Originally posted by seaside sky
Glad I'm not the only one in the world who doesn't like the facebook craze. I refused to join right from the start as I didn't like the idea of people cruising around looking up people from the past, and I also thought it very creepy that people would try to "friend" you and then you'd have to either refuse them or "defriend" them- this is not at all like real-world relationships.
So I never joined, and I'm glad I didn't- I know a few people who did and have since regretted it.
I have a few friends who don't live near me, but to stay in touch we just do regular e-mails and actually even send each other letters and things through the mail. It's so old-fashioned, but I like it.
There have been a lot of stories coming out now that facebook can and is being used for some pretty sinister purposes, and that facebook itself might have been created for just those purposes.
A friend and I was discussing this yesterday....and she never joined either.
We talked about how it creates turmoil (a person you know not accepting your request, spouses whose FB activity is monitored and scrutinized, and the anger and despair people feel when their 'friends' don't 'like' or comment on their status' and posts)
