Live and Let Live

Summary:
     In Ian Daly's article "Virtual Popularity Isn't Cool- It's Pathetic" Daly goes on to subject his opinion of how Facebook and things alike are a waste of time. He opens with statistics for the social media sites and continues into creating a scene in which he describes "a man with a white-collar career and a family who needs his attention" logging onto his social media site to check his notifications. Daly says that the friends on these programs aren't really your friends and questions how many of them you would actually invite out to do something. He also quotes peoples responses with examples of problems such as people no longer have control of the site because other accounts can comment on yours altering the image you have created. Exploited users were another topic of his interest with names of those who posted racy photos and have been fired from their jobs. Daly compares users to teenage girls and infants and claims there are better things to do with your time that can include actual friends.

Response:
     Ian Daly's article was written in almost anger he has a sincere passion against these social media sites and has no filter for his opinion. I agree with his idea that it does take up a lot of time in peoples lives but I disagree with his attitude that its a complete waste of time. I find social networks to be a fun way of learning information and staying in touch with people you don't see regularly and its also a way to advertise yourself for making new friends and coming across other opportunities. I found Daly's article rather annoying let people do what they want, if they enjoy the perks of social media then let them live and be happy and for those who disagree then merely don't participate it doesn't need to be a big ordeal like Daly makes it with his relations of teenage girls and infants. Along with that, users of the networking sites are aware of what they are getting into and should be able to manage their site to their likings and be responsible about it. The idea of social media is to express oneself and they should be able to do that without anyone's criticism.