Digital Divide

When is comes to the digital divide and privacy, I find myself in the middle.

 When Facebook first came out and all my friends were getting accounts, I fought getting an account, as I didn't want to get another damn account as I was already using MySpace and twitter.  I finally got one, after most of my family had signed up for one (Even my mother).  I liked it in the beginning.  But the last 2 years I have really gotten sick of Facebook.  It is mostly people complaining about their lives, politics or what they ate for lunch.  I find that most of the time that I am on Facebook I am just bored and need something to distract myself with.  Though I do like being able to check up with my family that I don't talk to very often and see what is going on in their lives.

I don't have anything to hide, so if the government wants to find out things about me they can.  Though I don't love that they are always spying on us.  A few months ago my dad sent me an article on how to make your Facebook profile more private.  I jumped on that train and made it more secure and so that I see less ads.  I do want the ability to have some privacy, I don't think everyone needs to know about my business, though I don't post every single thing that is going on with my life on Facebook!  So I am glad that I am able to have the option of some privacy options.