<p>Don't you guys think Facebook is growing increasingly sketchier as it is becoming more and more popular worldwide? I mean I get like 5 requests every week from people from Singapore and London whom I ahve NEVER seen. I also get requests from companies who use FB to market their commercial products. i hate it!</p>
<p>It was NOT like this before....I mean, back in the days, it used to be this thing only between Ivy League college students. It was cool, because it wasn't creepy like MYSPACE which frequently made to the news for having middle-aged sex predators hitting on innocent teenage girls. Nowadays (aside from the tagging photos stuff/applications) those two are becoming strikingly similar. As Facebook's appeal reaches a wider audience, its users are no more some cool college students, but like your friend's 55-yr-old daddy or your professor or your boss or a bored, lonely stranger looking for "networking." You don't even like have to have a network anymore!!</p>
<p>I don’t see what the big deal is. See, you can set your profile to private. That way no one can see your pics or info but your friends. you can even set your profile so no one can search you at all! Facebook has a lot more choices than myspace, you can choose if you want to be searchable and how much you want them to see. you can also block certain users from reading your wall or looking at photos and stuff. </p>
<p>I’m glad it’s not just college kids anymore. then I would have to delete it after I graduate, and it would be harder to keep in touch with college friends who live around the country and world.</p>
<p>Facebook is much classier than myspace, so if there are any stalkers then they are classy stalkers with as much self-respect as it’s possible for a stalker to have.</p>
<p>So far, for me, these is nothing wrong with Facebook because the privacy settings are just wonderful, you can always control what part of information to be seen by certain people, I think it’s very personal.</p>
<p>Lol, I find it so creepy when old people have a facebook. I guess I’m fortunate not to get requests from random people halfway across the world and I also have my profile on private so I don’t really have to worry much.</p>
<p>I’d stay away from any networking site if I were you. They do nothing but good even if your friends lists contain only people you know in person. There is too much drama and hype following something so pointless. If you want people to communicate with you, why not use email? Or go over to their house.</p>
<p>Not to mention online networking causes procrastination.</p>
What drama? What hype? Some of you people act like Facebook is evil or something - it’s just a freaking social networking site! I use it to post pics, write on people’s walls, and see what my friends are up to. Email isn’t as good, it’s basically like letter-writing only faster.
I guess you went to college with all of your hometown friends - but most people don’t. My friends are scattered all over the country, I can’t go over to their house after school like when we were kids. It’s a great way to keep in touch with hometown friends and aquaintances.
So does College Confidential i find it interesting you’re against talking to people you know online, but you have no problem with spending time talking to strangers on CC.</p>
<p>I don’t want my friends knowing what I’m talking to with other friends, I’m sorry but I don’t feel comfortable having strangers read my personal conversations. Sure, you could private message them, but that would be more along the lines of email. </p>
<p>Most of my friends live in the area because I prefer to have people that I can actually interact with. I don’t enjoy talking to people that live across the country because there is no point. What joy is there talking to someone that is 2,000 miles away? You can’t go out and have fun with them, at least not continually. If you have someone that you’re close to back home then go visit them in person once in a few months. Plane tickets are cheap. Having dozens of friends scattered around the country is pretty pointless.</p>
<p>I have 52 posts since DECEMBER. That’s less then one post a day. Besides, I use this site for informational purposes, not to waste time getting to know any of you.</p>
<p>…am i the only one who still really hates the new facebook?
the old one was FYNE, then they go & try to fix what ain’t broke. so now i hate it :(</p>
So after high school you basically dumped all your old friends since they’re pointless now? I have friends in college I hang out with, but my closest friends are the ones I’ve known since I was like 5 years old, and none of us go to college together…so naturally I call them, email them, talk to them on facebook, video-chat, etc…i’m sorry you feel having friends you can’t see everyday is pointless. After college, all of your college friends will be all over the country, unless you all happen to come from the same town - i guess you’ll dump them as well?</p>
<p>I only know one person in high school that I still communicate with and I do visit that person, call them, and email there. There is no point to getting a facebook account to keep in touch when I can text them regardless of where I am. Besides, I don’t use the computer too often for social networking to be practical.</p>
<p>Friends come and go. I can understand having a few close friends but more then five is quite ridiculous. I’m a lot different then most people in the way that I don’t consider friends crucial to my life. I move regularly so it’s hard for me to keep in touch with someone long distance. Besides that person has to be extremely close to me, which is rare. I just use friends for mutual entertainment. Because my view of friendship is so askew, I don’t really understand others having multiple connections across the country.</p>
<p>there’s a reason why the term “facebook-stalk” exists in most college students’ vocabularies now. But if there are people you don’t care to have seeing your stuff, don’t add them as friends. If weirdos are trying to friend you, set your profile to private where they can’t find you.
Personally, I love facebook! it’s a great way to keep in touch with people I went to hs with, people I had classes with a few years ago, my cousins and half-siblings who live in other states… my mom’s got facebook now and at first I was wary but now I think it’s actually a good thing because ever since she really figured out how to use it to send messages she like, never calls me anymore, which is awesome! (trust me, she used to call at least twice a day, it gets old fast) Plus I checked over my profile just to be sure there wasn’t anything I didn’t want her to see, but I didn’t have to take anything off, so I think I’m good for the world now (if I’ll let my mom can see it, anyone can see it).</p>
i find it interesting you’re against talking to people you know online, but you have no problem with spending time talking to strangers on CC.</p>