DISQUS

Shannon · 1 year ago

I guess I'd rather know. Then I don't have to waste a superflous Facebook wall post when their birthday pops up on my alerts.

Chelvis · 1 year ago

Love this article and it brings up a lot of questions regarding social media, social networking, and how it is relevant to the post -30 crowd.

One of the issues with places like Facebook is the wide range of reasons people join them. Some may only be there for the games, or for the pics, or for the "lil green patch". But no one really knows that as they see pages of "Friends You May Know".

Sites like LinkedIn do take steps to have people self-select the type of interaction they are interested in. Facebook, not so much.

One question I have is as people find new ways to say, "I hate you", is that bad? De-friending someone is the best way to tell people I hate you IMHO. It is direct. It doesn't string people along while sending a definite message and avoiding being face to face or voice to voice.

Joel · 1 year ago

The wondering part is something that can be dealt with ... the "knowing that someone KNOWS you're out there" but not giving a flying F? Notsomuch.

You know you've found ex'es on FB but couldn't bring yourself to friend them! Everyone has! Shoot I can barely bring myself to accept friend requests from long-gone acquaintences (just out of sheer weirdness) let alone friend people myself that I was acquainted with

JV · 1 year ago

I would add (and I am not on facebook) that, sure, it's easy to build your network and make yourself feel like you have lots of friends, but it's SO easy that you end up associating with people who don't really care about you - they just want to look popular. I know the people who I keep in touch with are good friends because we've made a real effort to stay connected, convenient or not.

Chelvis · 1 year ago

A newer development is the introduction of the service Qwitter where you get a message when someone unfollows you on Twitter. I must admit, it gives you pause when unfollowing someone in fear that they will know. It will be interesting to see how people will deal with rejection. Like this one for instance: http://twitter.com/juliaroy/statuses/993791707

online dating · 8 months ago

Food for thought..Social networking isn't genuine at all! It's just a way to become popular and have many 'friends' in the virtual world since you can't in the real world.In fact communicating with strangers even poses many dangers.True friends can only be found in person:)

Antivirus Software · 2 months ago

Real good article... loved it! Social networking is not really a good way to make friends ..You never know who you're talking to and it has its risks..You can never make true friends on them!