change

Awhile ago, I wrote why I am an obsessive compulsive Facebook user. Truthfully, Facebook’s “obsessive compulsive” reach didn’t grab me until recent events that I blogged about earlier this week. As I mentioned in that post, I started a blog to address a problem that seems to be plaguing my high school, an issue that I was alerted to through Facebook. For students without the financial means or know-how to bring an issue to light within a community, the best avenue to promote change within a high school student body is currently Facebook.

I realized that the blog I created did shift gears away from Facebook, but it ended up empowering the students, many who felt helpless. I noticed that other students were continuing to post on the Facebook group’s wall, but not so much as they were on this new site, a site that had a much further reach.

But then I realized something else. When we consider the Facebook as a tool to socially network, we don’t realize that the Facebook can be used as a catalyst for change. The students in the Facebook group are not simply students who want to hang out for a nonsensical reason (like so many other groups I’ve joined). This group was created because the students and alumni felt that they needed to unite on a common front to drive change.