(RE: Gizmodo article; Wired article “Facebook’s Gone Rogue“; Washington Post article “Facebook meets the ‘Unlike’ Button“)
Yip-pee! I feel vindicated! I’ve ignored OODLES of requests to join Facebook over the past few years from family & friends. Most folks just think I’m unsocial. Well, they’re right. Let’s see… let me look up the technical definition of what I am… oh yeah… I’m supposedly an anti- or unsocial turd (& proud of it, I might add), or just call me a “social introvert.”
Whatever… I actually prefer having my own web site and blog, where I have some control over what I release (or don’t release) about myself and that nobody reads except me. Not so with Facebook. In my opinion, whatever you put on Facebook… it’s going to get out (if not already out there for all, or at least advertisers, to see). Of course… whether or not you have a “presence” on the web, there’s still likely info about you on-line.
What kinda’ irritates me about “Facebook Invites” is that you have to create an account just to see what whomever invited you to see. No thanks. I’m kind of an “anti-sheep” kind of guy. Whenever a large # of people think something is really great, then I begin to wonder why & tend to move in an opposite direction. I detest fads, and avoid them like the plague.
Is social networking like Facebook & MySpace a fad? Don’t know, don’t care. I’m just not interested in social networking. Don’t forget — I’m what you call a “social turd.”
For reasons NOT to delete your Facebook acct, see this.
And for the ultimate reality check & why the blame ultimately rests with “us,” see this.