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I don't like FB either. If people TRULY limited the information they put forth to their closest friends and family, maybe. But it's amazing the personal information people share on their walls with their so-called 'friends'.
Awhile back, an FB 'friend' of my husband had a very serious issue and needed some risky surgery. If I was in that situation I would only discuss it with my very closest friends and family. Not this person. This person posted everything on their wall, from the countdown to the surgery, to updates afterward, INCLUDING pictures, to daily updates on how they were feeling, to further complications, etc.
WHY? Why do 'friends' you haven't seen in 20 years (and probably haven't thought about in almost as long), suddenly need to be a part of something so personal? What are they looking for? The people who TRULY care will be on the phone with you every day to see how you are feeling. Does every person in your friends list need to know that you are feeling great one day, then tired the next?
I think FB promotes some serious attention-seeking behavior.
Read the articles on Zuckerberg. The man has NO sense that anyone wants privacy. After reading this article, I really think he just doesn't get the idea of privacy though he gives it lip service to an extent. I don't have a facebook account and I never will unless he makes the privacy settings *much* better and easier to access (and I am a geek, so I probably could manage them).
I have 72 friends and a surprising amount of them are relatives. The rest are either Best friends, good friends, old friends, and a few are people I could very well stand to delete. I like Facebook because it allows me to keep in touch with these people. In fact, I remember the reason I signed up was because one of my cousins uses it and I never see or talk to her.
Sometimes I look at someones profile and I see they have 400+ friends, and I'm just like... Really? You REALLY have that many friends? I can't imagine.
I have 72 friends and a surprising amount of them are relatives. The rest are either Best friends, good friends, old friends, and a few are people I could very well stand to delete. I like Facebook because it allows me to keep in touch with these people. In fact, I remember the reason I signed up was because one of my cousins uses it and I never see or talk to her.
Sometimes I look at someones profile and I see they have 400+ friends, and I'm just like... Really? You REALLY have that many friends? I can't imagine.
400 isn't so bad - my sister has 1044! Yikes! I have 191 and I feel like that's a lot!
I have 72 friends and a surprising amount of them are relatives. The rest are either Best friends, good friends, old friends, and a few are people I could very well stand to delete. I like Facebook because it allows me to keep in touch with these people. In fact, I remember the reason I signed up was because one of my cousins uses it and I never see or talk to her.
Sometimes I look at someones profile and I see they have 400+ friends, and I'm just like... Really? You REALLY have that many friends? I can't imagine.
Sometimes when you see alot of friends, it's gaming friends. Some of the games are more fun w/ more friends to gift you. Gaming friends can be put in a separate file where they can't see your info or pics or even post on your wall. You can also take them off of your news feed if you don't want to read updates about them.
I guess what kind of creeps me out is, I am one of those people who has a lot of Facebook friends, yes even people I went to grade school with who I haven't seen in years, the last time I saw them was, say, third grade on the school playground, and seeing a Facebook status that says, "I'm having contractions" or "I've been producing excessive breast milk lately" for example, is just a little weird to me. But to each their own...
Perhaps you've actually have to have experienced pregnancy and motherhood to "get it".
I was so bored in labor I would've gotten on fb if we had fb back then-Heck, with my last one, I went into labor early (4 months early) and was in the hospital more than I like to remember-It would've been great to get online on fb and chat with friends because I was bored to death in the hospital. It would've had nothing to do with priorities or too personal of a subject matter, I was bored. If it bothers you that someone puts "having contractions" on fb, block or defriend them.
Interesting, at what point is it really, TMI, Too Much Information? My kids and I had a talk about this not to long ago, about boundaries, and information to put online. We agreed that some people have no boundaries, and tell way too much.
I think I will change my status..."Doing laundry".
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and I actually know personally about 1100 of them the rest are people i know not a personally.
I suppose it would be odd if getting fuc** was in their status though....in the literal sense
