I'm a FACEBOOK joiner, yet I'm not particularly proud of that. I know people who say that Facebook is demoralizing, an invasion of one's privacy and just plain ol' superfluous. I'm 'on' Fb for no good reason, really. I only have 30 something friends, and I use a picture of my cat as a profile thumbnail. I'm not a Friend Collector - I don't know 2645 people.
Generally speaking, I can keep track of my friends' activities..."Joey's football team played in the regional finals"...or chat with a relative. I don't like chatting. I would much prefer face-to-face or the phone, at least. My spelling is atrocious and my focus during a chat is on ,"I before E, except after C," not on typing something witty or meaningful.
Occasionally, someone will post a cartoon, (snow-woman says to snowman as they watch a rabbit coming at them with a blow dryer, "Oh, just give him our noses.") I'll read about a cause that's forming locally or 'Like' Land's End and President Obama.( I truly do like him...leave me alone, please.) Sometimes the postings are a bit racist a/o vulgar and I cringe as I sit at my PC and think, "Is this really necessary?"
One should be 18 before signing up, yet every 'under-18er' I know has a membership.They write about the need for a significant other, popular music groups and how embarrassing their parents are. I suppose that this is cool to a fourteen year old. I KNOW, they don't say "cool" anymore, but I'm hesitant to acknowledge what they do say. (I believe that our kids are bombarded with way-too-much information at a way-too-young age.) Anyway...
I try to play some of the games. I'm so-so at 'Scrabble' as I can't spell...my son's mother-in-law pulverizes me. I'm decent at the game I do favor, 'Pet Rescue Saga,' but I refuse to buy, on my credit card no less, any additional moves. 'Candy Crush Saga' finds me totally baffled- I just don't get it, and all the 'Bubble' challenges make me dizzy and headache prone.
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I'll end with, "Kudos!" to Mark Zuckerberg who founded this social network with its Billions of users. I may not be a great fan, but damn, I wish it had been MY idea -don't you??
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"MAYANS didn't have a leap year in their calendar, so the end of the world actually happened months ago when Facebook went public."
~ John Fugelsang
