When browsing Facebook, I came across an interesting article that looked at social media sites such as Facebook, and argued about how we have been consumed by new media. It states that:
'As of 2012, 30 million people who maintained Facebook accounts have died, according to a report by The Huffington Post. Some studies approximate that nearly 3 million users have died in 2012 alone; 580,000 in the U.S.'.
It got me thinking about time, and how we have been manipulated and forced into joining these Social Networking sites without even giving it a second thought. The post itself reminded me of a university project my older sister did about Facebook, discussing what happens to your Facebook when you pass away. Is it still active? do people still post on the person's wall even after their death?. When looking at old status' on my Facebook, I seem to feel a sense of nostalgia because it reminds me of what my life was like around the time that each status was posted.
New Media is always changing, so its impossible to say that in the future Facebook will be popular. This is evident with sites such as Myspace decreasing drastically in popularity when Facebook was first introduced. The message behind the article is that Social Media is taking over our lives, to the point where are deaths will be publicised on such websites. What I still find fascinating is that the article has a 'Share on Facebook' and a 'Share on Twitter' button at the top. How ironic.
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