In defense of Facebook

On 6/25/09 10:32 AM, in article ,
"Jinx Minx" wrote:


"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message
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On 6/24/09 5:46 PM, in article ,
"Jinx Minx" wrote:


"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message
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On 6/24/09 12:39 PM, in article ,
"Lucille" wrote:


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Twitter - I have to agree with you. The president of my HS class is a
twitter junkie. I could live without his ten or twelve a day updates
- "Having coffee at the coffeeshop!" "Off to the meeting!" All with
an exclamation point!

linda

I've seen that on Face Book as well except with a few more words.



Oh, I know. I've changed who's updates I see automatically. I thought I
was
going to scream every time J made it a new level in some game she was
playing. And that was 4-5 in fifteen minutes


Hopefully you don't mean me?! FB is not supposed to be publishing
those--I
deliberately choose "skip"!

Jinx


Heck no! You log off, I swear this person is on 24/7 and half her updates
are from her husband


Phew! It sounded just like me, and my stage name starts with J! A couple
friends of mine and I like to challenge each other with high scores in
Bejeweled. Each round only lasts 60 seconds, so it updates frequently.
When I need a few minutes of mindlessness during the day that's my
brainkiller of choice. And I usually just keep FB open in a separate
browser all day (although minimized), so it probably looks like that's all I
do all day long, too. LOL

So if it's me, I apologize!
Jinx


Honest, it is not you, she's New England girl....
C

Karen C - California wrote:
ellice wrote:
So, how addictive does this become - and how
does that affect the individual in terms of what else they're doing, let
alone productivity in the work sense?

Ellice



Again, it depends on how you choose to use it. I know several people
who try to friend all their friends' friends, and then all their
friends' friends' friends, in a quest to have more friends than anyone
else. I won't approve as a FB friend anyone I don't know personally. If
I wouldn't invite you to dinner at my house, you're not getting on my FB
friend list. If that means I have comparatively few friends, so be it.

I have to admit I asked Cheryl if *ABC* was who I thought she might be.
Not always knowing last names is sometimes a bit of a puzzle. Yes *ABC*
we are friends.

Gill

my $0.03

a friend from long ago first clued me in about facebook; then my 'kids' and
who live within shouting distance (if one has strong lungs) started jabbering
about it. Occassionally my far off nieces and nephews post messages or
pictures. I don't text message on my cell phone (too cheap to add that feature)
which they love so I leave 'em messages on facebook and they actually get back
to me quicker than leaving messages on their voice mails. I've learned alot
(all good things) about DIL from her posts on FB.

the downside is that they got me hooked on Mafia Wars so I'm stitching less.
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