thefriendlyghost Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I've done this before. Don't feel bad. Most of these people never cared about me in school, anyway. I think it's a sneaky way to keep tabs- See who got fat, divorced, had a sex change. They never really wrote to me or on my wall, and sometimes were snarky when they did write, so I defriended them. No one lost sleep. Makes it easier to keep track of the people that matter, IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noob Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 I joined Facebook some time ago, but did not spend any time on it. Recently, several of my close friends started playing Facebook games like Mobsters 2 Vendetta, Vampire Wars, and Bejeweled Blitz. I listened to them talk about it for several weeks before I succumbed… but now I am hooked. My challenge is that I do not have enough time to do everything I want to do and unfortunately, I find Facebook addictive. I enjoy the games, but I think the biggest draw is the fact that it makes me feel less alone. When I log in and see several friends are also logged in, I feel connected. This seems pathetic, but it is true. Plus, I really enjoy most of the games and find the time spent on Facebook is pretty mindless and relaxing. What this means is that some of the necessities are not getting done and I have not spent as much time as I would like on ExC. I guess I just have to win the lottery so I don’t have to spend a minimum of eight hours per day at work! (Fortunately, I love my job so this is not really a hardship.) I’m starting to add friends on Facebook and I can see that it is a great way to connect and stay in touch. So far I have not seen the down side of this, but I am sure that it has the potential to become annoying. I’m still a Facebook noob so this thread has been interesting, educational and even better; I have become Facebook friends with several regular members of ExC because of it! Thanks, Par!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vomit Comet Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 I have one fundy FB friend who is pious on the surface, but uses cuss words in private messages. She watches Fox News all day long, as if it is a requirement of her newfound faith, and has really gotten very conservative in every way but language and exterior- tats, alt rock clothing and hair styles, etc. I think she wants to seem kinda liberal, So's not to scare away potential converts. Hipster xtian. But, she's mellowed out with the creepy anitchrist conspiracy propaganda (Lady Gaga???) and links to ministries that claim to turn gays straight. I remember running with the "hipster Christians" and the "Christian punx." And to this day I still can't wrap my brain around the glaring contradiction. I guess in the end it's a marketing ploy, or it's a mechanism for keeping Xian Uth integrated so that they won't chafe at having to dress and act like milquetoast squares with tucked in shirts, mom jeans, and Ralph Reed haircuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loren Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 I registered on Facebook some time ago in order to view some material that was linked to from somewhere else. I found I couldn't see it without registering myself, so I did. What's really funny for me in a sad way, is that every so often, I'll get an email notification of some total stranger wanting to "friend" me. I don't think there has ever been a single one of them that wasn't Christian. The thing that makes it so ridiculous is that there is absolutely no information about me on my profile page, other than my name, gender and birth date. No photos, no likes/dislikes, no political affiliations, nothing. Here's my profile page, if you want to see what a barren wasteland of personal information it is. When viewing my profile page, you can actually hear the wind and see dust and tumbleweeds blowing by, I kid you not. There's not even a rusty tin can or old cigarette butt in sight. Just the epitome of nothingness. Yet Christians keep wanting to be "friends" with that less-than-cardboard-cutout of a "person" I created on that page. To me, that just says it all. I look at my page and there's nothing there! And I think, "Christians want to be friends with this? What the hell are they thinking???" Of course, I know the answer, but with the thousands and thousands of people registered on Facebook, what's attracting them to this piece of styrofoam I made? It always just makes me shake my head in amazement. I guess in the end it's a marketing ploy, or it's a mechanism for keeping Xian Uth integrated so that they won't chafe at having to dress and act like milquetoast squares with tucked in shirts, mom jeans, and Ralph Reed haircuts. Kids these days just don't appreciate the value of having a having a haircut that's dishwasher-safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolianbob Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Oh gosh, I feel the pain here all to well. There comes a point where you just want to say, "fuck it," and delete all the religists off your account. But then you think, well, how else can I influence them? Or at least piss them off with my wall posts? For me, it's not the conservative evangelical friend who comments on my wall from time to time, it's the liberal christian friend of mine who drives me nuts. For instance my current facebook status is: Reality based livin', you just can't make up this shit. Now my liberal friend responds in his cutesy, all loving, liberal attitude, "The definition of reality is open to interpretation of course. " I just want to smack the little bastard. I respond and say, "No actually, it's more like our perceptions of reality that are open to interpretation, and not all perceptions are equal." He hasn't responded thus far, but I know it's coming. Christians to the left of us, and christians to the right of us.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loren Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Okay, dammit. Now I have a new hobby. The "friend" requests from Christians who I've never heard of are coming in on an almost daily basis now. So I've taken to sending each of them a message with the following question: Hello, _______. Thanks for sending a request to add me as a facebook friend. That's a nice compliment. I have to ask, what was it that prompted you to want me as a friend? Thanks, Loren So far, no responses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRDWarrior Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Okay, dammit. Now I have a new hobby. The "friend" requests from Christians who I've never heard of are coming in on an almost daily basis now. So I've taken to sending each of them a message with the following question: Hello, _______. Thanks for sending a request to add me as a facebook friend. That's a nice compliment. I have to ask, what was it that prompted you to want me as a friend? Thanks, Loren So far, no responses. Oh, they were on a kick on my account for awhile, too. I just ignored them and it stopped after a couple months. It started shortly after becoming a fan of ex-c on FB, so I figured that's where they were finding me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroboros Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 The "mass befriending" behavior I think is more of a game, to some it might be connected to some kind of proselytizing campaign, but mostly I think it's the game of increasing the number of friends in their lists. The might compete with each other how many they can get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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