Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Facebook: The Good, The Bad and The Confusing
I have joined the Facebook generation. Several months ago I was talked into joining. I signed up, added a profile and pictures, joined a few networks and found some friends. I learned how to update my status.
Now that I have been using it for a while I have formed some opinions about Facebook. There are things I like, things I do not like and things that are confusing.
First let me remind everyone, I use a MAC computer. When I first joined FB, people started asking me to add applications. At first when I tried, some of them just did not work with my MAC. That was confusing. I made a decision after a few of those, I would not be adding any applications to my FB. I still get dozens of requests a day. I hit the ignore button. I did not join FB to play games, take quizzes, to farm, to make a zoo, to hunt for eggs, or to see what Michael Jackson song I am most like.
I quickly realised that I enjoyed reading and commenting on the friends' updates. I take the time to read what is going on with my friends and either let them know I like it, or leave a comment.
There are a couple of bad things about this, though. Now the updates include all of the polls, quizzes, farms, hunts, mafia wars, games etc that they all participate in. This, to me, clogs up the new feed. I do not really care about those things. Give me back just the updates, please.
In addition to that, I am disappointed that most of the time, my updates are not reacted to. Along that same line, I leave a comment on a friend's wall and get no response. I guess what bugs me the most is all of the friends who want such big followings, yet could care less about their followers. I wrote a blog about three such friends ( a very nice blog, I might add) and let them each know. They did not even bother to either check it out or respond in any way. I used to leave comments on their updates, but I have decided no to do that anymore.
I realize that if you have thousands of followers you cannot comment on every one, but how about every once in a while pick a few to bless with your words? One time Don Moen responded to me personally and it meant the world to me. SO my advice is, if you want people to leave comments on yours, do the same for them.
I really like the surprises from FB. I have received friend requests from old friends I have not seen in years, and from friends around the country, as well as new friends with common interests. It is fun to be able to connect with these people more regularly.
I enjoy catching up with friends through the photos they post on FB. Seeing how their families have grown and changed is fun.
So I guess overall, I like FB and what it offers - but I admit I know nothing about Twittering.
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