Facing off with Facebook
Thank you to all who've invited me to join, and I might still join one day, but right now I see Facebook as yet another huge time waster and I already have my quota.
Plus, I have witnessed with my own eyes, people who within their list of "friends" are sporting the names of their enemies. How does this happen you ask? Well, Sue friends Joan, who friends all Sue's friends including Tanya who hates Joan. Just like that.
And, I hope I'm not breaking any hearts here, but no, you do not have 521 friends...even if that's the tally of your Facebook friend list. You still just have a handful of friends, like it or not.
Another reason Facebook bugs me is this: I really don't care if Sue is brushing her teeth then heading out the door or Joan's mood is elated or Tanya got up at 3 am to let her cat out. Silly.
Facebook, although "in" but fast fading, tops Blogs as the cool way to communicate...but what are you communicating? I'd like to think people put a bit of thought into the written word, even if they're only allowed a small amount of characters it doesn't mean one has to be small in their writing.
Consider the following poem:
You Fit Into Me
Margaret Atwood
you fit into me
like a hook into an eye
a fish hook
an open eye
----------------------
Not a lot of characters but a ton of character in that poem.
Right now that crystalizes my position on Facebook. Ouch!
I am not now, nor have I ever been on Facebook. Call me a Luddite if you must, but I must get back to Fish Tycoon right now and stop wasting my time. :-)
Thank you to all who've invited me to join, and I might still join one day, but right now I see Facebook as yet another huge time waster and I already have my quota.
Plus, I have witnessed with my own eyes, people who within their list of "friends" are sporting the names of their enemies. How does this happen you ask? Well, Sue friends Joan, who friends all Sue's friends including Tanya who hates Joan. Just like that.
And, I hope I'm not breaking any hearts here, but no, you do not have 521 friends...even if that's the tally of your Facebook friend list. You still just have a handful of friends, like it or not.
Another reason Facebook bugs me is this: I really don't care if Sue is brushing her teeth then heading out the door or Joan's mood is elated or Tanya got up at 3 am to let her cat out. Silly.
Facebook, although "in" but fast fading, tops Blogs as the cool way to communicate...but what are you communicating? I'd like to think people put a bit of thought into the written word, even if they're only allowed a small amount of characters it doesn't mean one has to be small in their writing.
Consider the following poem:
You Fit Into Me
Margaret Atwood
you fit into me
like a hook into an eye
a fish hook
an open eye
----------------------
Not a lot of characters but a ton of character in that poem.
Right now that crystalizes my position on Facebook. Ouch!
I am not now, nor have I ever been on Facebook. Call me a Luddite if you must, but I must get back to Fish Tycoon right now and stop wasting my time. :-)
posted by mary bishop | 3:18 PM
4 Comments:
Facebook is the single largest time waste of the decade. I've gone as far as to do research papers on how facebook and its counterparts such as myspace and friendster have actually started to hold back the progress of society and encourage mal-development in youth.
Hey Nate! You should have sold your stock in me I'm down to about $6 a share ;-) Another time waster.
I'd love to read your papers. I'm concerned that Facebook is nothing more than voyeurism with a twist. Fake friends are easy to come by -- no need to sign in to any website to find them.
But then I'm tired, just plain tired of communicating in general. There are too many options now and most are distant, phony and destroy the beauty of the English language.
Hope all is well with you and that you are still taking pictures. Your talent always amazed me.
Hi MB!
As you know, I always respect your opinion! And we can agree to disagree on this one!
Meanwhile, I hope all is well with you! And I don't want you to miss the 2 new cute videos on Bradley's blog!
Love you, my friend!
Linda
Hi Linda!! Oh I will go right now to see Sammy...can't wait.
xoxoxoxoxo
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