Thursday, December 30, 2010
Why I'm taking a break from Facebook.
My name is Billie and I have a problem. I'm addicted to other people's business.
Today, I decided to deactivate my Facebook. To be honest, I'll be surprised if it lasts through the weekend. But, it's something I've been thinking about for a while, so what the hell, might as well give it a try!
In looking at my Facebook life, I have 647 "friends." In regular world, I'd say I enjoy keeping up with about 20 people, if that. The other 627 folks are just out there for entertainment purposes - which makes me sound and feel like a self absorbed ass. The fact is, I am more frustrated than intrigued by Facebook anymore. I don't care what druggies from high school are doing or what old coworkers are having for dinner. I don't need to know the personal details of people's relationships, nor do I care to hear some cheesy ass "deep thoughts" from someone who still hasn't figured out the difference between "there" "their" and "they're." There's no point in me being agitated by those who can't remember that there's "a rat" in "separate." I don't need to know who's "doing me." WTF does that mean anyway?!?! And these letters strung together?! SMH, LMAO, TWF, and whatever other abbreviations some idiots have made up so they will never ever be forced to spell an entire word do nothing but frustrate me. Facebook makes me bitter. Can you tell?
Now I can't lie - Facebook definitely has it's advantages. I can stalk my friends/stalkees easily through the Facebook check-in feature. I'm able to see the children of my far away friends. Knowing about local events or new web sites is a definite plus. But I'm starting to think that maybe the bullshit is outweighing the good.
I think I need a break (or at least a change in) technology. The fact that we are able to track each other in such an intimate way is intriguing at first, but now, I feel like it's getting creepy - for me, anyway.
So, here's my blog - a new way for my friends to stalk me. Hopefully this will mean that I won't be following people who I care nothing about and vice versa. Maybe this will even allow me to share more of myself with the people I truly care about... Or maybe I'll be back on Facebook tomorrow. I guess we'll see. :-)
Today, I decided to deactivate my Facebook. To be honest, I'll be surprised if it lasts through the weekend. But, it's something I've been thinking about for a while, so what the hell, might as well give it a try!
In looking at my Facebook life, I have 647 "friends." In regular world, I'd say I enjoy keeping up with about 20 people, if that. The other 627 folks are just out there for entertainment purposes - which makes me sound and feel like a self absorbed ass. The fact is, I am more frustrated than intrigued by Facebook anymore. I don't care what druggies from high school are doing or what old coworkers are having for dinner. I don't need to know the personal details of people's relationships, nor do I care to hear some cheesy ass "deep thoughts" from someone who still hasn't figured out the difference between "there" "their" and "they're." There's no point in me being agitated by those who can't remember that there's "a rat" in "separate." I don't need to know who's "doing me." WTF does that mean anyway?!?! And these letters strung together?! SMH, LMAO, TWF, and whatever other abbreviations some idiots have made up so they will never ever be forced to spell an entire word do nothing but frustrate me. Facebook makes me bitter. Can you tell?
Now I can't lie - Facebook definitely has it's advantages. I can stalk my friends/stalkees easily through the Facebook check-in feature. I'm able to see the children of my far away friends. Knowing about local events or new web sites is a definite plus. But I'm starting to think that maybe the bullshit is outweighing the good.
I think I need a break (or at least a change in) technology. The fact that we are able to track each other in such an intimate way is intriguing at first, but now, I feel like it's getting creepy - for me, anyway.
So, here's my blog - a new way for my friends to stalk me. Hopefully this will mean that I won't be following people who I care nothing about and vice versa. Maybe this will even allow me to share more of myself with the people I truly care about... Or maybe I'll be back on Facebook tomorrow. I guess we'll see. :-)
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