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Heidi Will Absolutely, Positively NEVER (Do you hear me? I mean it!) Have a Facebook
I have never been quiet about my aversion to all things Facebook.
I don’t want a Facebook, won’t have a Facebook, because:
- I’ve heard about the farm game.
- I don’t care which Twilight character I am most like.
- I’m not interested in what kind of sandwich you just ate, nor do I believe that you really want to read that about me. (Unless you write it in a blog post, with the recipe. Then I’m all yours.)
- Someone might upload embarrassing photos of me, like these:
- I already spend too much time on my laptop. I am too busy volunteering at homeless shelters.
- If the people in my past were that important to me, they wouldn’t be in my past.
Wait, back up. What was that last one?
- If the people in my past were that important to me, they wouldn’t be in my past.
That used to be true. But recently I find myself losing touch with a couple of long-distance friends. I spend my days homeschooling, and my evenings with my husband. Long phone calls are becoming a rarity. And now that Oregon has passed a Don’t Talk and Drive law, even brief catch-ups in the car are a thing of the past.
It was the Christmas letters that did it. As I read, I realized that I like keeping up with what my friends were doing. I don’t want our only contact to be reduced to once a year.
Is Facebook the best solution? Probably not. The best solution would be to make real time for the people that I care about. But, honestly, no matter how good my intentions, that is just not likely to happen right now. My time is being spent on my laptop family.
So…
[deep breath]
I created a Facebook page.
But I will absolutely, positively NEVER (Do you hear me? I mean it!) Twitter.
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DITTO. Now effing FRIEND me so I can find out what you just had for lunch and which Twilight Character you are most like. Also? I want to know what your stripper name is. And the 5 things closest to you that you could use to defend yourself.
I love you and LOVE that you hated facebook as much as me…but I too recently caved. It has been, much to my surprise, rewarding to reconnect. I recommend puting that last picture as your profile picture. I would put my crimped side-pony tail picture up from the 7th grade but I am pretty sure it is now in ashes somewhere in a landfill. I wish I would have kept it. I am so glad you kept yours.
My daughter dragged me kicking and screaming into facebook. I was a MySpacer (because I’m “into” music and thats where all my musician friends hung out). But now, (after a huge learning curve) I like Facebook better. And I only “friend” REAL friends (well, ok, I dont personally know Kris Kristofferson but I do personally know some people who personally know him).
Heck, I’ve even turned down friend requests from two relatives!
Oh, and I dont ‘farm’ or do any of those other applications either. Dont want to be phished. Seriously, I just keep up with real friends on there.
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Hey I said the SAME thing! AND, it asked me if I wanted to add you! How funny is that!
I am following a few political things, but I do NOT tell anyone my Twitter name 
I wasn’t going to Twitter either
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I caved on Facebook about a year ago and it has enriched my life by bringing back some very important people to me. I do not farm, I block all those silly things so they don’t clog my page. Facebook has enriched my life, but I spend very little time actually there. It’s been a tool for me, and I use it as such. Now Twitter.
NO THANK YOU.
Never.
I too am an anti-Facebook and anti-twitter girl. I wonder if I’ll ever cave?
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