breetheflea
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Post by breetheflea on May 26, 2015 13:51:17 GMT
I am related to a lot of phone-a-phobes and letter writing and emails are not going to happen so it helps me keep in touch. I don't friend people I didn't know in person at some point so my friends list is just under 100...but I like it that way. What annoys me is when I searched and searched for years for a friend, finally found her, and she disabled her account a few weeks later without telling me... now I don't have a way to contact her. Grrr.
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Post by peano on May 26, 2015 15:11:21 GMT
FB is a necessary evil IMO. I'm currently in an online collage class and communication for the class is in a private FB group, as are a couple of other groups I'm involved in. And I have NONE of the drama I constantly see peas posting about.
I'm a private person and I'm not interested in having people constantly knowing my whereabouts, thoughts and activities. I get embarrassed for people with their continual bragging on their children. I'm old school and would NEVER write condolences in a FB post. I keep up with family members the old fashioned way.
In most ways, I am progressive and it's important to me to keep current on popular culture, but the Facebook culture, that I see as part of a larger exhibitionist/look at me mindset violates many of the values I was raised with.
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SweetieBsMom
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Post by SweetieBsMom on May 26, 2015 15:46:20 GMT
Nope. Very rarely read or post.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 16:06:25 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. I'm in "rural" FL also (who isn't?? Maybe people in Miami??). My entire family is up north, in NY. I'm still trying to make my way back up there despite the extremely high cost of living. You get what you pay for!! We're isolated and missing out on every single family occasion, and it's sad. Sometimes they Skype us and place the iPad down during their parties so we are a part of it! LOL. For that, I'm grateful.......... (but that's Skype and not FB). I do like reading about my cousins' lives or my entire family. I suppose I'd delete it when I move back! BTW, how do you like FL? Have you adjusted? We're here for 4 years and still have not adjusted. We keep getting derailed but we're trying hard to move back up north. It just isn't for us down here. Everything is "10 min away" and meanwhile you have to go 40 min past huge, flat fields with cows and empty houses, etc... Too depressing for me here!! There's lots of places in FL that aren't rural that aren't Miami. I live in Clearwater. The whole Clearwater/St. Pete/Tampa area is far from rural. Then there is Orlando, Jacksonville, Gainsville, etc. Lots of bigger cities. I still love Florida and don't find it depressing at all.
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anniebygaslight
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Post by anniebygaslight on May 26, 2015 16:14:46 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! I never air anything deeply personal or join in political debates. I don't do religion so just scroll on by when someone posts one of those awful cloying scriptural images. Generally it is just one relative that does this. I love being in contact with old school friends. If it wasn't for Facebook, I'm sure we would have lost touch completely. Used wisely, it is a positive thing.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 16:18:57 GMT
I have friends that I only get to see once a year at a conference so I like having FB to "see them" throughout the year. I also have a HS friend that is currently in Japan so we keep up that way.
I quickly eliminate any body that stirs up drama either on FB or in real life. Just this morning I deleted someone that I actually work with. She has been a constant source of trouble at work and I decided that ending communication other that what HAS to be done for work is the only way that I can deal with her. Done. And it feels great!
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 16:54:24 GMT
I'm in "rural" FL also (who isn't?? Maybe people in Miami??). My entire family is up north, in NY. I'm still trying to make my way back up there despite the extremely high cost of living. You get what you pay for!! We're isolated and missing out on every single family occasion, and it's sad. Sometimes they Skype us and place the iPad down during their parties so we are a part of it! LOL. For that, I'm grateful.......... (but that's Skype and not FB). I do like reading about my cousins' lives or my entire family. I suppose I'd delete it when I move back! BTW, how do you like FL? Have you adjusted? We're here for 4 years and still have not adjusted. We keep getting derailed but we're trying hard to move back up north. It just isn't for us down here. Everything is "10 min away" and meanwhile you have to go 40 min past huge, flat fields with cows and empty houses, etc... Too depressing for me here!! There's lots of places in FL that aren't rural that aren't Miami. I live in Clearwater. The whole Clearwater/St. Pete/Tampa area is far from rural. Then there is Orlando, Jacksonville, Gainsville, etc. Lots of bigger cities. I still love Florida and don't find it depressing at all. Scrap: While I've never been to St. Pete, Jacksonville, or Gainsville, I have been to Clearwater and Tampa and both of those towns have areas where there are large farm areas or vacant buildings. To *me*, coming from NY, that seems rural. I've never seen such a thing in NY. If there are lands of vacant buildings, farm animals, etc., that is rural. I go to Tampa quite often and while most parts of it are busy and more city-like, it still has a rural feel to parts of it. Same thing with Orlando and Clearwater.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 16:59:52 GMT
