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[Post New]02/21/2010 19:05
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:[b]

I'm in touch with people as far away as Italy - WITHOUT FB.



Wow, you're officially "an old" and stuck 1990's. Come join the rest of us in the 21st century, why don't cha?
[Post New]02/21/2010 19:09
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:[b]

I'm in touch with people as far away as Italy - WITHOUT FB.



Wow, you're officially "an old" and stuck 1990's. Come join the rest of us in the 21st century, why don't cha?


Why don't you learn how to be social face-to-face instead of "stuck" in a room in front of a screen for hours at a time?

Ciao

off to meet a friend - IN PERSON - for dinner and conversation
[Post New]02/21/2010 19:16
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:[b]

I'm in touch with people as far away as Italy - WITHOUT FB.



Wow, you're officially "an old" and stuck 1990's. Come join the rest of us in the 21st century, why don't cha?


Why don't you learn how to be social face-to-face instead of "stuck" in a room in front of a screen for hours at a time?

Ciao

off to meet a friend - IN PERSON - for dinner and conversation


Ugh, you don't sound very social.
[Post New]02/21/2010 20:18
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I agree it's totally juvenile.

I rarely post anything, but I like laughing at other people's idiotic status updates. It's especially fun when they don't seem to realize they're embarrassing themselves.

I have one friend who fancies herself quite the beauty and constantly posts pictures of her "new highlights," "fall haircut," posing with her "new bag," etc. so her other friends can tell her how amazing she looks. Gag.

I have 2-3 others who are apparently trying to win some sort of "busy-ness" competition, constantly trying to best each other with asinine braggy status updates like "Just back from 17 soccer games, 11 swim meets (Maddie finished first in every event, YAY!), 3 dinners with our dearest friends from childhood, a performance at the Kennedy Center, a family reunion, hiking in the Shenandoahs, and snowboarding in Colorado - whew, just another typical fun-filled weekend for the Smiths!"

Then there are the ones who have to post about every time they work out ("Just ran 15 miles and feeling great!") or post a new picture of the baby every single day just to gather more "SOOO ADORABLE!" comments.

It's kind of an interesting phenomenon, watching people completely lose any sense of how others perceive them.

I'm the OP. And this sums it up, perfectly. I have these on my page, too...The physically fit braggarts, the kid-obssessives, and the 'my busy-but-perfect life.'


The braggers make me gag. I have an FB friend who is ALWAYS posting how many miles she ran, how she fits into jeans she wore five years ago even though she has a six-week-old baby, and the latest fancy gift her husband bought her. But when I see all the positive comments she gets for these updates, it makes me feel bitter and insecure - why should I begrudge her these good things in her life? Besides, there is probably a reason why people have to actively present such a perfect image to the world, and it is most likely a bit manufactured.
[Post New]02/21/2010 20:20
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I mostly find it pretty dull. I have a few friends who post genuinely amusing status updates, but most are just boring. Particularly irritating is the person who posts every freaking week, "TGIF!" or the one who *only* posts about her yoga practice. Is there anything on earth more boring than people who talk non-stop about yoga?


I think we have the same FB friends.
[Post New]02/21/2010 20:23
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I have a love/hate relationship w/ FB. I like facebook b/c it makes me feel superior the people with whom I grew up in that little burg in the middle west.

On status updates, childhood friends frequently praise to God and Jesus for blessing them with the morning sunrise. I can see who likes to "partee," find out which sports bar will be "hopping" and whether they prefer happy hours w/ live bands . Also, it's always amusing to see who likes to drop the "g" in written language.

I hate FB because these morons constantly e-mail me and ask how it is in the "big city." And I hate that my better educated friends here can click through a variety of hicks and see where I grew up and that even with an Ivy league degree, I do not have the pedigree that would deem me to join their clubs.


Yikes.
[Post New]02/21/2010 20:38
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I like Facebook, but I only have about 40 Facebook Friends -- people I think are genuinely interested in me and my family, and people abut whom I am genuinely interested in. If I didn't care about someone enough to see their cute kids, I wouldn't have friended them. When my friends post that they ran that day, I'm quite happy for them! Fortunately, I have really nice friends and family memebrs. So it works for me.


You sound like probably one of the only normal people on Facebook. Friending people you actually give a sh*& about makes sense. But I think more often than not, people "friend" every Tom, Dick and Harry they've ever met.


I really enjoy FB too because I'm pretty much like the poster above. I've been on it about 1.5 yrs now and have just under 100 friends now but for most of that time it's been about 75/80 people. Of course I'm not great friends with all of them, but I only "friend" someone if I truly know them and want them to be a part of my life. And same for accepting friend invites, though I'll admit probably about 25% of my 100ish people are invites I accepted because I thought I didn't want to hurt their feelings and no harm done being connected to them (high school and college folks fall a lot into this group)...though some of them I hide them so it's pretty like I don't know they are there. It's kind of funny the people I see who have like 400 friends(!)...I'm guessing these people will "friend" or accept a "friend" invite from someone they met once or who is a friend of a friend? To each their own...
[Post New]02/21/2010 20:44
Anonymous
I definitely have too many FB friends -- 300. At first I was really good about not accepting friend requests from high school and college people that I wasn't actually good friends with, but somehow along the way I accepted a couple and then I felt like I should accept the rest of them. I do have a special privacy setting where I exclude them from pics of my children, but I haven't unfriended just yet. Every time I go to unfriend someone, I realize that they're friends with someone I DO want to stay friends with, and I have second thoughts.

