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In the last week I've bumped into three people I knew in high school (Class of 98).

These were friendly acquaintances, the sort of people you smile at, pleasantly exchange a handful of biographical info (you married who? you had a kid? you moved away and are now back?), say farewell and mention to your pals "I bumped into such-and-such yesterday."

"Facebook" has ruined these meetings.

I don't use Facebook much. I have an account I check maybe monthly, with two pictures of me. My wife does it a bit moree, with a picture of our baby as her picture.

Now, I bump into these people, and via Facebook they already know the simple biographical info we might exchange (and I assume they think I know theirs). Consequently we have nothing to say. If I had anything of more depth I wanted to tell them we'd be actual friends. 

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Feck it. Facebook is for obligatory friends, ie people-who-I-haven't-spoken-to-in-years-and-they-have-made-no-effort-to-change-that or classmates, and people who want my homework. Nobody found out I deleted my facebook until they wanted a history vocab list. I'm glad I broke the addiction.

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My cousin tracks down his school friends but not because he wants to talk to them.  "To me, it's like collecting baseball cards - I just want to see if I can get the whole set!"

My outlook on life - we’re all on the Hindenburg anyway…no point fighting over the window seat.

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Ziz said:

My cousin tracks down his school friends but not because he wants to talk to them.  "To me, it's like collecting baseball cards - I just want to see if I can get the whole set!"

I did that once...but I it cost a fortune to feed them...so I had to dispose of them.

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Oh wait, we were talking about Facebook...lol....nvm.

 

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I hate facebook. It is an evil destroyer of social interactions. When our every mundane activity is recorded in facebook, what is the point in calling up a friend or going to get coffee together to "catch up"? There isn't any point. Facebook has destroyed this. Just think, all the time people spend on facebook, they could actually be hanging out with an interacting with their friends face to face. Facebooks is truly an invention of evil...

Well, now I am off to post more song lyrics on my facebook wall.

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I have an account and use it to keep in touch with some friends who are literally all over the world. Local people I can call in the same time zone or go visit? - seldom. In fact, I had 7 friends for however long I've been using it and I checked in once a month or so.

Recently, however, a board I've been part of for about 7 years announced they'll be shutting down, so we decided to use FaceBook to keep in touch and created a group. It's been strange having to get accustomed to using real names. Imagine that - actual names.

To me, that's where FaceBook has been a good thing. It's made it easier for us to all keep in touch. It's easier through Facebook to have relationships that go beyond the activity of a forum. Many of the members call each other, and a large number of them who live fairly close to each other meet up for concerts or weekends.

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Anchorhead said:

Recently, however, a board I've been part of for about 7 years announced they'll be shutting down, so we decided to use FaceBook to keep in touch and created a group. It's been strange having to get accustomed to using real names. Imagine that - actual names.

 Wait... are you trying to say that Anchor Head isn't your real name? No wonder I couldn't find you in the phonebook!

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TheBoost said:

 Wait... are you trying to say that Anchor Head isn't your real name? No wonder I couldn't find you in the phonebook!

I can't find "Boost, The" in the phonebook either!

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TheBoost said:

 Wait... are you trying to say that Anchor Head isn't your real name? No wonder I couldn't find you in the phonebook!

I can't find "Boost, The" in the phonebook either!

 TheBoost is one word. I'm like "Cher"

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Cher is one word?

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TheBoost said:

I'm like "Cher"

 

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I said that about Cellphones about 6 years ago. Cellphones turned people into douchebags. Little kids walking around with their fancy cellphones like little unsocial assholes.

When I was a kid, Cellphones were huge. Those things were only used by rich business people.

Facebook is boring, but I do have a page. Myspace is garbage and I will never EVER use Twitter.

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