Do you find that social networks like Facebook have ruined.?

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I heard a story on the local news 1ce that said FB can cause introverted people to feel depressed. Lots of people there exaggerate to appear more outgoing than they really are & the 1s who are less outgoing feel left out.

I am going to college this year so i hope I can change things around with my social life. I'm sorry to hear that you did not get that chance with your college mates.

My situation is simliar. My cousin was delighted to see me on nights out since we haven't spoken in years, most people outside my school year rarely acknowledge me, so i think with him I got a bit OTT with saying hi to him on FB and stuff because I was so happy he was willing to talk to me.......either I got a bit OTT or some scumbag boys who have been teasing me said stuff to him, because he would not accept my FB request and last time I saw him, he gave an awkward, non-smiling "Hi.." and went off with himself.

I hated seeing all of these people from my year going out and havinga great time, and also my friends (who at the moment might eb former mates now ) The only friend I can hang out with has to babysit all weekdays for the holidays and even going out on weekend with her is becoming less and less fun, because I ahve come to realise after a year of knowing her that she isn't exactly right in the head......she is very slow, thinks every guy is in love with her and texts and messages them to a point where they give out to her or ignore her, and says some very insane stuff to them (like wanting a baby with a guy she only knew for a week!! ! ) I should have known it was too good to be true when a person finally made me feel included and wanted for years, when in fact she is in my situation, only ten times worse. I am weird but I don't go stalking people. People avoid talking to the both of us now, which helps me in no way possible.

So you can imagine how annoying and depressing it is to see people online with pictures of them having a great time and posing funny wall posts to each other, while my friend feels the need to comment on statuses where I am talking to a guy and emabress me. I was having a good convo with a guy (I told my friend he was good-looking but I was not gonna act on it....but of course she didnt get that) she commented on it "haha Was gonna say something but I won't" The guy copped on to what she was saying because he knows what she is like = he hasnt spoken to me since. Nice one friend!!

So I have just took my FB down altogether, because peopel now think I stalk them if I want to add them. If a create a new one, it will be for only family member and close friends who actually HAVE a brain and common sense. To talk to if I have no phone credit and also limit the photos that i put up.

Death to Facebook and all other social networks, please god!
I have joined a weight loss site instead...so much more productive and brillaint to use. No fights, no competitions to have more stupid likes on their status or picture, just healthy eating and fitness advice. i would advice people to use this if you feel weird not going on a certain site for ages, might as well use something like this. It is called Everyday Health.

I got no idea. But...screw it. Gives me more free time.

I feel like there is some truth to that. On occasion I can feel this way to when I see people doing many different things while I'm doing relatively little, unless its people drinking alcohol to "socialize". I feel sympathy for those types if anything.

For those that feel they are just a number on Facebook, I would say that's true for the most part. I know in my case most people currently on my "friends" list I will never talk to, but I don't feel the need to delete them as they do me no harm. For me I just use it as a tool to talk to friends and such I don't get to see all that often, I rarely feel the need to broadcast posts to the world about anything.

Some might feel its not healthy to do most of you're socializing in such a way. But its a good platform for me as I hate using the phone in any form to contact people and I would find it very draining to do most of my socializing in person too. Plus I can do this while partaking in my interests, so online communication works just fine for me.

The comments being deleted; are they inappropriate? I've only ever deleted one comment. I was talking about sking and a friend said she was afraid of sking.

A guy I only sorta know, and has never met the girl wrote on there calling her a p****. I had to delete it because it was totally inappropriate.

I def agree that Facebook can make things depressing since people usually only post their fun stuff; but I usually find that it's not a terrible thing, but it can't be taken too seriously.

I don't particularly like facebook, twitter or any other social networking websites as they don't interest me whats so ever.

Part of this may be generational, as I'd assume many teenagers today would have a Facebook account, whereas middle aged folks might not. Oh, there are people of all ages on Facebook, but I think it's less likely for a 40 year old aspie to even bother, whereas a teenager with Asperger's may join as it's relevant to the generation.

In my experience, Zuckerberg is a year younger than I am. He developed what would become facebook when he was in college. I was also in college at this time, meaning that when I was a teenager in high school, FB didn't exist, so this was never an issue. My sister, who is five years younger, started a Facebook account during her final year of high school, when it first became popular. I was already done with college at this point.

My take on it at the time was that it is was "for kids," so I never bother with one. What's interesting is that my sister used her account to look up people I'd gone to school with. I was amazed how many of them were on the site. It was depressing seeing so many of them progressing in life, whereas my life seemed to be going nowhere.

Also of interest was how many of the people I went to high school with were friends with one another on the site. It's not like those a few years younger who were actually in high school when FB was created and friended each other then. For my high school class, FB didn't exist when we graduated. These folks I went to high school with, now done with college, still went out of their way to find each other on this site.

Moreover, there were people who, as far as I recall, were never actually friends with each other when we were in high school, or didn't even know each other all that well. Yet, amazingly, they were all facebook friends. I just found that so incredible for some reason.

From time to time, people I've worked with have asked me in passing if I'm on FB. I wonder if they tried to look me up, but couldn't find me. Is it standard for people to "friend" anyone they happen to be in contact with at the moment? These people I worked with really weren't my friends by any means, but I guess it's common to friend anyone you used to know or currently know.

Facebook is just a way to see who people really are. but then again people that have to hide in a social Progamming c++ website with web

posting 2.0 have a serious problem with themselves. honest. insecurity a word for people like them? it's just really weird.