I've reconnected with a friend I haven't seen in a little over 22 years and one I haven't seen since 1994. Facebook is good for that sort of thing. Otherwise I don't see the point of it.
Should I join Facebook?
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Just depends on your circle of friends. We use it for:
- Event organization. Guests lists, directions, plans etc.
- Quick plans (anybody up for lunch?) In the area, etc.
- Sharing of news articles, videos and comments/discussion on said topics.
- Updates for the day or week.
- Photo albums, videos. Both artistic and of friends/parties/events/travels.
- Private messages, catching up.
- Live chatting with select people (Facebook chat)
- Various pages for news/updates and community commenting
- Maintaining networks with previous employers, professors and friends who could help you out later.
I'm extremely compartmentalized with Facebook. I hate that boundary-less quality it has where people you work with, party with, are vaguely related to, are your dearest friends.. are all smushed into one blob of FB. I can only see it causing problems. I can just hear the confusion and queries over some of my posts from certain quarters so I am not friends with those people even though IRL I am technically close to them by blood or circumstance. I list my religion as "fangirl", this alone would cause HUGE convulsions in certain segments of my family and.. why do that?
I'm only FB friends with people who I have fun with in that medium. Youtubes, trek quotes, random half assed poetry.. thinking about it most of them post to amuse. None of them post about that great cup of coffee they just had or what they are making for dinner.
If you are the sort of person who would be angsty about being rude if you don't accept friends then don't have FB. You have to either have a very clearly defined idea about who FB is for or like the idea of everyone and his dog's cousin being your friend.
I don't use my real name on Facebook, and I use an email address that is only for FB. This alone saves me from hundreds of friend requests. If you use your real name and normal email people using the search function who ever knew you will be invited to invite you to be friends.
I'm only FB friends with people who I have fun with in that medium. Youtubes, trek quotes, random half assed poetry.. thinking about it most of them post to amuse. None of them post about that great cup of coffee they just had or what they are making for dinner.
If you are the sort of person who would be angsty about being rude if you don't accept friends then don't have FB. You have to either have a very clearly defined idea about who FB is for or like the idea of everyone and his dog's cousin being your friend.
I don't use my real name on Facebook, and I use an email address that is only for FB. This alone saves me from hundreds of friend requests. If you use your real name and normal email people using the search function who ever knew you will be invited to invite you to be friends.
I was someone who was against the idea of Facebook. But now I support it for what it is. The default privacy settings are a bit worrying, and they're not always forward with what those defaults allow. But it doesn't take long in the privacy settings to tighten it up and keep unwanted people from seeing anything.
And only add close friends and family. I've literally turned down more friend requests than I've accepted. I don't care what a friend of a friend had for breakfast. And I've blocked updates from every single app people use too. I don't use any of them (I don't trust them), and I don't want to read about them. But thanks to Facebook I have gotten back in touch with friends I lost contact with, and now talk to them regularly on msn again.
And my personal favourite use of Facebook - becoming a fan of your favourite bands and TV shows. You get regular updates about when shows are coming back, and when bands are touring or releasing an album or merchandise. It keeps me up to date very quickly, so I spend less time on the internet, rather than more.
You might be surprised at how handy FB is, or you might not see what all the fuss is about, but I'd say try it out and see for yourself.
And only add close friends and family. I've literally turned down more friend requests than I've accepted. I don't care what a friend of a friend had for breakfast. And I've blocked updates from every single app people use too. I don't use any of them (I don't trust them), and I don't want to read about them. But thanks to Facebook I have gotten back in touch with friends I lost contact with, and now talk to them regularly on msn again.
And my personal favourite use of Facebook - becoming a fan of your favourite bands and TV shows. You get regular updates about when shows are coming back, and when bands are touring or releasing an album or merchandise. It keeps me up to date very quickly, so I spend less time on the internet, rather than more.
You might be surprised at how handy FB is, or you might not see what all the fuss is about, but I'd say try it out and see for yourself.
Just create friend groups and break them up into different levels of privacy and security. I have family segmented, employers, grounds, close friends, distant friends etc. etc. all see different levels of what I post. Very few people can see my tagged photos, for instance.
