I always promised myself that I'd never sign up with facebook (or any other mainstream social networking site) but given that I am surrounded by this god awful thing; missus, kids, cat, dog etc. it's all starting to have an affect on me. So I thought I'd throw it out to Amiga land in the form of a poll!
Facebook is really just an advanced version of Email. Email 2.0 if you will. I think people that say "Facebook sucks I'll never use it!! " typically have never actually used Facebook. There is feeling that Facebook is something more than it really is.
It's as private as email. More so really as businesses can't really Spam you like your private email address gets spammed. Only your family and friends have access to post to your Facebook. That is the people YOU choose to let send you messages. So it's a little better than email in that sense.
There is no great mystery behind it. I mean you check it like you'd check email. You get to see what others want you to see. I have relatives all over the country and it's just lets us stay in contact. Grandmas, Great Grandmas, my parents, etc etc.
I wonder if when the phone was invented people complained about it like they do facebook. "I'll never use a phone!" Pen, paper, and stamps for life!!
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