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January 24, 2008
Explain, please.
Will somebody please explain Facebook to me? I have an account on both MySpace and Facebook, but I have to be honest, I don't do anything on Facebook because it confuses me. Finding people is difficult unless they live in your network. And let's be honest, if the people I was looking for lived in my region I wouldn't need the computer to connect with them. There's this constant feed on my home page called "News" but all it does is tell me that other people are adding friends left and right. Now why do I need to know that? Especially when I only have two friends and one of them is Sheri Lynch from the morning radio show I listen to. Just to be clear, she and I aren't actually friends.
Now, maybe the problem is that I'm just beyond the age where this is supposed to make sense. I did grow up in a world with computers, but not with the internet...I was well into my 20s before internet access became widespread. And as much as I enjoy using the internet to find information, I am not a person who enjoys just aimlessly surfing the web. But then how can it be explained that I totally understand MySpace? I log on, I get the info I need, I have a few friends, I read other people's posts, I even made my profile page pretty....I have no idea how to find anything on Facebook.
This post is not intended to slam Facebook. I'm just perplexed about how I can understand so little about something that so many other people seem to enjoy. Maybe someone can help me out here...
Megan
Posted by Jon at January 24, 2008 09:24 PM