That would be useful but for myself I'm not interested in posting that stuff anyway. Though it is kind of amusing to have the real status updates and then the "just vacuumed! time for coffee!" status updates..
Same here. Facebook has allowed me to better contact with what is happening with many of my family. Plus been able to get in contact again with many high school friends. Last year had a reunion where I hadn't seen anyone in 20 years. It was a great night to see many old friends again. Got another reunion sometime next year.
Also, with the games, many I've blocked when I'm uninterested in reading about them on friends' walls, while others I've blocked as I keep on getting requests from some friends.
I also use it for finding out more about conventions in Australia.
I'm one of those people who has moved around a lot and live on a different continent than most of my family and friends, and Facebook makes it easy to keep in touch. I haven't had any lame-ass Farmville and such status updates for over a year and the scroll bar is my friend where certain people are concerned. I've friended some blogs I follow so I know when they've been updated, and the a majority of my friends are from groups and LiveJournal. If someone truly bores me or we just don't click I unfriend them after a few months, and I expect others to do the same with me.
Do it!
I've spoken more to my brother, who lives 300 miles away, more now through facebook than ever before ~ he's a man, he does not know how to make a phone call! And also have got back into contact with lots of old friends.
Go through the privacy settings and make them to your want.
Remember that even if you block someone they can get into your info via 'a friend of a friend'. (something I found out when hacking into my son's account
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Don't put anything up that you don't want 'common knowledge'. Really think about what you post ~ Son 'friended' a chap that runs a bar he went to. Chap noticed Son's age and posted 'I'll see you in January then ~ when you are legally allowed to drink!'. Chap did throw him an 18th party thou ~ but it's just a cautionary tale.
There is a lot of rubbish on it, but it's fun.
If you do join, look up my horse ~ Bob Lecheval
I've spoken more to my brother, who lives 300 miles away, more now through facebook than ever before ~ he's a man, he does not know how to make a phone call! And also have got back into contact with lots of old friends.
Go through the privacy settings and make them to your want.
Remember that even if you block someone they can get into your info via 'a friend of a friend'. (something I found out when hacking into my son's account
)Don't put anything up that you don't want 'common knowledge'. Really think about what you post ~ Son 'friended' a chap that runs a bar he went to. Chap noticed Son's age and posted 'I'll see you in January then ~ when you are legally allowed to drink!'. Chap did throw him an 18th party thou ~ but it's just a cautionary tale.
There is a lot of rubbish on it, but it's fun.
If you do join, look up my horse ~ Bob Lecheval
Bob Lecheval needs to off his lazy wheels and post some more photos of himself. I think the last time he posted new photos was on Jan 6th - I really do expect more from head on a stick than that.
Yes, quite a sleek steed.
Con: it can be very addicting
But go ahead there are lots of us on there.
But go ahead there are lots of us on there.
Yep, same here. Plus, I was kicked off the site for committing fraud, which I didn't. But that's okay. I didn't pursue the matter because I didn't care one way or the other. I only created an account to shut up my friends who kept insisting that I do so.
more photos currently uploading... Bob has learnt how to play guitar
He's a very open-minded Gee-gee
I love that Tora ~ from now on he will be known as the 'Sleek Steed'
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My wife is on Facebook. I'm not. I've felt the same way as you. Am I being a dinosaur? Am I really missing out? Then, I read the drivel her friends post on her account. Even she's getting tired of it. It must depend entirely on the quality of the people you'll be interacting with. Got some good friends scattered around you'd like to get in touch with? Are they already on Facebook? Do you know how to contact them other ways? If not, then maybe you should test the waters.
It's a crapshoot, really. My wife found a lot of old high school friends. When I did a search of old friends and relation, I found one cousin I hadn't heard from in 35 years, but no one else of interest or anyone else I don't already simply e-mail or phone.
For me, the ability to tell a cousin I haven't seen in 35 years that I am, "Eating a meatball sandwich (yum!)," isn't worth signing up for.
If you do, I urge you to change your handle to farmvillekid
I like Facebook to reconnect with friends and I play Price is Right and Family Feud a lot. Those are the only two games I like on the site in terms of that aspect. I'd say give it a try and if you like it fine, if not, you can delete your account. I did that with Myspace.
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Yup, that's it, in a nutshell.
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