I admit that I started a Facebook page simply to see what all the to-do was
about and one of my colleagues admitted to being a Facebook addict.   Then
our university public relations office came over and was trying to convince
the library to open a Facebook page as this was the wave of the future and
the way to market ourselves to current and prospective students.

Like other comments, I do have a life and cannot sit evenings and weekends
in front of the computer just waiting for someone to update their Facebook
page or read the latest twitter.  I think eventually this, too, will pass.
I prefer having conversations and e-mail with people in real time and I'm
not sure why I would spend hours to see what folks have posted on their
"wall" or pictures or what.   It almost turns everyone into a full-time CNN
network where you have to be on constantly to find out the latest news of
?your friends?

Dean



On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 1:09 PM, David Gaynon <[log in to unmask]
> wrote:

> John
>
> Well I must admit that I opened a personal Facebook Account mainly to try
> and understand what its all about mainly because my company is going in that
> direction with marketing and I wanted to better understand it.  After about
> two months I have 6 or 7 friends and about 4 photos posted (two if you don't
> count the pix of my dog and cat).  I have been receiving instruction from my
> 23 year old niece on this (she has something in the neighborhood of 400
> photos on her page).  But I must admit I still don't get it.  I think it's a
> function of age since outside of work what I value most is peace and quiet.
>  I will even avoid noisy restaurants even if they have the best food in
> town.
>
> I do have a personal email account but I only check it once or twice a week
> -- usually sort by sender and delete about half the messages without reading
> them.
>
> David B. Gaynon
> [log in to unmask]
> Huntington Beach CA, USA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of John Phillips
> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 10:34 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Facebook
>
> I have considered resigning myself from some of these arenas like Facebook
> and LinkedIn. You realize what you have gotten yourself into when these
> things happen to you that did happen to me:
>
> 1. Your brother-in-law gives your mother-in-law your Facebook connection 2.
> Some friends that you like socializing with at parties a few times a year,
> start "updating" and letting you know that their cat has died, they are
> going on vacation, or their kids are graduating from High School, they now
> love mead better than beer, etc.
> 3. People invite you to join their network and you find they have 500+
> connections already 4. People invite you to join their network and you ask
> them who they are and they are not sure if you have met, but since you are
> in the same professional association, you MUST have a lot in common 5. The
> Web sites send increasing amounts of self-serving promotional "concerns" and
> "invitations" for you to be more connected. And more connected. And more
> connected - so they can keep their stats up and charge their
> advertisers/supporters more.
>
> I live professionally in and out of email and the Internet all day. To
> start the evening with more time staring into an LCD screen is not my idea
> of having a life. I have noticed at times me, my wife, both kids and their
> friends all starting into a TV, CRT, or LCD screen simultaneously for the
> better part of some evenings. Is that a life? Not for me. I head to the
> workshop and putter around or take walks in the woods or walk down to the
> park on the river or do something besides type as fast as I can into an
> electronic world. We really do need to manage our technologies better when
> it begins to change the nature of personal relationships and privacy
> expectations.
>
> I really enjoy friends, relatives, and associates - in moderation. But when
> they start having 24/7 expectations of daily responses, it can become a bit
> much. You wonder what will happen to us if there is ever a national
> emergency and an electrical blackout for a few days. I am sure that
> following such a disaster Facebook, LinkedIn, and Titter will be encouraging
> you to contact everyone right away. Will they be helping you or their
> statistics?
>
> John
>
>
> ****************************
> John Phillips
> Information Technology Decisions
> 865-966-9413
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of David Gaynon
> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 12:05 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Facebook
>
> A brief but interesting blog on leaving Facebook behind.
>
>
> http://futurelawyer.typepad.com/futurelawyer/2010/05/goodbye-facebook-have-a
> -nice-life.html
>
> David B. Gaynon
> [log in to unmask]
> Huntington Beach CA, USA
>
>
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