I started doing a new thing on my Twitter today called "Adam's Reasons". It's a list of things that strike my fancy. Today's was "Reasons to Quit Facebook". I felt the need to repost and perhaps write more than 140 characters on each reason.
1.) People at work ask me questions (loudly) based on info they gather from comments on my FB.
This happens usually every day by one or two people. Today it was "DID YOU FINALLY GET TO SLEEP LAST NIGHT? I READ WHERE YOU WERE HAVING TROUBLE!!!" Maybe this will teach me to not be so candid...
2.) Applications. They're fine on iPhone, not so much on FB. I don't wanna take a quiz. Don't wanna hatch an egg.
My aunt loves sending me crazy things to do on Facebook. However, I use it to talk to people/attempt to be funny. Not to see how well I know someone and not to play games. Except poker...that one is awesome.
3.) The 50+ crowd is taking over. Popping up on chat, leaving embarrassing notes on your photos...
My uncle Bob got me good on this one a few months ago. I visited my friend Corrie in Florida last year and posted pics on Facebook. He wrote a very embarrassing comment about her being "the one" and after I responded that we were friends, he wrote another comment saying "I was hoping she was more like a girlfriend". She was tagged in the pics. You can imagine the discomfort.
4.) Annoying sidebar ads. No I will not pay a monthly fee to flirt with hot Christian singles...
Every day. Every day I see these. So annoying. And also, I don't want to listen to some crappy knock-off band that kind of sounds like MuteMath. I really don't.
5.) I just got a friend request from a dude in a thong. Enough said.
Um...yeah I'm leaving that one alone.
Expect more of these in the future!
5 comments:
I LOVE this post Adam. I agree completely with your whole list...except your uncle Bob, that was freakin hilarious!!! But yes, my mom, boss, whoever will ask me questions concerning my pictures, status...ugh! No thank you!
Uncle Bob is a 70-something who has been unleashed on the internet. There's no telling what will come out of his mouth...er, fingers. On the keyboard. :)
1) There's a guy at church that does this to me and I don't the guts / tact to tell him how annoying it is.
2) Agreed. lol @ the egg.
3) Ouch.
4) I'm in complete agreement. And isn't incessant dating ads the reason I left MySpace?
5) Ha! Seriously, that's hillarious. Be glad there are nudity rules on Facebook. I've seen some pretty racy pics (especially from British users. Some of them have no class.)
agreed with the hatching an egg and people asking question..i dont know how many people asked if i got my curtains hung?! haha! and my grandmother has a facebook...that's when i knew there was a problem....
So my question to you is, have you quit Facebook yet??? I deleted my Facebook and MySpace about 1 1/2 months ago and haven't regretted it for one second! It was the most liberating decision of the year! All I can say is... DO IT!
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