I only have a few friends on facebook. how sad?

Jun 15, 2013, 12:25 AM

How sad. do you guys use facebook a lot

Jun 15, 2013, 12:28 AM

i feel bad when I don't get added back.

LiteraryLark · Jun 15, 2013, 12:40 AM

How old are you?

Usually when you are older the number of friends don't really matter, it's better to not have so many facebook friends.

I have 9 friends on facebook, but they are all good friends of mine. No family except for my brother. I don't like having a lot of people on my facebook because I don't want a whole lot of people knowing what I am doing or thinking, since I end up deleting a lot of my posts anyway.

RedBarchetta · Jun 15, 2013, 12:41 AM

Won't use it at all...I already have snail mail, E-mail, IMs and something called a "telephone" to talk to people, I run a private (as in on my own machine) News server for close friends and family only.
I really don't need games, and if I do want to play one, I got plenty offline ones, and there are lots of other spots to go online to play free...
So, I say the whole thing is a waste anyway.

Jun 15, 2013, 12:56 AM

To be perfectly honest, I just want to stop repeating some of the mistakes in my past. Like adding and readding my friends on facebook simply because of my obsession with keeping my friends forever when i should expect the inevitable, which is the separation of close friends and the creation of new ones later in life. You grow apart, but I feel like I'm resisting that.

Jun 15, 2013, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by DrSkipper

How old are you?

Usually when you are older the number of friends don't really matter, it's better to not have so many facebook friends.

I have 9 friends on facebook, but they are all good friends of mine. No family except for my brother. I don't like having a lot of people on my facebook because I don't want a whole lot of people knowing what I am doing or thinking, since I end up deleting a lot of my posts anyway.

I have about 10 friends on facebook. I don't really talk to them at school, but on occasion. I am still a high schooler. Most of my friends have 400 or more friends and sometimes when I look at their page, i wonder why i can't have that many. Well i used to have more than that but then i started to delete them because they were mostly middle school friends and it didn't matter if we talked or not because we really don't see each other anymore. So i deleted them and i kept some of my current friends. but then i realized that in 4 years I wont see them so why bother keeping them? And then I realize that I might talk to them again so i readd them. and the cycle begins again...

Jun 15, 2013, 01:04 AM

this is one of my mistakes that i make in life.

LiteraryLark · Jun 15, 2013, 01:08 AM

It's not going to matter in a few years because eventually Facebook will be a thing of the past like Myspace.

Work on building your relationships in person and not worry about what's going on online.

Jun 15, 2013, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by DrSkipper

It's not going to matter in a few years because eventually Facebook will be a thing of the past like Myspace.

Work on building your relationships in person and not worry about what's going on online.

I have a few good friends in person. I'm scared that once we go our separate ways in college, then we'll make new friends and we don't get to see our old ones. My teachers have friends from high school and I'm wondering if I can do that. However, I can't be like everyone else. I mean, some don't even talk to their high school friends. They say they grow apart and only see them on occasion.

Phreak · Jun 15, 2013, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by DrSkipper

It's not going to matter in a few years because eventually Facebook will be a thing of the past like Myspace.

Work on building your relationships in person and not worry about what's going on online.

Myspace only died because Facebook took over. Facebook has too much money to ever disapear in the forseeable future.

Jun 15, 2013, 02:52 AM

Facebook is overrated anyway who needs it.

I have never really cared much about facebook, It causes to much trouble.

Phreak · Jun 15, 2013, 03:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Buttercup..

Facebook is overrated anyway who needs it.

I have never really cared much about facebook, It causes to much trouble.

I've never used it, I don't understand its point.

manwithnofriends · Jun 15, 2013, 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by heyitsme7

How sad. do you guys use facebook a lot

It makes ME sad that people measure their worth on how many "friends" or "followers" they have on a website. I know I should be trying to help here but sometimes I can't help feeling so annoyed at this kind of thread. The one I'd rather tell the OP to "go away". I'm glad I don't rely on social media. I know how easy it is to break the law and/or get a criminal charge just by using something as harmless as a website. Didn't anyone read the news last year that someone got arrested for using Twitter to harrass a famous diver just because he missed out on an Olympic medal.

