On 09/01/2009 03:44 PM, dave wrote: > Maybe I'm just getting older, but I don't understand this need to be > constantly connected to people I hardly know, or event to people I know > well. Other then my wife, I just don't care if I'm "in touch".
It confuses me that people see this as a requirement of social networking services. Services like Facebook are what you make of them. They can constantly connect you to people you hardly know, or you could just as easily use them to bi-annually (that's once every two years :) ) check on 5 of your closest friends. You could just claim, in a similar fashion, not to want a cell phone because you don't see the point in having to talk to people all day. You would still be able to choose when to turn it on, and how to use it. Maybe I misunderstood your point, but to me Facebook is just a tool for communication to be used and/or abused as people choose. Personally, I mostly use Facebook as a social newspaper, flipping through pages to see what my friends have been up to. Which reminds me, I forgot that my sister's birthday was last Sunday. --Topher -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
