Okay... I am scared... I just signed up for a Facebook account. I know that it was not a necessary component to complete this week's thing, but I thought I should check this whole social networking thing in more detail before subjecting y'all to my opinion.
I remember a time when I was addicted to MSN messenger, then email, then texting and now maybe this. Do we just move from one medium to another and perhaps get lazier with each step... now I don't have to talk to all of my friends individually, I can just post it once for everyone??? Or is there so much information to follow that we need to have harmonized points of access (blog, rss, etc.)? My guess would be that it is the second option.
I have been resistant to Facebook for years. Even my husband only recently signed up for an account and he is a technological genius and very gadget happy ... one might even say addicted - he made me play Bocce ball on his PS3 Move last night and I am not a gamer (although I put a really good fight)! Security, privacy, fear of the unknown... I don't know what the real reason was, but I certainly wasn't into Facebook and social networking in general.
Lately though, I have been thinking that it was time. I have found that I have been losing touch with my delightful friends back in Toronto as it seems that no one emails anymore. I don't have time to phone them all, especially with the 2 hour time difference. By the time the kids are in bed, I am done for the day and lamenting the fact that another day has gone by without me phoning them. I thought it was time to reach out to them again and see if they want to be my 'Facebook' friend! Let's hope so!!!!
I'm impressed that you took this leap of faith, and I hope your experience with Facebook will be positive. I was a Facebook resister for a few years, but I can say now that my experience with FB has been mostly positive.
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