The time has come to admit what most of you (well, those of you on Facebook) already know: I am a FB failure. Now, in this "everybody-wins-a-medal-just-for-showing-up" society, maybe I shouldn't be so hard on myself, but let's be honest, people. How often do you see a status update from me, much less any other type of update?
It's not that I want to be a failure; that's certainly not in my nature (I'm a recovering perfectionist), but I've discovered that I'm just not all that interested in what FB has to offer, which means, I don't really care if I fail (at it).
1. Games & such. Here's how much I use those features: I don't even know what other applications are offered! I don't play online games too often, and when I do, I gravitate toward Majjong Titans which came standard on my PC.
2. Photos. This is a feature I use (and view), but I often forget to since I'm more likely to post photos here (on the blog). Why be redundant?
3. Status updates. Updating my status on a regular basis means accessing the computer daily, which doesn't always happen (sometimes by choice, sometimes not). I suppose doing so would be easier with a fancy cell phone (you do know mine is a standard PHONE-- no bells or whistles-- that's hardly ever on, right?) or a laptop, but we have space for a PC, and I'm accustomed to it, so why switch to something only for its portability? Even with improved accessibility, I doubt that my status update frequency would improve. I have a hard enough time thinking of blog topics sometimes; how would I ever maintain a steady stream of status updates?
4. Staying informed. You know those updates some of you regularly post? Well, if I'm lucky, I'll read one of them every other month or so (well, maybe a little more often than that). Yes, I'm serious. When I log in, (about once a week, though sometimes more) I scroll down the first page, quickly scanning the updates. If I remember to, I might pop over to the photo section, but most times, I've already logged out (unless there's been an exceptionally interesting or provocative update).
My failure to utilize FB "properly" is not without its irony: I joined to stay/ get connected, but I'm just as dis-connected now as ever. Yet despite all this, I don't plan on closing my account anytime soon. After all, how else would I stay (pseudo) connected?
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