Poll: Do you have a Facebook account?

Post by AznHisoka » Thu, Feb 02, 2012, 9:29 PM UTC

gills wrote: post #86

chollida1 wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Without facebook, I'd have no idea cousin X is having a baby Maybe I'm taking this a little too literally but I find this statement disturbing. How can someone not know that one of the biggest life events happened, one that takes 9 months at that, to a family member without being on facebook?

I also find it disturbing. This sort of thing is exactly why I disabled my account; the family and friends who use Facebook heavily have forgotten how to communicate directly, they rely entirely on shouting into the hurricane and expecting everyone to pay attention. Good luck with that.

Post by AznHisoka » Thu, Feb 02, 2012, 9:36 PM UTC

agentultra wrote: post #79

My group of friends used to call each other on Thursday or Friday nights to organize what was going on. That eventually stopped happening because of facebook. It took quite a bit of peer pressure to get an account and see what the fuss was about. I used it diligently for about a year to give it a fair trial. I actually liked it until I saw the illusion. I promptly deleted it when I'd had enough. I found the mediated…