A couple of people I know are on facebook and keep exhorting me to go on it.
The few times I've looked at it it seems very mundane - comments like 'I've just had a lovely scented bath' or 'been shopping - bought some donuts'.
Should I allow myself to be dragged into it's orbit of banality? Does it get better once you join? Will it be worth having my private details passed on to 100,000 vendors just to get back in touch which some c**t I last spoke to in 1987?
With your happy-go-lucky nature Godot how could you not? By the way I've just had a lovely scented...
Quote: Godot Taxis @ December 2 2010, 1:54 PM GMTit seems very mundane - comments like 'I've just had a lovely scented bath' or 'been shopping - bought some donuts'.
Should I allow myself to be dragged into it's orbit of banality? Does it get better once you join?
Why not try a few posts on the 'Status Report' thread?
That'll be an excellent indicator.
Quote: Godot Taxis @ December 2 2010, 1:54 PM GMTThe few times I've looked at it it seems very mundane - comments like 'I've just had a lovely scented bath' or 'been shopping - bought some donuts'.
My current status is 'Eat my chair you filthy nose'. I'm a friendly sort 
I vote for you to join up Mr Taxis
Mine is "Yes, I steal dogs."
Should I allow myself to be dragged into it's orbit of banality?
Join Twitter instead.
It's one of only 2 places where you can interact with people like Sarah Cawood and Dani Behr.
The other place being the job centre, of course.
Keep personal details to a minimum, don't play any stupid games. Don't talk to anyone or have any fun on it and you should be good to go.
I only have one to keep in touch with the family back home and elsewhere around the country. Because I wouldn't phone them and have a conversation or anything, so just seeing their latest photos or Status updates is much quicker and less annoying.
I go on there to look and sometimes chat but don't get involved in all the Farmville and other crap.
Can't be arsed with Twitter though.
You can play Scrabble on there though!
I'm on there so it must be good
Facebook is only as good as the people on it. In that respect, it's exactly the same as people themselves.
There's no really good reason to join. I have, I never really use it for anything.
I waste much more time on BCG than on Facebook
and no where near enough here
Facebook is the worlds largest ant farm, or as they call it in the trade: legal stalking.
I tweet more myself... mostly because the random brain farts make a very bewildering script. Which reminds me...
Just noticed the irony of my post, laden with my shameless promoting in my sig...
I'm like Bono saying how bad it is being poor and starving... while eating a KFC with a £5 note.
Facebook? Is it for people who can't install MSN Messenger?