facebook

I don't use facebook. Never had never will. If I want to know how a friend is doing, I pick up the phone. I say delete it and free yourself from the dependancy.

i'll tell ya one thing...it makes it a helluva lot harder to dodge your bookie!

You get whatever you want out of it. Some people go crazy and add everyone they have ever said hello to as a friend while others are obviously more selective. It's a great way to keep up with people if you ask me and much easier than calling or emailing all the time.

I sort of use it in two ways, I have friends and family on there that I like to stay in touch with, people I went to school with etc, and I've a fair few people from on here and other forums. I have separate lists so I generally only see updates from friends and family when log on, plus I use the privacy functions a lot. But then I can switch to see forum people and see what they are up to and for things like the tour it's been useful to find out where other people are staying and how they are travelling.
I've friends all over the place, and keeping in contact by phone can be difficult, so we use Facebook instead.
Plus I have Scrabble games with my friend Ian, something we did at uni and then we lost contact, found each other again through facebook, and it's fab we're friends again. We've visit each other,chat often on the phone and it's like we never lost contact. His boyfriend thinks we are mad for playing scrabble online, but it's fun.

The thing that gets me is the drama that sometimes ensues over people's facebook pages. My sister is crazy about it and there's always some friend who is pissed off because of some kid's facebook status.

It's definitely excellent for keeping in touch with your PJ friends far and near...planning get togethers...visits when travelling for shows..lodging together..pre- and post-parties....newest fan vids...etc...we have a great time!

FenwayFaithful wrote:

I don't use facebook. Never had never will. If I want to know how a friend is doing, I pick up the phone. I say delete it and free yourself from the dependancy.

Same here brotha. Just seems like high school only on the internet. Like cyber-cliques. I just have enough to do and worry about in my life. I know who my friends are and the people I can count on. The rest can just stick it.

Kenny Olav wrote:

Facebook, like most things in life, is what you make of it. That's how I see it. I think it's great, it keeps me closer to friends and family, a lot of whom live far away... like you Helen! I don't want to lose you as a friend there. I like seeing your updates. C'mon... it's harmless.

And from what I understand you can never delete your Facebook account, only deactivate it. Maybe after it's deactivated long enough it gets deleted? I really don't know.

Agreed. I keep in touch with my little cousins from Seattle, make sure they're ok, check up on them, etc... In university, it's also a great help in remembering people's names!

I actually rely on FB a lot, and for me, it's probably the only way I could keep in touch with my old school mates. For the past few weeks, I've had people add me as their 'friend' simply because we have something in common (Bruce Springsteen, in this case); I'm actually fine with that. What bugs me the most is the status updates. I'm studying in the university, so you can imagine the endless bitching about school that appears on people's status, and it gets even worse during exams period. And what's up with those people talking about their boring lives? I prefer just putting some PJ lyrics in my status update, LOL!!!

I got a Facebook account just so I could become a fan of "Not playing Farmville." It sort of grew from there.