I am constantly getting bugged for my lack of effort on Facebook. I'll admit...it's pretty pathetic! Until recently, after being kindly reminded by a friend, my profile picture was a shot of Josiah...from when he was one week old. So I replaced it with his one year shot, and hope that I don't need to think about this again for another year!

Here are some of my problems (and they belong to me, not Facebook, or anyone else who uses it who may not share my problems at all :)!) :

1) I am not gregarious at all, and prefer fewer, close relationships.There are people on Facebook looking at my pictures and my personal stuff who do not care to have a non-electronic relationship (I mean people who live within the Maritimes!).

2) It sometimes feels like a substitute for relationships. Social networking (including blogs) can easily replace face-to-face time.


3) It feels too surface, and it kind of has to be since everyone sees it! I wish everyone had blogs instead.

4) It has all of those cheesy factors, like posting ten things about you  which I am constanly rebuffing (sorry guys!). Not to mention your bra colour- yikes!

5) Chris is not a big fan due to associated problems he encounters at work, so his feelings rub off on me.

6) It is used to sell stuff/social agendas, which I try to keep separate from my friendships.

7) It can swallow a lot of my time when I get into it.

8) It forces me to talk about myself in the third person, which feels creepy or junior high-'ish'.

So why don't I pull the plug? I think about it often! But I have really enjoyed seeing the photo albums of friends. I have had the benefit of re-connecting to people I have lost touch with over the years. I often choose to contact people through private mail, so it is kind of like a fancy email account.  And, I would never see or hear from some aside from Facebook, therefore I need it! So I hang on...just in case you've ever wondered!