Comments | cheshirrrecat: just about done

cheshirrrecat

just about done

Feb 03, 2010 11:19

i'm seriously considering deleting my facebook account. i never really wanted it in the first place--the girls at the studio set it up for me because they wanted to be able to stay in touch when we all went our separate ways. not that i don't want to stay in touch with them (and all the other people on there). but ( Read more... )

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robotapocalypse February 3 2010, 16:50:02 UTC

Facebook should be used as the vehicle for sharing superficial things, like funny videos and photos, and not for much else. For sharing those transient things, it's great -- nobody's e-mail Inbox gets filled with "hey, funny Youtubery!" and it's easy enough to look at when it's convenient. It's not the place to share much deep thinking, and it's a lot better for throwing up some recent photos and seeing if anyone notices or cares.

I guess I'm content to see FB activity from some of my friends who don't LJ anymore (or at least not as much as they used to). I realize that they're all having jobs and babies and giving up computer time, and for many of them, an occasional FB post is as much as I'm going to see, so I should be glad to have that rather than nothing.

Also, you're not obligated to comment on everything someone Facebooks.

If you think Facebook is scary, check out Twitter, where all conversation is limited to 140-character posts. It's an all-out assault on complex thinking.

cheshirrrecat February 3 2010, 17:06:17 UTC

Indeed, sir. i agree that ideally, facebook should be for fun, superficial, or just short things. or pictures. and i do really like that part of it. the problem is that its becoming the only place almost any interaction is happening at all. if you can call most of that "interaction ( ... )

vmurther February 4 2010, 00:57:54 UTC

I just have one thing to say about this entry.

FUCK YEAAAAAAH.

Thank you.

cheshirrrecat February 7 2010, 16:59:21 UTC

you would go that direction with it ;}

Miss You, m.

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cheshirrrecat February 7 2010, 16:58:12 UTC

"...a major feature of it is captioned pictures of cats."

You So Rock :)

your thoughts are Good, as always, and i Appreciate your sharing them. you and cordell are both right--fb is simply what it is and essentially i need to work on recognizing that and act accordingly. i guess the major piece i struggle with is being in a situation where my only prolonged contact anymore with My People there is online, and for the most part in facebook. and its hard to make it work the way i wish it could. in fact that is Impossible--no matter how i look at it or try to engage with it, it will always fall short and it will never be enough.

the bottom line to all of it is i Miss My Friends. i Miss the way things used to be. and no amount of railing against facebook, or whatever else i try to make the problem will change any of that. and in fact, there is no way to "change" that because life progresses and circumstances and people change and you can never go "back" to the way something was. i just Hate it.

Much Love to You.