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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Just a quick note about Facebook.

Hi Again
I use to use Facebook a lot.
Tons.
If there was a new game (hehe) or app, I was using it.
Then the novelty wore off, and I had better things to do with my time.
I'll use it to check who is trying to get hold of me, make an event or check out some pictures, but generally I'll only log on 2 or 3 times a month lately, sometimes even less.
My fiancée hates this, she sits on her phone browsing status updates and liking things, then complaining because I haven’t replied to her cute wall post from a week ago.
I removed all Facebook notifications to email, and had my usage managed to what I want out of it.
Then I log into my Gmail, and noticed that Mr Zuckerburg has had a stroke.
Or something similar.
I found out that other people can add me to groups.
Not invite, fucking add.
Now suddenly, I get told that I am now a member of this random "Come check out this random inside joke that you had to be at this bar on this day to actually understand" group, and then 50 other updates telling me that Jeff Fucktard thinks it's funny in blue and Jenny Ballsack totally LOLZ when she….FUCK OFF!
So now there a new step in my Facebook routine.
It's now… reply to pokes, delete 90% or new messages, read the other 10%, dismiss all "Come mix a new drink in COCKTAIL WARS" requests, write something cute on my fiancée's wall, and now I have to also leave groups I didn’t even join.
Where is the "don’t let other people assume I'm interested in their group and add me without asking first" button?
I watch the "Social Network" movie, and I was told that the original idea around Facebook was exclusivity. You have to accept friend requests. You can make your profile private. Other stuff like that too.
Now I have to leave groups I didn’t join, I have friends messaging me to come to this gig that they helped organise the paper plates for, 50000 Farmville "give me a bunny" requests.
I think Facebook has lost the plot.
And I think I'm going to have to start de-friending people who join me to groups, or message or wallpost me about marketing crap.
I'm just glad I barely use the thing, cos then I'd probably get really annoyed.

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