Facebook ...?

This is for those of my older generation who do not really comprehend why Facebook exists.

Presently, I am trying to make friends outside of Facebook while applying the same principles. Therefore, every day I go down on the street and tell the passers-by what I have eaten, how I feel, what I have done the night before and what I will do tomorrow night. Then I give them pictures of my family, my dog and me gardening and spending time in my pool. I also listen to their conversations and I tell them I love them. And it works. I already have 3 persons following me: 2 police officers and a psychiatrist.

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  • Great funny stuff! I am 100% with you on that. I used to be on Facebook and a few other so called "social networks" and I found that they aren't that social. I was also on LinekdIn and joined a few specific forums (for graphic design and typography) and found them to be more of a platform for flaming (putting down people) than for an exchange of information relating to that forum. I also used to put my photos on another site but found the response to be mostly indifference.

    I don't belong to any of them anymore and I also don't Tweet (unless I whistle at the birds outside...)

    I find that I don't miss any of the diatribe and nonsense that wastes time and adds nothing.

    I'd rather be creative and go photographing or mowing the lawn...
  • Ha,ha...now that's making friends the old fashioned way, as I like to call it.  It's amazing how quickly people get sucked in to FB, myself included, although I don't check every day or even every week.

    • Same here. We've stayed in touch with friends we've met throughout the years doing shows, and a number of old high school buddies.

  • That was very good Greg.  Funny.

  • I know this is a joke. But I am older, and really enjoy Facebook. As an artist working alone in a basement studio, married to a taciturn non-talker, I tend to become isolated. I have no friends or relatives who live in the area. Since joining Facebook 6 years ago, I am now in touch with at least a dozen far-flung cousins, with whom I never had a “pick up the phone” kind of relationship. I get all the family news right away. Half my friends on FB are fellow artists I met at shows, a handful are customers. I become inspired by seeing what fellow artists in other media are working on. I have reconnected with friends as far back as grade school, and co-workers from my one and only “real” job at the Field Museum, 25 years ago. I belong to groups with shared interests, like Chicago architecture, gardening, and metalsmithing. I’ve gone to see interesting places recommended by the architecture group. I’ve tried gardening tips I never would have thought of. I have pages of new metal coloring ideas to try.

     

    My husband gets all his social needs met by the people at work. Facebook is more than just “what I ate today,” or “what my dog did.” When I am lonely and discouraged, I can get reconnected and find support. Facebook IS my social network.  

    • I'm with you.  I still have a job but I work from home and I live in the country with few neighbors.  I can go a couple weeks without talking to anyone but my husband.  Facebook keeps me from going nuts.

  • That may be better. I have "acquaintances" who hold wholesale family feuds on FB and then others in said group call me and want me to intervene. Nope.

  • Now that's funny!

  • ;-)

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