I like Facebook too. Pretty much for all the reasons Mary does. It is so nice to be able to easily connect with friends from home & see what they are up to. I left my hometown at 18 in 1985. There was no internet & I have always sucked at getting things in the mail so I lost track of a lot of people & it is great having this ability to read, or comment or chat with them again.
But I am really picky about who I friend on Facebook. I have no qualms whatsoever about unfriending people if their posts get too dramatic or are regularly passive aggressive or who are born again zealots for whatever politics or religion they are spouting. Even if I agree with them. I even blocked my sister in law because she posts about "That Crazy Wrap Thing" every 2 hours or so. And it helps that at this point in my life I really don't care what people think & while i am envious of one friend who is always jaunting off on foodie holidays with her (10 years younger!) boyfriend, I also don't really care how my life stacks up to others. The internet is a snapshot of a moment, like a layout without much journaling.
So Facebook is almost always a pleasant experience for me
But I am really picky about who I friend on Facebook. I have no qualms whatsoever about unfriending people if their posts get too dramatic or are regularly passive aggressive or who are born again zealots for whatever politics or religion they are spouting. Even if I agree with them. I even blocked my sister in law because she posts about "That Crazy Wrap Thing" every 2 hours or so. And it helps that at this point in my life I really don't care what people think & while i am envious of one friend who is always jaunting off on foodie holidays with her (10 years younger!) boyfriend, I also don't really care how my life stacks up to others. The internet is a snapshot of a moment, like a layout without much journaling.
So Facebook is almost always a pleasant experience for me
