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I’m not going to join in the anti-Facebook chorus.

I rather enjoy keeping in touch with friends and family. One of the better ways to keep in touch, to ascertain what brings them joy or grief, is the sort of daily doings that people post.

I’m not talking about a post telling us we are cleaning the toilet or even pictures of food being eaten are a bit anal.

But to know when a cousin living in Florida is on vacation or the former co-worker is trying to buy a house, I really enjoy perusing past this sort of info.

You don’t have to make a career out of reading the posts for God’s sake. Thoughtful and informative posters put up pics and anecdotes in pet interaction.

I’ve gotten so I know who is astute politically, who loves cats, who loves dogs....well I don’t have any Facebook friends who DON’T like dogs and cats but that’s exactly the point.

Couple of times a day I sign in and peruse the posts on Facebook, same as I do here on FreeRep.

I watch light TV while I’m doing it, maybe intersperse with a few games.

Oh...and I LOVE to play Words With Friends.

The biggest allure of the beauty is the freedom to choose who you care enough to read their posts, what games you like to play and who with, what you want to put up about yourself and what to keep private.

It’s a bit of fun to kind of poke fun at other Facebook posters too. I got a sister-in-law who will, and I say this with a sort of smile, post really strange stuff...I’ll paraphrase:

“We are not rich people. We provide our grandchildren with love and good company. Grandparents with big swimming pools don’t love their grandchildren any more than grandparents without grand swimming pools.”

I read something like that and well....I guess the grandchildren’s OTHER grandparents have a swimming pool and sister-in-law doesn’t.

Heh.

I mean obviously she’s troubled and the very next day she puts up a post, I paraphrase:

“Some people got to post all their personal information. They like the attention but it’s so sad.”

Heh.

There is no bigger perp than sister-in-law for this sort of thing but hey, I know when she’s troubled and I know when she’s happy. I also know her grandchildren’s other grandparents have a very nice swimming pool. Never know when you might need this sort of information.

;)

When I couldn't reach my brother after Hurricane Sandy, one of my FB friends when to his home and made sure he was okay.

And when I posted a photo of my broken ankle another FB friend sent me a Bonsai plant as a get-well gift.

Recently, when my granddaughter made mermaid tails for her and her sister. She was proud of her work (her first time sewing) and I posted a video of them swimming in my little swimming pool.

Most of my FB friends are relatives, former co-workers and friends who live 1,000+ miles away from me. I think it's a great way to keep in touch.

Good post. I understand why some/many people have no interest in being on facebook, but the contempt with which many view run-of-the-mill facebook posters baffles me.

I, too, enjoy keeping in touch with friends across the country via facebook. For example, I have a good friend in California who had a baby last year. It's going to be a while until I can visit her and see the baby, yet I get to see a couple of photos of him a week via facebook.