I Dun't Get It!!!
Now no offense to you avid Facebookers, but I don't get it. I thought I'd give it a trial run, y'know see if I dug it... but I gotta say, I DON'T! I get the whole "reconnect with old friends etc." thing but there are some people that I don't wish to connect with! It's somewhat disconcerting to be sent a friends request by somebody I apparently went to high school with, but don't have the faintest idea who they are!! I also feel bad. I mean what are you supposed to do, reject the persons' request and make them feel brutally rebuffed? On the flip side, I like the privacy features and the way you can control what people see....but it's not without fault. Do people really need to see every time I modify my profile, or what groups I've joined? Whose with me on this one? Maybe I value privacy too much. Maybe I'm just a suspicious and inconspicuous person. I dunno. All I know is that since I joined I experience an odd tense feeling when I see that 10 people I haven't seen nor thought of since I was six are requesting my friendship. If you ask me, the word "friendship" on Facebook is used a little too loosely...
This commentary was brought to you by,
Facebook Fanny
8 Comments:
I have to agree with you, it is somewhat disconcerting seeing what groups my "friends" have joined and who they are now "friends" with. However, it is strangely addictive!!
"WE WILL, WE WILL STOCK YOU!!" (to sung with a heavy rock beat)
I'm tellin' ya, that's why I blocked Miranda...do I really need this kind of emotional stress?!
well, i think it's cool...ehhh?
Go go Dags, but I have to agree with Zim. I thought of joining FaceBook, but then what? And what for? There are people I grew up with, that if I passed them on the street, I would secretly hope they didn't recognize me, and move on. Sounds morbid, I know, but really now- I hardly have time for the friends in my immediate life.
This comment has been removed by the author.
I agree with Des. It's a little creepesk!! Everyday I'm flooded with emails from people I barely know who "want to be my friend." The trouble is... I don't feel popular by that! :)
cyndi...gord hilton found me on facebook, i told him to add you :p hahaha! he has two cute litte daughters...I LOVE FACEBOOK!!!!!
I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who hasn't posted in a while!
I just received an email yesterday with my very first invitation to be someone's 'friend' on facebook. What are we, in fifth grade?
Post a Comment
<< Home