Effect

I am a passive user on Facebook that mostly uses it to communicate with international friends through its Messenger service; I rarely upload images and, with the exception of a few birthday posts, have seldom posted a status. Since I do not publicly interact with others on Facebook, I did not expect a response. For the most part my expectations were met, and my pixelated image drowned among more interesting and dramatic posts. I got two likes and a few of my closest friends contacted me either privately online or in person. I find it curious that two friends did break the boundaries of 'the web' by interacting with me face-to-face about online material; to this day I have never had a in person conversation about someone's profile picture. What happens online tends to stay online. Or at least that is the case in my passive user life.