ECHOES · Jun 15, 2013, 06:58 AM

Few things are as important in high school as friends and popularity. When you leave the high school setting, your world opens up to include many more people to be friends with. And my experience (many moons ago

) is that many of those who were popular and social in the smaller environment of high school are just the average person out in the big wide world, and as a result they can become more friendly.

I wonder if there are interest groups at school or community meetups that you could join, to cultivate friendships with people who share your interests?

Jun 15, 2013, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Buttercup..

Facebook is overrated anyway who needs it.

I have never really cared much about facebook, It causes to much trouble.

I so agree w/ you. I gave up on facebook a couple of years ago. It caused me nothing but pain, so I said bye bye.

The_little_didgee · Jun 15, 2013, 09:06 AM

No and never have. I don't understand it. Facebook seems like a popularity contest. Some people claim the site is great for maintaining long distant relationships (of people they actually know).

Why would I call someone I haven't met and got to know a friend?

P.S. Life gets better once high school is done with.

Jun 15, 2013, 09:18 AM

I never used it but a few people who have said all Facebook does is cause arguments.

I know a few people who've even deleted their accounts for that reason.

Jun 15, 2013, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by The_little_didgee

No and never have. I don't understand it. Facebook seems like a popularity contest. Some people claim the site is great for maintaining long distant relationships (of people they actually know).

Why would I call someone I haven't met and got to know a friend?

P.S. Life gets better once high school is done with.

Let's hope that this will be the case. I don't really connect with some of the high school kids. When I talk to my teachers, I can actually relate to them. As for the rest of them, they don't really understand how I feel because they've never experienced that kind of loneliness before. The more desperate you are, the less likely you'll make a friend. I guess that's just how it is.

Mapleton · Jun 15, 2013, 09:46 AM

I don't even have an account (and have never signed up.) Don't do twitter, linked in or anything.

So everyone can feel good, now, about their extensive social networks!

Timgt5 · Jun 15, 2013, 10:01 AM

I only have a few friends on FB myself, but if anyone is interested, you can look me up as "liberty's last son"

https://www.facebook.com/libertys.lastson

Jun 15, 2013, 11:46 AM

I don't use facebook...if I want to keep up with a friend I call them and make plans to see them or at the very least send them an email to make plans soon.

You will make different friends at different stages of your life. There will always be a few that will be there for many, many years/life stages and others will move in and out. It's just how life is for everyone; it says nothing about you.

I think Facebook is not a true measure of friendship...it's not like you have a real connection with these "friends"...they are just some number on a web site a guy is making a ****load of money off of, partly based on our insecurities.

Jun 15, 2013, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by sorta_fairytale

I don't use facebook...if I want to keep up with a friend I call them and make plans to see them or at the very least send them an email to make plans soon.

You will make different friends at different stages of your life. There will always be a few that will be there for many, many years/life stages and others will move in and out. It's just how life is for everyone; it says nothing about you.

I think Facebook is not a true measure of friendship...it's not like you have a real connection with these "friends"...they are just some number on a web site a guy is making a ****load of money off of, partly based on our insecurities.

I agree with you. Now that I look at it, in the future, I might not be able to see them again and that's inevitable. I cannot prevent what's going to happen. I mean, maybe those friends may not be the ones that I'd be talking to in a couple of years. Who knows? People change. Everyone will.

LiteraryLark · Jun 15, 2013, 12:10 PM

With all the controversy Facebook has been creating with privacy rights, I am sure that some knew way of communicating/social networking will come along and take over Facebook.

Like google glasses, I doubt that it will catch on, but who knows, it may be bigger than Facebook.

Jun 15, 2013, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by DrSkipper

With all the controversy Facebook has been creating with privacy rights, I am sure that some knew way of communicating/social networking will come along and take over Facebook.

Like google glasses, I doubt that it will catch on, but who knows, it may be bigger than Facebook.

Everything is kinda like a fad. When something better comes along, people rush at it like crazy. And the older networks try to find ways to bring people back. I doubt that they would.

Jun 16, 2013, 04:01 AM

I didn't have many friends on FB. I was rarely on because I hated seeing others being social and knowing what others did for fun over the weekend. It made me depressed and that's one reason why i deleted my FB.

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