Only from Danny H
Well, my word, if he finds Facebook so loathsome, why doesn’t he close his account, and do something that makes him happy?
What a grump.
I accept FB requests only from people I know
Facebook seems to be one more path to the collective narcicism occuring in this country, which has made us soft, lazy, fearful, and invaded, etc., etc.
I recently put up a FB page. My kids are both in college and it helps keep the communication up. I really enjoy looking at their pictures and their friends pictures. I also use it to keep track of my racing buddies and events.
FB is like any website, it is what you make of it..
That reminds me. I need to go and update my FB status.
I had a FB acct for about one month. Got tired of the absolute BS, so deleted the acct and have not looked back.
No, I gave up having imaginary friends when I was five or six.
Geeze, Dude. Lighten up. So you don’t facebook, that’s cool, it’s a free country.
Ditto. I don't facebook, and won't.
It reminds me of the video wall culture from Fahrenheit 451, only miniaturized.
The guy sounds like a bit of a curmudgeon (not that there’s anything wrong with that). As a previous poster noted, if one doesn’t like Facebook, one shouldn’t BE on Facebook. To post a long rant against it is the e-equivalent of the man who protesteth too much. To paraphrase the Staple Singers, “If you don’t give a heck about the man using Facebook, just get out the way and let the gentleman do his thing.”
There’s nothing inherently immoral about Facebook. You can use it for good, even: I use mine to send out Scripture readings from the Catholic liturgy every day, and Scripture studies every week. And, while Facebooking can be (and usually is) a vacuous activity, it doesn’t have to be. That’s what self discipline is for. Either you are prone to develop self-discipline with your time, or you are not.
As far as “friends” go, I tend to keep my list extremely short: after two years on Facebook, I only have 48 “friends” though I get requests daily. I’m highly selective who I let into my circle: mostly family and people well known to me. If I had narcissistic tendencies, I suppose I could have hundreds of “Friends,” but it wouldn’t be Facebook that would have made me that way, but my own own weak will and insecure personality.
It is so very handy when your friends are spread out across the country. Everyone wants to see pics of the new baby, lots easier to make a FB album than any other option.
I have never responded to any online invitation unless it came from someone on my list.
Like anything else, ok in moderation. It is a great way of keeping in touch and sharing family pictures. If you spend more than 10 minutes per day on it and it becomes more of a virtual alternate life than a tool, Facebook can cause serious problems
Im friends with people I dont even know. . . They ramble on and on and on about crap nobody knows or care about.
Im going to go log on now and watch. . .
When that didn't happen, I quit.
No. I don’t even have an account.
That is also the way i see it, my wife and some of her family joined facebook, i signed up but then got to thinking about it and did not complete it.
I got to thinking about how many real friends i have and i was shocked, i could count them on one hand and have fingers left, i am not telling my age but most of my friends are done gone unless i do not take into consideration what a friend really is.
A real friend is worth all of the gold in the world, keep them.
Facebook was instrumental in getting the word out for my mom’s funeral. It was less stressful than calling everyone and telling them about the death (it was unexpected). I still called my closest friends to tell them personally.
Facebook is a great tool for networking with other conservatives.
I also have actual, real life friends on there and even a select few Freeper friends.
The writer should get the sand out of his crotch.