I Don’t Get Facebook

Posted on 24. Aug, 2009 by Trish in Trisha

My husband has been on facebook for a while, more to play the games than anything else. Several of his family members are on there too, but I decided I wouldn’t join. It’s just one more social media network that I don’t have a ton of time for.

Then facebook became more and more popular, and it seems like everyone was on there. My husband always seemed to know more about things that were going on with people because of facebook. People seemed to think that if they posted it on facebook, everyone would know about it. I had a friend who didn’t know about a birthday party for her friend because she doesn’t have facebook. The friend just posted it there and figured that everyone would see it. She found out a few weeks later when another friend mentioned the party. She felt like she wasn’t invited because she didn’t happen to see it on facebook.

I even had some in laws who forgot to call us to let us know their last child was born. We found out a couple of weeks later when we went to a family dinner and they were there with the baby. They apologized and said that he must have forgotten to call us. Their next comment? “We posted it on facebook!” Apparently we weren’t the only members of the family they forgot to call, and most of them found out from facebook.

I finally decided it was time for me to join. I didn’t want to miss out on things anymore. Besides, I might be able to connect with old friends. Now that I have joined, however, I have no idea what to do. I keep getting friend requests, and most of the people I know, but others I have no idea who they are! Some people say they graduated the same year as I did from high school, but I’m going to have to go pull out my old yearbook to see who they are. Then there are people who don’t have their maiden name on there, just their married, so I really have no idea who they are!

So now I have joined. I have a few friends, but I still don’t get it. Am I the only one who doesn’t understand it?