Facebook - Does anyone use it for more than

[madmax]

utter bullshit? I just started a page and was thinking of using it to post links to articles and other important 'stuff'. I just posted today about this mid-term election and to get the hell out and VOTE.

I've just started this and haven't read all the rulz :) I'll do that later. This week I've got 100 little projects going on so ...

Can't hurt, right?

[lamp_shade]

1. I would do the same ("get the hell out and VOTE") but most of my FB Friends are family.... and

unfortunately 95% of them are republicans.

[Le Taz Hot]

2. As a proud member of the geezer generation

I see social networking sites for what they really are -- a chance for the gummit, and anyone else, to mine information. And y'all are volunteering it! Just belching it out there for all to see. All that stuff is going to come back and haunt people personally and professionally.

Oh yeah, and get off my lawn! :evilgrin:

[madmax]

20. Can I join your geezer club?

I'm 61 and these new fangled contraptions make me crazy ;)

on edit: love your screen name!

[Chan790]

64. Clearly you don't actually believe this...

or else you would not be on DU.

This too is a channel of social media as much or more than it's a message board. The same can be said of DailyKos.

Just last week, a major candidate for Congress used DU to connect with his constituency and rally the troops for his tough election fight. Many news stories have broken because they broke here first, many groups and organizations have utilized DU to organize initiatives, one of my fellow loungers used DU to start an NPO that has grown large enough that it's attracted the attention of the RW blogosphere and Glenn Beck for derision. More than one small campaign for a muni. post has started on DU.

[Brickbat]

3. I've gotten freelance work through Facebook. It's like any tool -- if you're clueless it can hurt

you; if you're smart about it, it can be very useful.

[KharmaTrain]

4. Networking...

I've connected with more business associates and contacts on Facebook than on Linked-In.

My rule is to avoid politics there...I've seen some nasty flames and hurt feelings from it. Fortunately most of my friends are liberal and progressives but I prefer to keep my politics here and my other lives there. But that's me.

If you want to do a political page, I'd suggest doing it as a "Group" or "Fan" page...keep your personal personal.

My two cents...your mileage may very...

[pipi_k]

27. Family and friends...

I use FB for the same purpose you do...connecting with family and friends, some of whom I haven't seen in years, some of whom (family...cousins and stuff) I've never even met in RL. I'm even finding old high school classmates from 40 years ago who seem to be way nicer to me now that we're all grown up.

It's great. I can find out what's going on in their lives without having to spend hours and hours on the telephone.

And, like you, I don't get involved in politics (or religion) even though some of those family and friends have different beliefs. For me, it's just fun. :)

[xchrom]

5. i just use it to post fluff -- nothing important.

if i go to the theatre, if i eat at a restaurant and how was it, articles about art and design, i post on other friends doings.

it's just a convivial on line meeting place -- and i'm not interested in it for more than that.

my life is filled with scientists and phdz for heavy conversation.

[muffin1]

6. I post all kinds of political articles, blogs. etc.

I'm hoping my right-wing family members will actually THINK things through for a change. One has defriended me, I've "defriended" a couple of them, and the rest either agree with my POV or ignore me altogether!

[Turbineguy]

7. A pass along

a lot of DU stuff.

[JSK]

8. It's my political clearing house

I "like" all my favorite politicians, progressive groups and causes. Plus TV people like Rachel, Keith, Randi, Bill Maher. They post links, updates, videos and news. I share them with my friends. I post a lot of political cartoons too. I love it; the most current news about all the things I care about is right there in one place.

I am sure that half my "friends" have hidden my daily rants and posts, but I'll never know.

[madmax]

19. lol sounds like that will happen to me, too

I had a friend who I've not talked to since 2008. Just could not listen to one more idiotic shit like 'Obama is a Muslim.' We were friends in r/l but, pfffffffft I don't care. She's a lost cause and I'm not wasting my time talking to a stone. :hi:

[mrs_p]

9. i guess if you call keeping up with family and friends

utter bullshit - then, no. i use it purely as a communication tool with people i don't get to see very often, but whom i love and want to know what is going on in their lives. i try not to get political on there, as i have other means for that outlet (namely, here on DU).

[madmax]

12. I'm sorry - I know it's a great tool for keeping in touch

but, I'm new to it and I read my grandaughter's page and her friends and their pages are 'utter bullshit'. She's 20 so I guess it's normal. I'm sorry - poor choice of words. Friends?

