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Originally Posted by graciegirl
You have to reveal your real name but it is very interesting to be able to really communicate.
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No thanks.
I agree with villagetinker about not wanting to compromise privacy any more than it already is. (I get so tired of being followed around by sites where I online shop.) But for me, not choosing to be on Facebook goes beyond that.
As is obvious by my join date, I have been around here forever. My number of posts is still in 4 digits, but even at that, I feel like I can take up too much time here on some days. TOTV is my version of doing crossword puzzles or needlepoint in that it is a little hobby or something like that. If I give in to FB, I know it could take up way too much time. I do have things to do and friends I can actually make eye contact with. I would descend into the maelstrom if I were on Facebook -- just like when I bring a pint of Graeter's chocolate chip or Haagan- Dazs rum raisin into the house, pretending that, this time, I will not eat the whole pint in one sitting. ('Sitting' is the operative word there. FB would make it worse.)
I have revealed a few things on TOTV that I guess let readers know something about me. Those things are made known by my choice.
But I try to be careful because, in this world of everything hanging out, I also know of those who take others' private information and act like it is their own by posting tidbits publicly. I guess they have a need to try to appear to be in-the-know. That bothers me.
I have been taken to task by old friends for not wanting (or needing) to be on Facebook. But they still like me. I think.
I also do not understand the extensive cyber friends thing that happens online. (I had to ask Mr. Tony to explain it to me when it first showed up here on TOTV.)
And I do not like that routine with the thumbs going whichever direction. I think that comes from FB, not sure. But, darn it, if you like or dislike something, at least write an original sentence explaining why.
And, excessive linking makes me crazy. I bet sometimes people do not completely read what they link.
To me, excessive linking looks like an attempt at nothing more than a leaflet drop. Geez. Form and communicate an original thought once in a while. Then cite carefully chosen sources and use them for backup if you want to.
Also, I really am not into the Facebook Lives of others. And I am sure nobody cares where I went or what I had for dinner.
As you can see I am a dinosaur who finds more reasons not to be on Facebook that to be on Facebook.
Anyway, I know who I am. In fact, I have been told that. (Once it was some guy who was turning himself inside out trying to sell me an annuity. I had asked him way too many questions when he said, "You know who you are, don't you." -- I thanked him for noticing.) But I digress.
So, yes, I know who I am. I am a dinosaur who cannot comprehend Facebook.
Anyway, I am not judging anybody who likes FB. Have fun.
But --
I remain,
Boomerosaurus