Help!
I confess!
Facebook has me confused! 
People are very kind to ask me to join things and participate on Facebook. They send me all sorts of invites and things to do and read.
And I don’t know what to do!
Could a few of you send an email or leave a comment as to what are the goals of Facebook, and how it differs from blogging?And what are all these invites that I have yet to follow up?
I appreciate people’s kindness to include me; the ‘lack of going along’ is not from snubbing but from ignorance.
Thanks, Michael AKA Urspo AKA Mr. Stupid-tech.
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January 20, 2008 at 12:38 am
Maddog
I’m not sure I can answer your question. I tend to hit the ignore button when people ask me to join them in activities on Facebook. Everytime I don’t I end up installing some new feature that takes up space and requires my attention. My friends probably think I’m no fun, but what can you do.
January 20, 2008 at 4:30 am
Seamus Aloysius
Before I say anything else Urs, I must thank you for your kind words. That meant so much to me. I think wherever you go you will bring the lovelight with you.
I’ve tried MySpace & Glee, and I think they are really user-unfriendly. Not familiar with Facebook, but I hear it’s all the rage. …I’m not really one to run with fads, but if you’re that interested - maybe you should go have a look, it can’t hurt. Just remember that We All Love You Right Here At Home.
Peace
January 20, 2008 at 6:57 am
tigeryogiji
Our generation wasn’t ment to delve into such foolishness! I tried MySpace myself and didn’t really care for it. And as you mentioned, all these people wanted to be my “friend”, which frankly made no sense to me as we had NOTHING in common!
So my MySpace page sits out there, neglected and unused.
I much prefer WordPress!
January 20, 2008 at 7:36 am
Lewis
I’ve created a Facebook account only out of guilt and obligation (and believe me , I don’t do much out of their one of those things at this point in my life). I don’t answer questions, respond to surveys, or anything else that people ask me to. Just plain old don’t have the time or energy. I’m divided in too many ways now….and this is the year of simplification. Say NO!
January 20, 2008 at 9:10 am
Robert
You’re on Facebook? Duuude!
I’ve been on for a good few months now and I’m still confused as to what to do and where to find stuff at times. Yeah, just ignore most of the invites, ‘cept for friends. They do have a good ‘program’ where you could upload pictures, and tag them with your friends’ names [if they're in the pictures]… and if they’re on Facebook as well, the pictures will come up on their landing page. I find that kinda nice.
It’s a good community app. Sort of.
January 20, 2008 at 9:12 am
Robert
Oright, if your friends add pictures and/or change their profile, you can see those, too, on your landing page. Kinda neat. Yeah?
January 20, 2008 at 11:14 am
Mark
Facebook differs from blogging in that it is not any kind of blog and no blogging goes on. It’s a “social networking” site. You go to your home page, sign in, and you can interact with friends of yours, and see who their friends are. You can send messages, challenge each other to quizzes and games, join networking groups for all kinds of different interests.
It’s a way of keeping up with people who you many not see all the time, and meet new people if you want to.
I do think it really is something for a younger generation, but all kinds of people I know are on there of all ages. If you sign in to your home page, you’ll see all these “requests” and “notifications” about applications (games and puzzles and manners of communication”. You may also see requests to be added as “friend”, and if you actually know the requestor, then go ahead and add them. I do not add people whom I do no know.
So, yes….it’s a place to waste time and possibly have some fun on the internet, and keep up with friends and see who they are keeping up with. If you decide to participate, don’t feel that you have to add all the applications - some people are really overzealous and send every application to everyone they know - Just take it at your own pace and explore a bit.
HUGS, hope this helps.
Mark
January 20, 2008 at 11:55 am
citywoof
BTW, maybe you can help me figure out how to comment on non-WordPress blogs? Whenever I try to do it, after having typed in my comment and filling in all the forms below, I get this message that says “You must be signed in to WordPress” and my comment doesn’t get posted. But I already AM signed in to WordPress, and have filled out those forms, so…I dunno what the problem is. Didn’t used to have this issue, only lately, and with BLOGGER blogs.
January 20, 2008 at 12:57 pm
javabear
I agree with tigeryogiji. “Our generation wasn’t ment to delve into such foolishness!”
Yes, I have a Facebook page. No, I have no idea how to use it. It was only 3 months ago that I signed up. The only reason I signed up on Facebook was to check the condition of a friend who’d been in a terrible accident. This is a young man, Sophomore in college. His sister set up the Facebook page to update his condition. (He’s fine, in case you’re wondering) The only way I could check the site was if I had a Facebook account. Frankly I find the whole thing confusing and annoying.
I also have a MySpace page. That one I set up almost 2 years ago at the urging of my gay boy C. I have no idea how to use it. I’d like to delete it but I can’t figure out how. Blogs make a lot more sense to me.
You aren’t getting a lot of help with this Facebook thing here, are you?
January 20, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Maggie
My daughter set me up on facebook so I could keep an eye on what goes on in her world.
As far as I can understand, facebook is just a way to find and keep in touch with people that you normally wouldn’t. (high school, college friends)
If that’s your thing………. Somehow I don’t think it is.
It’s much more invasive than a blog because everyone knows who you are, who your friends are. I personally keep my friends to a minimum because of this.
I have one as I said, but rarely use it. It’s much easier to call or e-mail someone that I want to get in contact with.
It’s really just a nosey way of finding people!!
January 20, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Doug
As far as I know, Facebook is a grown-up version of MySpace. I don’t use it for much other than keeping track of a few friends. Not sure about all the different applications and groups.
It seems like there are a few competing sites nowadays. I have a myspace page, a facebook profile, and a linked-in profile. Not sure if all of them are needed, but different friends use different sites, so I have one of each.
January 20, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Merri
I visit Facebook but mainly for the application Scrabulous, which will disappear if Hasbro has its way)
I did send you an invitation to play a while ago, but you must be swamped most of the time …
I was, “found” ,by two nice members of my extended family; I think in that way the program is excellent as now we can keep in contact.
Apart from that it is full of silly time wasters,…
I do prefer blogging (Facebook is NOT a blogging site) and WordPress of course..
January 21, 2008 at 7:24 am
Cliffie
Facebook’s raison d’etre is to invade your privacy and make public every move you make — that includes every single purchase being trumpeted across the World Wide Web. I don’t really recommend it.
January 21, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Cameron
I have a FaceBook page but don’t visit it every day. As has been said already, it’s basically a networking site; a way to keep in touch with people in short “blurbs”, sort of like text messaging.
It’s weird because some of my friends and relatives seem to prefer leaving messages for me on FaceBook, rather than email which *I* would prefer. So I end up communicating with a few people on FaceBook and nowhere else.
In short, FaceBook is “communication lite”. Not much brain-power is required to “SuperPoke” people, or send them virtual gifts or drinks. It’s sort of cute the first time but annoying thereafter.
January 22, 2008 at 6:08 am
BID
I play scrabble with Merri there and through email with my mother. Facebook and scrabble are much better than with email. Did that make sense? Other than that it is full of time wasters and silly things to keep you busy. There are places that if you participate it is supposed to help environmental causes but I haven’t really read up on it. Facebook was developed by a very young dude, I think he is 23. So it is mindless fun and communication with college buds.
Worry more about learning how to use that reader! It is a huge time saver!