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Post by cyndijane on May 25, 2015 23:20:45 GMT
I know that's an odd question, but the vaguebooking thread got me to thinking about how little I enjoy FB. I post occasionally, but I'm really only on FB for the various groups I'm a part of. They're just the easiest venue to keep everyone together (since most people are on FB anyway.)
But other than my groups, I've whittled down my friends list (usually via "unfollow") to mostly family and college friends. I would be perfectly fine if FB shut down (providing we had time to relocate those groups.)
I know several people who turned off their FB accounts because social media overall just depressed them.
How about you? Do you still get excited about FB? Is it just something you do because you're bored? Have you thought of ditching it?
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Post by gar on May 25, 2015 23:26:33 GMT
I don't air dirty laundry on FB, I don't have crazy family feuds played out there, I don't get constant MLM posts via friends nor much in the way of political stuff either.....so what I see I choose to see, its mostly lighthearted stuff. Could I live without it? Certainly but it's enables me to have more contact with some friends than I would otherwise have and I like that
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2015 23:28:02 GMT
I find facebook very valuable. It is an easy way for my kids to share photos and videos of the grandkids. But, my facebook account is severely limited to people in my family and people I want to stay in contact with. I think my friends list is a total of 17 people. Even though it is against tou I have a second account that I use for game playing. I've thought about closing it but mostly I just log in on a rare occassion.
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Post by mirabelleswalker on May 25, 2015 23:28:48 GMT
I like that it allows me to keep up with people whom I love, but whom I don't see often because the pace of life is such that you just can't do everything and see everyone. I have friends that I see maybe twice a year. It doesn't feel like so much time has passed, though, because I feel somewhat "up to date" with them. I think a lot of my friendships would really fall by the wayside.
I like that it provides an easy way to share information (articles, videos, etc.) with all of my friends or specific friends.
I like most of the conversations it generates.
I like seeing my friends' children grow and change.
One of my groups is very important to me.
So yes, I think, it adds to my quality of life!
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Post by 950nancy on May 25, 2015 23:29:19 GMT
I have very normal friends of FB. Rarely there is a post I don't agree with (I try to see lots of different opinions though), and I am so very thankful to see the pictures and updates of the people I love and care about. I live in another state than most of my family, so I value FB.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2015 23:29:40 GMT
I love Facebook my friends and family are all over the world. It lets me stay in touch and feel connected I also enjoy several games on it as well.
I don't let others Facebook pages annoy me. It's their page and they can use it how they see fit. The MLM posts can be irritating but I just move on past.
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Post by scrappinmama on May 25, 2015 23:31:03 GMT
I enjoy it. Most of my fab friends are pretty cool. Only two vaguebook, and it doesn't happen very often. I did unfriend someone because I was tired of her passive aggressive posts. But other than that, I have a drama free fb wall.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2015 23:33:12 GMT
I don't air dirty laundry on FB, I don't have crazy family feuds played out there, I don't get constant MLM posts via friends nor much in the way of political stuff either.....so what I see I choose to see, its mostly lighthearted stuff. Could I live without it? Certainly but it's enables me to have more contact with some friends than I would otherwise have and I like that Exactly this!
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Post by SabrinaP on May 25, 2015 23:38:00 GMT
Yes! I block posts of anyone that makes me cranky or has too many drama filled posts. I'm about to block a high school friend because she complains about something everyday. I have an extremely large family that all live about 8 hours from me. I'm able to keep up with them and their kids through their posts. I follow a lot of my favorite authors, so I love reading what they are writing and when new releases are coming. I also follow several book bloggers and find many of my favorite reads that way.
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Post by Crazyhare on May 25, 2015 23:45:55 GMT
I unfollow people if they annoy me.
All our family live several states away. It's easy for them to see what is going on in my little girl's life. And we can keep up with what they are doing. It adds a lot to my life.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2015 23:49:45 GMT
Yes, it does. I've experienced very very little drama on Facebook, have reconnected with many friends from high school and college, and am able to keep in much better touch with family and friends who don't live near me and/or I don't see regularly.
It enhances my life. When it doesn't - I hide, unfollow, or (very very rarely) unfriend until it does.
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on May 25, 2015 23:52:32 GMT
I love Facebook. It allows me share my life with family and friends spread all over the country, and world. I lived in three different countries.
