国外年轻人眼中的Facebook竟然是这样

文/Andrew Watts 译/小J 绘/马豆子

国外年轻人眼中的Facebook竟然是这样

A Teenager's View on Social Media

文/Andrew Watts 译/小J 绘/马豆子

Facebook已沦为朋友圈，Twitter父母永远不会看到，Instagram上的自己偶像包袱好重，只有Tumblr上才是最真实的自我。

I am a 19-year-old male attending The University of Texas at Austin. I am extremely interested in social media's role in our society as well as how it is currently evolving①. Thus，the views I provide here are my own， but do stem from observation of not only my own habits but my peers' habits as well.

In short， it's dead to us. Facebook is something we all got in middle school because it was cool but now is seen as an awkward family dinner party we can't really leave. It's weird②weird 英 ［wɪəd］ 美 ［wɪrd］ adj. 怪异的；不可思议的；超自然的n. （苏格兰）命运；预言and can even be annoying to have Facebook at times. That being said， if you don't have Facebook，that's even more weird and annoying. Weird because of the social pressure behind the question， "Everyone has Facebook， why don't you？" and annoying because you'll have to answer that to just about everyone in classes you meet who makes an attempt to friend you or find you on there.

Instagram is by far the most used social media outlet for my age group. Meaning， although the most people are on Facebook，we actually post stuff on Instagram. It's always fascinating③to me to see a friend with 1500 friends on Facebook only get 25 likes on a photo yet on Instagram （where she has 800 followers） she gets 253.

Tumblr is like a secret society that everyone is in， but no one talks about. Tumblr is where you are your true self and surround④surround 英 ［sə'raʊnd］ 美 ［sə'raʊnd］vt. 围绕；包围n. 围绕物adj. 环绕立体声的yourself with people who have similar interests. It's often seen as a“judgmentfree⑤judgement美 ［'dʒʌdʒmənt］ 英 ［'dʒʌdʒmənt］ n.评价；判决；判断力；意见zone” where， due to the lack of identity⑥identity 英 ［aɪ'dentɪtɪ］ 美 ［aɪ'dɛntəti］ n. 身份；同一性，一致；特性；恒等式on the site， you can really be who you want to be.

我是一名19岁的男生，在德克萨斯州大学奥斯汀分校上学。我对社交网络在社会中的作用以及现阶段的演变十分感兴趣。下面的观点来自我自己的使用习惯和对同龄人使用习惯的观察。

简单说，Facebook已经不行了。我们上中学的时候人人弄个Facebook是很酷的，但现在它就像个尴尬的家庭聚会，你还走不开。有时候上Facebook是件诡异甚至烦人的事情。但可以这么说，如果你没有Facebook会更诡异更烦人。诡异来自一种社交压力，人们会问：“大家都有Facebook，你怎么不弄一个？”烦人是因为你得回复几乎班里每个人的加好友申请。

Instagram是目前我的同龄人中使用最多的。尽管Facebook的用户是最多的，实际上我们都在Instagram上发东西。我很欣慰地看到一个在Facebook有1500个好友的人一张照片只有25个赞，而她在Instagram上只有800个粉丝，同一张照片能有253个赞。

Tumblr像一个每个人都在玩的秘密基地，但没有人会提起。Tumblr里是最真实的你，你关注的人都和你有相同的兴趣爱好。那是个没有偏见的场所，因为没有身份信息，你可以是任何你想成为的样子。