[mrs_p]

66. no apology necessary!

i know what you mean - i have cousins that i have had to ignore as i didn't really want to know about their daily dramas - as in why they left their "baby daddy" (their words) this week and why they take them back the next...

Friends :hug:

[treestar]

10. I use it just to keep up with family and friends

It is useful for that. It keeps people in mind that I would not have called all that often.

As to politics, I keep it light. I don't get into any debates. I simply friended Obama's page and like some of his statuses and did the same for the Democratic candidate. I admit to being a liberal Democrat and everyone who knows me even a little knows that anyway. But don't get into arguments and don't respond to right wing relatives or friends on any political subject they bring up.

[OneGrassRoot]

11. I'm there...

and do use it for more than utter bullshit...well, I try, at least. ;)

I'd love to be your friend. PM me, please, if you'd like to connect there.

Have a discussion now regarding the term "political correctness."

:hi:

[madmax]

14. Oh absolutely

Once I get it done I'll pm you. I'm having a few problems but, I'll take the lap over to the kids house tonight and he'll fix it. ;) :hug:

[madmax]

13. Great tips and advice from all of you

I got it! I'll keep it light and focused. However, once I get my picture album up they'll know more about me than anything I write. It's not going to be all politics all the time. It's as someone pointed out a good tool to keep in touch with family and my main reason was to learn about my Ashley's world.

I love you guys.

[Darth_Kitten]

15. There's good and bad....

Stay with the good because the bad is BAD. :(

[madmax]

26. Oh, Kitten

expound on that a little about the bad...

[Darth_Kitten]

47. Far right-wing nutcases....

You should see my blocked list on Facebook. :evilgrin:

There are some angry folks on Facebook. Anybody who has any doubts about tea-partiers and their viciousness and delusions should check out Facebook. :silly:

[madmax]

57. Yay! lol

Filling out the profile part for Interests I put Causing Trouble :evilgrin:

I need to tweak a few more things and load some pix - for that I need my son to help. My laptop crashed last week and I'm just getting everthing set up again. However, my external HD may or may not be fried, so I don't know where all the jpg files. It's a mess but, we're working it out.

Thanks for the heads up about the security aspect. Several DU'ers have mentioned that and I'm a bit paranoid about computer safety so that's a given.

:hug:

[mwb970]

16. It's great for photo sharing and music.

My sister is a nature photographer, and she always is posting great images for people to enjoy. My nephew is in graduate school in Italy and has posted many pictures of his new friends and surroundings. My friend John is a musician who often posts his latest basement-studio creations. I would never see these pictures (or hear this music) if not for FB. And, I can comment! And post my own stuff too.

I wouldn't take the online activities of children as representative of what FB can bring into your life!

[madmax]

18. I get it now

Thanks. My husband uses it to keep up with his band buddies that we left in NJ and guys he was friends with in college. It does have advantages but, since I was so focused on noseying around Ashley's life, I missed it :silly:

[ThomThom]

17. I closed mine page

I don't want anything to do with that nonsense. They claim the rights to any photo you put up.

[madmax]

21. Really? wow I didn't know that.

I have adorable pic of my grandaughter when she was a baby - topless! ;) I'll rethink the personal pic part but, I have a lot of pics of the Obama family, Gen. Clark, John Kerry. Those I'm going to post. Oh, and the Big Dog Esquire cover with the blue tie pointing down the the other big dog :rofl:

[mod mom]

22. I post links to outrageous current events that I'm sure some of my friends

would never see. I have FB friends from the past that I know are republicans & even a Doctor friend that lists his political preference as 'Tea Party" YUCK!

[madmax]

25. My brother in law's homepage is 'Drudge'.

The kicker is this man is not stupid or a Teabagger. The upside is he doesn't vote. Thank you, Goddess.

[madmax]

30. Yes, that was my intent

to post links that debunk the distortions from the MSM. Mostly from places many people don't know about or care about but, maybe it would pique their interest. Alernet, Media Matters, DU, Huffington Post, etc. You know ;)

[mod mom]

67. even whe I find things to post from those sites I 1st try to find the same story

from a more mainstream (something other might recognize & not just blow off the story due to it's from a "librul" source. Then I might post a link to one of you suggested sources that gives more detail. Ease them in ;)

[ejpoeta]

23. i use it to connect with family and friends. have found people i haven't seen for

many years. can post pictures for my aunts to see. i avoid politics on there, except for people who I am friends with on there who post stuff I respond to. I have replied to posts about things... like when my local news posts something and there are bullshit replies I will call them on it. there are a lot of teabaggers in my area, so I don't do it all the time. I like facebook generally to connect with my family and post pics and see pics of my nieces and nephews. I wish my dad were still around... he would have LOVED facebook.

