Is Facebook over rated?

Most of those types of websites just feeds to the narcissism some people hide. “Here I am! Love me!”

I find it quite boring and purposeless myself. Others may be entertained by it though. I can usually find things much more interesting.

in a way yes.

it is a nice way to keep in touch with everyone, but i remember when people had to walk or drive to someones house just to get a hold of them to see what they were up to because they wouldn’t answer their landline telephone.

then came pagers, then cell phones without texting, then texting, and now that option where you can tell everyone what you are up to on facebook

some people use this literally all day long…

“eating a sandwhich and lemonade on the rocks” 12:34
“outside getting the mail” 4:32
“going to the store to get more bread and then jamming out to led zeppelin on my mac desktop” 6:44

it reminds me of a research lab

It is a tool to stay in contact with people you otherwise would never hear from again. Other than that, all it does is keep people in front of the computer instead of living their lives. I only spend time on fluther or facebook when I am waiting for something (a bus, riding the train, etc.) and even that seems like too much

I think it’s just you :)

Facebook isn’t overrated, it just is. It’s no more overrated than any other website on the internet.

How do you put a lot of effort into Facebook?

I guess for me, it does what it’s supposed to do. Makes a place where people can contact me without the effort (“effort”) of calling me, and where I can go on my iPhone when I’m bored at work to see what people are up to if I haven’t spoken with them in a while.

I don’t put a lot of time and effort into it, so no.

It does provide me with another method to keep in touch with friends and relatives who don’t communicate with me using other methods, i.e. don’t respond to emails, don’t return phone calls etc. But the navigation scheme for the site is horrible.

Facebook is just another way for the internet to suck what little life we have left out of us.

I work with it the way I want to and get what I need from it – and no more.

I think it’s overrated. I deactivated mine about a month and a half ago and I find it freeing to not feel obligated to sign on or waste time on it everyday. I have so much more time to do other more productive things. Yes, it is a great way to keep in touch with old friends, but people have taken it took far. I don’t know about anybody else, but facebook to me just feels like you are constantly in high school. Nobody needs that type of drama in their lives. My one friend when he found out I got rid of it said and I quote “You just commited social suicide.” haha but you actually find out who your true friends are because they are the ones that you still see and talk to regardless of a made up online society.

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It is. I use it only in order to communicate with my friends and stay in touch with people I don’t see often. Also, I think “likes” are stupid. If someone you’ve added as a “friend” sees them, can understand more things about you, and that’s definitely a bad thing. They can pretend they really know you, and mess everything up.