Due to that scene in The Social Network, my teenage daughter and I often call Facebook “The Facebook,” just to be ornery. Facebook is making me ornerier than usual these days. I think about disconnecting Spotify from Facebook, due to the reactions I sometimes get from others based on my musical choices. (Yes, a person can like Bruno Mars AND Coolio in the same day.) Usually, however, those reactions delight and amuse me, so I haven’t made that leap.
Now, though, the Facebook has decided to help me figure out how I’m feeling or what I’m doing by offering prompts:
THANK GOODNESS BECAUSE IF IT WEREN’T FOR FACEBOOK I COULDN’T FIGURE IT OUT!
Sigh. Anyway, I was playing with the new updates and decided to post one, for fun (and if you haven’t yet figured this out, THIS IS A CAUTIONARY TALE.)
Heaven forbid!
Well, I didn’t find this scandalous, and still don’t, but BE WARNED, if you listen to a lovey-dovey song, and then post something like this on your Facebook profile, RUMORS WILL FLY.
Good thing no one is paying attention to me on Pinterest.
This is quite pathetic. We can’t figure out how we feel anymore? That said, I am appreciative of the occasional reminder of friends’ birthdays. I’m terrible at remembering those!
@TonyFleming I agree — it’s great for events and birthdays. I think I’m mostly annoyed by people taking Facebook too seriously.
@TonyFleming Along the same lines, if we’re friends on Facebook, that doesn’t meet I’d give you a kidney, or bring you a casserole or babysit your kids. We might not be actual friends if we’re Facebook contacts. Similarly, if we’re honest-to-goodness friends in real life, that DOES NOT MEAN we have to be Facebook friends.