Do you still call your family, friends or colleagues? Why are people constantly texting or facebooking? I know I do both, but not every minute of the day.
Texting can be convenient, however, texting can be distracting. You can be in the middle of class and lose focus because of a text. You can be driving and try to text a friend back, and well, we know what has happened. Federal Laws have been trying to ban cell phone use period in a car.
Texting can slow your walking pace down. Texting is also the new norm for relationships.
One thing a text will do that something like Facebook will not, disappear. Once you post something online, it becomes a permanent fixture. Younger people do not realize posting things can have consequences, whether it be personally or professionally. So my advice, be careful.
Ultimately, the thing lost through texting and facebooking, communication, interpersonal communication to be exact. Are people afraid to talk anymore? Have they forgotten how to verbally communicate? A lot has to do with how technology has formed a different type of communication skill. Letters are rarely written anymore. People are becoming to reliable on the technology. I know I have.
Our class keeps us talking though. We do not completely lose our talking ability. We face-to-face talk. A thing most teenagers and young adults are not doing. So next time the phone rings, ANSWER! Someone on the other end may actually want to hear a voice. Is that the reason why we hate technological recordings when we call for tech support? They are not a human, but yet we do not think about it when we just text or facebook someone.