So under pressure from my daughter, young interns and the media, I decided to create a facebook page. I fail to understand the significance of it, other than to attract people that I have been trying to hide from for the last 10 years…..so I thought, well, I created the page, even though it is pretty lame, and I would see who else of interest I could “friend”. So I looked up Obama, and there was a page. I thought. Ok. I see the merit here. So I sent him a friend request and……..he never responded. So of course I feel like a real reject now. I mean just because he is the president and most powerful man in the western world, that means he can’t friend me back. Doesn’t he work 24 7 like me? Doesn’t he want people to go to his page and ooh and aah over how many friends he has? In any case, I hope someone can tell me why I should be on Facebook other than to waste endless hours of time that I do not have. I am not looking for a job or for my long lost high school sweetheart or looking to connect with relatives in Russia or Ireland or any of the other countries that my mutt heritage derives from. So, please, someone, give me a reason and I will stay.
Queen Bee
January 22nd, 2009 at 5:52 pm While I understand your frustration with not wanting to be connected with a relative in Ireland or a random person you can hardly remember from high school- Facebook does have merit. When you do finally get that friend request from that one person that you lost touch with long ago and have wondered about ever since, you’ll continue to see the value. In this world where we work 24/7, it is hard to keep in touch with people and pick up the phone and connect for 20 odd minutes or so with multiple people on a consistent basis. But, with Facebook, you can catch a glimpse of people’s lives, view photos of them and their children and know that everything is going well for them. You can even leave them a little message letting them know you were thinking of them. You only need to engage with Facebook as much as you want to. Even if it’s just for 20 minutes on a lazy Sunday. While it certainly has a lot of creepy, negative attributes, in the end- the positives of Facebook outweigh the negative.
January 23rd, 2009 at 1:24 pm Pat, thank you. That makes alot of sense to me. You have awakened my interest and validated some things to me. As a busy person, I do feel guilty being so out of touch…..the problem is most geezers like me never even heard of Facebook! LOL.
January 24th, 2009 at 5:56 pm I have had many mixed feelings about FB, but being a curious person, I joined almost from the beginning. It´s a good way to keep in touch with people on the other side of the ocean. Like Pat said, keeping up with people, friends and collegues you wonder about - where did they go? And if you have the urge to share and/or express something, like the worst commercial, FB can be the space. Well, anyhow, hope you are fine! Greetings from the North Pole!
January 26th, 2009 at 5:35 pm Greetings, my fellow blogger. I am hanging in on Facebook. Guess I will have to friend you now!!! LOL.
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