I must be the only person left on the planet that has never bothered to use it. Too intrusive. I value my privacy. I don't want to see my picture or information sitting on a website for the world to see. I've read that being a part of Facebook is expected. That even employers look there for information on prospective employees and won't hire you unless you have a facebook account. So far I've gotten jobs without having a Facebook account. Hopefully, by the time it really becomes an issue I will be fully retired.

I have no plans to ever use Facebook.

I joined FB, I put pictures on about me, Morey and my children and I followed other family members and friends.....And, then IT happened.....I saw a picture of someone who is wicked [I don't mean just a bit unsavory......I mean PURE, UNADULTERATED WICKEDNESS- as she was sharing her happy, PRETENSE of a life and it made me crazy!

It was a bit like watching a multi-car, bloody wreck. You know how you don't want to see the gore and guts but you can't stop looking!!!! There I was watching her "no-neck monsters" and their phony, pretenses of lives and her sharing her diamonds and furs and "look at me" world....I'm a star life.....OMG, someone stop me or I will go on and on!!!

We ALL know someone in our lives who lays their bombs and leaves their shrapnel for everyone else to be injured by.

I know we've all seen these people who think that their excrement doesn't stink and that they've been given permission to mess with our emotions anytime they darn well please.

Well, I'm putting a moratorium on these folks......they don't get ONE NANO-SECOND of my time!!!!

Facebook is so FULL of them!!!!

OK, I'm done,
Roz

I like Facebook. I have a friend who moved to Holland, three in Norway, one in Germany, three in England, four in Canada, one in Oregon, three in Boston, one in California, two in Arizona, three in Minnesota, three in New York, three in Missouri, two in Iowa, and MANY who live in Mexico ... how else would I easily keep in touch with these people?

I post one picture of my grandson, and they all see it ... easy peasy!

If I find someone is annoying or disrespectful or mean I can hit that "unfriend" button, and they're gone in a flash. Or if you don't want to explain why you unfriended someone, just hide them, and you won't have to see their posts anymore.

I love being able to keep in touch with people all over the globe, see their pictures, and chat privately while online. I got a lot of support from my Facebook friends while my husband was sick, and after he passed.
If you're not happy with that form of social media, you can delete your account.

npc, you are a rational and mature adult and I thank you for sharing your thoughts in regard to FB.

As for me, no thank you to FB. I, too, have friends all over the world and when we want to see pictures of each other or our children we share photos via email. We communicate via email or by phone and only with the intentions of caring for and loving each other with common courtesy and respect.

The tone and tenor that is used on FB far diminishes it's good intentions in my world! And, although I think of myself as a forward thinker, I find some of the language and pictures on FB to be disgusting at best and horrible at worst!

Roz

Third comment here . . I'm w/ ya Roz; but hey, "live and let live". I said it already, choose your poison wisely. If it works for the rest, so be it . . just don't include me with the masses that flock to this social network site. Pure fake book bologna. As if we don't have enough on our plate with "grief"?? REALLY???

Wow. People feel strongly about this! I have a facebook account, don't post much on it, use it mainly to show my mother pictures of her great grandchildren. Yep, its a brag sheet for some people, but that doesn't bother me that much. Take it or leave it, really don't care that much about it. People are seldom truly honest with the public persona that they present to the world, its human nature. I choose not to post because I really don't want people to know what is going on in my life through social media. They can pick up the phone, come visit me, write me a letter, send a passenger pigeon if they are truly concerned and care.