My daughter is into musical theatre and one of the greatest things has been connecting with some of my friends from high school who also have kids who love musical theatre even though none of us were into it as kids.
The other thing is my daughter started with group of theatre kids in Cayman and its fun to see them posting about their shows. They did Shrek Jr this weekend and so did we.
I think of my Facebook page as where I share what I want. I share political stuff but I do not debate on my page. I have a couple of childhood friend, one particular family who would post some of the most hateful stuff when I posted my political views. I messaged them each 2 or 3 times explaining I wasn't looking to debate, they were entitled to their opinion, and I didn't expect them to change their mind, but I did not want their posts on my page. I don't post things on their Facebook page and would appreciate if they didn't on mine.
They all ignored my request... so now when they post something I don't want on my Facebook page.. I delete it. If they don't like they can de-friend me!!
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Post by calgal08 on May 25, 2015 23:53:30 GMT
I really enjoy FB. I can keep connected with friends in England, and I'm also a member of a doggie group, and I absolutely love looking at the photos of the puppies and dogs.
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Post by Nink on May 25, 2015 23:54:14 GMT
Yes. My siblings and nieces and nephews are scattered across the country. It allows me to have almost daily interaction with them when I wouldn't otherwise. I'm also friends with people from high school and even a few from my church youth group days that I know I wouldn't be in contact with otherwise. I love seeing what everyone has been up to. I've even had one gal from high school (she was a popular girl, I was a nobody) send me a private message apologizing for not taking the time in high school to try to get to know me better as she thinks I'm really fun. Who knew?
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Post by stittsygirl on May 25, 2015 23:56:05 GMT
It didn't for me, so I gave mine up. I do still have an account, but right now it's only to participate in a group that's following the legal proceedings of a couple that defrauded all of us. I can understand why so many do enjoy it, especially if they keep the drama out, unless they like drama .
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Post by scrappington on May 26, 2015 0:31:57 GMT
I really like the scrapbk groups I'm part of. I have very little friend count on there. Its good for invites to events.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 0:35:23 GMT
It doesn't add much to my life. My news feed is usually full of shares. I'd rather hear someone is eating a sandwich. I go on there in spurts. I like the drop down list on the notifications menu. I can easily open posts that might have some interest to me. It's easier than going through the news feed.
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Post by scrapaddie on May 26, 2015 0:35:50 GMT
I don't have drama friends!!
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Post by back to *pea*ality on May 26, 2015 0:36:13 GMT
It hasn't changed my life in any way that is significant. If it didn't exist tomorrow I wouldn't miss it.
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Post by tenacious on May 26, 2015 0:39:42 GMT
Yes, it does. I don't participate in drama or political discussion. I love that I can stay connected with my HS classmates, my BFF, and our friends that live all over the world. I also like links that people post to interesting articles, or local events. I also belong to several closed groups where I get lots of useful information. So, although sometimes I pine for the 'old days' before social media started sucking our time, I do think overall that it has enhanced my life.
Erin
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Post by LiLi on May 26, 2015 0:41:33 GMT
It's so easy to keep my page as I like it. occasionally there might be some drama, or mlm annoyances... I just unfollow/unfriend/block as I see fit. Keeps my wall how I like, and I have access to a whole bunch of family and friends to share my life, kids, pictures, articles or whatever. No one even knows if you unfollow, so it doesn't cause any problems at all.
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Post by bc2ca on May 26, 2015 0:43:51 GMT
I find facebook very valuable. It is an easy way for my kids to share photos and videos of the grandkids. But, my facebook account is severely limited to people in my family and people I want to stay in contact with. I think my friends list is a total of 17 people. Even though it is against tou I have a second account that I use for game playing. I've thought about closing it but mostly I just log in on a rare occassion. I didn't realize it was against the TOU to have a second account and admit I do. I didn't want my friends and family getting a load of crafting related posts in their feed, so separated my two lives. We moved countries & states, so have family & friends all over the place and I use FB to keep in touch with them. Fortunately it is mostly semi-regular photo updates and very little drama. I am not FB friends with any friends that live locally.
