With the advent of Facebook becoming as popular as a $2 whore on a US Navy ship, it would appear that now’s the time to jump in. I’d been putting it off for the better part a year. I caved about 2 weeks ago, though. All along, I had figured that there was no point – I mean, what do Myspace, Orkut, Datingbuzz, Digg, Blogger, del.icio.us, etc all have in common? They all contain some or other digital representation of my miserable life. Social Networking, so I’m told.
So, as with Orkut, I signed up and found a bunch a friends I’d happily forgotten about. My day now works as follows: Constantly check to see if I can find more friends. Poke. Leech more friends from other friends. Poke. Comment. Poke. Waste time reading cyanide and happiness groups. Poke. Lather. Poke. Rinse. Poke. Repeat. Poke.
One thing I will give Facebook is the fact that their plain-jane layout doesn’t give me nearly as many headaches as Myspace. Gods, I cannot articulate just how much I dislike Myspace for the simple fact that users have too much control over the layout. Flashing black and white stars with skulls and crossbones on a lumo pink background is BAD! Don’t do it!
Oh, before I end this, here is another interesting read. It’s all about how Facebook is secretly funded by the CIA. Enjoy.