Snoopy
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Joining FBG at age 4?
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What's Normal? - Do you regularly use Facebook? (1 Viewer)
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Major
Footballguy
I used to be heavy user back in the late 00/early 10s, thousands of 'friends', etc but have weened off it over the past 5+ years. I just recently logged in for the first time in two years and didn't seem like I missed anything. It could be my lack of involvement but It's starting to feel a lot like Myspace during it's demise - not nearly as many people posting, less interactions, etc. My feed felt really stale. I plan to occasionally check for DMs going forward but that's about it.
Zow
Footballguy
Yes. Probably my age demographic but I was in school when it came out so everybody I knew embraced it and got a profile. Was a big way for several years that I communicated with friends/girls so looking at it became second nature. Frankly, Facebook's relationship status is how I knew whether an ex and I were done for good back in the day.
Now, I don't post very often (if I do it's mainly golf/sports stuff) but I do scroll through my feed once or twice per day to see people's posts or view the reels to kill a few moments (usually in the bathroom). Since I've previously lived in two different areas of the country prior to my current location, as well as three distinct locations within my current state, it is a nice way to keep up with and keep in touch with friends from those areas I don't otherwise see or speak to often.
Since I'm only a casual user and don't often post/engage, the only time I really didn't enjoy it was during the last presidential administration when a lot of my friends posted political stuff. I mainly didn't enjoy that because I saw a few acquaintances that I like and respected in a lesser light because of what they posted. That said, my newsfeed is now far less political so I still think facebook is a positive app for me.
Now, I don't post very often (if I do it's mainly golf/sports stuff) but I do scroll through my feed once or twice per day to see people's posts or view the reels to kill a few moments (usually in the bathroom). Since I've previously lived in two different areas of the country prior to my current location, as well as three distinct locations within my current state, it is a nice way to keep up with and keep in touch with friends from those areas I don't otherwise see or speak to often.
Since I'm only a casual user and don't often post/engage, the only time I really didn't enjoy it was during the last presidential administration when a lot of my friends posted political stuff. I mainly didn't enjoy that because I saw a few acquaintances that I like and respected in a lesser light because of what they posted. That said, my newsfeed is now far less political so I still think facebook is a positive app for me.
FairWarning
Footballguy
I may have, it was the OL’ Yellow days.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
I’ll occasionally post on my wife’s account making jokes or talking about how lucky she is to be married to me.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
Never
Don't trust social media
See too many people have their lives ruined because of Facebook
Don't trust social media
See too many people have their lives ruined because of Facebook
snogger
Footballguy
On it a few times a day.
We have a granddaughter now and our daughter is posting almost daily..
Also have friends from High school I'd never talk to if not there as I'm not one to call/text much.
Not to mention some of the FBG alumni I've friended there
Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
Use it for MarketPlace for the most part. Also I am addicted to this one lady friend who all she does is brag about her kids every day.
All three are great athletes, the best siblings, the best supportive friends, 4.0 students. And after every comment it is !!!!!!
..My son had a GREAT game yesterday!!!! My daughter killed it in her piano recital!!!!! So proud of them!!! I love that girl!!!!
All three are great athletes, the best siblings, the best supportive friends, 4.0 students. And after every comment it is !!!!!!
..My son had a GREAT game yesterday!!!! My daughter killed it in her piano recital!!!!! So proud of them!!! I love that girl!!!!
Gr00vus
Footballguy
There's potential for some quality board alias schtick in there somewhere if operated by the right hands.
El Floppo
Footballguy
I used to be fairly regular... It was a great way to find old friends when I started. But realized it was way too much- this is what I ate for dinner, this is what I had to drink, this is where I went on vacation, this is the workout I just did, this is my political/religious view. I genuinely dgaf... Unless it's a good friend, in which case I don't need FB to know this stuff.
Still have my account. I'll check in now if my wife tags me... Which she does less and less. Or if I want to show one of my kids an old photo... Both are the times when I do actually find out about deaths. Every single time.
Still have my account. I'll check in now if my wife tags me... Which she does less and less. Or if I want to show one of my kids an old photo... Both are the times when I do actually find out about deaths. Every single time.
jhib
Footballguy
Same. Haven't posted anything in years. Log in once every few months or so for some random reason or another (and see months-old birthday wishes and such). No phone app, just browser.
It's nice when your FIL joins and friends everyone and then constantly asks my wife and kids why they didn't view his latest story and comment on it, and I could just say to him from the start, "Yeah I never use facebook."
Keerock
Footballguy
Sounds like me IRL
Al Czervik
Not wearing pants
LOL. I have a sister-in-law who is like that.
Al Czervik
Not wearing pants
I go on there daily, but wouldn't say I love it. The most value I find is from the groups I follow (and seeing what Keerock is up to). Though some of the stuff people post in my kids college parent group is crazy and a good source of entertainment for my wife and me. College facebook parent group posts should be it's own thread. Also, like many, I have "unfollowed" people who post about politics or just stupid crap (including my own sister and parents... feel bad, but cleans up my feed).
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B Maverick
Footballguy
Signed up once years ago when a soccer game I wanted to watch was only being shown there. Haven't logged in since the game ended.
Keerock
Footballguy
Keerock
Footballguy
Welcome!
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Never had one. Well it’s possible I had one created through the META VR thing I got for my kids but not anything I ever use
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
So this is an example of bots at work?
What's the purpose?
What's the purpose?
jhib
Footballguy
Even better, it's battle bots! Instagram vs Facebook!
massraider
Footballguy
Hello, fellow humans!
fightingillini
Footballguy
I have an account (I joined in 2006 to join the Charlotte Illini club when I lived there) but I have not looked at it in years. I need to just cancel it. Never understood of the craze of it in the day. Everyone uses it for self promotion....look at the party I went to!.......look at how great my kids are! I am too busy to keep up with that. I actually talk to friends/family that I care about.
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