Bragbook

I don't think I will ever understand my generation's obsession with Facebook. I have a Facebook account and I have one so that people I know can get into touch with me if they don't have my mobile number for whatever reason. But a lot of people my age seem to be utterly obsessed with the social networking site and log on for several hours every day.

Aside from the hundreds of pointless updates people post each day ('just had breakfast and now im off to work!' etc.) the thing that continually surprises me is how many photos people take of themselves on 'nights out'. Each day I log on to find that people have taken literally hundreds of pictures after simply meeting their friends for a quick drink. It always leaves me baffled- to take so many pictures they barely must have had any time to do anything but. In fact last week I went to a party with a bunch of students and you couldn't move for having a camera pointed at you.

Growing up with working class down-to-earth lads (who wouldn't be seen dead on Facebook by the way) the very last thing on my mind when I go on a night out is to take a digital camera. I go out to have fun, not to use it as a way of saying 'LOOK AT ME! I HAVE FRIENDS!' the next day. This leads me to believe that for many people Facebook isn't a social networking site at all, it's a social bragging site.

Whilst it's worth noting that most people don't use Facebook in this way there's still an annoying minority that do and unfortunately these are the people whose entries you have to shift through if you ever log onto the site. Maybe it is this small minority that spoils Facebook for me and maybe I should just ignore it. But it's humiliating to think that when people think of our generation, perhaps all we will be remembered for is our obsession with social networking websites.