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Facebook Friday: Honesty Box and a Stupid Article

Jul 31st, 2009 by admin

Image: Duane Hoffman msnbc.com

Image: Duane Hoffman msnbc.com

Hi Folks, for Facebook Friday this week I thought it would be fun to start by showing you what is displaying in my personal honesty box. I know, I know, crazy right? Divulging personal FB info on our business blog? But today (and some other days) only, I am opening up.

For those of you who have not yet heard of this box, it is a place where people you can pose questions, usually about themselves, that their friends can then anonymously answer with their true thoughts. As an example, someone who has downloaded this box might ask, “Do you honestly like my haircut?”, to which s/he might get the response “Sure, but I love anything that reminds me of of the 80′s. Ahh good times!” If, however, you do not pose a question, the default question is “What do you honestly think of me?”

So, as I have never posted a question, my default question is: What do you honestly think of me? Well, here are my responses. Guess which response is my favourite?
If you guessed that the anonymous post by Bryan is my favorite one you are right!
Next topic: I read an MSNBC article yesterday called Reasons to Unfriend Your Spouse on Facebook: Can Status Updates Kill a Sexlife? Maybe It is Time to Bring Back the Mystery, written by sex therapist and relationship counsellor Ian Kerner, Ph.D.
In this article, Kerner opines that Facebook is taking the romance (ie. mystery) out of relationships. He gives specific examples such as…
Fred complains that every time his wife posts something to her Super Wall, he realizes just how boring their lives have become.
and… 
Katrina, complains that her husband is constantly tracking her every Facebook move. “He’s always been the jealous type, but now he’s like a stalker. Every new friend is an interrogation.” Out of exasperation, she’s decided to deactivate her account, but feels angry and smothered. “It’s like I’m being monitored by the thought-police!”
Kerner maintains that Facebook is a great tool for keeping connected to friends and relatives but concludes the article with…
So go ahead, unfriend your spouse. You might just gain a lover.
While I am sure (?) Kerner has some valid points, and I by no means profess to be a relationship expert, I think that the man who thinks his life and relationship is a dreary bore might want to take this as a sign that there is something wrong with his relationship and/or life. Take a class or something! And the woman who is dating her cyber stalker should perhaps consider breaking ties with her significant other as opposed to Facebook. And just a note of caution to the marrieds and singles…much like all of your offline friends, FB friends do not need to know when you are feeling bloated or that you are going to walk the dog now (says the hypocritical author who just posted that she ate sushi twice in one day).
If you, like me, are only now wondering if you are one of the gazillions who post tmi (too much information) on status updates, maybe you should should pose it as a question on your honesty box. You would probably get at least one entertaining answer.

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