I apologize for my absence for the past few days. Apparently, my blogs have been slacking recently. I'm not going to lie, it's hard to hate on Facebook during the summer. My mind is too busy pondering which dress to wear to which engagement party and if 15 SPF is enough for a day at the beach. I've let everything Facebook disappear from my thoughts and today it's time to bring it back.
Over the weekend I went to visit my former sleep away camp with a camp friend of mine. While we were there she was horrified that a picture of her from her early teens years had been posted on Facebook. She was completely mortified by the picture and was hoping that one-not too many people would see it and two-no one would tag her in it.
We continued to enjoy ourselves up at camp, sunning at the pool, lounging at the lake, and slowly my friend began to forget about the picture floating on Facebook that was haunting her life. Actually, if I'm not mistaken she called the picture of herself "a sin."
Later that evening while watching the campers participate in an activity when another friend says to my friend, "Hey, I just saw an old picture of you on Facebook." While I burst out laughing, the feeling of horror spread across my friend's face. The picture had only been posted a few hours prior and people were already beginning to talk about it.
A few minutes later another friend says, "Oh yeah, I saw this picture of you from the longest time ago on Facebook." At this point, all my friend could do was laugh (although she may have wanted to cry). For the remaining 2 days that we spent at camp I'd say at least 6 people mentioned this one specific picture. And don't forget, internet access is limited at camp. Imagine how many people would have mentioned it to her in the real world?
When I returned home from camp and began to tell my mom how my trip was, I wasn't surprised when she said, "Guess what? I just saw your friend in this picture on Facebook."
