Does social networking media help you gain an identity or lose it?

Mar 04, 2008

While going through this blog post at read/write web this particular portion:

Search based on what my friends find relevant

Elevate stories tagged by my friends — anywhere (maybe multiple social graphs web 2.0 & shopping)

Compare daily portfolio performance to friends

In terms of advertising, which of my friends owns a Focus & what do they think of it?

made me wonder, "will my every decision depend on the actions of my friends if I am extremely active on social networking websites?"

Isn’t it too much "trending"? Why do I need to know what my friends are reading in order to purchase a book? This way I am propagating a herd mentality. Maybe my friends on the social networking websites read something totally different than what I would like to read. They might be watching different movies than what I would like to watch. Where is your individuality if your identity depends on the sort of friends and acquaintances you have on the social networking websites?

Does too much interaction on social networking websites stifle your spirit? You are always trying to do what the others are doing and never get the chance to think about what you want to do as a person. I don’t have much experience in social media so it might be the case that my thinking is a bit misdirected. Please do she your thoughts on this.

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