i was told the strangest thing today...

[E21_Ross]

i thought it was rather ironic, i was told i need to get a life and start using facebook.

hmmmm. discuss!

[soad]

Facebook is for attention whoring, narcissists, insecure people and stalkers!

[kambites]

The only purpose I've discovered for facebook since I was finally badgered into signing up, is that it tells me when people's birthdays are.

[steveo3002]

g/f got nagged into joining up on there...what a load of tosh

random no boddys wanting to be friends so they can boast they have xyz number of friends and look at my baby pics

no thnaks

[jatinder]

I really don't like facebook..

Loads of attentions wes, who cares honestly apart from other attention seeking wes.

[grumbledoak]

Get a life. Seriously.

[Blown2CV]

The premise of facebook is licensed nosiness. You could spend a career researching the negative effect on people's accepted level of privacy brought about by social networking. That said it is great for checking out women in bikinis, who are friends with your friends...

[VegasRain]

First month on Facebook you get blitzed by people you once tripped up in the playground but once you're through the pain barrier it ain't too bad. We use it so our family around the world can see the photo albums . Cheaper than sending in the post!

[Grey Ghost]

soad said:

Facebook is for stalkers

I feel a new hobby coming on

[welshys90]

that was like the night i was in the chip shop and was told that i needed to get a life because i didnt watch much tv/im a celebrity or xfactor

[simonej]

soad said:

Facebook is for attention whoring, narcissists, insecure people and stalkers!

Or alternatively it's currently one of the best ways of keeping in touch with your friends when they're spread around the globe!

Admittedly, if you or your friends have never lived anywhere other than Rotherham then yes, it's a bit of an attention seekers thing and thoroughly pointless.

Edited by simonej on Thursday 7th January 18:14

[E21_Ross]

welshys90 said:

that was like the night i was in the chip shop and was told that i needed to get a life because i didnt watch much tv/im a celebrity or xfactor

i thought i was the only one who doesn't watch xfactor/im a celebrity/strictly come dancing etc etc!

[anonymous-user]

It is annoying - "oh look at me, I have 1013230212 friends!" yeah right whatever, more like 20, if that.

When I DID have a Facebook, morons I didn't even know kept adding me, and people I hated kept trying to add me, WTF.

I eventually got a clue and deleted my account.

[Dave200]

When you actually have friends, Facebook is a fantastic tool for keeping in touch with a lot of people through one single medium/utility. However, if you have two mates, both of whom you work with and see down the pub in the evenings, then I would suggest that joining Facebook just to get added by old schoolfriends is probably a waste of your time...

I've only got 200 "friends" on there. I have a policy of only adding people who I genuinely want to keep in touch with, such as real University friends and ex-colleagues.

Fantastic tool, as long as you actually have a reason for using it.

[forks]

I agree with alot of what has been said, however it was instrumental in myself getting in touch with old Navy mates, who I would otherwise have never seen again. What I cant stand is the way some people use it to bh about people, jobs etc. I know several people who have fallen out because of this. Good for pictures and keeping in touch, and thats it!

[OnTheOverrun]

I thought being in possession of a Fakebook login was proof you didn't have a life and were desperately trying to create one by befriending strangers and people you once said hello to in 1994?

[HOGEPH]

soad said:

Facebook The Lounge is for attention whoring, narcissists, insecure people and stalkers!

EFA

[Don]

Call me a Dinosaur but I can't be fecked with facebook.

The people who I want to keep in touch with I do so via email.

To me Facebook is like those Christmas letters people write, photocopy and shove in all their Christmas cards. It's effective - but highly impersonal.

If people want me to see a picture they can email me with it. If they don't want to do that badly enough to be bothered with doing that? I probably don't care about them, either.

[chimera40]

Dave200 said:

I've only got 200 "friends" on there. I have a policy of only adding people who I genuinely want to keep in touch with, such as real University friends and ex-colleagues.

Where do you keep the rest of your mates then. A night out with you and few pals must involve nightclub and bus hire.

Seriously, no one has 200 friends. You may have came into contact with, worked with and passed the time of day with 200 people but I find it hard to believe you have 200 "friends".

If you do you must need to remortgage the house at Christmas to buy all the st gifts.

Edited by chimera40 on Thursday 7th January 18:40

[Eric Mc]

Get a life - post on PH.