Is It Time to Drop Facebook?
I don’t try to jump on every Web 2.0 fad networking opportunity that comes along, but several of my blog buddies were getting into Facebook last year, and I just had to give it a try. I had already tried the MySpace thing, and had gotten a few laughs out of it, but Facebook seemed, well, more in tune with my demographic. So I signed up and got into the act. It didn’t take long to get some friends aboard and connect with a few groups and check out a few causes along the way. I have to admit, I have spent more than my share of time seeing how much I’m “like” somebody else, or comparing movie tastes with other people that have seen the same flicks as I have. Apparently, Scott and I enjoy the same movies. John, and I, not as much. Ironically, I’ve seen a lot more movies with John than I have Scott, and we seem to have roughly the same opinions of the ones that we see together. (BTW, Scott, if you’re ever in Oregon and want to catch a flick, look me up.)
So, I seem to get quite a bit more out of Twitter than I do Facebook, so I’m wondering if now is the time to streamline my web presence a little and just stick with Twitter and this blog. Still, though, I have a few reasons to at least keep my profile:
- I can keep up with a few family members. In fact, there are three generations of us on Facebook right now. If I could get my 90-year-old grandmother to sign up, we could make it four.
- I have an upcoming NFL draftee as a Facebook friend.
- Ditto a guitarist for a Grammy-award winning band as a Facebook friend (although he’s on Twitter, also).
So maybe those are enough reasons to keep the lights on at my Facebook account. I’m just wondering about my investment-to-return ratio with the thing.
How about you?
April 7th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Rick - I’m with you. I don’t find myself checking Facebook as often as I was. As a matter of fact I’m getting pretty annoyed with all the game requests and silly app invites. I keep ignoring some but my friends keep sending them to me.
I decided to keep it and may streamline that to a simplified profile without all the bells and whistles. I’ve been able to connect with old high school friends thru Facebook along with creating a Grace Church group that now has almost 100 people in it. It’s just one more way for communcating what’s up at the church along with creating a community opportunity.
Later!
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April 7th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
I’m like you. I really don’t get a lot out of Facebook at all - but pop in every now and again to see if perhaps something’s changed and I’ll be reinvigorated.
However, a few of my colleagues’ adult children, who live interstate or oversees, use Facebook, and so they use it to communicate and catch up with their children using Facebook.
Perhaps that’s where the ‘gem’ really is - communicating with distance family and friends.
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April 7th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
i often think of ways to streamline my online presence… i just dont think facebook is it. i really like it, still, as just a way to connect with friends and family.
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