[madmax]

24. I have very little family left.

Just my son and his wife and the 2 grands. Oh, and my husband. Now that the kids moved to NC I just go over there and harass them in person. :evilgrin:

The 20 y.o. Granddaughter is the only one left in NJ. :( Thus the facebook thing.

[Cirque du So-What]

28. I have no use for it

My wife joined at the urging of my son & daughter-in-law, and now she stays in the loop on important matters like who's screwing around on whom, which relative is suffering from an impacted bowel, and who's going on vacation when - leaving clues for thieves in search of easy pickings.

[MrMickeysMom]

35. Ooohhh...

... gotta cringe at the notion of an impacted bowel!!! x(

[HillWilliam]

29. I have a "regular" page where I hang out and skim the

gossip and news. I also have a fan page where I promote my wedding officiancy business. I get as much or more business from FB as I do from Google Ads and more than I do from WedPlan. It's a great place to hang up the wedding photos (you can click a checkbox that says not to share them with ads WAY down deep in the privacy settings). FB ads are cheap-and-cheery and since wedding season is only part of the year, the part of the year I'm not playing "glorified clerk and creative writer", I can still have ads up and afford to pay for them. "There's always next year" applies well.

FB can be a great tool if you keep in mind to use it and be wary of the ways they try to use you. Be vigilant about your privacy settings and review them often. FB is rotten about changing their privacy methods so you have to go adjust them fairly frequently. But that's about it. It can be very useful -- or it has been for me.

[madmax]

31. PM me your page for future

reference. From what I can gather here and there seems there are rumblings of an engagement coming. I gotta read this stuff on FB? Grr.

[HillWilliam]

37. In your in-box!

Since my ad-budget is next to nothing, I get a lot of referrals by word of mouth. I do weddings part time as an outlet for creative writing. Weddings are a wonderful way to write short stories about love, magic, possibility, wonder, and all the things that make life sweet. Is there any better subject matter? You get about eight to ten minutes to bring a bit of beauty into the world. For just a few minutes, there's no war, no politics, families aren't scrapping... there are tears of pure joy.

Congratulations to the new couple! :hug:

[madmax]

38. You are so awesome

I'm putting your info in place and as soon as I get all my ducks in a row with this laptop it will be good. I didn't get a chance to look around the site. I'm doing 109 things at one time. Yes, I'm nuts today.

Laptop crashed, the external hard drive that was my back up may be fried. I'm starting from scratch and my computer guy (my son) just made an interstate move 3 weeks ago. Talk about shit hitting the fan.

We don't belong to any organized religion so that's not a problem. The grand baby does believe in God, but practices no rituals and such. I think she's more of a Golden Rule and what goes around comes around.

She's coming down for Thanksgiving so we'll see if that's when they break the newz.

:hug:

[HillWilliam]

50. Me? Organized?

It's the writing, the magic, the theatre of a wedding I love. A good wedding is good theatre. My tagline is "The unusual is our comfort zone", so yeah, I get challenged to do everything from Renaissance to hike-in weddings (check out the hike in to Moore's Cove pics -- gorgeous!!!)

Good luck with that laptop. My cheapo desktop is slowly kicking the bucket. I've got enough loose parts around here to build another FrankenBox (It Liiiiiiiives mmmwaahhh hahahahhaaha!).

NC doesn't have same-sex marriage yet. My general assembly senator and rep both won't allow that "fruit-loop" idiot to get biennial proposition for a state constitutional amendment banning s-s marriage out of committee. I'm workin' on them to get rid of the "one man, one woman" law. Until then, I can only perform Holy Unions if the couple are religious or Rite of Commitment if they're less-than under the church for same-sex couples. (Yes, I'm ordained Independent. I sorta lean BuddoWiccaLutherHinduPalian myself. If one chooses to look for beauty, one will see it. I like mellow. If all one lives to do is find sin and ugliness everywhere they look, think of what they're having to look at and what they're missing out out. Must suck. I don't like suck. YMMV and that's your path. While you and I are hanging, let's be mellow. Y'own't some swaytay? There's my religion LOL )

Because it's not really safe to be really out, I haven't posted many of the s-s commitment pics. That makes me ache, but that's life. Some have shared their joy. You'll find some of their pics there. One lady just left the sweetest compliment on my wall. She was so patient with me in putting their ceremony together. I hadn't spoken a prayer out loud in Hebrew in years and years. We polished my enunciation over the phone a couple of nights before their commitment and we all shed a tear or three during.

