I have just signed up for facebook and all I have to do now to become a full member is to reply to the confirmation email. Before I do this, what do people reckon to facebook?
Is it worth joining or is it just an over hyped time killer.
Don't do it, to many self obsessed people knocking about on there. I think social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter will eventually die out.
Everyone seems to hate it yet can't stay off it. If you enjoy seeing how retarded people you went to school with are, how attention-seeking some people can be and the how philosophical (not) others are then it's the place for you. I could spend all day telling you how much I hate it.
What finally convinced me to delete my account was when a 'friend' posted pictures of her premmature baby in hospital with wires coming out of his body.
Got an account never use it. Useful when you're single. Full of attention seekers. "So-and-so is sad" "So-and-so is having a bad day" "Why is it always me"
Because you think the world is against you. Man up and get on with your life.
Its up to you what you make out of it, if you have friends who are self obsessed etc you can just block their news feeds, its a great way to keep in touch with close friends and family. Can be annoying when photos of you get put all over the place after a nightout etc.
Its a pain in the arse because once you get used to how to use it they change it. I've met a few old friends i haven't seen in years via Facebook so in that respect it's good but otherwise it's not worth the hassle.
It's great. You can add all your friends, then add loads of their friends and loads of people you have never met or never wish to. Then you can read through pages of their posts, giving a minute-to-minute account of their exciting lives. You know what time the wake up, leave for work, have a coffee break, go to the shops, their taste in music/films etc.
Stalking within the safety of your own home............................................
The final bonus to all this is it's also another way for data to be collected about you and sold on to market research companies.
I've met a few old friends i haven't seen in years via Facebook so in that respect it's good but otherwise it's not worth the hassle.
But then you remember why you lost contact with them in the first place............................................ People move on and real friends move with them.
If you are someone like me that once had many friends and got out a lot to now has moved away and spends majority of time indoors then it's a good way to keep in touch.
If like me youre living abroad, its useful to keep in touch with friends and family. But having said that I think its vastly overated in general...I only signed up shortly before I left to live in Oz....If I was back in Kent I dont think Id use it all.
I use it but only because I have a band page- I have a personal page, but have deleted every single 'friend', only keep it for the pages I've 'liked' which keep me updated with info etc, having no friends on it means I don't get bombarded with people's crap.
I haven't closed down my account but also haven't been on it in about 6 or so months. Can't be asked with it anymore and don't feel the need to tell people what I'm doing
Never had and never want it. Too many nosy people on there interested in everyone elses lives and putting pictures up.
Couple of years ago, Went on a night out an d told the Missus I was off to a mates house for a weekend only for pictures with date included to pop up on her section of me down the Pub and I aint even got Facebook.
It's fine. I stick to the rule that I'm only "friends" with people I'd be happy to see turn up on my doorstep. Keeps me in touch with friends and family in other countries and around the south east.
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What finally convinced me to delete my account was when a 'friend' posted pictures of her premmature baby in hospital with wires coming out of his body.
Yup
Got an account never use it. Useful when you're single. Full of attention seekers. "So-and-so is sad" "So-and-so is having a bad day" "Why is it always me"
Because you think the world is against you. Man up and get on with your life.
Stalking within the safety of your own home............................................
The final bonus to all this is it's also another way for data to be collected about you and sold on to market research companies.
Personally, I'd stay well clear.
A. Break into her flat
B. Get onto Facebook
I'm too short to reach windows so I'm all over Facebook like a cheap suit.
I use CL more than facebook now. Facebook novelty worn off and Twitter is used rarely.
Is eating .!
Never had and never want it. Too many nosy people on there interested in everyone elses lives and putting pictures up.
Couple of years ago, Went on a night out an d told the Missus I was off to a mates house for a weekend only for pictures with date included to pop up on her section of me down the Pub and I aint even got Facebook.
That reminds me
It's fine. I stick to the rule that I'm only "friends" with people I'd be happy to see turn up on my doorstep. Keeps me in touch with friends and family in other countries and around the south east.