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AlfTheGreat wrote: But there is a difference between loving it and talking about it ALL THE TIME.
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JJB has a reading comprehension problem sometimes. I never said there was anything wrong with adults using Facebook, but when you're not speaking to someone for days because the person didn't look at your new note/photos/whatever, or when its your PRIMARY form of communication to your employees and you think thats appropriate, you have a problem.
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mshinda wrote: Here's the deal: for "the youth" it's no biggie. But you have to understand the difference in lifestyle between a younger and an older person. When you're say, high school or college aged, or even just post-college, you're surrounded by your friends and peers all the time. You're constantly texting, IM'ing, socializing, SEEING them and whatever elsing.
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tooshbaby wrote: Time had a great article on this: Why Facebook is for Old Fogies. It gives the top ten reasons why old people are on Facebook.
1. Facebook is about finding people you've lost track of. And, son, we've lost track of more people than you've ever met. Remember who you went to prom with junior year? See, we don't. We've gone through multiple schools, jobs and marriages. Each one of those came with a complete cast of characters, most of whom we have forgotten existed. But Facebook never forgets.
2. We're no longer bitter about high school. You're probably still hung up on any number of petty slights, but when that person who used to call us that thing we're not going to mention here, because it really stuck, asks us to be friends on Facebook, we happily friend that person. Because we're all grown up now. We're bigger than that. Or some of us are, anyway. We're in therapy, and it's going really well. These are just broad generalizations. Next reason.
3. We never get drunk at parties and get photographed holding beer bottles in suggestive positions. We wish we still did that. But we don't.
4. Facebook isn't just a social network; it's a business network. And unlike, say, college students, we actually have jobs. What's the point of networking with people who can't hire you? Not that we'd want to work with anyone your age anyway. Given the recession - and the amount of time we spend on Facebook - a bunch of hungry, motivated young guns is the last thing we need around here.
5. We're lazy. We have jobs and children and houses and substance-abuse problems to deal with. At our age, we don't want to do anything. What we want is to hear about other people doing things and then judge them for it. Which is what news feeds are for.
6. We're old enough that pictures from grade school or summer camp look nothing like us. These days, the only way to identify us is with Facebook tags. (See pictures of a diverse group of American teens.)
7. We have children. There is very little that old people enjoy more than forcing others to pay attention to pictures of their children. Facebook is the most efficient engine ever devised for this.
8. We're too old to remember e-mail addresses. You have to understand: we have spent decades drinking diet soda out of aluminum cans. That stuff catches up with you. We can't remember friends' e-mail addresses. We can barely remember their names.
9. We don't understand Twitter. Literally. It makes no sense to us.
10. We're not cool, and we don't care. There was a time when it was cool to be on Facebook. That time has passed. Facebook now has 150 million members, and its fastest-growing demographic is 30 and up. At this point, it's way cooler not to be on Facebook. We've ruined it for good, just like we ruined Twilight and skateboarding. So git! And while you're at it, you damn kids better get off our lawn too.
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AlfTheGreat wrote: Lesson to the elder: Don't ever say "you'll see when you get older" if you want young people to respect anything you have to say. That does not make you sound wise, nor does it make anyone want to take your advice. It just makes you sound snotty. JJB has a reading comprehension problem sometimes. I never said there was anything wrong with adults using Facebook, but when you're not speaking to someone for days because the person didn't look at your new note/photos/whatever, or when its your PRIMARY form of communication to your employees and you think thats appropriate, you have a problem.
mshinda-- for all the fun you're having re-connecting, do you ever find someone that you're glad is out of your life and you are afraid will try to reconnect through FB? And do you worry about what to do if he/she does?
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