Do You Know Me?

         Ahhh..social media. It's the way we communicate now a days. We use it to catch up with old friends, look at pics of people we can't have, make new acquaintances, and yes, sadly, tell all of our business. For months now I have been baffled by all of the people, more ladies than men, who take offense to a twitter follower or facebook friend speaking to them or attempting to engage in conversation.
          Maybe it's the fault of your friend/follower..or maybe, just maybe, you have it screwed up in your mind. See the truth about it is, those people know you. Do they know your wants and desires or innermost secrets? Hell yeah because you create an image of who you are with every entry into one of the social sites. There may be some things held back. There may be characteristics that you push to the forefront, but all in all they know the you that has been presented.
        The problem here lies in the feeling of ownership. WTF? Yes the feeling of ownership that we attach to "our" facebook page or "our" tweets. Did we not learn anything from Anthony Weiner? I know, I know...who? The congressman that sent out nasty twitter pics. For some reason in his thought process, he thought that he was the owner of the pic, the transmission, and the destination. It's the same with us. I said us because sometimes I am talking to myself as well.. We don't own any of that!
       The right to privacy that so many of us assign to "our" social media apps is completely and utterly made up. The fact that you access and participate in it means you have just signed a waiver of expected privacy. What does that mean? You have NO privacy.. The funny thing is, that's what it's all about. These sights were created to bring down the barriers of communication, distance, difficulty in meeting, and sharing.
         At the root of it all it is an exercise in computer based society. That's why societal dynamics are present. Ever seen someone get mad on facebook and want to fight? Ever read someone's tweet when they try to put someone on blast? Ever read a threat of the dreaded unfriend button? Ever not been accepted as a friend? That's the same kind of stuff that happens in a normal third grade class. Somebody gets talked about then mad then they are not friends and finally it's a fight.
       At the end of the day, it comes down to a simple question...before you get mad and possesive..pose this hypothetical question to yourself. Does this person know me? If you post a lot or tweet a lot, that person probably knows more about you than you realize. All those times when you type out that frustration, or make a quick joke about the inappropriately dressed woman at the club, or tell the world about your happiness and sorrows, or even when you list out what you are having for dinner you are creating the person that your readers know. So when you ask, "Do you know me?", the truth about it is...they do