Does anybody here have an account? Within my family I am one of the last holdouts. Most of my siblings have one, my cousins do and now even my wife has an account. I refuse to open one. She says it helped her find some old friends she lost track of. I say that there is a reason that I am no longer in contact with some people and I don't really want to be found by them. She also says that it helps keep in touch with my family. I already have a phone and email for that.
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David
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Count me in as counting me out.
"I waste enough time on pointless and fruitless activities already," he said, needling his Facebooking friends.Don't just say no to kickback. -
I get solicitations quite often from a few friends. I still haven't messed with it.
I will never do Myspace.ErikComment
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I'll be the first to say that I do visit Facebook. Not often but I have been able to keep up with old friends through it. I lost touch when I moved to the other side of Lake Ontario. Now I'm finding that my graduating class has virtually covered the globe.From the "deep south" part of Canada
Richard in Smithville
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Yup. Had an initial "epiphany" stage where I couldn't look up and add friends fast enough. Now that the newness has worn off, I still visit it regularly and keep in touch with a lot of old friends with it.
It was a GREAT way to post regular updates during Adele's surgery and kept me from having to call 100 people everytime there was some news.Sam Conder
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"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas A. EdisonComment
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Every time someone brings it up, I feel that I need to get myself on there...
Every time I go out with people for a happy hour or something, someone always asks me if I'm on facebook. Seems like it's the socially-advantageous thing to do. And since I'm a single man, I sadly have the time to do it.
Even so, I'm hesitant to do so...Comment
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i love facebook, what a great way to keep up with friends that are miles away
much easier than typing long emails, great to post photos, i have no complaints-----------------------------------------------------------------
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I'm still holding out, but my wife is on it, which of course means it is only a matter of time before I have to be on it...
It is not something I am drawn to though - which makes me wonder if I am now officially that grumpy old man: "Back in my day we didn't have ______ and we liked it that way, gosh darn it!"Comment
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My wife refuses to sign up, but I did about a year ago. For the most part, I'm glad I did. Good way to keep in touch with old friends without keeping in touch, if you get my meaning. What I mean to say is, there's a category of old friends that include those you would like to know what they're up to these days, but don't really want to call/write/email.
It's also a great place to post pics of recent vacations, the kids etc. If friends and family want to see them, they can. If not, you're not clogging their inbox with a message and 20 attached jpegs (not that any of us would do that).
The only part I don't like is getting friend requests from folks that I wasn't really friends with 20 years ago in high school, just so they can up their friend count.
Give it a try. If you don't like, just stop.Mike
Drywall screws are not wood screwsComment
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I have a Facebook account so I can keep up with my nieces and nephews, and a very few friends. Several people I've had business relationships with have sent invitations that I have turned down - that's what LinkedIn is for.
My wife refuses to get an account so I sometimes push her buttons by telling her about things her niece has posted.Comment
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I am on the free rider program: the wife has facebook and tells me what "distant friends" are up to.
Real friends I just call.If you can read this you assembled wrong.
AlanComment
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I frequent Facebook primarily to reconnect or find old friends I have neglected. I was pleasantly surprised to find a few H.S. friends that are also into WW. It is kind of fun to share the hobby with people I know in real life. (no offense guys)John
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. ~ EdisonComment
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I said that to LOML last week. I get FB requests about once a month through email. I usually reply that email is working fine. But if they insist, I tell them that LOML handles our facebook account. This has worked well. She handles FB and I handle email when it involves both of us on a personal level.She also says that it helps keep in touch with my family. I already have a phone and email for that.Hank Lee
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted!
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I am also a holdout but the majority of my friends and family are on it. My wife knows more about my aunts and cousins cousins that I do.Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas EdisonComment
Heck, most days my wife knows more about what my parents are up to than I do.
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