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Old Sep 16, 2018, 02:06 AM
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Originally Posted by ArchieAus View Post
Sage advice from people who use and understand that medium I would say .
FB ... such a great idea that doesn't work in practise so often , or at least that's how it sounds .
I have a 21 yr old niece in London . She emails and calls me . Apparently I'm the cool uncle ( no kids , disposable income so good for Xmas and birthdays and to drag me around the high street when I go there ) . She was hell bent on getting me onto FB . I quizzed her about it . "It's great for keeping in contact with people you don't see all the time" ....o.k. , how many friends do you have on it ? " oh , about 500 " .... and how many of these people have you ever met ? " umm , about 60 I think " ...... yeah , nar I think we will just stick to the phone and email thanks .
I did have an account for a while once to be honest , but it just wasn't for me so I got rid of it .I'm sure it works very well in certain situations . It just seemed incredibly false ! Even though I only had 9 friends on it . Which is totally false ....I'd never be able to convince as many as 9 people to like me 😀
Good points. I actually am not and have never been on Facebook or other social media and that’s maybe why I just don’t understand what the issue is. In real life one wouldn’t be obligated to befriend every person they encounter, not sure why it is expected on Facebook.
Thanks for this!
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