OT: Does anyone else hate facebook?

[ChisJo]

Ok, so it may not be an incredibly important topic, but lately, all I hear about is facebook. All my friends are telling me that I have to join facebook, so I do. Now, instead of people PICKING UP THE PHONE, they leave important messages on my facebook email, write on my wall. I am finding it to be SO impersonal. Instead of calling me, they text me. Instead of going out for coffee, shopping or going for a walk, we talk on MSN. What is happening? Am I so old fashioned? Is it wrong to want to see and actually hear your friends voice? What is happening in our society? I've come to the conclusion that I hate facebook....for not just the reasons mentioned above, but for others, including the people who are requesting to be my friend that I have not heard or seen in years, and truthfully, couldn't care if I did. Or, the ex-husband who seems to think that because we are both on facebook, that we are now BFF? Am I completely out to lunch? Anyone else feel this way?

 

[lisalonglash]

Ok, so it may not be an incredibly important topic, but lately, all I hear about is facebook. All my friends are telling me that I have to join facebook, so I do. Now, instead of people PICKING UP THE PHONE, they leave important messages on my facebook email, write on my wall. I am finding it to be SO impersonal. Instead of calling me, they text me. Instead of going out for coffee, shopping or going for a walk, we talk on MSN. What is happening? Am I so old fashioned? Is it wrong to want to see and actually hear your friends voice? What is happening in our society? I've come to the conclusion that I hate facebook....for not just the reasons mentioned above, but for others, including the people who are requesting to be my friend that I have not heard or seen in years, and truthfully, couldn't care if I did. Or, the ex-husband who seems to think that because we are both on facebook, that we are now BFF? Am I completely out to lunch? Anyone else feel this way?

I LOVE Facebook - and I'm old LOL I use it to keep all my family and friends "together" in one place. That way, I can share family pictures and news and know that everyone that I want to share things with can access the information. I don't use it to "find" anyone and I just ignore friend requests from those I don't want to have access to my information. Try setting your security levels as high as possible - that way, only those people you allow access to your profile will be able to see it.

I've never used MSN to chat, so all i can suggest there is not to use MSN lol As for going out, why not ask those you want to go out with when they're available?

Honestly, I really like Facebook for the "together" factor - great way for me to stay in touch with my clan

 

[BitsnBearsMom]

Ok, so it may not be an incredibly important topic, but lately, all I hear about is facebook. All my friends are telling me that I have to join facebook, so I do. Now, instead of people PICKING UP THE PHONE, they leave important messages on my facebook email, write on my wall. I am finding it to be SO impersonal. Instead of calling me, they text me. Instead of going out for coffee, shopping or going for a walk, we talk on MSN. What is happening? Am I so old fashioned? Is it wrong to want to see and actually hear your friends voice? What is happening in our society? I've come to the conclusion that I hate facebook....for not just the reasons mentioned above, but for others, including the people who are requesting to be my friend that I have not heard or seen in years, and truthfully, couldn't care if I did. Or, the ex-husband who seems to think that because we are both on facebook, that we are now BFF? Am I completely out to lunch? Anyone else feel this way?

I am so with you - I was curious about it so I joined and the amount of information that people put onto it is downright scary!! My dh was fooling around and managed to get my 15yo niece' cell phone number from one of her contacts - the kids are way too free with adding people and info to their files.... it's scary!! My kids won't be using it anytime soon!!
I really would prefer if someone would pick up the phone and call me - plus I think it's just dangerous to have the amount of info on the internet that some people put. If I really wanted to see all those people I went to school with I would have kept in touch.

 

[bdtracey]

I know exactly where you're coming from! PICK UP THE DARN PHONE!!! DW had an extreme case of facebook communication this morning. She's a hair stylist and one of her friends wanted to come to our house to get her hair done rather than going into the salon (she has a newborn baby) but she never set anything up with DW. About 2 minutes before DW left for work she checked her facebook and her friend had messaged her that she wanted to get her hair done this afternoon. Come on! That's ridiculous! PICK UP THE DARN PHONE!

I even had a cousin who insisted on using facebook as a means of relaying information to me regarding my grandma who was sick. I can't access facebook here at work (for all the right reasons) and I told her that but she'd just keep on writing me messages via facebook. I could see that she was doing this because I got email notifications. Like seriously, email me the info if you don't want to call but don't use a program that I can't access from 8 to 6!

 

[drag n' fly]

Yup! Already deactivated my account

 

[dhluvsDisney]

I actually like Facebook as it helps me keep in touch with people otherwise I would not even have the time to connect with. It's better than no time at all. I can also tell what is going on with my teenagers as I have all of them and their friends on my Facebook. Mama is watching!