Some find me on FB first, some "like" my page later. What's very good for me is they'll tag the photos I put up, then their friends who aren't my friends will tag other people, and it's like another viral ad. The click on the pic will go back eventually to my fan page. Since that doesn't go through my ad, AdBlock doesn't get in the way of someone getting there and I don't get charged for an ad-click. If the go one click further and see who this wedding... is then *boom* they've found an officiant. If I'm having a lucky day, they've found the officiant. I might pay for my advertising bill that month :)

Most of my couples who friend me on FB stay in touch, so, yeah, I stay away from inflammatory topics of any kind on FB. I do my ranting here and don't directly point one to the other. I'll PM a link if someone asks from here to there, but never in this direction. I'm also very careful about reviewing my privacy settings and don't allow anyone to see much of anything unless they're trusted. Really trusted. You'll see I don't have gobs and gobs of "friends" I don't know from Adam's housecat. If you make a personal page, I'm jessayin' it would be prudent to review your privacy settings at least weekly. Err to the side of "who is the biggest mouth in my friends list and what sh*t would they start if I posted something like I'd rant on DU". Click and I shut stuff off :D

I check my fan page pretty carefully, though since it's designed to be put in front of total strangers, you have to approach privacy with a balance. That group page will link back to your page since you're the administrator. Remember, now complete strangers may be able to see your wall. FB has a tool for seeing your wall as it would appear to different kinds of people: friends, friends of friends, etc. Go explore that first. There are lots of options and you can play around and watch how it works until it suits you.

Best of luck all around! :hug:

[madmax]

56. You and I are on the same page with so

many of our beliefs and attitude. A refreshing, honest, :rofl: kind of post. I've not done your page justice - need to spend more time taking it all in.

It's been one of those decades ;) This week has been hectic, later I'm going over to visit my son and his family plus some friends that came from Florida to visit. I'm like what?? Huh? You just moved in 3 weeks ago and you've got stay over guests? Are you NUTS! Whatever, he said it's like a pj party. I'm going to visit but, I'm leaving my PJ's home and returning to my own bed.

Something is going on in my life that I can't explain. I'm happy everyday - I don't care if I'm cleaning the bathroom I'm silly, wacky happy. It's great :rofl: Nope, not smoking the wacky weed either.

[HillWilliam]

59. NC is a pretty cool place actually

Too south to be north, too north to be south, and we hippies have always managed to keep the wingnuts balanced off in the state house :rofl: People outside the state tend to forget that we tend to have a Democratic governor and assembly. It's the national party that tends to write us off as "strictly southern" and therefore beneath notice.

Until PBO, by golly. The national party should learn that they could keep NC if they just wanted to.

Where you are is rural enough to be nice, close enough to the cities you can get anything you can imagine from pottery to opera to symphony to hotdamn good barbecue and KRISPY KREME OMG is the hot-now light on? I performed a couple of weddings there, one on a horse farm. Pretty.

I hate moving. I've done way too much of it. Sometimes I have found stuff in time for the next time to move. The last time was the last time. My partner and I have been together now almost 15 years. If that isn't going to be forever, nothing is. We bought a place out back of beyond and we're trying to get some green gardens going. We've got enough land we could feed ourselves if we set it up right. We're growing things that people want and can't get locally, like olives and kiwi fruit along with our own food gardens.

I'll letcha know the next time we're toward Durham or Chapel Hill. Those are a hop-skip-jump from both of us. :hug:

[madmax]

62. You had better

We would be looking forward to it.

That's how I feel about NC. I was so proud to cast my vote for President Obama. I never thought I'd live to see the day an African American man would be elected to the highest office in the land but, I DID! It's the one vote I'm most proud of casting.

Made an album of Barack from his baby pics, early childhood, Harvard, marriage to Michelle, through the campaign, the Inauguration. Added a little about Rosa Parks and MLK. Those who paved the way.

It was for a phlebotomist who only drew my blood once at Duke but, I felt compelled to do this for her. I don't know why, but I had to do it and we've kept in touch ever since. Her family loved the album, she said it's now a family heirloom. Made me feel so darn proud.

