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[CHAT] Days of our <online> lives
Who remembers the good old days of MSN messenger?
and MySpace?
Back before Facebook had come on the scene, you’d sit on MSN for hours at a time chatting with friends and pretending to log in *just* after your crush so that he/she would notice you were on (or was that just me?). Btw, Myspace is still a thing. Why? Who knows? But what we do know is that social media has changed – and grown – in a huge way. We’re liking each other’s FB statuses, retweeting, reblogging and sharing – connecting with each other in ways that were practically unthinkable a few decades ago.
All of this comes with benefits and risks, just like everything else in life. I’ll use Tumblr as an example: for those of you who don’t know Tumblr is a ‘microblogging’ platform where you have the option to make your own posts or ‘reblog’ (basically a type of sharing so that someone else’s post appears on your blog) a post. When I joined Tumblr I did not expect to find as many people as I have who share my worldview, and taught me so much about myself, themselves and the world. I was able to interact with people across the globe, and being Australian usually meant blogging with American nightbloggers who were awake during the wee hours.
Tumblr wasn’t – and still isnt’ – all glitter and fun times. A lot of the issues with Tumblr were similar for other social media platforms, and even now we’re still telling ourselves not to give out certain details about where we live. There’s always the worry that meeting an online friend IRL may not turn out as peachy as we might hope, and it can be difficult to read the intentions of a person you can’t actually see. This is where this week's Getting Real session comes in – hear social media stories of super great internet friendships, stories which didn’t turn out so great, and advice on how to stay safe online. Right here, Monday 29th June at 8pm AEST!
@FootyFan26 yeesh, that does not sound fun. Hopefully your parents are a bit more careful online now!
@FootyFan26 thats sounds like it was a tough situation, remember you can always have a lot at our resources on family conflict for if that sort of thing comes up in future
I didn't mean to be so negative. I just don't give a shi* about him anymore and hate his guts. I think just the 'parent' thing got to me a bit since I've been thinking about what it would be like to have a father figure all day.
Good to see that we've all got an embarassing facebook past, lets move on!
Now that we’ve gotten through some of our more embarrassing online moments, tell us about something really awesome that’s happened for you on/because of the Internet.
Now that we’ve gotten through some of our more embarrassing online moments, tell us about something really awesome that’s happened for you on/because of the Internet.
The internet has helped me get/apply for jobs, I have met some wonderful people in my life because of social media and it is an awesome way to keep in contact with friends/family that are not near me.
The internet is actually a blessing.
I've also been able to create excuses for why I haven't done my homework!
@FootyFan26 if theres anything the internet is great for, it's procrastinating 😛
I can procrastinate and lose focus easily in a dark, empty room so i don't need the internet for that. It's just that you can't blame not doing homework on a pen or a piece of paper.
Now that we’ve gotten through some of our more embarrassing online moments, tell us about something really awesome that’s happened for you on/because of the Internet.
I found out where to seek help for my mental health like headspace and RO. And if I think of anything else, I'll let you know.
I'm gonna go ahead and be a big cheese-ball on this question, RO has been a pretty awesome thing to happen for me online. Such a great community 🙂
For a lot of us, using social media was a bit of a learning process when we first started. What’s one of your most cringe-worthy social media blunders?
My stepdad gave out my mum's password for her email that had a file of nearly all her passswords to a hacker using her FB account. Guess who spent hours changing all their passwords?
@Chessca_H OMG the embarrasing pages!! You forgot about them eventually until you saw one of them post for the first time in two years and remembered to go back and unlike them all 😧