Leaving the social networking life...

[bee*]

I agree with others in that FB is what you make of it. I go on for about 5 minutes daily, hardly ever do a status update but I do enjoy seeing my friends pictures that they post. I find myself spending much more time on the internet when I'm on here. Anyone that posts a huge amount on FB I just block their posts so I don't have to read about every mundane detail of their day. It doesn't interfere with my normal day to day things.

 

[Brown.Eyed.Girl]

Meh, I'm with Octavia in that I think FB is what you make it. It helps me keep in touch with family (and some friends) who live far away, and as a result I'm a lot closer with cousins and old friends than I was before. For example, my cousin just came and stayed with me while she was on a road trip. I'm not sure she would have felt like she could ask to stay with me if we weren't closer from interacting on FB. And I'm super glad she came!

My friends and I aren't in high school, so really no drama comes from FB. And as for privacy, I don't accept friend requests from people I don't know or have no interest in interacting with. And if their status updates get on my nerves I just hide them or delete them altogether.

ETA I'm really not obsessive about FB at all which makes a difference I'm sure. FB doesn't impact my real life in any way. I check it here and there but don't update my status every second. I probably only update it once or twice a week, actually.

Ditto everything Thing said.

For what it's worth, I started college when FB was just starting out and it was only limited to a handful of Boston-area schools. I went through the period where I was obsessed and spent way too much time on it. And then I got over it. Now, I find it to be a great way to keep in touch with friends, many of whom I met in Tokyo when I was working there (and it would be really hard to keep in touch with all of them without FB) and a great place to share pictures, etc. I don't spend hours on FB - in fact, PS takes up a lot more time!

 

[decodelighted]

Ha! Am irrationally jealous!

 

[decodelighted]

Well except for one.

:tougue:

I meant about *this*. (But forgot to quote it!)