Not my
Not my college friends.
Not my friends overseas.
Not even my online buddies.
No; a nice letter is simply not nice enough. What they need, what they want is for me to join FACEBOOK.
In the last three weeks, I have had at least 15 people ask me to join. It's like some kind of weird Facebook peer pressure.
I work online. I go to grad school online. When I'm not doing those things, I am blogging online or chatting with my friends in a
When the heck am I going to have time to post things on Facebook?
And why would I want to? Email is good enough. In fact, email is even better because email doesn't let people you haven't talked to in years post public, potentially embarrassing things about you on a "wall. Email doesn't waste your time with "farm games" or "IQ tests".
But don't take my word for it. Instead, watch this totally awesomely funny video:
Disclaimer: Someday I MAY join Facebook. But only if I can't keep in touch by email. Or my blog. Or if I start feeling totally left out. Which may happen soon. Damn peer pressure.
8 comments:
I'm sooo with you! I just don't need another time suck. If someone REALLY wants me, they can google me. That's what I do when I want to find THEM.
That video cracked me up. I joined Facebook a while back and just recently started using it. I don't really like it, but it is fun to read other peoples 'wall' ha!
This post and video cracked me up! I am totally guilty I used facebook all the time. I mostly use it to chat with my triplet Mommy friends. But I am so guilty of snooping on other peoples walls.
So funny!
I'm a wee bit addicted to FB. Won't you join me in my addiction?
I've also gotten a bunch of those invites. And if you're not accepting them, then neither am I.
Facebook is well worth the time. It's an incredible tool. Quite frankly, it's changed my life by putting me back in touch with some friends who were inadvertently lost during times of much moving around, divorces, etc. Facebook allows me to see pics of my friends' kids who don't live near me, and to have group conversation with friends who live all over the world. Through it, I'm notified of all sorts of events such as my friends' band playing and my kid's baseball games. Because of Facebook, about 50 people from my most fun job ever of over 15 years ago are having a reunion next week. I can't wait!
It's how you use it. HS and College students use it like, well... students. Adults use it lie adults.
Saying you'll stick with email is kinda like saying you're not going to use a computer because your manual typewriter is perfectly good. It's that big of a difference. You're missing out. ;-)
I joined a few months ago - at some prompting from a few friends. It is fun but I do get sucked in! It is neat to see pictures of old friends and their families - and you don't have to talk to anyone you don't want, and you can choose not to have a wall!
Ok, Cheryl, I don't know you, but you've persuaded me. Your "FB is to email as computer is to typewriter" analogy was compelling. I had a friend show me her FB account, and joined a few days later.
Right now I'm only friends with my actual real-life friends (novel concept, I know). I'm not sure how this will progress as a networking tool, and I'm avoiding friend requests from people I'm no longer friends with (and never really was to begin with).
So there are a lot of unanswered questions. But I'm really enjoying keeping up my friends on a daily basis. FB is easy and doesn't take up a lot of time, unless you want it to.
AprilMay, you have my approval to join FB. :-)
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