Should I give in to the faceless borg ... er... I mean, Face Book?

[capri0mni]

I've resisted FB for forever. The idea of conversing in snippets rather than full-fledged thoughts does not appeal to me. And the culture of "friending" over there (I've gathered, from eavesdropping on pop culture), seems to me like collecting people as if they were game counters for keeping score... and that's an attitude I absolutely hate.

Also, I fear the advertising and cookies, and spam, and all that...

However it now seems like everybody, their dog, and their corporate lawyer have a FaceBook page. And I'm beginning to wonder if not signing up is like not having a telephone...

So -- what do you think?

Is resistance futile?

Comments

[the_future_modernes]

*Came in through my network*


It depends on your friends and how you feel about it. If all or most of your friends are over there and you feel like you are missing out, fine. If not, continue to ignore it. I, for example, intend to ignore it, even though I have friends there.

[capri0mni]

*Checks to see what your network is* -- ah, I see...

Yeah, I think I'm at the point where I haven't figured out if I'm missing out on anything, or not.

This will need more thinking. I just needed to outer (aka "utter") it, to double-check I'm asking the right question....