Facebook seems to be evil
Charlotte recently forced me onto facebook at knife point - well almost.
This however means that I’m now trying to get more friends and keep that upto date as well. Hopefully now I have imported my blog into it I can leave that alone and get on with some hard research…
Facebook seems to be quite a good way to keep up with those active people who do a lot on it, maybe that’s a good thing? Although it does raise problems such as how do you say no you don’t want to be friends? (Not that I’ve done that to anyone)
Facebook good? Facebook Bad?
Good Hunting
I really enjoy facebook - it has been a really really good way of me getting in contact with people I just would not have spoken to for years otherwise - the whole network of friends - brilliant (especially old bar staff I used to be friends with, but then left uni with no contact details type thing).
It helped with my new years resolution of making more of an effort to keep in contact (just emails mind) with people I don’t see that often, but I used to be (well, still am, just don’t talk/see) good friends with.
There has been 2 people I’ve turned down as friends - you feel really harsh doing it, but then you think that you never were friends with them at uni, so why be their “friend” on facebook; but then there has been some people that I don’t really know that well, but added them as a friend anyway type thing.
You can seriously get addicted, I’ve had to ban myself from using it at work!!!
Still not 100% sure what the poking thing is about + also annoying when you have about 20pokes down the side!!
Abi - Web 2.0 is just a buzz word - facebook is only really semi 2.0 - all it is really is just the popups that come up, and searches that take place as you type the words (rather than when you press the ’search’ button). There will probably be more 2.0 on facebook soon.
(in fact, the best example of 2.0 on facebook is the photo tagging).
I love facebook 
Semi 2.0? Is that web 1.5?
Sorry, not particularly witty but I am in a facetious mood this morning.
Actually, web 1.5 is spot on!!!
There seems to also be a lot of precedents that no one tells you about! And lots of emails!
Facebook is good.
You can turn the emails off or just get ones you want and not others, its quite easy!
Had a friend i met on holiday when i was about 14 look me up on one of these things which was cool! Ironically she lives in Colchester now.
My cousin is very freaked out by us non-uni people being able to join now!
It gives me another good distraction from reaidng about fatal accidents at work so it must be good!
Rx
I agree that Facebook is really good as it allows you to keep in touch with long lost and new friends, well… any friends. One problem is that it allows you to see friends of friends and friends of friends of friends and it has turned me into a voyeur!
I am also with you on the rejecting friendship requests. I am in a bit of quandry at the moment with a request, don’t really want them to be my ‘friend’ but I seem inable to reject! Does the person know they have been rejected? Apart from the obvious fact that you haven’t accepted yet.
JB
That’s a good question about rejecting people, it would be horrible getting an email saying you have been rejected 
However, I found a way round getting rejected, I am not inviting people, just getting invited instead - so far I have 6 friends, whoohoo And just ignoring people I want to reject at the moment, bit harsh I know.
Yeah, I got forced onto Facebook - I really don’t understand this Web 2.0 business.
It is however a good way of being nosy for people who haven’t got blogs, something which I am all for.