people, the ones who texted me, tried to think of something nice to write and they actually came up with something sweet, something you would fancy reading after waking up. Those were the people closer to me. Some of them even told me that it was Facebook that remembered them it was my birthday, but they actually sent me an SMS and did not use Facebook to write me.
Continue reading “Have I told you we should abolish Facebook?”
lishing hironyc and nonsense content without really telling people nothing serious about myself. Quotes are the farthest thing I do. Instead, people use to put there all their lives – their interests, hobbys, wants, likes and dislikes and, most important, friends interactions. We’ve all seen that “John is engaged with Melissa” with around 15 likes under it and as many comments saying “man enjoy it” or “sis I’m so happy about that!”. Few people actually realize they are losing the real social interaction that piece of news may have generated. Remember the old style way – just to wait to really meet the people you care about and tell them orally or, better, organize an appointment?