I have been getting a few friend requests from people I don’t know. Initially when I joined the names of your
friends and their friends and perhaps even your friend’s friend’s friends, and
I had the option of requesting friendship – but as facebook has been changed so
many times, perhaps the request just
comes automatically?
I know only one person in Thailand and had
received a request from another. So I
asked my son: Who is she. He said he did
not know her. Why would someone from
Thailand put in a request with a total stranger in the US? I did not accept the friend request. I checked the box that facebook provided.
I smile when I hear others comment about
requests that they’ve received. It’s
actually nice to create pages for groups such as the ward or neighborhood watch
or school, etc. Sometimes it’s nice to
be informed of activities that are going on or news updates or what have
you. But sometimes – even though that
person may be informative – there are certain individuals that you don’t want
to friend.
I smile when I think about a former
neighbor who had such a problem with someone in the ward: “Why is he sending this friend request to me?
What would [husband] think? I don’t want
to be Mr. Information’s friend!”
I laughed.
“I’m already facebook friends with him”
I don’t know why, but facebook gave me five
friends to start out with. My brother
said that was unusual. And neither one
of us can explain why the five names came up that did. I knew all five of
them. But (no offense to them) there was
only one that I had a close relationship to.
I would have actually picked five other people if I had been given the choice)
There are names that have been added to my
list throughout the years – and some that have been unfriended. Mostly by
accident – I am great at hitting the wrong button. Some that weren’t posting or commenting and
so I didn’t know if they were still even on facebook. And some who’s language I found offensive and
just didn’t even care to read about them anymore. And because either they defriended or
facebook did. (I lost about a dozen or
so people during one of the facebook makeovers)
Joining facebook is fun. You feel a sense of pride with each name that
is added. You’re on it all the
time! It’s new. It’s wonderful. And some are diligent at signing on to
facebook everyday – others may never sign off.
But after a while some are at a loss.
We check our facebook on occasion.
Look for updates or new photos.
But are generally in and out in less than twenty minutes.
I considered dropping out a couple of times
– but on the last attempt (when I thought I was serious) I really couldn’t
figure out how to do it. Just as well.
My nephew-in-law had created a group for
those of us who were looking in after mom.
To keep us all on the same page of what was going on. We still use it, but not as often as we did
before we moved her into assisted living. And my nephew-in-law has actually
removed himself from the group. Funny.
Facebook has its perks. I liked when we could message others without
being friends – so we could explain who we are, how we know them, our purpose
in messaging etc. But facebook has taken
that away. Evidently there is an “other”
box that non-friends can send their messages.
I have no clue where this box exists.
I would like to read my messages – I think.
A while back we could actually put the subject of our message so
that the recipient would be able to let the title influence the decision of
opening the message. But now we get that
stupid chat box pop up when sending messages. Often throws me off. I prefer the
way it used to be.
Even though there are many who like what facebook has to offer and
spend time using it to our advantage, it has also been poorly mismanaged by
some who have left greatly offended by comments made and bashing. You don’t get personal on facebook. Maybe there’s some who can. I choose not to.
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