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Welcome! Read this article: Facebook changes touch privacy nerve - ABC News

iProducts, Facebook, Google, the weather. Everything is changing. "Nothing is permanent except change," said Heraclitus, an ancient Greek philosopher. It always fascinates me how our society and my generation specifically reacts to good and bad "change".

Referring to the above article, take Facebook for example. Ostensibly, there are users who are reasonably upset with the novelty changes because of lack of privatization, one of many ironic implications. The public showing of a user's every move and their lack of control over it, upsets many. On the old Book of Faces, you could easily delete "Chelsea wrote on Sara's wall". What is now permanent however, is: "Chelsea wrote: 'I had a great time at your party last night!' on Sara's wall". You can even see what other people wrote on the walls of groups they are a part of (and you might not even be a member of that same group!) However, just because you deleted something on Facebook, or anything on the Internet for that matter, doesn't mean that the information has simply disappeared out of thin air. Somewhere it still exists, your imprint is still on the world wide web. Once it's posted, it's posted forever. Deleting it simply makes it temporarily hidden. And perhaps, that's all some people want. But, does the enhanced publication really make a difference? To what extent does making something privatized a little less privatized make a difference in the long run to your public profile on a social online network? The day Facebook made it's most recent updates was the day that 1 in 10 of my friends decided to complain about it via status. Statuses like "Facebook sucks!!!", "Wtf facebook??", and "Thank you fb for giving the world ADD", made me realize the irony. Facebook is always changing, people. Don't like it? I have a solution: Get off it. These changes are obviously upsetting many youngsters. That's negative change.

Positive change: the iPhone 5. Many iPhone users thoroughly enjoy their mobile for many different reasons whether it be from a business, social, or academic perspective. Constant updates to the iPhone make life faster, easier, and more fun. No one really seems to mind these changes; many seem to anticipate it and are anxious about it, waiting in line for hours for Apple's doors to open. Why is this kind of change equally responsive but in a more positive light? Change is simple and ever evolving. People like it, people don't. If there's anything to remember folks, it's this: "Change is neither good nor bad. It simply is." (I can't find the speaker for that one.)

If you are neither a Facebook nor iPhone user, I apologize if I made this exclusive or unrelatable. But, I think we all experience change in our daily lives, from trying new foods to heading off to college. It can be absolutely frightening and positively refreshing. However, I think change isn't something to be afraid of. Sometimes we should embrace it. And all the time we should expect it.