Comments on: Are Your Facebook Friends Really Your Friends ?

By: Rick @ SIP Phone Service

Rick @ SIP Phone Service — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:50:21 +0000

If Facebook and similar sites are designed to help to enrich the online social connection then it’s really being diluted by the fact some people are obsessed with quantity and not quality. There may be a dangerous precipice that Facebook could risk plunging from over saturation: for the most part hype of novelty drives people on social networks, but people will tire and the overload can evolve into mundane. When people then discover there is no “there” there. There is a telling episode of “The Simpsons” where some of Springfield’s kids are asked to participate in a survey group about the “Itchy & Scratchy” cartoon. When the president of the cartoon company rails against the kids because of indecisive answers, Lisa chimes up and says “Um, excuse me, sir. The thing is, there’s not really anything wrong with the Itchy & Scratchy Show. It’s as good as ever. But after so many years, the characters just can’t have the same impact they once had.”

By: Matt @ Selling Gold Scrap

Matt @ Selling Gold Scrap — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:40:52 +0000

I used to add facebook friends for the heck of it. Now I go through my “friends” list and remove the people who aren’t friends and the like.

By: Todd

Todd — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:21:10 +0000

Hi Sheryl,

I’m kind of in agreement with you as far as the business thing goes … there is probably a way to use FB effectively, but to be honest I just don’t have the time to try to figure it out right now. For the time being, logging on every couple of days to see what my kids are up to in NC makes it a useful enough tool for me.

Todd

By: Sheryl Loch @Life as a WAHM

Sheryl Loch @Life as a WAHM — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:40:32 +0000

I feel so much better now knowing that I am not the only one that has not gone to the ‘I must have millions of “friends” to make me look special’. LOL!

FaceBook in itself is a pain little alone if you have tons of people sending you invites to groups of no interest. Umm, I a white female in the US & do not think you really would want me in your ‘Black Men of the Ukraine’ group, so why send it to me?

Maybe I am going about FB all wrong but, it just has not been worth my time for business. There are to many other places to do that.

I also have no urge to see people I went to school with 20+ years ago & that is what FB was to be about.

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By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:01:27 +0000

Hi Jennifer,

“how do I get passed that?” … talking about business stuff … to be honest, I have a facebook account, and I have both friends and acquaintances on there … but I really don’t use it to it’s full potential for either staying in touch with friends, or for business. Although, I would tend to suspect that as a tool, it’s better for the former as opposed to the later.

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:57:02 +0000

lol Grog, that last sentence is just too true. It’s kind of a sad reflection of today’s society that some people can have thousands of “friends” on the computer, but couldn’t even tell you the name of the couple who lives 2 or 3 houses down the street.

By: jennifer@localadlink

jennifer@localadlink — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:08:39 +0000

I recently started up a facebook account and was so happy to run into all my high school friends that I haven't seen in 20 years. Now, I can't bare the thought of talking about business stuff. How do you get passed that?jennifer’s last blog post..Compensation Plan for LocalAdLink 2-23-2009

By: Mike Gomez

Mike Gomez — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:16:46 +0000

I used to add as many friends as possible even if I don't know them. Now I have already removed most I am not acquainted with and will only now accept people who I actually know.Mike Gomez’s last blog post..Free Online Lottery

By: south florida wedding band

south florida wedding band — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:14:35 +0000

Nice question. Some people are just in fact competing each other to win many friends. Either knowing them or not. What’s the sense of the word friends if you don’t know personally who your friends are. This somewhat to ponder.

By: Grog

Grog — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:49:07 +0000

That's an amazing point you make. It seems as though people have contests to see just how many friends they can have on their Myspace or Facebook page. Maybe the word they should have used was "Acquaintances". Anyone who tells you they have thousands of friends is someone who doesn't have any close ones.Grog’s last blog post..What Is Dengue Fever?