2009-01-29 
 

sucking facebook

It's official. I've been sucked into FB and tend to ignore this blog now. I status update when I want to send out an APB. I post memes on the notes page.

I zip little notes back and forth to friends to keep in touch. Look at pictures and feel more connected to them. I've communicated more with friends on FB and know more about what's going on in their lives now than I did before. Reconnected with people from the past that I missed and, thanks to the privacy settings, kept away from those I didn't want to deal with. I'm not giving up on real-live contact, but it's nice to catch up with someone across the country during my lunch break. Someone who, before FB, I would have spoken with once or twice a year...if that.

My friends who aren't on FB don't know that I was lost in the thesaurus last week. Well, now they do...if they still check this blog. The friends on FB may or may not have that information. Depends on how often they check the status updates...if they even do. Some people find them annoying. (and so they should turn them down...it is an option for the haters) I find the updates akin to communicating telepathically. You write what you're thinking and someone far away, doing something else, sees what you're thinking. If they have it texted to their phone, it's almost instantaneous. (sorta like Twitter for techno-weenies) If they want to respond, they do, and you hear back. (I dream of the day when it really will get sent directly to my brain, but that might just be me. I do enjoy connectivity...as long as there's always the option to turn off when I so desire.)

Bottom line: I'm just as twizzled by my FB love affair as everyone else posting on the subject, but I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts.

Labels: blogging, dose of mikey, random review

* posted by me at 5:16 PM

Comments:

HA! Welcome to the darkside. i too LOVE FB. not to be confused with fb... because i don't have one of those. but i digress. it's much easier to write down a thought (especially when you have a web enabled phone and have a FB app). and it's fun to read what's going on with your friends without taking a whole lot of time to talk to them... or write them an email...

wait. am i becoming a hermit? maybe i should get a fb?

# posted by  rich : 5:45 PM, February 01, 2009

 

Exactly, but what's a fb? friend-boy?

# posted by  Mike : 12:40 PM, February 07, 2009

 

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