Although I’ve had my Facebook account for over a year, I’ve only recently become a regular participant. I got semi addicted for a couple of months, reconnecting with old friends and such. I also realized it was the easiest (and in some cases only) way to find out what my peeps are up to on a regular basis. Through Facebook, I’ve learned of all sorts of birth announcements, ailments, achievements and failures from folks who literally work in the same building as me. How crazy is that?
Of course, with all things new and shiny and great, there are flaws. Sometimes major flaws. Facebook is not the exception. I guess I’ve racked up about 60 or so friends by now. Some of them are even less active than I was months ago. Some have me wondering if they ever leave the computer. The latter make me want to rethink or let’s just say alter my friends list. They would be the gamers. The all day, every day, I have absolutely nothing better to do than play Texas Hold’em folks. I mean, come on dude. Really?
I had been thinking about this for a while, but when I ran across this post on a blog I frequent, I could have sworn the author stole the words right out of my head. It’s truly classic. Here’s an excerpt.
2. Gamers, quizz-takers and all of that. If all you do on facebook is play Mafia Wars, Farmville, take fb quizzes, get your name analyzed, find out what mythical creature you are, what character you are from your favorite [dumb ass] tv show or movie, find out the first letter of the last name of the man you’re going to marry, which Atlanta housewife you are, what biblical character you are, what your favorite sexual position is, how freaky you are, how high your IQ is, what your birthday says about you, or what movie star you’re most likely to marry (Ha!)- I fxxking hate you. That’s right, fxxking hate. No facebook application is going to predict how many kids you’re going to have, or what foreign country you’ll retire to (you know your ass ain’t going nowhere so quit it), or all you do is post stuff in the general thread, or worse, on my page directly, about joining your mafia family or something ridiculous like that, I don’t want to be associated with you. They should move all that juvenile crap over to myspace- and you too.
Full post here: http://sableverity.com/2009/09/26/how-to-get-deleted-from-my-facebook-friends/
I will admit, I have taken a Facebook quiz from time to time. I like quizzes, I won’t deny. And yes, I did take the Housewives quiz. Whatevs. But I will NOT be labeled a gamer. It irks me from here to infinity to log on and see a full page of my “friends” playing one game after another. It really makes me wonder. Who are these people?
