2 years ago...
I was very into the social media scene which has newly popped up online back then. I joined Facebook not long after a friend sent me an invite in 2006, when Friendster and Myspace were pretty "in". I didn't log in often to Facebook since none of my friends wanted to follow suit. Everyone was just "Friendster, friendster and friendster." Even Myspace has been pretty quiet in my social circle except for the few friends in the music industry and the American friends. But today, I actually have more friends in Facebook than the other two networking sites. Not only that, most of my friends logged in daily and I'm updated with their lives without physically seeing them - such a lazy way. Internet has made us all lazy. Some friends eventually lost the interest and soon "faded out of my life"... Strange things internet can do to your social life.
In 2007, I remember attending an interview at the British High Commission in Singapore for a position on Web Communication. I was asked to present one website that I would think of as an excellent example of online communication. Those were the days when Facebook was newly hatched and everyone had doubts about networking sites being useful for commercial and corporate use. Still, I chose Facebook and blabbered about it. I didn't think anyone there was convinced... deep down, they might still be laughing at my idea of using a social media/networking site for any fruitful ways of communication.
2 years down the road...
Today, I'm very pleased to see how it has evolved. I'm very proud to say I'm using that for my job now and promoting an event/festival with the use of social media tools. Time proves it all :)
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