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?
