Even though I don’t use it that often, I think Facebook is a great tool for keeping in touch. My friends from high school and university are spread out all over the place, and it’s nice to have a free way of connecting.
I love seeing my friends’ wedding photos, baby photos, vacation pics, and whatever else. However, I have several friends who seem to have completely lost their sense of identity, just because they’ve had children.
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve put a few pictures of my kids on there for my loved ones in other places to see. I’m talking about the friends whose status updates are nothing but “Tammy is watching Jerrod play little league”. “Julie is so happy Ben is going to the potty all on his own”. “Jennifer is so proud of Laney for putting her face in the water at swimming lessons”.
I realize that life is totally different once you have kids. I can’t even remember life before my kids. Fortunately though, I’ve retained enough sense of self that I don’t honestly believe anyone is interested in my child’s bowel movement, finger painting, or soccer goal.
The reason I’m friends with you is because I’m interested in YOU. Remember, the person who used to have a brain of their own?
—Baby Blues
This article appears in Aug 27 – Sep 2, 2009.
Personally I think that updating your status on that fucking thing constantly is just fiucking DUMB and childish. I mean really, does anyone care that “Jean is now going to bed, good night all” or “Fred is having a shower”. I mean really people, get a fucking life other than facebook.Yes I use facebook but simply so I can find friends and stay in touch. I have never changed my status and do not even add photos.
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Why would anyone put their kids on the net? Now there’s nothing wrong with sending a pic to your relatives and friends via e-mail, but the net for all to see. Nope I’d neverdo something that stupid. But then again I don’t putmy picon the net (Yup I’s that fugly):)
People who constantly update their Facebook have no lives.
If you have nothing better to do than to sit on your PC updating your facebook with everything you do, you’re an idiot.. you need to get out more
sort of like people always posting on here……
Lol Basil! I was going about to respond the same way.
I wonder how the bloggers, twitterers, facebookers, youtubers etc. would cope being locked in a Monastery for a whole month completely cut off technology wise?
Lol it’s usually at least several weeks between status updates for me, but back to the bitch…
Agree! Goddammit, if I have my “friend” on facebook and I have to go through 15 albums of your kid just to see your leg or hand sticking into one of the pictures, why is your name even on the profile? It’s your kid’s damn profile.
One other complaint, if you are a “photograper” (see: someone with a nice camera and inflated opinion regarding their actual talent), and you post 15 photos of the same flower just at different angles, distances, exposures, etc… Please stop. The reason the pros only post 1-2 photos max of each subject in their portfolios is because they pick the best one and commit to it being a representation of their work. Posting 20 decent photos does not equal to 1 great photo of the same subject.
Oh, and Picnik should die. Just sayin’
I definitely get what you’re saying but seriously if it bothers you so much, don’t look. No one is forcing you. People will post what they want on their profiles. Why do you care so much?
That being said… Facebook is the devil.
I agree with virgomom but I’ve deleted people whose status updates pissed me off on an ongoing basis (racist shit, constant relationship updates, etc). I was going to write a bitch about it but then I realized no one is making me see this drivel every time I log on. I say, if they are close friends, you might need to just suck it up, but if they aren’t really very important to you, DELEEETE.
Facebook should have a way to filter which people’s updates are visible, though.
I tell people when I’m reading The Coast as one of my updates. That and jerking off.
They do have a way to filter them in your settings. Its a bit of a bitch to find but its there. Or was last year. You could adjust if you wanted to see more or less of certain peeps updates and shit.
Lol @ cranky!
Yeah, I tried, not hard enough apparently. I’ll have to take a second look.
when you see someone in your feed you don’t want to see there anymore, move your mouse to the right upper corner of the update, the option “hide” will appear. click it. done.
riiiiight. thanks itsnotme.