Another one down...another friend/relative joined facebook. I just can't bring myself to do it. I often get requests from people I know saying they have added me to their facebook. I never accept. There is something about letting everybody in the free world know where you are that just doesn't sit right with me.
There are people I never want to speak to again. To me if I had facebook it's like saying "Ok, I'm fair game, bring on all the looney tune people that I once 86'd from my world". Is there a way to keep all those people from finding you? A specific block that says "press here to avoid all looney tune people".
I can think of about 20 right off the top of my head. Then there are the dreaded high school people...OMG, I can only imagine what a reunion with some of those people would be like. I have heard enough stories about the majority of them that I certainly don't feel the need to have a complete and full update on them, let alone have them contact me...super scary. And don't forget all the family members that I have carefully avoided for years.
Maybe most people on facebook don't have my colorful past. Yes, colorful, that's a good word for it. Basically grew up in a town full of what might be referred to as trailer trash, yes even me, especially me. Why would I ever want to reconnect to the life I have tried so hard to stay far away from?
That's like standing in the soup line after you have a job that pays $75,000 a year, why would you want to?
Well at any rate, I won't be joining facebook anytime soon...
Malicious Extrapolation
9 years ago
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so don't put anything but your name and don't allow anyone but friends you accept to see your info. My mom asked me to join and it has been a connection between myself and cousins I had not seen in 30 years, it has turned out to be fun.
ReplyDeleteI don't see much difference between face book and a blog, in fact facebook is less personal. Anyone who wants to find you can do so by simply putting a name in a search engine.