Comments on: A year of Facebook

By: brainadmin

brainadmin — Sat, 17 May 2008 09:41:54 +0000

@James - I was never a bit fan of the walls, either.

By: James Duthie

James Duthie — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:26:56 +0000

I was initially addicted to Facebook, predominantly as it allowed me to reconnect with many old friends. But once the connections were made I found it increasingly useless and annoying over time. In particular, as the popularity of applications grew, my patience wore extremely thin at the mountains of spam I received to learn that someone had thrown a cow at me. Urgh! The final straw came when chain mail become popular fodder for the walls…

All a product of my friendship group undoubtedly… perhaps if I used it for business purposes rather than social it’d still be semi-appealing…

By: brainadmin

brainadmin — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:38:12 +0000

@Richie - yes, it’s all about time…

By: Richie Escovedo

Richie Escovedo — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:49:08 +0000

@Mark the MySpace numbers don’t lie. I agree with the notion of maintaining a presence there, just a time-management issue i guess.

By: brainadmin

brainadmin — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:16:47 +0000

@vimoh - also feels like a means to try to take your personal data, too.

By: vimoh

vimoh — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:52:34 +0000

Facebook grew annoying very soon. What appears lucrative at first as extra functionality soon starts to look like feature creep.

By: markdykeman

markdykeman — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:36:12 +0000

@Richie - I’ve actually been thinking about establishing a presence on MySpace, just due to the sheer size of the community, but I think I understand what you are saying.

By: Richie Escovedo

Richie Escovedo — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:56:13 +0000

Use Facebook. Only a few months into it and I already feel the same sort drop off as others. I still keep up with friends and find old ones when I can. I get tired of the new apps, and the new apps, and new apps…good grief, we get it. I hardly ever accept any new apps anymore either. My usage has dropped off, but not near as much as my MySpace usage (see funny Social Networking Wars on Giovanni Galucci’s blog).

By: brainadmin

brainadmin — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:04:53 +0000

@Paul - we seem to be of similar minds. I decline most app invites now as well.

By: Paul McIntosh - pmctosh

Paul McIntosh - pmctosh — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:23:06 +0000

Like you I joined Facebook a year ago at the start of my online social media experience. It was at a point where I checked there first thing in the morning as opposed to email.
My usage dropped off as I learned more and also found it was taking away too much of my time. Well, I allowed it to let’s say.
I think it still serves a purpose and I catch up with old friends that no longer live close. But there came a point during the “FB rush” where it started to get too clogged with app requests, slow loading and just an overall bloat.
The final turning point came when a friend tried to send a birthday wish and she told me I had over 80 aps installed on my profile.
Bottom line, I have uninstalled the majority of the aps, don’t accept anymore now and only visit every couple of days for a short period to catch up.
I still like Facebook. But the honeymoon is over.