A new addiction
Ok, I don’t know how or why it happened, but the family seems to be suffering from a new addiction. Yes folks, we have been sucked into Facebook.
Now, The Boy has had Facebook for a very long time now. It’s really just me and The Hubby that have recently gotten exposed and infected.
Within the past month, I have gained 17 friends. These are ACTUAL people that I know. It started with one of my cousins, then an aunt, then some old friends and has snowballed from there. The Hubby has a bigger addiction than me – he has uploaded the mobile feature and now can post from his Blackberry!
I’ve posted a few photo albums up there, old family pictures and stuff from trips; I posted a video of The Boy getting his brown belt. It’s like “blogging lite” – you get to tell people in your world about your day and there is feedback on it (sometimes instantly and sometimes not). It doesn’t require lengthy posts – it is actually a better format for quick, off the cuff comments.
The only drawback is the Friends feature. Generally, you need to be a friend to see someone’s profile, pictures and postings. There are plenty of people out there I’d like to catch up with, but not enough to say they are a FRIEND. Say, for instance, there are some people you went to grammar school with, but have lost touch with. You’d like to pop in, say hi, see some of their life, share a bit of yours… but do you really want to know everytime they change their status? Or post a new picture? I guess there used to be an Acquaintance feature, but according to The Boy, that feature is gone with the new updates they put in place a short while ago.
So I guess I will have to continue to struggle with who is my friend and who is not. Man, I thought that crap was over and done with!!