Wake is very great. Close to everything, people are friendly - small town flavor but, with restaurants, the Amphitheater and local talent. What more could I ask for? Nada. Oh well, maybe bagels and a good pizza! The only thing I find lacking is a bakery and a place to buy salt dried cod for Christmas. Being Portuguese I need bacalua on Christmas Eve. :hug:

Off to annoy the kids :evilgrin:

[Roon]

32. My friends and family live all over the country

I use facebook to keep up with everyone. I have to be on my best behavior when I am on FB,so I usually just check in and leave,but I do enjoy it.

[charlie]

33. The best thing about Facebook

is that they came from behind and whooped the shit out of MySpace... which is a Murdoch property.

Rupert's GeoCities 2.0 is bleeding buckets of cash, as are his online newspapers. Whatever makes that dessicated shitbag glum, makes me smile.

[Arugula Latte]

48. Oooh, really? I didn't realize that.

Cool! :bounce:

[MrMickeysMom]

34. I find it only good for keeping up with family overseas...

It's a little easier for me to link to their home videos and leave a comment. Having said that, I am more often finding myself doing things that could better be done under my personal e-mail. Plus, there are some people who I would rather not expose myself to.

My page is just one more thing to answer to in the ever-growing, "hit-the-delete-button", electronic correspondence world. :-(

[donco6]

36. I use it to keep up with friends. That's about it. n/t

[tjwash]

39. Love my FB page. Just don't give them any more personal info than anyone can find on a public search

When people volunteer tons of personal info for the whole world to see, and then complain that people have their personal info, it always cracks me up.

[jmondine]

40. Utter bullshit? Hm, I think you've confused Facebook with "Free Republic"

[HuckleB]

54. +1

[donheld]

41. Yes I do

[wisteria]

42. I use it to make comments and post articles like this one...

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/10/23/alter-midterms-matter.html

It is nice to use Facebook to catch up with friends and family, but I like to use it as a social tool also.

[tpsbmam]

43. I only use it to share good political articles to it and follow some of our better

Democrats, whose stuff appears on my page. I have a couple of conservative friends and they have yet to realize they can hide my liberal ass and all of my stuff posts to their pages. It offsets the idiotic crap on their pages (which, unbeknownst to them, I've hidden on my page). I only have about 6 actual friends on FB -- those are people who have posted pix of their kids, grandkids etc and I have to link with them to view the pix. I HATE all of the fluffernutter crap I get sent on FB.....someone wants me to play Mafia Wars (will.never.happen.stop.sending!). Someone is collecting, IDK, hearts or some such thing....all of that crap bores the hell out of me. But it's good for sharing the political stuff.

[Generic Other]

44. I post links to articles, read some Duers pages, etc

I have a friend who only posts old music videos everyday. I love those. I post politics and archaeology articles mostly--lots of times right off DU.

[Posteritatis]

45. A good half-billion people use the site, so I'd imagine people use it for any number of things. (nt)

[mzteris]

46. I use mine abou 90-95% of the time to post links

to articles and other "important stuff" like:

Barack Obama
Tim Wise
The Opinionated Liberal
Southern Poverty Law Center
Emilys List

and news stories, youtube, individual posts/comments - that reflect positive liberal values; support GLBT, AA, and women's rights; support education; and expose truths about republicans, teabaggers, and assorted whackjobs.

[Odin2005]

49. I use it to keep in touch with with relatives and classmates. And play Farmville!

[chaska]

51. Seriously, THINK ABOUT THIS....

I always joke that I would never join Facebook because I'm planning a future life of crime.

Seriously, how long and how difficult would it be for law enforcement (or tea party militias) to gather all the information about you that you give them a readily available source for? Privacy, anyone? I really don't want anybody but my friends to know all of that stuff about me. And that's the lure, isn't it? We all want to be "known". It makes us feel special and valued. Facebook caters to the "no one understands me" impulse that we all feel.

I'd think about it if I were ya'll. There are good reasons to remain anonymous. Many of which we probably aren't even aware of yet.

[Chan790]

65. I'd counter...

that sort of Luddism will render you irrelevant to society.

[bikebloke]

52. I use it mostly as a news feed.

Plus, it's another venue for my video projects.

[jillan]

53. Post your link and many of us here will friend you! I use it politically - I have connected to alot...

of Dems in my state that I wouldn't have ever met if it wasn't for facebook.