There's lots of places in FL that aren't rural that aren't Miami. I live in Clearwater. The whole Clearwater/St. Pete/Tampa area is far from rural. Then there is Orlando, Jacksonville, Gainsville, etc. Lots of bigger cities. I still love Florida and don't find it depressing at all. Scrap: While I've never been to St. Pete, Jacksonville, or Gainsville, I have been to Clearwater and Tampa and both of those towns have areas where there are large farm areas or vacant buildings. To *me*, coming from NY, that seems rural. I've never seen such a thing in NY. If there are lands of vacant buildings, farm animals, etc., that is rural. I go to Tampa quite often and while most parts of it are busy and more city-like, it still has a rural feel to parts of it. Same thing with Orlando and Clearwater. And I lived in Chicago for years and don't see that at all. Vacant buildings don't mean rural. That is bizarre. And in Tampa or Clearwater there are no farms. Outside yes but not in the city. I know from your many posts you hate Florida but you really do misrepresent it.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 17:31:07 GMT
Tampa is pretty big, and, YES, I see some farm areas here. I'll take a pic next week when I go. There are many in Land O Lakes, Lutz, etc........ too. I don't mind vacant buildings, but when I see an old, vacant Service Merchandise store here (yup!! It's STILL here!!!), that saddens me. YES, I really don't think FL is for me, but people think of FL as all "sunshine and warmth" when they're missing the rest of it. I won't go on and on.....
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Post by Miss Lerins Momma on May 26, 2015 17:36:02 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
That's how I feel. I don't air my dirty laundry and I don't engage in feuds on FB. If I don't like something, I hide it (or delete the person), so I don't have to keep seeing it.
I enjoy FB. I like keeping up with what everyone is doing, especially people I don't get to see or talk to a lot. And they seem to enjoy my posts and pictures.
I think I spend too much time on it, but I'm trying to limit myself. I definitely noticed it this weekend when we were camping and didn't have a very good signal. It was so nice, not to be on my phone the whole time. FB doesn't depress me, so I doubt I'll turn it off. But I'm trying real hard to put my phone down more often so that I can enjoy what is going on around me.
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Post by leannec on May 26, 2015 17:49:08 GMT
I wouldn't say that it necessarily adds to my life but I enjoy it ... I post a funny ecard every morning that hopefully gives my FB friends a little laugh I like to share the odd photo and enjoy looking at others ... Could I live without it? Yes. Why would I though?
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Post by Jennifer C on May 26, 2015 17:58:48 GMT
Fb adds to my life because when I first started we were not stationed anywhere close to my family. Fb allowed me to easily share pictures with our family of our little family.
Now I keep up with my large extended family, some that are in Mexico and then others that are in 13 other states of the US. We have a family fb page.
My bf is right now in Colorado. She is a forensic accountant and travels extensively for her company. We talk daily through fb and only weekly on the phone.
Jennifer
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pudgygroundhog
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Post by pudgygroundhog on May 26, 2015 18:01:55 GMT
I love Facebook and would certainly feel a little lost without it. And I like having just enough of drama to keep it entertaining. Just like this place.
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Post by utmr on May 26, 2015 18:03:32 GMT
Yes, I like seeing everyone's pictures of their kids, funny cat pictures, day to day minutiae and so on. There's also a very real benefit to seeing people's lives in real time. At 2:30 this morning the storms woke me up. I couldn't sleep, so I flipped through facebook to learn that old friends, dear friends, had feet of water in their houses, some only blocks from my house. Otherwise I wouldn't have realized the seriousness until time to leave for work.
So, yes, I like Facebook.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 18:05:01 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 26, 2015 18:13:43 GMT
I love it because it is how I get caught up with my friends and family in Japan. Exdh and I used to communicate that way (I don't know his phone no. and he doesn't answer the phone anyway) so that was handy. I send him messages like "Email DS ok?" or " DS hasn't heard from you in a long time..." that sort of thing. I love talking to my cousins there. We used to hang out all the time and now I get caught up in their day to day lives.
Think it adds lots of value to my life, actually!
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Post by myshelly on May 26, 2015 18:14:20 GMT
I use FB for weather information.
I find that it is the fastest, most up to date, most detailed weather information available anywhere.
I will never get rid of it for that reason alone.
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