people and psych

So, I really like psychology and find the social aspect of it fascinating. There’s probably some underlying psychological explanation for my interest, such as “why am I so bad at it?” or “why can’t I just be myself” or something along those lines.

Anyway, it’s interesting how people interact.

I just read a NYTimes article on how lonely people beget more loneliness by spreading their loneliness onto their friends. Isn’t that sad? Time to be more optimistic, plus they live longer. But why live longer if you’re gonna be unable to do things you really want to? Like walk? I don’t know.

Just like how people with friends tend to live longer. I don’t know so much about this long life business, but I think if I were not able to take care of myself at an old age, I would not want to burden by grandchildren.

Bah, I don’t know what I’m typing anymore. I just took this MBIT Career Personality Test and I think my self-evaluation of my personality back in January 2009 changed at this point. Hmm, wonder why?

My friends say I’ve changed since last year in a good way. Haha. Can’t be a mean person anymore :[

Okay, time to be a Facebook stalker and see what people are up to since they obviously don’t have the time of day to tell me personally so I should read it… hmm. Sounds very close and touching to me. I don’t know. That’s my view on it and I guess I think others think like me… when they obviously don’t? Haha. I guess the way I act towards others is how I want to be treated. Lol.

Er. Dang, I should be asleep? ‘Cause I’m a robot.

Privacy and Stalkers. Oh noes. D:

If you really know me, you’d think I was paranoid. That’s what my sister says about me when I go nuts over Facebook privacy settings.

I don’t let a lot of people see my photos, hence the “Limited List.” I do not let my news to be fed. I’m not one of these Facebook-stalkers that I speak of because I don’t even read the homepage news feed of my friends. The way I see it: if they didn’t tell me about something, it isn’t my business. That’s not a good way of life, haha.

I’m wary of what I post on the internet now. There’s a lot of REAL stalkers out there… and a lot of people can’t be trusted… so just watch out.

Even the people that you DO know can be a bit stalkerish.

Example 1:

Friend A is on my limited list, hence Friend A cannot see any photos [tagged] of me. Yet, Friend A manages to see a picture of me at a certain event. The next night, Friend A asks me “how was it?” even though I never made Friend A aware of my going prior to the event.

Example 2:

Friend B and Friend C are both going to an event at night. There was a Facebook event page of this. Mutual Friend D tells Friend B to have fun. Friend B and Friend C did not tell Friend D about it. Friend B thought Friend C told Friend D, and Friend C thought Friend B told Friend D. But Friend D was just being a bit too bored and started Facebook-stalking.

I used to think posting your full name was really bad. Even though there are many people out there with my name, I still thought I’d get stalked or someone would steal my identity. I still feel that way, but my full name is still posted somewhere. Oh well.

I have also been told that whatever we submit in search engines gets sold to advertisers so they can target us better. Now that’s freaky. I read somewhere we shouldn’t Google ourselves because then the ads agencies can find us! :O

When you’re logging into sites and stuff, especially when the information-transfer includes your address, be sure the site is https:// . There were a few times where the site did not have the s, but I submitted my information anyway.

Just hope one day some weirdo won’t steal your photos and pretend to be you by making a fake social-network profile.

Oh yeah, be careful of WHAT you post. Durrr. Like photos of you getting wasted when you’re underage. Like posting you hate your job. Like posting the job you just got sucked (fired much?). Like personal stuff you don’t want others to know (especially on other people’s “Walls” when it’s obviously public).

You might want to consider tightening your security now :)