On-line JCOM

On The Internet Nobody Knows Your A Dog:
I loved, loved this cartoon. This really puts in perspective what people are capable of when using the Internet. This made me think of on-line dating services. I have head so many stories of people meeting their "perfect match" on the Internet. Men who were described as tall, dark and handsome actually turned out to be short, fat and bald. You never really know what you are going to get when communicating through a computer.

FaceBook Article:
This reading made me laugh because I can SO relate to it! Just today, I saw an old friend from high-school who I am "facebook friends with." I had just been invited to her birthday party, via face-book and I asked her if she was excited for the celebration. To which she replied: "Ha! Did you see that through facebook?" I was caught! I hadn't really remembered her birthday at all...facebook was my fountain of knowledge. After she left, an old friend passed me and I congratulated him on recently becoming engaged. We hadn't talked for months but I knew this intimate detail about his life through facebook.
My mom was thinking about opening an account-honestly, I think it is so weird when older people have facebook accounts. It creeps me out. To that end, my mom still does not have a facebook account, nor does my dad. But they do have questions for me such as: "So Allie, what is your relationship status on facebook?"