I am totally anti-facebook, and I may be the only person left on the planet. My logic is simple enough: first there was Friendster: everybody made a profile, then along came the next thing and everyone forgot about it. Then came Myspace: everyone made a profile, then along came the next thing and everyone forgot about it. Now there’s facebook. I’ve decided to simply skip this one – and wait for The Next Big Thing, which inevitably will pop up in a year or so and everyone will forget about facebook.
What’s most amazing is how much my decision angers – actually angers – everyone I talk to.
“You’re not on facebook!?” “What are you, crazy?!” “You HAVE to join facebook.” “How do you LIVE?!?”
Sometimes I defend myself by explaining my Next Big Thing logic. Sometimes I point out to people that every time they are on facebook I hear them complaining: about people who keep bothering them, people who tag them, people who don’t tag them, something about vampire armies…
One day though, a certain friend got extra upset during an IM conversation. I don’t know if it was because I missed a facebook event he sent, or missed a facebook notification that he had a new boyfriend, or missed a facebook status update that he found a gray pubic hair, but he got mad.
Him: Join Facebook already, damnit!
Me: I have way too many online profiles already.
Him: Oh c’mon, you do not.
Me: Seriously, my ass is all over the internet.
Him: How many sites can you possibly be on?
And so, I sent him this.
Top Ten Reasons I Won't Join Facebook
10. Myspace
9. Dlist
8. Connexion
7. Gay.com
6. LinkedIn
5. Adam4Adam
4. Gaydar
3. Friendster
2. Manhunt
1. If I have to make one more online profile, I'll slit my wrists.
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You and my new b/f would get along swimmingly. However, he hates Facebook and all social networking sites because he values his privacy, and doesn't think it's the rest of the world's business what and who he is.
ReplyDeleteWe're a bit of an odd couple, considering how I'm on ever site, network, with a blog, and a twitter, and a youtube channel and a...
My friends complain when someone has a party or event and doesn't have it on facebook. Even a group email won't suffice because it doesn't give you a reminder.
ReplyDeleteIt IS really nice not to have to copy addresses of and directions to a venue into my phone anymore, but I guess that speaks more to smart phones than Facebook.
I totally agree with you, with the added reason of the whole Beacon fiasco. I don't care if they changed and made it opt-in instead of opt-out, I'm not comfortable with the policies of any company that thinks it's ok to notify your friends about your purchases without your permission. The time-sucking aspect of Facebook seems to be worse than Myspace or Friendster ever was. It's one thing to see guys at a party replying to a text message or 2, but to see them repeatedly pulling out their iPhones just to check the Facebook app is plain obnoxious!
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