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I am Ashamed to Admit This But...

I joined Facebook. I held out as long as I could but my curiosity got the better of me. I did Friendster, MySpace, Multiplicity and now I am a member of Facebook and I ashamed to admit, I am addicted to it. It seems that everybody is on Facebook. I mean everywhere you turn someone you met at some point in your life asks to be your friend. And you can't say no because it's like being in Vegas and when you start to see the chips come in (aka friend requests) you can't help but accept. It's like some glorified baseball collecting system to see who you can get on your side. Which friend is the most valuable player (aka the one with the most friends). I checked out one of my friends and he has almost 900 friends! Now that is a lot. I am not sure I know 900 people but I guess when you start adding waiters who served you in restaurants the friends really start to rack up. Today I had two people from high school request to be my friends. I wish I was that popular when I was in high school. hehehe.

I am sure some other site will come out soon and take away the popularity of FaceBook. I resisted because I wasn't sure I wanted people to know stuff about me. I mean anyone can just log on and see your drunken photos or discover you still watch soaps. But once you join you just can't help yourself, you keep adding more and more information about yourself. I suddenly find myself filling out questionaires and answering stupid questions like what my favorite TV show is. Does anyone care? Probably not but it takes up time I guess. I joined the Fringe group and the Vernors (that would be a soda made in Michigan) Group. I am not sure what those groups do but I felt like my page needed some groups so I can feel like I belong.

I just accepted friendship from a kid I grew up with. Looked at his profile and boy it sure seems like he is getting all over the world and did I mention he graduated from Harvard recently? Yep, you sure can have hours of fun checking back in on people you might not have seen in a while. For now it seems like a good thing. Well, got to go and check my friend requests. I wonder if I will ever get to 900? Do you get prizes for being cool? That should be the next site.

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Unknown said…
I actually am glad you are on Facebook because I stopped using Myspace.
October 22, 2008 at 2:17 AM
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