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April 16th, 2010

Take the “face” out of facebook

by MB

I have a love/hate relationship with facebook.  To be perfectly honest, I love blogging so much more.  I feel like I can get my point across and those who are easily annoyed with me do not have to read what I write.  They don’t have to see my mug come across the screen and pretend to like me.  My writings are not RSS fed to them automatically (as in Facebook with the “feeds” section).  It’s a choice.  I guess they could “hide” me if I really annoyed them, but that’s besides the point.  On a blog, no one is “forced” into being my friend.  They can choose to not read what I write.

I have deleted my account so many times, its laughable.  I think the only reason I activated it again (which I did today) was because my friends don’t call me.  I can only talk to them via facebook. It’s sad really.  Our lives of being moms are so busy the only way we can say hi now is on facebook.  They don’t even believe in text messages.  I guess only smart people use that nowdays??  So now I am signed back up and I have no real motivation to update my status or upload pictures.  Only I truly care about what I’m thinking and the pictures are more for my benefit than theirs.

I’m not friends with my family on facebook either.  I know–it’s weird.  I would love to be “friends” with my family, but everything I say turns into a war.  I said something about Obama once and ended up not talking to my sister for 2 months because of it.  Another time I put a quote up about abortion and my other sister started in on me about how I was making people feel guilty.  Geesh. So I deleted my entire family off of facebook.  The thing is, my family and I have conflicts but not as bad as the ones we’ve had on facebook.  I don’t fight with my friends at all on facebook.  Maybe its because we have way more in common than my family and I do.

I don’t know what it is about facebook that lures me back.  Mostly I think I just miss my friends since I don’t get to see them that often.  Part of it is curiosity.  Then I sign back up and I really am just plain bored with it again.  Well, its there. Another social media site with my mug on it.  If you are at all interested in facebook, you can add me here.  Cross Driven also has a fan page.  Please visit me so I don’t look so sad :(

What do you like the most about Facebook?

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April 16th, 2010

Take the "face" out of facebook

by MB

I have a love/hate relationship with facebook.  To be perfectly honest, I love blogging so much more.  I feel like I can get my point across and those who are easily annoyed with me do not have to read what I write.  They don’t have to see my mug come across the screen and pretend to like me.  My writings are not RSS fed to them automatically (as in Facebook with the “feeds” section).  It’s a choice.  I guess they could “hide” me if I really annoyed them, but that’s besides the point.  On a blog, no one is “forced” into being my friend.  They can choose to not read what I write.

I have deleted my account so many times, its laughable.  I think the only reason I activated it again (which I did today) was because my friends don’t call me.  I can only talk to them via facebook. It’s sad really.  Our lives of being moms are so busy the only way we can say hi now is on facebook.  They don’t even believe in text messages.  I guess only smart people use that nowdays??  So now I am signed back up and I have no real motivation to update my status or upload pictures.  Only I truly care about what I’m thinking and the pictures are more for my benefit than theirs.

I’m not friends with my family on facebook either.  I know–it’s weird.  I would love to be “friends” with my family, but everything I say turns into a war.  I said something about Obama once and ended up not talking to my sister for 2 months because of it.  Another time I put a quote up about abortion and my other sister started in on me about how I was making people feel guilty.  Geesh. So I deleted my entire family off of facebook.  The thing is, my family and I have conflicts but not as bad as the ones we’ve had on facebook.  I don’t fight with my friends at all on facebook.  Maybe its because we have way more in common than my family and I do.

I don’t know what it is about facebook that lures me back.  Mostly I think I just miss my friends since I don’t get to see them that often.  Part of it is curiosity.  Then I sign back up and I really am just plain bored with it again.  Well, its there. Another social media site with my mug on it.  If you are at all interested in facebook, you can add me here.  Cross Driven also has a fan page.  Please visit me so I don’t look so sad :(

What do you like the most about Facebook?

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January 26th, 2010

Why I dumped Facebook

by MB

Not sure anyone reads this that used to be one of my “friends” on facebook, but I have officially dumped that bad habit.  I tried once before, but like some sick addicting drug, it called my name and I answered it back.

This is why I dumped facebook:

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

This passage is from Hebrews 12:1-3. On facebook, I feel like I am surrounded by so many people. Some only know me from facebook since I have not talked to them in 10 plus years. Others I see sometimes, but they never say anything to me on facebook anyway. We can have a conversation without facebook. Others are family. I find the hardest people to have as friends on facebook are family. They tend to take everything the wrong way.

Conversations on facebook are just silly. Something said quite innocently becomes a heated argument. Someone takes offense and then all hell breaks loose. So what is the sin in facebook? I’m not saying it is sinful to use facebook. For me, the sin is that I find myself getting wrapped up in useless talk and discussion and trying to defend myself all the time over something so incredibly stupid, that I waste time and good energy that could be used towards something more fulfilling and wonderful…my children.

Besides that fact, I don’t find it incredibly useful to have my name smeared all over the internet by people who simply do not understand me. Sadly, these people happen to be my very flesh and blood. They just don’t understand who I am. I think maybe they thought they knew me and then they realized how much of an opinion I had on things (I have strong morals) and they don’t like it. Today was the abortion argument. Apparently stating a statistic about babies that are disabled being aborted is causing “undue pain” for people who have had abortions. I say the pain is already there, so I didn’t bring it to the table. It was already there, but it was hiding under the bread. How is it my fault that the pain of your abortion decided to move the bread over and show itself?

Besides that, I don’t feel like facebook does me much good. I waste too much time contemplating if I am stepping on someone’s toes simply by stating something from the Bible or possibly one of my friends leaves me a comment and how dare they! They ask me if I want to go to a Pro-Life March. I don’t know. I can’t always make people happy, but maybe I can make them happy by not irritating them so much on facebook. If they want to be irritated, they can read my blog. Sometimes I just find it useless. If you use facebook, that is fine. I just seem to have problems on there…or maybe they follow me around..whatever the case, it stinks. I need simplicity, so one less thing to worry about on my end.

And for your viewing pleasure, be sure to read these articles about how facebook is killing…pretty much everything. Let’s blame facebook (ha ha):

Facebook Kills Job chances

Facebook Kills relationships

Man kills wife after Facebook Status Change

Man kills Wife for Spending too much time on Facebook

Committing Facebook Suicide (this article is quite interesting on how even if you don’t have a facebook account, your name and information could still be available!)

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