Is it Your Face We See on Facebook? =p

I knew it would eventually come to this. The other day I went to see a movie with a friend, and while watching the coming attractions, I noticed that there would be a movie coming out soon about the creation of facebook and it's intended purpose or influence on today's generation of college students. The movie is titled The Social Network, and it hits the movie theaters October 1st.
    One thing I found most interesting about this trailer, besides the fact that I always knew hollywood would end up making a movie about facebook, but also the song they play in the background. The song is by Scala Choir and Kolancy Bro. and is titled "Creep". I listened carefully to the lyrics becuase they describe almost perfectly the millions of facebook members. The lyrics include:

      When you were here before
      Couldn't look you in the eye
      You're just like an angel
      Your skin makes me cry

      You float like a feather
      In a beautiful world
      And I wish I was special
     You're so f*ckin' special

     But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo
    What the hell am I doing here?
     I don't belong here

     I don't care if it hurts
     I want to have control
     I want a perfect body
     I want a perfect soul

     I want you to notice
    When I'm not around
    You're so f*ckin' special
     I wish I was special...

      Have not most, if not all, facebook members wished they were special? After viewing this trailer it cuased me to think of the popular social networking site, it's evolution and it's profound influence on its users, even more largely the present generation. Recently some of its users have dubbed the social networking site as the "freak show" or the "world's greatest show" . However, these users are not coming against the facebook site itself, instead they are speaking against the influence and the character that many facebook users have adopted. they range from, cyber bullies, gossip queens, "wanna-be's", and etc., yet all of these characteristics transpire down to lying, and attention seeking.
    Throughout the two years that I've had a facebook and have made and found friends from various backgrounds, cultures and influences, I have noticed that no matter who it is, a facebook never truely present his/her to facebook.
    The new trend I've noticed now is to make up names (almost like how we did in myspace), that represent how a person would like to be viewed as, or what they wished they could be, anything other than their actual name, and they do just about anything to live up to these "nick names", or alias, or for some, alter-egos.This is almost like facebook users are creating their own altered reality in which they "control" and they are the absolute center of attention. They can control what people view them as, who people view them as, how much of themselves they share, and how many lies they tell. People almost go out there way to post pictures or update statuses that depict them at a certain time of the day or a certain moment, in which they may feel most creative, appreciated, "cool", or simply having the time of their life, yet they never show allow themselves to be seen as who they truely are at times when things are just mellow, or not that exciting. They never reveal to facebook their real face. It seemed to me that almost within the last year there has been an overflow of "facebook diva's", "facebook thugs", "facebook professionals", and "facebook socialites"....I mean come on, we all know "your" just not that special.
      Yet, isn't that the point; to make every facebook member feel special, to let people know that not only is a certain individual alive still, but that he/she is having "the time of his/her life", and they must share this with the rest of the world. But what happens when the certain individual doesn't have a life....over-compensation perhaps?....maybe even a little lying? But to who, facebook or themselves. It's almost scarey to imagine that facebook has had this much influence on its members, and to know that the very same people, wether they be family members, firends, co-workers, classmates, whomever, can become almost a completely different person over the internet. It is almost as if they have two faces, one they present to you physically or face to face, and then another that they present to facebook.
     So I ask, which face do you present to facebook, and whichever face that is, is it your face that we see on facebook?