peer preasure. and headdeskery

[tea_and_ink]

I think I just got myself a Facebook account. Why did I do that? Will I actually put it to use?

I'm vaguely annoyed with myself, don't even know why... anyway. Will see if it doesn't get itself deleted before tomorrow, in which case, I'mma go find you!!!

Um, who has a Facebook account around here? (or who doesn't)

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[merykey.livejournal.com]

Me me me!!

Ok, I was one of those, too. Those people who go around thinking: "Why do I need a Facebook account for??" And ended up creating one, just as yourself, due to peer pressure. I must admit it's pretty funny... I've befriended a one Jim Beaver, can you believe it?? He's pretty cool...

I must admit I draw the line when it comes to those stupid addictive games, like Pet Something, or those games where you buy your friends, 'cause all of the sudden you get a notification saying: "So and So just bought you for $2"... it doesn't make me feel cheep... at all. *note the sarcasm*.

I'll add you... but I don't know how... I'm listed as Sol Mk Cardin... see if you can find me!

[penandnotebook]

All right, I'll see if I can find you. Hehe, it does seem to be rather easy to be friended by total strangers, totally unlike LJ you know, I guess it has to do with the privacy and all that jazz. There are some attractions, but the idea of it still makes my skin crawl a little.

::huffs:: Don't even know why this annoys me so. I mean, I am finally gonna be able to send the facebook-themed ecards I always wanted to have a moral foundation to send, yet here I am, complaining...

[merykey.livejournal.com]

Well, it's not that different from LJ. I mean, in a way it's better because in LJ if someone befriends you, they can see... well most of you posts, let's say, if you're not completely Friends Only, and you don't really need to friend them at all. Now, on Facebook, if you don't accept their invitation to befriend them, I don't think they can see you... that is, if you set your profile to private, or whatever it is the equivalent of Friends Only on Facebook.

Don't get me wrong, I'm ok with Facebook, but it's not something I regularly check as I do with LJ... I usually voluntarily check it once a week or so.

PS: I love your icon! He looks very cute! *hugs Obama*

[penandnotebook]

Yeah, Sonam was raving about the privacy bits, which I get and kind of appreciate, but then, if I want to make my post private it's made private, if I don't really care who reads it, well then it's not private so it's not a big deal for me. It's mainly so I can get in touch with people I've lost contact with, thing is, I'm already in touch with a lot of people I care to stay in touch with, so the social networking characteristic of it is already pretty much taken care of, and LJ serves very well the purpose of bringing new faces to my well, seems a bit ludicrous of me, but hey I was bored enough at the moment. We'll see if it stays though.

Here, have some more Obama icon