Normally when I make one of these posts I'll add some commentary about the story or video I'm linking, but I'm scared to do that in this case. I think it would be better to just let all of you read the article and make your own comments about what it says.
I will provide some foreshadowing regarding what you are about to read. It deals with the different things men and women post on Facebook, as well as common words used by various age groups. It turns out women talk about cliche'd women things, and men talk about cliche'd men things (also, cursing)! We're all what everyone except ourselves thinks we are!
Read the article here, and be shocked and awed. Or not.
Great article. How funny that when we think of Facebook as an expression of our individualism that we see that we are all pretty much living up to normal life progression and stereotypes. I guess that is why stereotypes still exist: they are usually pretty close to the truth! I enjoyed seeing the progression of the topics through the life stages from teens complaining about school and homework, to early 20s complaining about college and semesters, to late twenties complaining about jobs and finding work, to early thirties complaining about their kids. We really do live up to the societal norms. Also, it is more fun to swear on Facebook!
ReplyDeleteThis isn't shocking at all...Men are Men and Women are Women! The language and topics are representative of the age group as well. What people need to understand about Facebook is that you are representing yourself, although you think its private. Where I am employed, a thorough background check is a condition of employment. One of the things that you must do during the check is surrender your Facebook password to the investigating officer for a period of time. They actually log into your Facebook and look at what you like, the nature of your posts, friends lists, etc... If you have any derogatory activities on your Facebook, it could cost you an employment opportunity. Something that young people don't really think about, when seeking employment. A simple run of your name (if you don't have privacy settings, which surprisingly not many people have) will tell an employer more about you than a personal interview. Food for thought.
ReplyDeleteI must say Im really not surprised by that article at all. Everyone knows that women are more emotional then men. And women always want to talk about their feelings and if nobody will listen then they just go to face book to post how they feel. I see so many women per day ranting and raving on face book exposing all of their business. Ever since Facebook came out I feel like people have totally lost their sense of privacy and put all their information on the internet. On the jobs aspects of employers looking into your Facebook Ive heard of a lot of companies that do look at prospective employees pages before hiring them. My suggestions would be to keep your page private and if you dont have your page private make sure its appropriate for future employers to look into. I dont think your Facebook page is worth loosing a job opportunity people need to be smarter than that!
ReplyDeletethe artical is interesting but I think there is a false sereotype going on here. You may ask what do I mean by a fasle sterotype. Simple, these reasercher looked at a bunch of people on Facebook and determined what they post. I would like to know how many of the man and woman that participated in the reserach were staight. How many of the people identified themselves as being gay, lesbian, bi-sexeual, or even transgender. It's true that depending on our age we all have diffrent ways of talking but what exactly are people posting. Now the bit with employeres and future employers looking at your facebook account. I think it's wrong, what you might post on facebook or even the old mysapce may have nothing to do with the type of job your doing. Just like posting picutures on facebook, if you don't want people to see what your doing then don't post it. But A potential job turning you down for what you have said or did is not right. It's just like a potential employer checking your credit score for a job. What does my credit score or what I post on Facebook have to do with me being able to do the job.
ReplyDeleteI believe it. It may be a social thing. People may be and want to be perceived as socially acceptable by posting things on their facebook that is typical of their roles. They may want to present themselves online in a manner that prevents others from critiquing them if they strand too far from the social norm.
ReplyDeleteConsidering that posts on Facebook can get you fired, I rarely post anything on there. Instead of doing such a substantial amount of research they should have just taken a cue from fashion. Most if not all of fashion trends are recycled therefore nothing really changes that much.
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