Sure. Facebook seems like a good idea.
Every one is talking about it:
- "You can get back in touch with really old friends", [with the implicit advantage of choosing only images of yourself that hide your wrinkles and those lb's that you've gained since you've last seen these old friends ]
- "You can keep in touch with younger and hipper co-workers and nieces and nephews..."
- And the surveys? Heaven! What's not to love?
Well, an hour and a half in and I already have serious buyers remorse.
No one tells you the dark side: getting 45 emails in seven minutes and being unable to understand how to respond to the people who haven't bothered to contact you via a visit, phone call, or blog comment (you know who you are).
All of the sudden I am in the middle of 27 "conversations" most of whom are between people that I DON'T KNOW. I can't keep up. I'm confused. I now understand what it is like to be Doug Beagley at a family reunion.
I just want my blog.... I can take a week and a half to complete my entry if I choose. No one interrupts me. It's peaceful here.
Ahhhh. I feel better already.
p.s. and beware to all my younger and hipper family and friends: if I'm on Facebook, it can no longer be cool. Sell Facebook.
4 comments:
Set your preferences to not send you all the emails. I set mine to and hardly ever get emails from facebook. I will have to befriend you there. Happy chatting!!
You gave in, I am still going to hold out. I feel how you do about the blogging.
Lynn,
The day I joined facebook, or FB as the cool kids call it, there was a news report on the radio about how FB was no longer cool. That is about Par for my life.
Your favorite Nephew
which favorite nephew?
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