I guess that's all just to say that not every person who has a lot of friends is a FB friend-grubber. Some of us are just too soft, I guess.
[Post New]02/21/2010 21:24
Anonymous
I'm not all that active on FB. I never post status updates but I do comment on others' from time to time. Very few of my close friends who are on FB are actually active so it's a bit strange to log on and learn what random high school acquaintances are doing every moment of their lives.

Early on I had people friend me, and I felt obligated to write a short greeting on their wall. But often I never got a response. I never quite understood this. Do others experience this regularly on FB?
[Post New]02/21/2010 21:24
zumbamama
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I think it would be annoying if you only use it to talk to people you don't really want to talk to. But it's not limited to small talk with highschool friends...it can be used to find a million special interest groups, if you're into that. DH uses it to stay in the loop with the martial arts world.

I find it extremely useful in communicating with my students and other instructors...to share music, choreography, links of interest, ideas, stories. It's especially useful when I have to cancel for a blizzard or organize an event.

I also like getting daily pictures of beautiful beaches around the world, getting Colbert Report updates, or that many people can jump on a discussion about the one-legged salsa dancer or Nikes or whatever it is someone posted.

[Post New]02/21/2010 21:28
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I'm not all that active on FB. I never post status updates but I do comment on others' from time to time. Very few of my close friends who are on FB are actually active so it's a bit strange to log on and learn what random high school acquaintances are doing every moment of their lives.

Early on I had people friend me, and I felt obligated to write a short greeting on their wall. But often I never got a response. I never quite understood this. Do others experience this regularly on FB?


Yes, and it's odd to me too. I had people who I was never friends with in h.s. send me friend requests, then never say a word. Very odd, indeed.
[Post New]02/21/2010 21:30
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I agree it's totally juvenile.

I rarely post anything, but I like laughing at other people's idiotic status updates. It's especially fun when they don't seem to realize they're embarrassing themselves.

I have one friend who fancies herself quite the beauty and constantly posts pictures of her "new highlights," "fall haircut," posing with her "new bag," etc. so her other friends can tell her how amazing she looks. Gag.

I have 2-3 others who are apparently trying to win some sort of "busy-ness" competition, constantly trying to best each other with asinine braggy status updates like "Just back from 17 soccer games, 11 swim meets (Maddie finished first in every event, YAY!), 3 dinners with our dearest friends from childhood, a performance at the Kennedy Center, a family reunion, hiking in the Shenandoahs, and snowboarding in Colorado - whew, just another typical fun-filled weekend for the Smiths!"

Then there are the ones who have to post about every time they work out ("Just ran 15 miles and feeling great!") or post a new picture of the baby every single day just to gather more "SOOO ADORABLE!" comments.

It's kind of an interesting phenomenon, watching people completely lose any sense of how others perceive them.

I'm the OP. And this sums it up, perfectly. I have these on my page, too...The physically fit braggarts, the kid-obssessives, and the 'my busy-but-perfect life.'


The braggers make me gag. I have an FB friend who is ALWAYS posting how many miles she ran, how she fits into jeans she wore five years ago even though she has a six-week-old baby, and the latest fancy gift her husband bought her. But when I see all the positive comments she gets for these updates, it makes me feel bitter and insecure - why should I begrudge her these good things in her life? Besides, there is probably a reason why people have to actively present such a perfect image to the world, and it is most likely a bit manufactured.


You are lovely people.
Why don't you come clean to your "friends" about how you feel about FB and their lives? See how many friends you have left.
Or better yet, if it annoys you SO much, delete your account and move along. Why be such bitches about it?
[Post New]02/21/2010 21:38
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:[b]

I'm in touch with people as far away as Italy - WITHOUT FB.



Wow, you're officially "an old" and stuck 1990's. Come join the rest of us in the 21st century, why don't cha?


Why don't you learn how to be social face-to-face instead of "stuck" in a room in front of a screen for hours at a time?

Ciao

off to meet a friend - IN PERSON - for dinner and conversation


Good for you. I have neither the time nor the energy to keep up day-to-day conversations with all of my friends and family. I already spend hours a day on the phone. Nor do I believe an "IN PERSON" dinner means you can't also keep in touch with people online.

But whatever. You're the big winner. I'm sure I've got a ribbon around here somewhere...
[Post New]02/21/2010 21:41
Anonymous
I think the reason I have a lot of Facebook friends is because I've always been social in person! It doesn't take the place of one-on-one interaction, of course, but it's a nice, convenient supplement. I talk a lot about books and music on Facebook, and I can definitely discuss those things with a much wider circle there than I would be able to otherwise. I love that about it.
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