You don’t seem like a nice person. I feel a little sorry for you.
You seem sure of your perception despite hanging around for less than a month. I have a feeling you’re on the fast track.
I thought Facebook was for college kids to meet?
Pretty sure that’s what grinder is for.
No. I saw the movie. It’s for college kids around Boston to meet.
I thought Facebook was for college kids to meet?
Pretty sure that’s what grinder is for.
What are hoagies for?
You don’t seem like a nice person. I feel a little sorry for you.
You seem sure of your perception despite hanging around for less than a month. I have a feeling you’re on the fast track.
Signed on 2 years ago. Been lurking since 2008ish.
Every once in a while I think to myself that I’m missing out and should start an FB page. Then a post like this comes along and I realize why I never did. Thanks for the reminder.
~Matt
You don’t seem like a nice person. I feel a little sorry for you.
Go fuck yourself.
I was on vacation for a week and this is what I came back to. I missed the LR!
To be honest, I’ve never understood the hangups people have with Facebook, at least once they’ve joined. I remember back when I joined a lot of us were unsure about who we should friend, or who we should friend request, etc. etc. because it was a whole new experience and weren’t really sure what it was all about.
Having said that, I’ve not understood why people leave once they are on. You have complete control over who is or is not in your feed. About half of my feed is……I was going to say crap, but its not crap to those who are posting. So lets just say its stuff that I just skim past. The other half is either interesting, or worthwhile stuff from old friends I rarely get to see. Yesterday was a lot of shots of kids in their easter clothes. Some were from people from high school that I barely knew, but others were from good friends that I never get to see.
You know you missed it!
Well stop stalking us and start posting, you pansy!
Facebook is rarely interesting mostly because my friends just really aren’t all that interesting.
That’s what twitter is for, following interesting people. I don’t get the people that follow their friends on both twitter and facebook. If I want to read your inane idiocy, see a picture of your lunch, your kid in easter clothes, etc… I’ll go to Facebook. Don’t follow me on twitter… I don’t post and I won’t follow back.
To be honest, I’ve never understood the hangups people have with Facebook, at least once they’ve joined.
This sounds a whole lot like a drug addict sleeping in a ditch proclaiming “I’ve never understood people’s hangup with heroin and meth…well at least once they’ve joined” 
My hang up is a very “General” and very wide spread combination of factors.
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It’s a replacement for reality. Sure in some cases it a chance to simply keep up with people that you really would never be able to see, but I think that is far over ridden by the fact that it’s an excuse to not actually get together with people. I think far more people think “Well I just read everything about them on FB, why get together with them this weekend” then “I’m keeping in contact with a bunch of people I never will see”. IOW I think FB is an excuse to have “Relationships at a distance” rather then ever having any real personal relationships.
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It’s short, simple and so basic that I have no real desire to see it at all. Let’s just say I have no desire to “Just skim past” a bunch of crap every day. Sure I could, but why? The majority of what is posted is the personal version of commercials. Does not interest me in the least.
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There is very little that a person can share with 500 of your closest friends that either A) is personal enough for me to care about B) interesting enough for me to want to here C) Also needs to come from a “Friend”. IOW 90% of the stuff posted is inane crap that has nothing to do with friendship or relationships. That which I might be interested in I would be interested in regardless of the source.
While there is some potential benefits, keeping in touch etc I think those benefits are actually WAY over blown and for the most part potentially harmful as well. Throw in all the clear negatives, crazy people, narssisim, “Look how wonderful my life is” and on and on and on and I simply do not see that the benefits outweigh the negatives.
~Matt
Astute
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You can fuck yourself, too.
That would at least make for an interesting selfie, anyway.
I would suggest you aren’t using FB to your advantage.
It has all the problems you list, but you can use it to your advantage as well. Specifically, joining the correct groups can make life a lot better:
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I’m a member of the Board of Education. The Parent Teacher news group has a lot of information if you have a thick skin and can consider the source of the information. Reading those comments have made a few open meetings much easier to survive.
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Bike Club → Who is leading what ride, who fell last weekend, who needs help fixing a bike, and club events.
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Running Club → Same as the bike minus the “who fell last weekend” comments (I hope)
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Swim Club → Same again, minus who fell and add in who nearly drowned at the last open water group swim.
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Neighborhood → Sales, crime, fires, snow removal, garbage removal, recommendations for local handymen, etc
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Secret Groups (From my past military life) → I retired many years ago, but it is nice to see what the “kids” are up to, and once in a while an old fart like me actually has some information that can help. It also allows me to help them in other ways. I still remember what it’s like to be far from home and by yourself. Or worse, far from home and in need of help.
I rarely look at my news feed for the same reasons you stated, but that isn’t all FB is about if you are a savvy user…
To be honest, I’ve never understood the hangups people have with Facebook, at least once they’ve joined.
This sounds a whole lot like a drug addict sleeping in a ditch proclaiming “I’ve never understood people’s hangup with heroin and meth…well at least once they’ve joined” :-)** **
Booger eating is a better analogy.
I’ve actually known a few people who joined, accepted no friends, and just participate on the forums. One in particular because a group I’m in moved 99% of its activity off of the old YahooGroups email list and onto Facebook.