ASK ON: So what’s
bugging me now. The News. For the last several Days, the Media has been
asking: Is Facebook a Fad? … as We all
quietly and anxiously await their big
Unveiling tomorrow to become an IPO.
What is not ever noted in any of these Newsreels is that Facebook is the
New Post Office of the 21ST Century.
I don’t know about you, but if I want to write to my Friend, RON RON in
Tokyo or Neil, Simon or Jon in London or
Halyna in Italy or even say ‘Hi’ to my best Budd, Connie who lives ‘in da’
hood, I merely send them a quick Posting.
I do not have to pick up the receiver (of a phone that costs an arm and
a leg to maintain these days); stand in line for (who knows how long) at the
local Post Office; pay for a single stamp; lick an envelope’s flap; return to
the post office to mail the ‘letter;’ be anxious as to IF it gets to its
recipient; even go to the stationery
store to buy its paper; or even wonder if my Message is going to get thru. Not only has Facebook become a deliverer of
Mail (of which mine is very important, you know – or so I personally think I
got something valuable to share), but it is a Transmitter of very Educational
Products.
CASE IN POINT: Take
Roger Weiss for instance. He works very
hard down at NASA in Houston, Texas. Every
day like clockwork, ROGER gets ‘us’ – his Friends throughout the world, the
most incredible Pictures & Photographs of what NASA is doing. Never before have these been seen by ‘The
Outside.’ This is pure Science,
developing before our vary Eyes. This is firsthand Knowledge he is sharing
without a price-tag and it is priceless.
Via Roger’s efforts, this is getting young Boys & Girls interested
in Science (mainly) Astronomy, when many
Libraries are shortening their
hours. This has never been done before
in the Course of Human History if not for Visionaries like Mark Zuckerberg (and
his illustrious Team) and People like Mr. Weiss who are consistently and
constantly providing us with the Fulfillment of our own Dreams. One Foto and One Posting can indeed change the
course of a person’s day when they click into their Facebook Account.
Point #3: Because
Facebook is environmentally green by helping me to send my News out
electronically, they are helping all of us with our Green Imprint to become
lighter here on the Earth, who (as We all know) has some severe Environmental
problems – and doesn’t need any more of them.
Tree Huggers love Facebook, I’m sure just when this fact is remembered
and taken into account. Yet no one in
MediaLand comments on these 3 Pointers that:
Facebook delivers THE NEWS without Fail and saves People
Money in (a) recessionary/depresionary time(s);
Facebook provides other Individuals to act and be Teachers
(as Mr. Weiss of NASA is displaying) via their very influential and interesting
Postings;
Facebook is environmentally the top Medium (ie: Media) to
save a dying Planet that is suffering and stuffed into its own Waste.
Now, I “ASK” you – what’s better than that? I personally
cannot think of another Company that is as helpful as Facebook is in the Course
of a Human’s Day. But wait! Let’s not stop there. And yes, Animals are even getting into the
Picture. So many of us are Pet & Animal Lovers. Perhaps 20% of my Likes deal with Cats &
Dogs, Birds and everything that deals with NATURE. This gives these Creatures the Chance and
Opportunity to get their Message ‘out there’ and sometimes even helps in their
Adoption, if need be.
Oh, by the way: Did I
mention the Friendships that we make and the fact that Facebook does act like a
Psychiatrist or Shrink. Writing out your
problems and frustrations is instrumental in not ‘losing it’ or ‘going postal.’ This Pointer (#4) is indeed a way to let
people vent – and to get their frustration OUT.
I would guess some people would call Facebook a ‘Way to Release Inner
Demons and/or Troubles.’
And perhaps one of the most endearing Things that Facebook
does is that it lets us return to the Good Old Days to find the People that we
have lost contact with. Yes, this does mean old Boyfriends and
Girlfriends. People that we somehow lost
contact with because LIFE got in the way.
Two (2) of the most important ones to me was the re-meeting of my very
favorite(st) of Teachers, Mr. William Hastert that taught me about English in 7TH
Grade – Northbrook Jr. High School circa 1964.
What he taught me regarding my last Name (yes, all of it) has influenced
me every Day of my Life since then. At
last Count 1964 was 48 years ago – when only 8.135% of my life had been lived
to that point. Thru the help of Kc, a
friend from ‘back home,’ he put Mr. Hastert and me in touch and we even collaborated on the writing of a
chapter together in a Book I’m writing (away on) now as this is being written. Imagine that.
Rod Serling could probably not even think of a better Time Tool than
Facebook.
Then, of course, on a sadder note, I have found out about
various ‘boyfriends’ that have died (evidently of a broken heart) since our
Break-ups via Facebook. I’ve also heard
the Breaking News (of all varieties – from Births of Babes to untimely Deaths) of Celebrities
that I’ve grown to watch and admire and like meet up via Facebook. I’ve even changed my Daily Schedule when
someone in the Area (that I happen to be in) posts a Stormcast, making sure I
get home sooner and safer than I had previously planned. Is Facebook a Life-Saver then. Yes, possibly, as well as being the Best Marketing Tool anywhere at any Time. After all, there is NO Time like the Present.
The
only Question I have to ask is:
Facebook: How do they
do all that? What was the Mindset when Facebook was started? Who would ever think any of this was possible…after
all MAN only began his Evolutionary Process 100,000 years ago.
And yes, that was yet another ASK-ian Commentary, but if you
ask me if Facebook is a FAD: Wake up and smell ‘The Coffee.’
Posted by:
ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith
Screenwriter – Author – Eventologist – Promoter
STUDIO 1437
Chicago – IL USA
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303448404577409923406193162.html
Posted: Thursday,
May 17, 2012 – 12:14 PM CST
Update: Thursday,
May 17, 2012 – 1:10 PM CST
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