[Venturer]

Dumped mine after two weeks.

[Lockbar]

Its all part of the “look at me! look at me!” mentality. I only have a land line and a computer at home. Gave up a very basic cell phone a couple of years ago. Never had a super interactive phone with web like they have now. If people need to get in touch with me, call me at home or send me an e-mail. Its nice going back to a more “basic” lifestyle. I feel more harmonious.

[Aleya2Fairlie]

I just got rid of mine. I tried it for awhile. Hive mentality is good for bees; humans, not so much. You can discover things you never wanted to know about your friends just by looking at their “likes” (and vice versa)

[manic4organic]

TEA Parties use it to recruit and spread the word. I use it to manage a band. It informs and brings fans out to shows. I also post a LOT of conservative stuff I find on FR.

[Revolting cat!]

You go to a cafe near where I live, every table taken by a person with a laptop, young, old, male female, crippled, blind, deaf, healthy, no one's talking to their neghbour unless they arrived with him/her, and everyone "talking" to their "friends" on Facebook.

[Amagi]

And I had just sent you a facebook friend request, too.

I check into facebook most everyday. I subscribe to a lot of conservative sites there that provide interesting info. Occasionally someone from my past will drop in to say "hey". It's casual, no big deal.

[Thrownatbirth]

Three weeks. Bad combination of wacky family members and some VERY lonely coworkers.

It gave me a new appreciation for my dog.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I hate Linked-in too.

[arasina]

I haven't seen the movie "Social Network" about the founder of Facebook, but the movie trailers did give me some ideas. I thought, "Why, I can do that! I'll come up with my own social networking sites and make bunches of money!" Here are some that have potential and have been launched in Beta to determine which would be the real winning formula: (feel free to add your own suggestions)

Failbook: It's for losers.

Fishbook: Good, but I wasn't sure about being that visible, basically living in an internet fishbowl.

Phasebook: I tried this for a brief time, but that was, well, just a phase.

Fussbook: Looked interesting and appealed to the persnickety part of me. The layout seems a little off but I think it would be perfect for obsessive-compulsive types.

Freshbook: Its denizens appear to primarily consist of farmers, grocers and smart-alecky guys.

!@#?!book: Too darned annoying. Won't friggin catch on at all.

Feesbook: Attracts mostly attorneys and bankers and other professionals. (I noticed some Mexicans there too. I think they may have misread.)

Footbook: Runners, marathon aficionados, and shoe salesmen rush to this one and line up to register.

Faintbook: For those sensitive, dreamy women who read lots of romance novels. Nothing they write is the truth.

Fizzbook: The people this draws are fun and have bubbly personalities!!! Lots of {{{{hugs}}}} here.

Elbowbook: My personal fave since it seems like a website that would appreciate my little "jabs" at humor.

[Don Carlos]

My son told me about all the wonderous things, and that I needed a FB account. So, bingo there I was, exposed to the world.

Son shares my name (by a strange co-inky-dink), so first thing was, I suddenly got "friends" on FB. I mean lots of friends! Second thing was the correspondence. I suddenly became the center of the universe for some gal who was a former classmate and was mad at her "other", one of my sons college prof's (gay and hiding behind a skirt) wanted to meet for lunch, and there was going to be a class of 1996 reunion that "everyone" was going to attend and could I possibly be the keynote speaker?

Guess what the third thing was? Bingo - killed FB! Jees, I'm near 70 and wouldn't have exposed myself to this crap when was a teen. Too old to adjust? Yep, thats me!

[DBrow]

I use FB for political activism, i “like” lots of politicians and political people. I post links to political articles, and rebut obvious moonbats with facts and references.

You do not have to accept a friend request, you know, and if someone has inane posts, you can unfriend them, or “hide” the Farmville posts.

All the people talking about stuff that “happens” to them on FB apparently don’t know how to control it, or maybe don’t read the how-to’s.

As for someone taking pictures of you and posting them, well, that’s reality now, not just FB, there’s Orcutt, Myspace, xanga, friendster, photobucket, tumblr, and I could go on.

[Zack Attack]

LMAO thinking about the South Park Facebook episode from a couple years ago.

[Liberty Valance]

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[Allegra]

Facebook is where my loved ones wait breathlessly for updates on the condition, style and colors of my socks.

[Arrowhead1952]

I’ve never had an FB account. Wife and daughter do to keep in touch with friends and post pictures of various events.

[Hatteras]

It's a place to pick up wimin. Got reaquainted with some pretty cute babydolls through FB. I also know not to talk religion or politics in that forum. At least, half of your opportunities go right out the window if you do. So far, so good.

BTW, how long did you live in this computer of yours?

[roamer_1]

Facebook=meh + tracking.

I am into tech too, but I tend to be most available on YIM (and now that M$ owns it, M$Mess). At least there I am less likely to be displaying thoughts to bloody well everyone on the planet. messenger, chat, phone, vid phone, file transfer, and txt to cell phones... That’s all I need.

never understood the facebook/myspace thing...

[FreedomGuru]

Thanks to FB I was reunited with my long lost half sister Oprah, and she gave me a new car. :-)

Wouldn’t touch FB with a 10 gig pole.

[musicman]

BFLR