<p>Leo-sorry you don’t like the way the world is going. Yes I send Christmas cards and thank you cards and all that stuff. I’ve never sent an e-card in my life. Do I like handwriting? Not as much as typing simply because typing is much faster. It’s not a matter of hassle, just how much I can get done in a specific amount of time. I’m not shallow, I’m efficient.
Mark my words though, email won’t be common in 20 years. Here are some stats for you:
Fb has 500 million members
50% of fb’s users log on in any given day.
Fb adds 70,000 users per day.
10,000 websites add a fb button every day.</p>
<p>So yeah, it’s growing fast. If you don’t like it, prepare to be left behind.</p>
<p>Well, I’ll be left behind (you’re being very melodramatic). left behind in what aspect may I ask? If someone can’t contact me, I don’t care.</p>
<p>Fb has 500 million members (I think only about 30% are American)
50% of fb’s users log on in any given day. (so?)
Fb adds 70,000 users per day. (so?)
10,000 websites add a fb button every day. (so?)</p>
<p>30% are American- world is getting rapidly smaller, increased need for communication tools like facebook
50% log on per day- it’s not like a bunch of people just signed up and never went back. 250 million people log onto facebook every day. That’s a lot.
70,000 new users per day- it’s still growing very fast
10,000 fb buttons on sites every day- it’s integrating itself into all aspects of online life.</p>
<p>If you feel that you don’t need to communicate with anyone, then go you. I just don’t want to live like that.</p>
<p>Eziamm, no one thinks you’re crazy. All I’m saying that you need to reassess your comments. You throw the “you’ll regret it! Don’t quit” but joining is not a problem. If Facebook ever comes to a point where “you need it in life”, then it’s not so hard to go to Facebook and register. It’s simple as that. I just think you’re being dramatic with the comments and stats you throw around.</p>
<p>At the moment, I don’t need Facebook to keep in contact with friends and family and I don’t need Facebook for Wall Street, so therefore, I don’t feel the need to get (or in my case stay on) Facebook. Simple as.</p>
<p>Leo-Not many, I don’t know anyone with two or why you would want/need two accounts. 7% of the world, but most of the world doesn’t have internet access or aren’t old enough to be on facebook. It’s probably a much higher percentage of people that have access to it.
The reason I say don’t totally delete it is because it takes awhile to rebuild what you already have on fb. Why not just deactivate and be able to get it all back if you want?</p>
<p>What is there to rebuild? Tagged photos? Filling in information takes 5 minutes maximum (depending on if you write down a life story for the “About Me” section).</p>
<p>Well for one I have over 600 friends, that would take a while. Plus any uploaded photos would be gone. And tagging would take forever. Better just to deactivate.</p>
<p>Well I’m pretty sure you’ve heard the “You don’t really have 600 friends” argument, so I’m not going to go there.</p>
<p>Point is, taking away peer pressure, Facebook isn’t for everyone. Just like taking away peer pressure, college isn’t for everyone, Facebook is the same. </p>
<p>I don’t think this is going anywhere. I’ll keep my Facebook deleted, and if “I find out the hard way” than so be it. </p>
<p>Exactly. I was waiting for you to say “but they don’t count.” In fact, there are people without electricity. I’ve been right with them… it’s not hard to exist with all the high-tech gadgets like electricity and oscillioscopes… It’s natural to exist that way… the hard thing is if all you get to eat is a cup of rice a day, and you have 0 chance of ever going to college or being anything other than a farmer. I’m not pushing any political or social agenda, but I’m asking to think about how ridiculous and spoiled your argement is in “the big picture.”</p>
<p>I’ve seen people with ove 3000 friends. I used to have hundereds of
pic and videos… but I deleted them. no one cares
about anybody’s picture for moe than 10 seconds.</p>
<p>@sadcollegestud. I don’t think FB has an “about me” page. I think all you can to is enter your employer/ school/ age.</p>
<p>I noticed one trend in this thread is that people who are bashing Facebook are giving off vibes of being loners/antisocial/partly nerds at least.</p>
<p>Just use it, stop being a sour face and debating about it. It’s a lot easier to keep up with friends from a long time, and frankly just be strict about who you friend - if you don’t know someone, just reject their friend request or don’t add them. (If you are worried about “offending” them…then wow).</p>
