August 7, 2012
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FB
I've never really liked nor too keen on the concept of Facebook, in fact, I hardly ever log on save for when I needed to reply to messages sent by other people. I keep the friends list as small as possible with more than 2/3 of them marked as "Restricted/Acquaintance" so they can't view a lot of my contents. Every few months I'd go through my "Friends List" and delete those that I don't really keep in touch with. I mean, what's the point of being friends on there if you're not actually friends nor really "keeping in touch"??? My main point is, if there's no link or bond, I see very little reason to accept any friend requests nor keep any as 'friends'. I feel like if people are looking for me, they can search for me and then send me a msg without having to "befriend" me on FB. And with those that are on my friends list, down the line I might de-friend those that I don't feel I need to "keep in touch" with via facebook since there's no interaction. I find that as I get older, my tolerance is lower than when I was younger, it's easier for me to cut people out...I care less and less it seems....Also, I don't want to have to watch what I say and what I share and with whom on such a site. This is why I've always liked Xanga for the fact that I can post anything, and mostly it would be strangers that would stumble upon my page and read my contents....I can share my deepest thoughts on here, and granted most of the time it's written in codes, but I still feel I am able to express so much more than I ever have anywhere else. But then again, give and take for the best of us.....
Edit: So after my post, B sent me an email:
"What kind of people trying to add you on Facebook? They just want to see hot pictures of you!"
I have no idea....I get friend requests from people I met only once or twice or ones I've never even met before. I tend to contemplate a bit before adding people to my friends list and then over time if there's no interaction then I'd mark them as "acquaintance/restricted" and they won't be able to view most things including pictures. Then if there's still no interactions in real life nor online, I'd delete names from my friends list completely.
I see that so many people have a ton of so-called friends on their list and I bet they interact with less than half of those....I wonder if people want to seem like they have a lot of friends or connections? One of my friends said that some people befriended someone on FB for plain reason of just in case....so "just in case I need to contact a person, they'd be on my contact list"....but it goes back to my point, wouldn't it be easier just to search their name on FB and send them a msg instead??? My friend also said that some people like to FB stalk? It's puzzling to me and I feel it's quite unnecessary. I guess as I get older, I've become super private...almost secretive about certain parts of my life (hence why I tend to write in codes) and I get to decide who I let in.
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there's also the fb gaming aspect, to add people in order to enhance one's ability to play a certain game or have various people to challenge, etc.
still I agree with you about liking Xanga, and in some fashion, you can maybe consider my writing to be in codes as well, written out as stories .smiles. but even if there's a code behind the stories I write, the stories themselves can be quite entertaining in itself. I'm sure I won't know what codes lay underneath your writing but I do like your writing none the less
@tictact0e0 - thanks
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