Honestly, I use Facebook to see photos and contact folks from HS I haven't seen in 20 years. The tweet-like "news" from friends and family is horrible banal and dull. If you get Facebook -- and I'm not saying you should or shouldn't -- just check it every other day or so.
But I don't need another thing to keep track of people I barely know. I also dislike the intimacy that Facebook provides. It really seems to put people in each other's pockets. If I am not in touch with the people in question now, chances are good that I like it that way.
I dunno, I find LJ a lot more "intimate" than Facebook, which is why I like LJ! Really, my point wasn't that you're missing anything on Facebook -- you're not -- just that it's fairly harmless. I agree with agrumer that it's better for peeps with no other web presence.
Pfff, I check it once every month or so. I couldn't give less of a shit about what people I was friends with 10 years ago and random relatives I never talk to in person are doing.
That's just it--if I don't care, why would I sign up for a service that would let me do that thing I don't care about?
That should be enough to deter the Facebook-ati, but it never seems to. Beyond that, though, I have a very real fear of relatives/strangers/people I vaguely was in geographic proximity to taking an interest in me. No thank you.
I feel like I've gotten friended by 3 people I actually wanted to hear from again and couldn't really talk to any other way... and 53 people I can't remember at all!
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Date: 2009-07-27 05:29 pm (UTC)That should be enough to deter the Facebook-ati, but it never seems to. Beyond that, though, I have a very real fear of relatives/strangers/people I vaguely was in geographic proximity to taking an interest in me. No thank you.
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