<p>It’s very useful. Just ask all the businesses who are devoting countless staff and money into social networking promotion and Facebook’s huge estimated valuation. These are people way more experienced and doing things way more important than any of us are, and they spend invest tons of time, money, people and energy into Facebook. Pretty much every legitimate business, big and small, now has a presence on Facebook. Except for those who simply don’t want to embrace new technology (same people who don’t really use email very well either or are stuck on some point in the technological past), most young people and middle-aged people who are connected and active in society use it, even if only occasionally (I go on about once a week or two). </p>
<p>Just use it, don’t overuse it. Same thing with a lot of things in life.</p>
<p>leo- I’m well aware of those people, but I’m also well aware of the reality that I am a part of. I live in a competitive world where people have gadgets and internet access and use it to their advantage. There is no one “natural” way to live, people live in all different ways. I am making the best out of what I was given, for which I am grateful. I’m not just gonna give up the opportunities that have been afforded to me because other people don’t have them.</p>
<p>Monkeyking- Yes, I am fortunate to be an introvert. Thanks!</p>
<p>I see what you’re saying extroverts need social networks. This has also been my observation… some people need a constant flow of crap into their brain. silence makes them uncomfortable, depressed or anxious.</p>
<p>I use FB and it is a good tool-- but only for entertainment. I don’t believe it’s possible to have more than 2 or 3 close friends… and my friendships were not adversely impacted before FB was invented.</p>
<p>Also, the OP is an open ended question, so 4 pages of pointlessness is warranted.</p>
<p>Yea, that sums it up pretty well. It really depends on how comfortable you are with introversion or extroversion - every person to their own, nothing against those who simply choose not to be extroverted.</p>
<p>Question: What COUNTRY was this? America? Because here in America, yes it is QUITE difficult to exist without electricity. You will always have to pay taxes and such and for that you need a job. You can’t really have a job without electricity. </p>
<p>I, too, have lived with people that don’t have electricity. But it was also in a country that didn’t require these people to pay taxes. And let me tell you, that kind of subsistence living isn’t that fun. I’m not even one who is particularly attached to electronics, but it is near impossible to live like that here in the States. </p>
<p>Sorry. You had a point once, but it’s been lost in your technophobic rantings.</p>
<p>Ahh, it was Bangladesh. I went there in 2005 to visit the child who I had sponsored in the Army. I forget the district or whatever, but her village was named Ashurail. My guide told me 60% of his country has no electricity… maybe that’s only durring the monsoon though (I was there monsoon season). I didn’t actually stay overnight in Ashurail though. I stayed in a nearby village, and that was the best night of sleep I’ve ever had.</p>
<p>Also, when I lived in the Phililippines, I went to an island off the north- eastern coast of Bohol (president carlos garcia) the town there had electiricity, but no internet, no restaurant or hotel. I didn’t plan to stay there overnight, but the mayor invited me to stay in his house. The next day I went to a little eatery on the pier to watch HS girls sing kareoke… one (Sheryll) invited me to her house, and I stayed there 1 night, and then we all (her sister and mom), went to her aunt’s house, (via motorcycle), which had no electricity and no plumbing. I stayed there 3 days. cooking is done with open flame… bathing is done at a public well. I also rented a pumpboat from the local residents and we explored some smaller islands… my favorite (Pong Gamey), was uninhabited. JJ (sheryll’s little sister) and I went swimming and sang “crazy over you” by madonna… I also got salt water on my camera, which destroyed it.</p>
<p>PS the eatery on the pier was the closest they had to a restaurant. I think alol they served was rice, fish or beer (san miguel) or red horse… and maybe Tanduay.</p>
extroverts need social networks. This has also been my observation… some people need a constant flow of crap into their brain. silence makes them uncomfortable, depressed or anxious.</p>