So what happened?
In the never ending quest for "self improvement", Facebook has pursued the same strategy as its Internet predecessors and has cluttered up a perfectly wonderful site with so much unnecessary content.
While I used to be able to see how a friend was feeling or view posted photos of their latest vacation, now I have to scroll through countless declarations from FarmVille, in addition to polls about who is cute, funny, etc. I don't want to come off as curmudgeonly, but really, I want to know relevant stuff about my friends, and I don't remember "friending" Farmville!
If I get bombarded with too many more announcements about fertilizing someone's crop, I am going to go in there and rip all their crops out by their roots! (Sheepishly) Is there even a way to do that?
If I get bombarded with too many more announcements about fertilizing someone's crop, I am going to go in there and rip all their crops out by their roots! (Sheepishly) Is there even a way to do that?
And while we are at it, what's up with friending people you don't know. Oh sure, I get the occasional relative or acquaintance asking to connect, and that can be both fun and interesting. But if a person has no other connection to you, isn't that a little like stalking?
Maybe I am old fashioned. Or maybe I am just a little skeptical, but shouldn't we have a real relationship first? There are so many other sites available for business connections, dating, etc. I liked this site, because it really allowed me to keep in touch with personal friends, and feel safe about the information I put on line. Maybe Facebook should add an "acquaintance" tab. Say that three times real fast.
I think that is why my celebrity friends have set up fan pages where they can let interested parties know their status without the fear of too much interpersonal discourse with strangers. I guess a fan page would be similar to the type of people who do random blogging, and prattle on about trivial matters, with no idea if any strangers are even reading their entries.
I think that is why my celebrity friends have set up fan pages where they can let interested parties know their status without the fear of too much interpersonal discourse with strangers. I guess a fan page would be similar to the type of people who do random blogging, and prattle on about trivial matters, with no idea if any strangers are even reading their entries.
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Well, I don't want to rant on about this too much. I have stuff to do. I need to get on Facebook and post this latest blog entry so that I can do my part to bombard my friends with more dribble in between their FarmVille Bulletins.
you do have to remember FB was created for Harvard undergrads to connect, & then migrated to HS students before opening up to the public. Thus it's filled with lots of junk. (The last app I played was Scrabble, till that was banned). I tend to think about it as a content rich social resume, & as such limit my content as my connections are varied. [I'm not going to keep multi-versions for diff people, it's not worth my time] I also suggest to friends, to not reference their employer in anyway.
ReplyDeletebtw, you can hide the farmville/mafia wars junk, just click on the notice & hide the person or the app.
friending....depends, I've friend-ed people I've worked with & people I've communicated with for awhile(+family, Uni/HS, etc). Even though I may not have met them in person, to some degree I may know more about them via online social media sources than most of my face to face only associates.
Clarke,
ReplyDeleteFirst, as a result of my post, I did learn how to block all the unwanted application announcements. I already love FB again.
I am aware of FB's roots, but it has been taken over now by my generation.
I have actually met some a few really nice people through FB, but they were at least friends of friends who thought we might get along, and we do.
Came across your blog today, which demonstrates the power of FB to connect the unconnected of one's youth. Glad to see you are still alive and thriving even in your "golden" years. :)
ReplyDeleteHard to believe it's been 20 years since Judd's passing. Never cared for the "Lou-Lou-Belle" he attached to my name, but I was a little uneased by someone with so much panache. Makes me wonder if his sister still resides on Diamond, but life moves on for us all - so perhaps not.
Won't turn this into any sort of memory lane, since that lane was so short. Wishing you well as you sail your way comfortably through the years ahead. -L
Good to hear from you "L". Its been a long time in deed. Are you on FB? Hope all is well for you.
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