to think its a twatty thing to do - be on facebook

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when you hear 40 + year old women saying " oh it was hilarious on face book"

you think

I wonder if they have threads on FB, slagging off MN. I will pull their pigtails if they do.

Um someone on here is one of my Fb 'friends'...

One of the anti Fbookers btw.

Gibbon - Not a big deal at all, i just like to feel all superior.

The only reason I am a member of Facebook is because I am a 'friend' of my DD's so I can see the messages she is writing, her contacts (all friends that I know, but you never know who might try to make contact with her) and her photos. Me and my DD have a really good relationship and it makes me feel 'safe' that I am one of her friends who can see all of her postings.

It's not twatty to be on facebook, get a grip. If you don't like it don't use it (which you don't) but there's nothing wrong with other people using it.

WKD drinkers of today are the white zinfandel drinkers of tomorrow.

YABU

Some peopel do use facebook too much...but it's not twaty to catch up with old school friends you wouldn't' other wise have time to keep in topuch with.

Like regulae Cristmas cards.

Both my parents are on facebook, we're getting my grandparents on it too It's a good way for everyone to stay in touch I think. I do call my parents, but it's nice to have the banter too and I feel that it's actually made my whole family (me, two sisters, various older cousins and all of our parents, etc) closer as a family, such as with my cousin, I never spoke to him really until he added me on facebook and now I can have a good natter with him when I visit home, and I have cousins who I wouldn't speak too if it werent for being able to message one another as they're too busy to call most of the time.

I love it

YABU - its a great way to keep in touch with distant friends - especilly those abroad (although it does get on my nerves when people compete over how many 'friends' they have). I really enjoy seeing friends photos as well.

Hooray -I'm a 40+ anti-facebook person too, glad there are others out there too.

At times I wonder if I'm the only one on the planet not to spend my life on there.

re: the keeping in touch thing, surely posting general crap about what you're doing is no better than one of those impersonal "round robin" (is that what they're called??) letters that people send out with Xmas cards.

Whats wrong with contacting people individually by letter, phone, email, text etc?

norbert: Personally I spend ten minutes a day using the messaging system or writing on peoples walls on it. I can't speak for others but I find it much quicker and easier. Most of my families don't use their emails, same with friends, so it'd be pointless trying to email. I absolutely hate texting so don't really ever do it.

It's also nice because you can share photos and other media on it. And you can add apps, like me and my family have added a collaborative family tree app that we all add to and are working on together, which I find brilliant! We also have games that we challenge one another on which is fun and we don't get stupid answer machine messages and no call back at inappropriate moments

It really depends on what sort of user you are though tbh.

I have a couple of schoolfriends that I got in touch with via facebook, we now speak on telephone, text, occasionally meet up etc. some people ,you will ever be that friendly with but its nice to say hi and find out how they are and what they are doing. And you can private message via facebook, so its not all public posting.
As for the art of letter writing, yes its lovely but I cant imagine my 19 year old cousins being up for it. Facebook gives us contact when we are living in different parts of the world.

I use it to keep in touch with friends/family as we are pretty widespread AND I work shifts

having worked a busy shift I have no desire to come home and start answering the phone - sorry, might appear ignorant but its true.

I use the private message facility and get to see my friend's photos and vice versa, I've no interest in all the crappy quizzes/applications etc

I guess I'm just an old gimmer who'll stick to good ol'fashioned emails

I love Facebook. My friends are all over the place in different countries so it's a nice way to stay in touch with them all, share photos, videos, chat etc.

I have over 200 friends and the average age is about 30 (but I went to uni as a mature student which brought the age curve downwards a bit!)

I've found it hard to make friends locally. Facebook and Mumsnet have made a big difference to my social life in a new country with a new baby.

i have recently decided that facebook is beyond inane, having had a profile for a bit as I dont like being left out! Have now deleted though. It is completely twattish. As is twitter, I have also decreed, after using that a bit too. It is for teenagers. dh is a teacher and they have all had a warning not to be on it and that those adding kids as friends could be in big sacking type trouble. dh would never go near it anyway. I am a counsellor and have had clients look me up - they can see who my friends are even if they cant seem my profile. This scared me quite a bit as well.It is a way to keep in touch with my family in the states - but hey how hard is it to just email?

I was a Facebook refusnik but when I got married six weeks ago a couple of the people who came to the wedding put their pics up there and I wanted to see them so I have joined.

I find it a really good way to share pics and videos and the message service is quite useful. I do get fed up with the people who udpate their status every hour or so...Lisa* is getting in the bath, Lisa is drying her hair, Lisa has her pjs on and is watching X-factor - aaargh. If you've nothing interesting to say don't say it.

*Names have been changed to protect the innocent.

Am not on Facebook or Twitter or indeed any social networking sites and refuse to go on them on principle. But I said that about ebay as well and now have a feedback of 400
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I'm just an old luddite really but I wouldn't mind getting a facebook account - I just need someone to show me what to do and hold my hand while I do it. But not 40 till next year so am allowed!

OK I am going to join FB now just to see if there is anything remotely interesting on there. I may be some time.