FACEBOOK FAN..Yay or Nay

crise40g

I like it. I get to keep up with family/friends near and far. It's what you make of it. You go looking for drama, you'll find it.

Someone posted something about all the booty pics on FB and it made me laugh. MFP is just as bad. Just saying.

happinessforevercm

I actually deleted mine a couple of days ago.. I am addicted enough to MFP and I feel looking at this all day is more productive than sitting on facebook.. At least on here I have friends that support and motivate me for my goals! I wouldnt have that on FB

LisaF1163

I'm not a Facebook fan, but I do have an account. Literally the only people on there are my family and a couple of close friends from college.

I don't like it. I honestly would not be on there if not for the fact that I have some family members who I literally can't get in touch with them unless I Facebook them - like, they never check their email, yet they're on Facebook all the time, so that's the fastest way to reach them.

Also - when 95% of my family joined FB, my 81 year old mother joined up. Now, I love her and all, but let's just say she's got a little bit of "Edith Bunker" going on. Plus, she's not very tech saavy. The first thing I thought was, "Oh, man, she's gonna do something like post her bank account or home address on her wall!" So I'm on there to keep an eye on her to make sure she doesn't post anything she shouldn't. She let me log onto her account, and I set all her account settings to "Private" and deleted all her friend requests for people she doesn't actually know. I did try to teach her the difference between her Wall and her Private Messaging inbox, but she still gets them mixed up.

Last reason - I drifted apart from a college friend who I owed a huge, enormous apology to, going on 22 years back. I had no way of finding him until Facebook. I finally found him, and gave him the apology that he deserved to have for over two decades.

Other than that - nope, I don't have any other use for it than that!

ElizaRoche

I use fb everyday... The only way I can keep in touch with some friends/relatives that live far, or even with ppl in my own city when we are kinda busy to meet for a coffee.
The only about those sites, is that you have to know how to use your privacy settings. Mine is sooooo private, even friends have looked for me, using my email, my name, the link I give them, and nothing, they cant find me, so I have to find them.

Elizabeth_C34

I don't post anything to my FB page anymore. Too many of my close family and coworkers on there now, so everything I post is boring on purpose.

wbgolden

I deactivated facebook last september. best decision i've ever made.

Pengi81

I like it for keeping up to date with friends I don't get to see very often

I dislike as some of these people only have me as a friend to invite to the pointless apps/games - three strikes and I delete them from my friends list!

I like "Draw My Thing" - that is the ONLY FB game I will play - not interested in anything else

Laura_Suzie

I love Facebook. I use it to keep in touch with friends and stalk cute guys. haha Seriously, you can learn a lot about a person from their FB profile, which is helpful and scary...

NomadicKris

I have a love / hate relationship with facebook. I have moved around a lot and have family all over the country so I love being able to stay in touch with them and see what they're up to. I travel around and visit most of them at least every year or so as well. I also love that I have people who enjoying seeing my kids grow up, that online network of people who actually know me has really helped me in the last 18 months with moving on from my marriage. I have used forums for a long time though so a number of those groups have now moved to fb. I also love supporting all the small businesses that set up pages as well as different causes that wouldn't be heard about.

But, it also does my head in and I don't have too many family members on there as they just can't get over their **** with each other. I do walk away from it from time to time and actually have a separate account for my uni study groups so I can focus on that when I need to.

springermad

I used to always be on facebook but I am bored of it now and al the drama and lies people start on it. My fitness pal all the way from now on, nicer people and we are all here to support each other and help each other reach our goals x

MellowGa

I'm a facebook *kitten*, there I admitted it.....damn you

lind3400

I used to be OBSESSED with facebook and all its apps and getting as many "Friends" as possible......now I found its more of a way of people showing off how great their lives are and how happy they are and it was actualyl making me depressed about my life haha...now I use it solely to keep in contact with my family that live far away

zyxst

I had a FB account to keep up with my daughter. Then I found out anything I posted in the way of art, photos, etc. became the property of FB.

the_journeyman

It's awfully handy to keep up with family scattered about. It's an easy way to share pictures and happenings.

JM

Italian_Buju

I love facebook, I go on almost everyday....its an easy way to communitcate with a lot of people at once, and easy to make plans with friends and such....I do not play any games or anything like that though.,..

jcohio85

I love facebook. I am able to keep in touch with my friends and I am forever posting pictures. I travel a lot, so it makes it easy to talk to friends and family.