I know I am probably the last person in the world who is not on Facebook, but really, I'm not sure I want to be. I'm all about reconnecting with friends. There are a lot of people that I would love to find out how they are doing. I want to find out that they got married, that they got their phd., that their making eight bucks and hour working at the quickie mart. That’s great! I'd love to know how they are doing, but I thought that was what blogstalking was for (Come on, everybody does it. Don't worry I'm not offended that your reading my blog but you haven't left a comment to say hi, I might cry a little, but I'll get over it).
Really, there are different levels of friendship. There are the old friends that I want to keep in touch with, the ones that I'd like to know how they are doing but don't expect a Christmas card (actually that probably goes for all of you. I don't think I'm going to send out Christmas cards until I can get a decent picture of my family, so don't be surprised if you don't get your cards until March). And then there are the people that I can vaguely remember who they are. I know John’s gotten multiple friend requests on Facebook that all he really knows about the person is that they went to the same High School. Is it rude to turn down a friend request? I mean, I tell my kids they need to be friends to everyone, but do I have to live by the same rule? (Here I am fretting about too many people wanting to be my friend in my imaginary Facebook world. HA!)
When I look to see what’s on John’s Facebook page 80% of it is "Jo Mama is now friends with Suzie Q" Or "Suzie Q just changed her profile picture" The rest of it is mostly comments like "Jo Mama is tired from staying out all night" Occasionally you get great nuggets of information on what is going on in someone's life but you really have to weed out all the other stuff. Maybe you have to be on Facebook to really get it. So enlighten me. What is so great about Facebook? Who knows, maybe you’ll find me on there; I mean I didn’t ever think I would start a blog, but here I am.
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I am on Facebook and, really I don't get it either! It's not pretty or user friendly. You can't only look at what's been posted since the last time you looked - like google reader. You have to read a lot of old stuff to see the new stuff. I'm still trying to figure out the allure of it - but I guess I just can't be out of the loop so I'm there.
Okay, I would not consider myself "sold" on facebook, but this is what has kept me coming back... hmmm, now I'm asking myself what exactly keeps me going back. First, my kids. Granted, my older kids are older and they use facebook, so I enjoy the pictures they post, keeping up on their communication with friends, reading their "status" - basically, having that insight into their day and how they are doing. Next, being in the YWs program (again) it gives me insight into the girls (and boys) in my ward. In fact, our last stake yw leadership meeting was all about facebook... okay, not ALL, but 98%. Really. "if you want to know what's going on in their lives, this is the tool to use". It's true. Last benefit for me is extended cousins that I really don't keep track of but care about. For them to post pictures and a brief little ditty about what's happening in their life, I love it.
Now granted, all of this can go on without you knowing about it if you don't sign in, but if someone wants to add you as a friend or they have left you a message or commented on a picture, it comes straight to your email. For me I can choose how active I want to be on facebook and I don't feel sucked into it.
Okay, just my two cents.
I think facebook is more like a networking sight, Myspace is a much better place and way more user friendly. There are places to post bullitens for all your friends and also they have a place to blog too (not very good but you can type out what you want it to say) Any how I think if you just want to find old friends there are more on face book because pepole think MySpace is for teens but I've found tons on there. You just have to set everything to private and choose your friend wisely, If I do not know them then they are not my friend. Any how any more questions you can ask me I'm on both but rarely go on face book.
I got sucked into joining about a week ago. It is NOT user-friendly, I can't really figure it out...and within 12 hours of joining I had about 30 cousins requesting to be my friend...somehow my mom did a "people you might know" email to all the family saying they might want to be my friend! hahahaha!!!!!!!! It's kind of cool knowing that I am somehow connected to my distant relatives and could contact them if I wanted to, but if I REALLY did want to wouldn't I just call my mom anyway for their phone number?!?! I don't know, not really worth the time. Oh, AND you can't Facebook-stalk because you can't see someone's account or pictures unless they add you as a friend! ;)
ohhh . . . good comments. I guess I can see the draw. Someday I'll probably be on there. But just not today.
I don't understand the allure of Facebook either. It's not even as interesting as blogging.
If you figure it out, let me know. But it's like you said, Danny joined and now we're friends with EVERYONE but what is that supposed to mean?
Amen!
I'm w/you on this one! I'm not sold on it either! (But people.com...sold on that one for sure)
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