There are really no Privacy in our lives anymore.

Remember the days where Wifi was so hard to find and the only way for us to connect to the internet was through dial-up? I remember buying the internet cards. I usually bought the $5 or $10 (If I had enough money) and would use it until it ran out. Back in those days, I didn’t have Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr or Blogs. I just used the internet as a source to play games (Ragnarok Online or games on the net) and chatting (mirc).

Talking about mirc and RO, make me miss those stuff. But.. Imma write a post about it soon.

Anyway.. Before those websites were created, people mostly expressed their feelings by jotting it down on diary or ‘Journal’ (cause saying ‘diary’ sounded as if it’s a girly thing). I remember at least every year I must buy a diary and wrote down whatever happened in my life before I went to sleep. Even a short note like “I miss seeing you” was enough for a day. Those were the starting point of having a crush. Lol.

I remember seeing my diary as my confidante and my best friend. She was there when I feel the urge to let out all my emotions. She didn’t talk. She was .. there. To listen.

But now, with creative invention such as FB, Twitter, Blog and Tumblr, People don’t really write on Diary. They rather let it all out on public.

Feelings and daily whereabouts are used to be categorized as ‘Private’. But now, people are more than welcome to express their feelings. Their dissatisfaction, Satisfaction and etcetera etcetera etcetera.

I do use Twitter as a place for me to express my feelings. However, I set a boundary as not to hurt other people’s feelings and not to make it too obvious. I wrote down my feelings and whatever it is in general matter. Because I feel uneasy when people that barely know me in real life asked me certain questions that I would honestly answer only to my closest friends. And usually I tweet on the songs, celebrities, movies and stuff like that.

Don’t get me wrong. I have no grudge , hatred or whatsoever towards people who tweet very personal things cause that’s their tweet. But, I just feel that now, we are not ashamed of ourselves. From my point of view, people are now trying so hard to be ‘an internet superstar’. Everyone trying so hard to be famous and stuff. That’s just downright scary!