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Post by melanell on May 26, 2015 0:50:14 GMT
It has definitely added value to my life. And I will admit that I actually stayed away from it for the first few years, because I didn't think it would be worthwhile for me. But now, it's a great way for me to keep in touch with family. And I have had the opportunity to get to better know family members, particularly those I don't often get to see. And we use FB as a way to contact one another when we'll be in an area that might be good for meeting up, which means in some cases I get to see people I might not have seen otherwise. Likewise with former neighbors and old friends. I use it all of the time to find out more about local events, places, & history. And I check for info on places when we're traveling as well. It has been a very big help to me in my genealogical work, because FB has tons of genealogical and local history groups, and I have connected with cousins who I didn't know even existed before. And then in a nice little circle, I turn around and bring news of those finds to my parents and the relatives that I do see on a regular basis, and it's a way to open more doors of conversation between all of us as well. And hey, Words with Friends--it's a nice way to wind down my day each day.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 0:50:12 GMT
I find facebook very valuable. It is an easy way for my kids to share photos and videos of the grandkids. But, my facebook account is severely limited to people in my family and people I want to stay in contact with. I think my friends list is a total of 17 people. Even though it is against tou I have a second account that I use for game playing. I've thought about closing it but mostly I just log in on a rare occassion. I didn't realize it was against the TOU to have a second account and admit I do. I didn't want my friends and family getting a load of crafting related posts in their feed, so separated my two lives. We moved countries & states, so have family & friends all over the place and I use FB to keep in touch with them. Fortunately it is mostly semi-regular photo updates and very little drama. I am not FB friends with any friends that live locally. If you read the fine print in paragraph 9673444 I won't tell if you won't! I figure until they require proof of identity for opening an account it really doesn't matter. I'm not trying to be someone I'm not... just don't want to deal with having strangers involved in my life just because I wanted to play a few social games my family doesn't play.
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Post by stefdesign on May 26, 2015 0:50:37 GMT
It makes a positive difference in my life. I've reconnected with a number of childhood or young adulthood friends that I thought I might never "see" again, I enjoy sharing my photos and adventures, such as they are, and I just enjoy keeping up with my far-flung family, whom I love dearly, but don't see often. I tend to stay out of the drama, and scroll by those often-annoying political or business posts. It's worth it to discover the gems in there.
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Post by nepean on May 26, 2015 1:03:31 GMT
For me, Yes, facebook does add value to my life. We moved from Australia to the US 12 years ago, and we have zero family here. The main way I get to 'see' my nieces and nephews is via pictures their parents post on facebook. We do email for private conversations, but facebook is ket for day to day update. This is the primary reason I am even on facebook. I tend to just scroll on by any vaguebooking, political or other fluff stuff.
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Post by alittleintrepid on May 26, 2015 1:08:48 GMT
I could take it or leave it but I LOVE that I can easily keep up to date with international family and friends.
I posted on the other thread that 75% of what I see on Facebook is useless. Sometimes that's Pyramid scheme sales but other times it is people's dinner photos, candy crush scores, or articles (some of which have value...others, not so much). I also belong to several groups, and it's a bit like on any forum.... You pick and choose what is worth reading. I don't mind the irrelevant stuff. It only annoys me if people start inviting me to mlm parties in a pushy manner.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on May 26, 2015 1:11:55 GMT
nope, it didn't...
I liked it when I first joined, but found out it was mostly just a time-sucker for me, not anything useful. I went through a period of months where I didn't post anything or check anything on it at all, then I finally decided to delete my account altogether. I haven't missed it a bit.
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Post by Linda on May 26, 2015 1:21:27 GMT
I think so. My family is spread out - I'm in FL, my mum is in RI, one sister in VT and one in England - so it's an opportunity to easily share photos and day-to-day stuff with them. I'm hoping as my children move out of the nest, that it'll be a way to stay more in contact with them as well.
I've also gotten back in touch with cousins from England that I knew as a child but their side of the family weren't letter writers or email-ers...they are on FB though and that's been really nice. These are my first cousins and their children, grandchildren and now great grandchildren...I'm getting to watch my niece's sons grow up as well - they are also in England.
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Post by Shel on May 26, 2015 1:22:44 GMT
I've only been on a couple of years and I only got on to keep in touch with friends after a big move for my family. I know most of them and we would never keep in touch without FB. In that regard I love it. I love seeing what they are doing, hearing about their kids, etc. That being said I'm not on but a few minutes everyday and I ignore most of the posts from people and just stop on the ones I want. Most annoying are the videos or articles people post that may or may not have merit.,,..also the "what age are you" or "what super hero" are you or those kinds of stupid surveys? Or whatever they are. Lame.
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