Do not bother using Facebook!

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Don't both using Facebook!
A 40-year-old friend of mine (not with Asperger's syndrome or autism, btw) told me how they noticed it was simply a haven for Cialis spammers, advance fee fraud and penis enlargement spam, and the worst place to meet people.

I had an account, but permanently deleted it after getting endless spam requests and spam friend requests.

In short, Facebook isn't as grand as people think.

I've only got maybe twenty five or so friends on facebook, and I've never used it to meet people. But I've also never encountered any type of spam or spam friend requests.

I think just about everyone has already made up their mind about Facebook. I only have forty-five friends, and rarely get Facebook game requests anymore (after several other friends threatened to cut them off). There are scams everywhere, and it's not meant to be a dating site.

Thanks, because I've been wondering lately about this new "Facebook" thingamajig the kids are talking about.

Just kidding. My privacy settings are set so that I don't get much spam, and it's not designed to meet people; it's to let you stay in contact with people you already know, and stay up to date on their lives.

I really enjoy facebook for some reason, which is odd...I hate listening to people talk about themselves in real life.

Uhm, not so sure. I don't have that spam problem with my page. Facebook is just for fun, it's not something I take very seriously anyway.

I never started bothering in the first place.

Facebook isn't that bad, but if you aren't careful you can get spammed and even catch viruses.

I no longer "like" a ton of random s**t because of viruses.

Facebook is a fantastic tool for keeping in contact with the people you already know, and a great networking tool for people in certain communities (including ASD communities), but it was never intended as a dating tool. In my opinion it's quite rude to add people on facebook you don't know with solely the intention of trying to score a date. I get really pissed off when people do this to me. I wouldn't advise using Facebook as a dating tool.

I accept friend requests from random fat girls. They must be very lonely to scour Facebook for random, attractive boys to add. Maybe they have much more severe ASD sometimes, for all I know. My potential-future-step-sister (our language is so limited) is an NT with some Asperger's qualities and she once flew to England to meet an internet boyfriend. People are weird.

TeaEarlGreyHot, apparently AS doesn't directly affect Facebook use. You were one of those people who Likes everything, ugh. jk jk, you seem cool besides that

I like posting statuses that pose a question once in a while. I get everybody talking about music, or something that piqued my interest. Then I always have a new notification or two when I log on for the next few days and it feels nice.

Anything remotely popular online gets bombarded by internet marketers, and in real life, it's real life marketers. Its not until the world shifts into a movement thats not based around money that this will change.

lol I was definitely guilty of that. I have quite a few AS friends on Facebook, too. And yes, I have met people on there. They were passionate about the same causes in a discussion forum, so I figured what the hell.

I've only had to de-friend a couple, but overall it's worked out pretty well.

We should make Facebook pages like "I flip my pillow over to the cold side" except with Asperger's traits and then all become fans of them

Or we all just like Socially Awkward Penguin.

lol I'm willing to bet someone has already done that. Seriously... there's a page named "I redo high-fives".

I just keep in touch with people who I already know. If someone hits me up with a friend request who I don't know from anywhere I don't add em. Simple as that. If old friends start hitting me with "XXXXXX just answered a question about you" stuff - I give em a couple chances and delete em if they keep posting that garbage.

Once upon a time, you could block farmville BS. Now, they found a way around it by having people "share" posts on pages. So it posts to walls now as "Your Insane Friend via More Farmville Crap". My sister shares this crap like it actually matters. I've been reporting her posts as spam. I'm hoping that enough of this will either (1) get her suspended from Facebook so she learns not to do that; or (2) Facebook creates an option to prevent this from happening that won't mark Farmville players as spammers. I can dream.

Someone once mentioned that their posts should be acceptable because they put up with "everybody's" political posts. My opinion on that is that no matter what you think politically, it's REAL. You're discussing a real thing that's happening in the real world. You aren't talking about getting a limited edition purple bubble gum sheep and then OMG now you can get a limited edition purple bubble gum cow and then OMG OMG get the duck too!! ! There's a difference... that's all I'm saying.

I have under 200 "friends". My step-daughter at university has over 1000 "friends" so I'm far from popular in the Facebook realm. Some of this list are family. Some are actual friends. Some are acquaintances with a hobby in common. I've actually added strangers because we have Geocaching in common and they recognize me from the forum or through mutual friends. I wouldn't ever use Facebook to hook up with somebody if I was single. I mean, everything is right there on Facebook for every one to see. That would be very awkward and uncomfortable for me. I couldn't flirt with somebody when my 50 year old sister and 14 year old son could read. There's a definition of creepy if there ever was one! I have developed actual friendships using Facebook but that's thanks to basic commenting on each other's walls coupled with serious, personal discussions in private message. And, I have to say, as someone who's placed into a very limited box as a 30-something soccer mom, it's nice to gain the respect of another individual on an intellectual level and have them appreciate me as a friend and contemporary.