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So I probably log in less than mk, -about once a month, maybe twice. I actively dislike Facebook. But....everybody is there. If you've never been on the site, it's hard to understand just how finely tuned their process and algorithms are that steer you to find everybody you have EVER known (and conversely have them find you as well).
So in effect, there are a ton of friends and acquaintances on there. A few months ago I was in NYC and wanted to hook up with an old friend of mine who moved out there, but I had lost her contact info. I logged onto Facebook, sent her a message, and lo and behold, 15 minutes later I get a phone call and we made plans to get together that night. Quite useful. For me, Facebook is pretty much just a social address book that populates itself instead of me having to track everybody down in real life, which I would never do. It's kind of a corner case, but that's what I use it for, and I won't delete it for that reason. Other than that though, it's pure hatred, and I'd love for everybody to be on a different service someday :)
thenewgreen · 4732 days ago · link ·
I used to use it a lot to invite people to "new green" shows. Now that we aren't playing live shows any more, I'm really considering abolishing my account. The only thing that keeps me there are the things mentions... pictures of my daughter to share with my family that live away etc. My entire family, including my grandparents have FB accounts. -How messed up is that? My grandparents are on FB. That tells me 2 things: 1.It must be a pretty easy to use interface 2. FB is super lame. I used to be on there a lot more before I started hanging out here too.