 

[tigger2on]

Having just moved from TO to Hamilton so our number is now long didtance and I keep in touch with my friends on a regualr basis and it costs me nothing. Plus I have family in the UK and ireland on there too!

 

[tigger2on]

Having just moved from TO to Hamilton so our number is now long didtance and I keep in touch with my friends on a regualr basis and it costs me nothing. Plus I have family in the UK and ireland on there too!

 

[calliemom]

I am so with you ChisJo!
I have a friend who constantly talks about it to the point that I am now trying to avoid her because all she talks about is the "cosmopolitan" she got from so and so, and the cute high heels that so and so sent her!!!!!!
She wants me to sign up, but luckily my dh put some sort of blocker on my emails so that I cannot receive anything via facebook. I am sooo not interested!

 

[ChisJo]

So happy to see that I'm not the only one out there that feels this way! My really close friends know how I feel and they know that they are supposed to call me instead of using facebook (I think they got the message a long time ago!). I would deactivate my account, except the only time I ever think about it is at work (because some people talk about it non-stop, you know, about all the "gifts" they received (because these are worth there price in gold!), and facebook is blocked at work and I never check it at home....

 

[aGoofyMom]

I don't like it much either. I can't believe what my friends have put on there - making it simple to track their schedule and their small kids' activities and such. I joined out of peer pressure, and only have the vaguest information there. I rarely update it. Those who need to know, already know!

I can see the use of it for extended distant family and friends but I don't like the notion of putting up too much stuff. Especially about my DD.

Email is still enough for me

 

[Tantor]

LOve Facebook.
My neices and nephews that live across the counrty all have accounts and it keeps me in touch with them (pictures etc of what is going on in there lives)
Even my brother out there has an account and he works for Telus and HATES talking on the phone so we keep in touch this way.
No different than email or chat rooms etc.

 

[bunnyfoo]

I don't care for it myself. I keep getting invitations from friends to join but it seems like it's somewhat of a popularity contest - who has the most friends, who gets the most gifts etc. I've used a friend's account to look at some of the pages and I'm really amazed at the amount of information some people will put on that site.

 

[Mickey1Fan]

Facebook scares me. A couple of weeks ago there was a segment on the news of how easy it is to steal an identity.

The news person made up a fake ID and just trolled for 'friends'. Someone replied to him. Found their address and phone number, from their friends file found the woman's maiden name because one friend was her brother. From their he could apply for credit in these peoples names!

It is just too much information that no one needs to know. I deactivated my account after one hour of use a number of months ago.

 

[drag n' fly]

Facebook scares me. A couple of weeks ago there was a segment on the news of how easy it is to steal an identity.

The news person made up a fake ID and just trolled for 'friends'. Someone replied to him. Found their address and phone number, from their friends file found the woman's maiden name because one friend was her brother. From their he could apply for credit in these peoples names!

It is just too much information that no one needs to know. I deactivated my account after one hour of use a number of months ago.

I watched the exact same news segment as you. I immediately de-activated my account after that.

 

[Step]

I don't see why people have a problem with facebook. Anyone who I don't trust with my personal details is on my limited name-only profile. It's that simple. I never add someone I don't know either.

 

[dsneygirl]

I don't see why people have a problem with facebook. Anyone who I don't trust with my personal details is on my limited name-only profile. It's that simple. I never add someone I don't know either.

Agreed. If you don't want to join, then don't and you control how much information is out there and who has access to it.

 

[epicureangirl]

I was thinking of taking my profile down, just because I am getting what equates to "junk mail" from my friends with all those application requests. No, I do not want to install GLITTER!

That said, I kinda like Scrabuluous, and am playing with a few people, so I won't give up my facebook just yet. How many points do I get for "pathetic"?

 

[Angiet]

I too dispise facebook. I would rather talk in person or on the phone and not have to message someone. I did make an account and instantly had people that I hadn't talked to in years, add me to thier friends list and then that was it. I find it boring and the "junk mail" omg!!! I deactivated it as DH hates it and I respect his wishes. There is a reason I haven't talked to someone in 20 years and I don't want to start now.

 

[Bea]

I agree with you Angiet . I deactivated my account today because I was getting emails from people I hadn't talked to in years and even someone from work who won't give me the time of day at the workplace,but added me as a friend . Today, I was added as a friend by one of my husband's co-workers. I have never even met him . That was it for me.

When you deactivate your account, can people still see your old facebook profile(like the pictures etc)? I should probably go back in and take the pictures off.