Ok, I didn't erase them literally, I just cleaned up my Face Book (fb) page. I haven't visited the site in over a year. When I opened it, It was just as I remembered. Seventy some odd friends (Some of them really odd) and postings ranging from chocolate infatuations to visits to the zoo. There were maybe 15 that I could identify with, and less than that that I cared about. I'm not being vain, I'm sure their posting were meaningful to them and had I been posting there regularly, mine wouldn't necessarily impress them either. We lead such varied and often opposing lifestyles. My biggest problem with fb is wading through the pages of irrelevant postings, the game notices, invitations to join worthy causes, or down load applications that can "help me" with everyday functions like telling what time I logged on to the computer. Not a problem, if I have a need to know that I'll check my watch.
So what to do? First I went through the eighty or so invitations to join or play various games, and blocked them. Then I blocked all of the cutesy application offers. Finally I took the giant leap and deleted a lot of my "e-friends" and even the majority of my extended family. I am now down to nineteen "friends", After deleting some of them that may in fact be a literal statement", but life goes on. I now have my nineteen hand picked "friends" 14 of which are immediate family, four are actual real life friends that I have known for years, and one is an "e-friend" that uses fb as a medium to help others learn Korean. Which was my motivation to re-enter the world of social networking. So it is official, I am once again a geek, glasses, pocket protector and everything. As in "My geeky friend on face book". I know, I'm pathetic, fourteen friends in this day and age. It had to be done. In the state it was in, not even Capt J.T. Kirk would have ventured there, and if he had, Mr. Spock would have had a mental breakdown.
See you there "Friend".
So what to do? First I went through the eighty or so invitations to join or play various games, and blocked them. Then I blocked all of the cutesy application offers. Finally I took the giant leap and deleted a lot of my "e-friends" and even the majority of my extended family. I am now down to nineteen "friends", After deleting some of them that may in fact be a literal statement", but life goes on. I now have my nineteen hand picked "friends" 14 of which are immediate family, four are actual real life friends that I have known for years, and one is an "e-friend" that uses fb as a medium to help others learn Korean. Which was my motivation to re-enter the world of social networking. So it is official, I am once again a geek, glasses, pocket protector and everything. As in "My geeky friend on face book". I know, I'm pathetic, fourteen friends in this day and age. It had to be done. In the state it was in, not even Capt J.T. Kirk would have ventured there, and if he had, Mr. Spock would have had a mental breakdown.
See you there "Friend".
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