Am I lame b/c I'm just not into the whole facebook thing?

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Sarah8914

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I know this topic has been around before but you know. It's just one more thing to add to my life that I don't want to waste time on. I've "reconnected" with a few high school people but I find I don't really care about their "status updates" and what's going on with them... and I just feel nosy because I don't really talk to them, it's weird.

Anyway, the real reason for this post is this.

I asked my mom (through email) to send me pictures of my children from my bro's wedding reception and she replied saying "check my facebook, I put all the pictures I have on there"

And that was it! Grrrrrr facebook!
 
I don't play around on it much either..I do have one..but blah yah not INTO it like some people..I don't play games, do quizzes, don't check it daily, etc
 
Well Sarah then I'm just as lame as you because I don't even HAVE a facebook page!!! :D I think it's kind of fun being lame!!! :D :D :D
 
I stayed away FOREVER-but I decided in January to give it a shot because on of my HS friends asked me if I had it...she said a lot of the peeps we went to school with do, so I did it...now I have found so many people I had fallen out of touch with-who I really don't want to "talk" too but who I don't mind know what is going on in my life, and I like to be updated on theirs too.
I also have quite a few of my boys' friends as friends and it is always and I mean ALWAYS nice to know what they are up too.
 
I'm not on there much either. I just stop by when I get an email saying someone wrote on my wall. That's about it. Same thing with myspace. I'm just not that into it.
 
It is a good way to keep up with my sisters and people I went to highschool with...I enjoy it. I am not obessed though... :)
 
I am a hold out. Still no facebook for me....
Do I really need all those creepy ol' boyfriends looking me up...?

....or, do I?:w00t:
 
No FB for me, and I never plan to. You're not lame! We're the cool ones! ;)


And I totally know what you mean with the pictures thing. I get so tired of, "They're on my Facebook!" :thumbdown:
 
I started one and within a month the only reason I would go on is because someone added me. I got bored fast.
 
Hate to admit, I'm addicted right now, hope it wears off soon! but it is fun to keep up with family that you don't get a chance to see and stay in touch with old friends, but sad to say it's the darn games I'm currently addicted to. But I don't think anyone is lame or not lame for not being on facebook....everyone has their likes and dislikes......nothing lame about that at all
 
Honestly, I have a FB page but I'm not obsessed. I could live without it. Even more, I could live without people posting pics of me and my children on it without my permission. That's what ticks me off...
 
I held out for the longest time because I didn't want another way to waste time online. But I finally joined last month and I'm so glad I did. I've never played any of the games or taken any of the quizzes (and probably never will), but I reconnected with a group of friends that I was inseparable with in HS and lost touch with. If I were better at keeping in touch with people I probably wouldn't have bothered with FB, but since I'm terrible at it this was exactly what I needed.
 
I hadn't logged into my "business account" in ages until a few nights ago. It comes and goes really.
 
rach3975 said:
I held out for the longest time because I didn't want another way to waste time online. But I finally joined last month and I'm so glad I did. I've never played any of the games or taken any of the quizzes (and probably never will), but I reconnected with a group of friends that I was inseparable with in HS and lost touch with. If I were better at keeping in touch with people I probably wouldn't have bothered with FB, but since I'm terrible at it this was exactly what I needed.
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Yeah, that's the thing. The people I really cared about in HS I still keep in touch with. and then all my family and inlaws have blogs (most, not all) so that's really how we keep up with them (and tons of friends really)
 
Sarah - just like blogs took over family web pages, I think FB is sort of taking over blogging for a lot of folks. It's faster and easier for so many to keep up. I joined, spent a little time and haven't really been back. I don't really care to get in contact with any old friends for the most part, and found I was just getting sucked in and wasting time trying to follow all the bunny trails of messages (in my brain), so stopped going and have had no interest, really. I know a lot are using it in place of an instant messenger program, too.
 
Yeah, I think you're right Darcy. I think there is no substance to them (bunny trails like you said). I much prefer blogs! But, to each his own, I really don't care if other people love it, but it's not for me!
 
I have a Facebook page, but I only check it about once a week. And I made a rule with all my friends/family that under no circumstances are they allowed to post pics of my child on there. My SIL has a photo album called "Nephew and Nieces", and puts their FULL NAMES (first, middle & last), as well as their birth stats (date, weight, length) for all the world to see, which completely freaks me out.

Maybe that seems hypocritical, since I post Ava's pictures here and other scrap-communities, but I feel safer that a pedofile isn't looking at scrapping sites, where its all easy access on Facebook.
 
Its been two weeks since I've been on, guess I'm not hooked on it either.

I do like that I can keep in contact with friends that we have been stationed with in our last 12 years in the AF, and since we move A LOT it is really hard to even keep track of addresses for the yearly Christmas cards. Now I at least know where in the world they are and if they are moving to a new base. But I also don't blog and I am a terrible emailer too, so I do have to do something to keep in contact with those friends that aren't close enought to visit in person.

But the other day someone asked me if I FB'ed with other wives stationed here and I was like, um no why would I? They are here, I can call them, I can see them, I can have actual human contact with them? Just something I got out of the movie Wall-E I guess! Internet is cool, message boards and FB and stuff are cool, but there is something essential with actual human interaction sometimes. KWIM?
 
I like it for the updates & photos but apart from the virtual bookshelf app I don't do much with any of the other things. I prefer blogging but I know lots of people who suffer from post pressure "oh blogs! I have to write paragraphs of stuff on a post" and won't do it because they percieve a need to be wordy (obviously not a problem of mine :)) and post regularly but are perfectly willing to put a couple sentances out on Facebook as the mood hits them. So I think it is useful from that point. Gets them out on the web, gives them a chance to meet people or reconnect.

But I don't really get all the games...
 
It's the old adage, "different strokes for different folks." If we all liked and did the same things, it'd be a pretty boring world wouldn't it,lol?

Facebook user and proud of it who respects everyone's right to like or dislike anything :).
 
Never even been to FB. I used to start yahoo egroups for say son's 6th grade class last year...could put pics on there and we used it to send out announcements of activities. It was a private group and easy to approve...very little work on my part.

My personal goal is 500 layouts every year...if I start doing things like FB and such...it will put me behind my goal. Have to look at the yearlong picture before I get into things like that. lol
 
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