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Before I got into computers I had a 32 inch waist I could run 4 miles (Before 1994)

After I got into computers I have a 40 inch waist I can run to the end of my driveway(after 1994)

You do the math.

People are talking about Facebook as if it does things other programs that we've had for the last 20 + years don't.

Okay, so it does, however, for online chat and easily keeping in touch, we've been able to do that for over 20 years now thanks to the internet.


Anyway, Facebook has no purpose in my life. No similar website does. I've been using services like MSN messenger for the last 8 or so years. Before that, I used IRC and build in friends lists for online games. Nobody I know even uses Facebook anyway, except for my sister. She can find me on MSN if she wants to chat online.

I'm not on facebook and I don't think I ever will be. I've had a difficult enough time with alienating people on a forum where I was a member. I don't need to alienate everyone I knew in high school, everyone I know in real life, and all of my online acquaintances by getting them all together on my facebook page and then not realizing when I made some blunder and then melting down and yelling at everyone. So, no thanks.

It does help me keep in touch with family members that aren't on other social networking sites and aren't on enough to keep in touch through programs like AIM. This is initially why I sucked it up and got a myspace. Then everyone moved to facebook. So, that's where I am now.

Yes, facebook is a pain in the hiney. People ask to be my friend and I'm in no way interested in them. I don't enjoy looking at what so and so does every 15 minutes of the day. Excruciating minutia is what that site's all about. I have deactivated it a couple of times, but it's hard when someone wants to show you a picture that's there. My life would be easier without fb - turds from my past wouldn't be able to hunt me down so easily.

Facebook is ok. I just use it for networking.

I have one which I use fairly regularly, though I only got one because I was invited to it by a friend. I have one simple rule: Never add anyone who you haven't met before in real life. It's worked pretty well, and I've kept in contact with people I know from high school and earlier, though I don't exactly talk on it much except for gaming stuff. I just use it as a blog of sorts.

Facebook sucks. It's got the absolute worst privacy settings of ALL the social sites, has the worst spam problems I've ever seen, has so many settings that do not work at all. Has no real help system (what they do have is a joke), and the developers don't act like they give a rip about anything but TRAFFIC.

I have an account. Why? Why would I have an account on the worst social site ever?

I have one due to the one thing I hate the most about Facebook:

That's where everyone I know went. MySpace is practically dead now.

I hate Facebook!

I understand, some people I know wont use MSN at all. It's annoying, and these same people also don't use Facebook or other social networking sites. Yet, everyone I know who uses the internet has one thing in common: they have e-mail accounts.

I've never used social networking sites, I can't claim they don't have an advantage over chat services or e-mail. I'm certain they -must- make some things a bit easier, but does it really make keeping in touch that much easier or worth it?

edit: minor typo

Yes. You can just search their name and find them. They don't need to give you their email. Plus, social networking sites like facebook provide a sort of virtual room to hang out in where your friends just kind of come and go. You don't get that with email, either.

I understand why a lot of people hate sites like myspace and facebook. I used to tell people I was allergic to them. I finally broke down and joined because I couldn't keep in contact with certain people, and now I wouldn't have it any other way.

oh please, people made the same complaints back in the day in regards to TV and video games....

They weren't really wrong, either.

I do have to agree with this.

Most of the status updates are completely idiotic; it's the main reason I barely ever log into my Twitter account.

Cracked even referred to most humans as "fleshy gobs of stupid with nothing of interest to say"; I fully agree.

"I'm opening the door"

"I'm walking to my car"

"I'm opening the car door"

"I'm sitting down in my car"

"I'm turning the key in the ignition"

WHO HONESTLY CARES?! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

It's why I only update when I have something I think might be somewhat interesting...possibly even funny.

And I notice half the folks I have on Facebook have loads of shots of themselves up where they're hammered off their asses on booze. Lovely.......

I'm willing to bet they made the same argument regarding the invention of the radio.

What's funny is...before that, kids really didn't do any of that anyway; they were mostly picked up for child labor before that time.

That's quite possible. I've never gotten into the cultural impact of radio.