Tell meâ€¦ what are your reasons for using FaceBook...?

Dee · 28-04-2008, 09:59

As title!

Some people I know have only lived in one place their entire lives, normally their birthplace. Girls I work with for example, have lived in Ashby since they were born, have no friends outside the Ashby area, and only use FB to write on each others walls and fling poo. (thatâ€™s one application even I just donâ€™t get). Makes you wonder why they bother, why not just email/text each other?

I on the other hand, have a genuine reason. Having lived abroad when I was younger, I lost touch with a lot of friends, moving back to the UK at the age of 9, you donâ€™t seem to realise what's just happened, and that these people youâ€™ve been friends with all your life, may just never be a part of your life again. Years down the line you wonder, I wonder what they are doing now? And would you believe it, they are ALL on FaceBook now. Ok I hold my hands up, I write on peoples walls, sometimes the people I work with, and they are only downstairs, but I've found FB to be better than Friends Reunited for finding long lost buds.

Some of the girls will sympathise here, people we went to school with, who never spoke to us, have tried adding us as friends. Why? Why after all these years do they feel compelled to make the effort? Our inner cynic suggests they donâ€™t want to catch up and see how you are doing now, they just want to get their friends list numbers up. Is that right? Well, block block block.

Its also a good place to post photos from the weekends shenanigans, and get people to comment on how rough you look. Its good for reminding me when peoples birthdays are as well. And it gets me out of work for hours at a time

So tell me, why do you use FB?

28-04-2008, 09:59	#1
Dee Combat Spanker Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,292	Tell meâ€¦ what are your reasons for using FaceBook...? As title! Some people I know have only lived in one place their entire lives, normally their birthplace. Girls I work with for example, have lived in Ashby since they were born, have no friends outside the Ashby area, and only use FB to write on each others walls and fling poo. (thatâ€™s one application even I just donâ€™t get). Makes you wonder why they bother, why not just email/text each other? I on the other hand, have a genuine reason. Having lived abroad when I was younger, I lost touch with a lot of friends, moving back to the UK at the age of 9, you donâ€™t seem to realise what's just happened, and that these people youâ€™ve been friends with all your life, may just never be a part of your life again. Years down the line you wonder, I wonder what they are doing now? And would you believe it, they are ALL on FaceBook now. Ok I hold my hands up, I write on peoples walls, sometimes the people I work with, and they are only downstairs, but I've found FB to be better than Friends Reunited for finding long lost buds. Some of the girls will sympathise here, people we went to school with, who never spoke to us, have tried adding us as friends. Why? Why after all these years do they feel compelled to make the effort? Our inner cynic suggests they donâ€™t want to catch up and see how you are doing now, they just want to get their friends list numbers up. Is that right? Well, block block block. Its also a good place to post photos from the weekends shenanigans, and get people to comment on how rough you look. Its good for reminding me when peoples birthdays are as well. And it gets me out of work for hours at a time So tell me, why do you use FB?