Trying to go one whole month without Facebook

[Lammycat]

I could go a month w/o it but I'd miss Lexulous. I am able to play this better version of Scrabble with a few friends I used to play marathon tournaments (real-time/life/in person) with years ago. I like the fb. No real beef with it at all.

[Guest Ordinary Beehive]

* Schadenfriends.

 

One of the top reasons why I don't have facebook. I have no desire to internet-stalk people I don't like just for the sake of reading/hearing about their pathetic lives. That doesn't interest me.

 

You may have been kidding, but a couple girls I went to college with do this constantly. It's a compulsion from them. They email me constantly with negative updates about people we used to be friends with. It's kinda gross, really.

[Guest Speed Racer]

One of the top reasons why I don't have facebook. I have no desire to internet-stalk people I don't like just for the sake of reading/hearing about their pathetic lives. That doesn't interest me.

 

It's not all bad. Someone who used to bully me in high school friended me with a nice note of apology, and once I accepted her friend request it became clear why she was so homophobic in high school. We exchange notes fairly regularly now, and I'm glad I didn't miss out on that.

 

I won't friend people whom I wouldn't speak to if I saw them again. Of course, the last time I said, "Eh, I won't see him again," I ran into him four days later when I visited DC.

 

But I do admit, I have a passing interest wondering what happened to:

* girl with the metal plate in her head;

* boy who broke his ankle while streaking (Sports Medicine);

* dyslexic childhood friend who wanted to be a fashion designer;

* kid who was going to play in the MLB at all costs (dropped out of baseball at Arizona his first year to join an improv troupe - much better fit, if you ask me);

 

All my straight friends from my group in high school are now gay, and all the gay ones from high school are now straight and married.

 

Facebook is a passive way of finding out about people you probably won't see again, and I honestly think friending is a more honest transaction than bullshitting someone at a reunion. Sure a hell of a lot cheaper, too.

[Guest Ordinary Beehive]

I'd rather join Facebook than go to a reunion. That's for sure.

 

 

[The High Heat]

January 2009: Facebook violated me. Never been back.

You press charges?

[Guest Jules]

You press charges?

deaf ears

[The Inside of Outside]

I'd rather join Facebook than go to a reunion. That's for sure.

 

I agree. Joined Facebook several months ago. Have caught up a bit with folks from high school and college. Twenty-fifth high school reunion coming up, and I have no interest in going. Did get together with a bunch of folks from college at a football game last fall - that was a blast. But the high school reunion, no interest.