Is Facebook Really Changing Our Society? In his essay “Faux Friendship”, William Deresiewicz discusses the impact of social-networking websites on how modern society perceives friendship. Deresiewicz argues that websites such as Facebook convey a false sense of connection and extinguish the intimacy that composes a true friendship. He also claims that the dynamics of Facebook leave no room for deep conversations, and concludes by claiming that the online social media imported the principles of professional networking to interpersonal human relations, damaging their personal nature. Even though I agree that social media is an important phenomenon with big impact on humanity, I believe that Deresiewicz exaggerates the negative effects of websites such as Facebook, belittles their positive effects, and ignores other important causes of the problem he discusses.
Deresiewicz argues that by focusing on friendship circles, social media conveys the idea that friends are an “indiscriminate …show more content…
My daily routine shows this fact all the time. In the past few days, for instance, I have been looking for a summer internship. Then, I remembered that one of my former programming competitions’ peers has been working in a big Silicon Valley company. I sent him a message on Facebook and, just a couple hours after, I had a recommendation that is going to make my internship application stronger. This peer is not one of my closest friends; however, we thought it would be good to maintain a means of contact, which proved to be a useful approach. Deresiewicz complains about how Facebook is making personal relationships turn into professional networking, but I believe that these two concepts never were
Deresiewicz argues that by focusing on friendship circles, social media conveys the idea that friends are an “indiscriminate …show more content…
My daily routine shows this fact all the time. In the past few days, for instance, I have been looking for a summer internship. Then, I remembered that one of my former programming competitions’ peers has been working in a big Silicon Valley company. I sent him a message on Facebook and, just a couple hours after, I had a recommendation that is going to make my internship application stronger. This peer is not one of my closest friends; however, we thought it would be good to maintain a means of contact, which proved to be a useful approach. Deresiewicz complains about how Facebook is making personal relationships turn into professional networking, but I believe that these two concepts never were