I've realized that sites such as Facebook, as nice as they are, are nothing more than timesinks. I creates a Facebook account several years ago, then never used it. Recently one of my sisters coaxed me back to Facebook with a "all the family is there!" spiel.
I have realized that it is not worth the time I lose when I visit the site. Anyone that I actually communicate with knows how to reach me outside of Facebook, and they do so on a regular basis, so there is no need for me to succumb to the loss of time I don't have just because "everyone is doing it".
Sites like Facebook are a new drug that we get addicted to as a lazy way to keep in touch, not realizing that we are just sitting there in a stoner daze staring at the screen not even realizing how long we have been looking to see what we *HAVE TO* read up on.
And Facebook is particularly nasty in that it seemed to require visiting 3 pages (at least) just to see who all had said stuff that was of interest. You had to visit your newsfeed to see what's going on, then your "status updates" to make sure that you read all your buddies postings, then scurry over to your profile page to see if there are any "wall" postings you need to read. And if you get tapped in someone's notes or pictures or have any friend suggestions you have more pages you *must* visit. It was just a nasty waste of 30 minutes or more of my time every time I visited the site - and when I have advertisements to write, and am not scatterbrained, I earn a minimum of $20 an hour writing - so I was losing $10 and up with every visit I made to Facebook during the day.
I'm sorry, if there is anyone out there that wants to "Facebook" with me, they probably already know a half dozen other ways to connect with me. The Facebook timesink is outta here.
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