Coming back from facebook

[david_anderson]

I resisted using facebook for a long time, but so many of my friends were using it that I decided to give it a go. The really addicting and cool thing about it is that "everybody" seems to be on it, and I've gotten back in touch with several old friends that I haven't seen in decades. It's posting character limit is designed for quick posts, which

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[david_anderson]

It turns out the right-wing nutjob knew me in high school. I told him thanks, but no thanks. If I don't even remember your name, we need to have more in common than . . . nothing.

[mshrmit]

I always take out the yearbooks. If I don't recognize the name OR the face, I just hit ignore.

[david_anderson]

I hit ignore the first time, especially after looking at his wall. Then he sent another request right after that, with the same "hi david". I guess other people have different standards than I do.

[kaleetha]

Ah Facebook... yes, great for short usually meaningless comments about life. I find that people (generally my older sister) will post something totally stupid and unintelligent in reply (usually missing the point of what I was saying in the first place), or not reply at all.

I think most people experience the random-people-out-of-the-woodwork thing. I certainly have. I actually did the unthinkable and *gasp* unfriended people!

It is funny - among my LJ friends, there seems to be a movement to come back here, myself included.

[david_anderson]

The meaningless reply is what you get for posting something meaningful on FB.

Unfriending was going to happen a lot more if I didn't find out how to block games. I have unfriended on out-of-the-woodwork people, and I'll probably unfriend a couple others that I just don't care about.

[mshrmit]

There hasn't been anybody I've wanted to unfriend, but quite a few have become "hidden." They didn't do anything to offend me, but they never posted anything of interest either.

[kaleetha]

Yeah, my unfriending has been along the same lines. And LOTS of people are hidden. I'm just not interested in the newest isn't-Sarah-Palin-awesome stuff. :P

[mshrmit]

Welcome back! I was pretty much forced to join Facebook by my family as well. It's good for some things, but I still prefer LJ -- even if I rarely make an original post.