My aversion to social media

For a long time, I have resisted using social media sites on the internet. That's not to say I have never used them, just that I have not been comfortable with them. I have both a Facebook account and a Twitter account, but their usage has been sporadic and light.

Originally, my resistance was due to mistrust over the usage of personalized data that these sites collect. I thought I wanted my general every day actions to remain anonymous. But, recently I started to really do some serious thinking.

For one, I am not ashamed of anything I do, though some of my habits and choices are things that others may not agree with.The idea of keeping my private life private has always been part of why I avoided the social media. But it occurred to me that I really don't care whether my life is private or not. I am rather fond of saying that there isn't anything I wouldn't do privately that I wouldn't also be willing to do live on public television. And if this is true what I am I doing hiding from these social media sites?

Avoiding Facebook or Twitter isn't going to keep my information away from the federal government. They already know where I live.  I don't have any intention of posting "racy" pictures of myself anywhere. But so what if I did? I am not a gorgeous teenage girl that is likely to get stalked or kidnapped.

Part of the usage data collected by these websites is used for advertising purposes. There is no worry that my purchasing habits will be at all influenced by additional advertising, even if it is more focused. I buy what I want to buy and commercials seldom influence that.

 I have a message of empowerment and enlightenment to bring the world. My vision of world wide change due to waking up the masses and educating them to the fact that they can choose a better life if only they are willing to work for it, is not going to happen if I am "hiding" from the internet.

For a very long time I was looking for an online business that I can really get behind, something that supports my beliefs. In the Empower Network I have found such a business. The products and core steps of the Empower Network are set up to teach people how to constantly improve themselves while learning to promote a business. It is literally designed to empower people while helping them earn a living online. In just two short years, they have helped tens of thousands of people to start making a living online, people who have never had success online before.

Promoting this business, promotes my beliefs. Just by being, it makes the world a better place. And social media sites are a big part of promoting the Empower Network. Based on all these things, I really have no reason to continue avoiding the social media.

So, out with the old way of thinking and in with the new.