I finally gave in over the weekend and joined Facebook. I know that my regular readers may find this amazing, but the only network I’d joined before Facebook was LinkedIn. Normally when I get invites to join social networks I just delete them because I don’t want to get sucked in. But, this particular invite was from an old girlfriend and I didn’t want her to think that I was blanking her.
What I’m really loving about the Facebook service is one of my goals this year has been to reconnect with old friends, and I’ve already managed to locate 3 very good friends I’d totally lost touch with. Even better, I’ve managed to reconnect with a woman I met very briefly about 8 years ago….keeping that old email address might finally pay off!
I can see how Facebook can get really addictive, because of the constant updates as your friends add new photos and friends. I don’t think Facebook is very big in the UK yet, as the ‘usual suspects’ out of my friends who thrive on these kind of services aren’t members yet.
I’m starting to understand the story that broke a few weeks ago about the guy who quit his job so that he could stay on Facebook 24/7. Luckily I’m too busy at work these days to do more than check my email, so I’ll never hit these levels!