Plus I am addicted to scramble.

[HuckleB]

55. I'm careful with what I post there.

I stay away from most "hot buttons," but I do stand up for basic civil rights, the environment, and show my anti-fear stripes without attacking the attackers, and have moved some "friends" to rethink a few things over time. Still, generally, it's for small talk, memories, sharing family stuff, etc...

However, it's a good place to keep track of the news reporting of my favorite sources, and I've linked to some good political pages, that also help keep me informed.

[nc4bo]

58. My FB page has some flowers and poetry on it but it is mostly centered on social injustices

and that includes a lot of political material.

Some of my "friends" are right wing nutters or Fox News junkies.

I'm sure I irritate the ever living hell out of some them and I'm sure some of them have removed my updates and I could care less.

Gotta spread a little truthfulness here and there.....perhaps some of them will think a little more on why they continue to support insanity. Heh, Probably not.

[Quantess]

60. Hah! Now that you mention it, I admit I do use it mostly for trivial stuff.

Occasionally, I post a political video clip or article if I find it to be compelling. But, I don't like to start any arguments. I don't want to lose any farmville neighbors, LOL.

Advocating people to VOTE is always appropriate.

[bigwillq]

61. I do.

Great way to keep up with friends and families. Great way to network for work. Great way to post information and stories for work.
I enjoy using Facebook. I choose to use it and enjoy it. I understand it's not for everyone, but I love it! :)

[Chan790]

63. Well, let me put it this way.

I'm in the process of starting a business that does social media for NPOs and issue-campaigns; what I tell my clients is this:

If you're not on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, engaging your clients and stakeholders in a two-way conversations to promote your cause or candidate to build stakeholder-equity, posting your ads and video-content to YouTube, engaging in Search Engine Optimization, creating content, utilizing your webpage and finding new channels to reach the masses, you're quickly marginalizing yourself into irrelevance. You're a dinosaur, people will be able to look around in 5 years and say "whatever happened to..." because you won't exist to more than 75% of the public in the world they inhabit. Fortunately, that's why you pay me.

Yes, people use it for a lot more than utter bullshit. (Pick a major candidate or cause or organization you believe in...99% odds it has a Facebook page.) The key to it is rather zen even: It's not a bullhorn, you can't use it to shout at people; it's a stream, it carries ideas on paper boats. If you put content out there, are receptive to feedback, rebroadcast content that intrigues you and engage in going with the flow of the stream, you'll catch a current and go far. If you fight against the flow, you'll get shoved to the bank.

[InvisibleTouch]

68. I don't know that I'd call keeping up with friends "utter bullshit."

I used to write letters to keep up with friends. Honest-to-gods handwritten, addressed and stamped letters. Then they became typed-and-printed-out letters, which was a little faster. As my life's responsibilities increased and available time decreased, I went to e-mails. Sometimes tremendously lengthy ones, several times a day with multiple people. Eventually I kept in touch mostly through online chats, which were immediate and I could talk with several people at the same time, thus increasing efficiency. Even that, I ran out of time for. So I'm glad now that there's Facebook. It may be piecemeal and superficial (for instance I just learned the other day that a friend of mine had had a son, when I didn't even know his girlfriend was pregnant), but the alternative is that none of my friends would hear *anything* from me anymore, nor I from them. It's a pretty good system for the current phase of my life.

[lightningandsnow]

69. I'm promoting the shit out of progressive candidates in my local (Toronto) election.

Especially this woman: http://www.kristynwongtam.ca/

She's been running for city council in my neighborhood, I've been volunteering on her campaign since July, and she's pretty much my hero.

[krabigirl]

70. I use it to keep in touch with some old friends, but I never post status updates and the like.

[ScreamingMeemie]

71. No bullshit here. My parents live 1400 miles away, as do all but

one of the rest of my family. My daughter is farther away from me than I ever thought she would be. My nieces and nephews are growing up in CA...while I am here in TX. It's a small way to be a part of their lives I guess. For me, it would be a very lonely existence if I could not gaze upon their faces once a day. I admit to a brief foray into the whole farmville, frontierville, treasureville thing... but that got old fast. Now it's about pictures and updates from family/friends. No politics because we're a broad group of people. In fact, I unfriend those who are too often posting stuff that is either way right or even way left. I want it to be my happy place. And I have far too few happy moments. :hi: