What do you think about Facebook?

Hmmm. I had to read this article for school lsat year. Let me know your thought:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/ma...26lives-t.html

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I'm on facebook all the time,people are only going to know what you show and tell them. Good Luck

My friends and coworkers and even some of my family use it to communicate with people all at once. When my co workers throw parties, they announce it on facebook. Some people use it to announce when they find out if they're expecting a baby girl or a baby boy. There's also picture sharing. It's really not that big of a deal. I don't know why they would continuously tell you to join. Maybe just because you're so against it. You could always see for yourself. Create a page and if you're not into it, deactivate it. There are privacy settings, you don't have to put every detail of your life into it.

It's a personal choice. I use my account to talk to friends when I don't see them for a while or they are overseas. I do, however think they can be very destructive if they are used in other ways.

If you don't feel you want an account, don't have one. It's your choice.

If I were to join I could absolutely not join under my real name. I could open the account and keep my anonymity by making up a fictitious name. That way I can tell them I'm on and hope that will be the end of it. Thanks to all of you who took the time to answer.

If you are going to join anonymously, then why bother? I'm also on Facebook, I restrict access to my profile to people I add as friends. There are a lot of advantages to using Facebook to keep up with friends and family. Also lots of companies are creating Facebook pages to promote their products.

I do not know why your making a bigger deal out of it then it really is. You say your not worried about privacy yet you want to use a fake name. There are settings which you can make it so only your friends or and family and coworkers can see them and no one else.

I think your being paranoid. Everybody is on facebook and they just want to play games and interact with you. That simple. There is nothing wrong with your friends, but remember it is your choice whether you want to sign up or not.

Joe

Like scott said, why bother making one if you're going to use a fake name? I only add people I know. That's how a lot of people are. So no one would know your fake name. Or be able to find you. So they wouldn't believe you. I don't encourage lying, but really, if you're going to make a fake account, you might as well not and say you did. If you make a fake account, you won't have many friends, and then you'll definitely never get what the point of facebook is.

I went ahead and opened up the face book account using a fictitious name. I'm sorry to inform all of you, but nobody, and I mean nobody seemed to care that it wasn't my real name. Within days everybody was sending out friendship requests telling everybody that it was me. Within 2 weeks I had over 100 friends. People from high school were writing, people I hadn't seen since elementary school were writing. However I ran into a problem. Even though I posted on my page that I was married, happily married, nobody seemed to care about that either. All they could remember is that I was Homecoming Queen. I had guys from high school asking me out, girls from high school asking me out, people from work asking me out, and people inviting me to this party, that party or the other party, as if I have the time. I had finally figured out what face book was all about. I stated I had a privacy concern and that is why I deleted the account only 2 weeks after opening it. Ever since then I have read and heard so much in the news about face book and the lack of privacy that I am simply ecstatic I deleted the account. I have my private life back again. Just for the record, anybody I wanted to keep in touch with from high school I never lost contact with, they already have my number. There really was only one person I was happy to hear from. The rest, well obviously they have a lot of time on their hands. Thanks to all who took the time to reply.