facebook and faith

A little about meMarriedWorking towards an M DivBlogging for a long timeWorking in Digital Marketing

an online romanceWhen was the first online romance?Using the telegraph, in the 1800’s!Electronic communication created new ways for people to connect

bandwidth and synchronisation

bandwidth describes how much data is travelling across a medium at a given time, andsynchronisation is about making sure that the data lines up when it’s sent from one place to another.

bandwidthHow much information is being transferred with each step of the conversation

synchronisationThe time gap between each step of the conversation

facebook songhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PH4aElf6CU#t=1m08s

What has changed with facebook?

Pushes conversation to less and less bandwidthIllusion of high bandwidth (with photos and videos)Does facebook make us more and more like Pavlov’s dogs? Waiting for the ring of the “new message” bell, and starting to salivate at the thought of more, fresh, information.It has the tendency to push conversation into the public forum – the wall – encouraging us to push those facts usually reserved for “small talk” away from the starting point of real face-to-face conversations.

Everyone means everyone

The default privacy setting for certain types of information you post on Facebook is set to “everyone.” You can review and change the default settings in your privacy settings.If you delete “everyone” content that you posted on Facebook, we will remove it from your Facebook profile, but have no control over its use outside of Facebook.

Some more about small talk

Have you ever skipped a chance to go and talk to someone because you thought you knew what they were up to from facebook?The pressure from FB is to frame everything so that people can click “like”This encourages us to be more superficial in what we share.

be my friend?In groups:

What kind of conversations would you want to have with your friends?Are these the kinds of conversations you can have on facebook?

Some closing thoughts

relationshipsAccountability

Relating electronically makes it easier to hide your undesirable behaviour.Fix it – talk about the good and the bad

Caring for others in the way you speak.Avoid sharing the public displays of affection: it’s not helping your single friends (or anyone else)Know who your facebook friends are: be discriminating in who you befriend.

conversationsEvangelism

There’s a difference between churning out platitudes and engaging people in conversation about faith

Building relationshipsIf you had fewer FB friends, could you spend more time on them, and build better connections?

questionsDavid Phillips

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