Why Facebook is useful

[yendi]

Thanks to The Social Network*, I've learned that A) 'song's birthcousin (who I've known since he was thirteen, some twelve years back) is engaged (finally!**), and B) that an old friend of mine (someone I roadtripped with to Megacon a long time ago, before 'song and I were even seeing each other) is now a brand new dad.

*I mean, it was the first place online where you could share news with people, add "friends," and meet new people, right? So it surely deserves that title.

**They've been dating for at least seven years, and seeing as she's almost as much a part of his family as he is, I'm both happy and relieved.**

Comments

[hippie-mamabear.livejournal.com]

Facebook is the only way i find out if relatives are pregnant, getting married, dieing, etc. Because no one bothers to effing call me.

[yendi]

See, I see that as generally a feature, not a bug. Any option before a telephone.

[hippie-mamabear.livejournal.com]

i agree when it comes to smalltalk, people bragging about their kids, etc., but i would like to think i was worth a heads-up on some things before their 300+ acquaintances :\

[michaeldthomas.livejournal.com]

I remain loyal to Friendster. ;-)

[yendi]

Someone has to!

[michaeldthomas.livejournal.com]

When I search for Friendster on Altavista, it says that Friendster is LIVING THE GAME. Oh, it is. That is MY LIFE.

(Extra Irony for having this discussion on LiveJournal.) ;-)

[yendi]

I took it one step further and clicked through the link to Friendster, and there was -- I kid you not -- the option to sign up to Friendster with Facebook.

And dammit, Livejournal isn't dead, no matter what folks say. Until Facebook allows me to view the entire set of posts by my friends in order without omitting any, and allows threaded comments, it's not even in the game.

Also, I think the two of us are now the only people outside of Pawnee, IN to use Altavista in years.

[michaeldthomas.livejournal.com]

I agree about LJ. It's worth it to me just for filters and friend locking.

*g* Probably, though I think it's adorable that it looks the same.

[raidingparty.livejournal.com]

Adding the double asterices to the end there makes an infinitely-looped comment!