Yeah. Just...
Yuck.
Where to begin with Facebook?
I can't say it any better than this guy. He uses some colorful language, by the way. If that kind of stuff bothers you. I don't know how I came upon that rant but it is spot on. Read it and then come back. Don't worry, I'll wait.
All done? Good stuff, huh? In my mind, it boils down to two things.
If you care about knowing all of the tiny little minutia of the lives of people who can barely qualify as your friends...you have a problem.
If you think that all of the tiny minutia of your life are so important that all of these "friends" should be interested in them...you have a problem.
It was confirmed to me that Facebook is an evil thing this past summer when, in the space of a month, I was invited to one social event at the last minute and was not invited at all to another. In both cases, the exact same sentence was spoken as an explanation: "Awwww...you're not on Facebook!" My response: SO WHAT??!! You can't pick up a damn phone? What the hell?
I don't have any idea how long Facebook has been around but I've managed to make it this long without ever signing up for an account. The problem is that in the last couple of months, I've gotten several invitations to join from people who I haven't seen in a long time. Old roommates, etc. People who I would actually like to join Facebook for. Can I just join to see them? I have no idea what "writing on your wall" means. Can I keep people from doing it, whatever it is? If I must become a Facebook user, I want to be the most uninvolved Facebook user I can be.
Ugh...I suppose it was inevitable that I would eventually cave. Even so, I'm still disgusted by the whole thing.
See you on Facebook!
Oh yeah? Not if I can help it!
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I perform routine friend and photo deletions. Just went through one today. Most people left on mine are family or close friends.
Low,
I deactivated my Facebook account a month ago and haven't regretted it. I got tired of my status page being filled with "Joe threw a snow-ball at Jill. Join SuperPoke now!" and the fact that some of my co-workers wanted to be my "friends." Ew.
Fortunately, you can block applications you don't like, so there should be no need to see "Joe threw a snow-ball at Jill. Join SuperPoke now!" more than once.
What Facebook is ideal for is keeping up with "vague friends". You know, not the people you see/speak to regularly, but the people you don't see very often but you don't want to completely lose touch with.
It helped me get in touch with old university friends - and arrange a reunion - with people I'd not seen for 12 years, and who I hadn't had phone numbers, email, or "real" addresses for.
So I'm not convinced it's necessarily all bad, and despite initially having a luddite-like reaction to Facebook, mobile phones and iPods, I've joined the first and own the other two now...
I'm on there now and so far, it's just the long distance friends that I'd like to keep in touch with. Hopefully, I can manage to keep it a secret from all my local friends.
If you want to keep it secret, you better bribe me, cause I am going to tell the world!
Just kidding, I have MySpace, but I never check. I think that it is cool for people that I never see, but besides that, I am good with other means of communication!
Reagan! Time for a blog update!
Yours truly,
Shannon
Yes, it has been awhile since I was able to listen (read) your thoughts!
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