I love technology. It's kind of a hobby of mine. I don't always have the latest and greatest, but I do keep up with things. I've been thinking a lot about Facebook lately. I don't use it much to communicate, I use email. I don't post a lot of my own status updates, but I do occasionally share family videos. What I use it most for is for stocking old friends I have not seen in a long time. Here are the things I like about Facebook.
- It's an easy way to find old friends
- Pictures (Seeing how kids have grown up, and how people my age have changed...or aged)
- Everyone has it (With 400-500 million users I can find almost anyone)
- I get to see daily snippets of people's lives.
There are some things, however, I do not like about Facebook.
- The security is highly questionable (Instead of opting in to different sharing options most things are set to "share" as the default, and I have to opt out)
- For many Facebook has replaced the personal blog
- Facebook seems to be the new portal to the Internet (I can sign in to a lot of different websites with my Facebook login and they then track my surfing, personalizing advertisements just for me, none of which seems to match my interests)
- No offense to those of you who play Farmville or Mafia Wars, but when I just want to look at status updates I have to sort through all kinds of achievements and needs of these farmers and gangsters.
- My biggest complaint is that I need to talk to more people. I am an introvert and Facebook is not helping me practice my "Out of the house" skills.
Again, I love technology. I just want to make sure, as in all things, I use Facebook with wisdom. What are some things you like or dislike about Facebook?
