Facebook is…Interesting
9:09am Okay, so I FINALLY got a Facebook…after many requests from family members. My goal with using it it to keep in touch with family members and a few of my closer online friends and possibly reconnect with some of my closer friends from the past (from high school, college, etc.). Truth be told, I find some of Facebook a little weird and I’m not sure what to do about it.
Example: People send me things like hugs and then want me to return them. I also got an invite to play some restaurant game (that I honestly have no interest in). I said “ignore” on that invite, but a few days later the same person sent another invite for the same thing! Can they not take a hint? Another person sent me a “banana tree” for a game or something called “Farm Town”…I’m not making this up. I don’t play this game, or any other type of trading game on Facebook, so I’m not sure why I’m being sent a tree or anything else unless it’s their way to get me to play.
I just don’t really know what happens when I push the button that says “ignore”…and is everyone going to start thinking I’m mean because I ignore all these requests? My request list is getting all cluttered up with this stuff and I need to clean it out but I’m not sure exactly what to do.
Another problem: I have one friend request from someone I totally don’t know. I can’t fathom why they would friend me in the first place unless they think they know me…but for the life of me, I can’t figure out who they are. Is it rude to messege them and say, “who are you?” because I’d feel bad and stupid if I should know who they are. Or should I just ignore them, too. I also have another friend request from someone I do know online but I’m not sure I want to be Facebook friends with them. All of this makes me feel really mean…
Who knew Facebook could create such guilt trips!
Anyway, on the good side (because there is one, I promise) Facebook is helping me keep in touch with my family so that part I am really liking and makes getting one totally worth it. I just wish I could do that without all the other distractions that seem to come along with it. It’s not to say I don’t waste time online, I’m just not interested in doing it the Facebook way. 
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On a completely different topic, I’ve done most of my website clean up. I know it doesn’t look any different really, but I like this design and didn’t want to change it. Mostly I just deleted several pages that were outdated or useless (I don’t think they will be missed by anyone) and brought some of my other pages up to date. I also simplified a few things. I moved all of my pixels to the “Miscellaneous” menu, just FYI. I still need to fix a few things, design wise, and I need to update a few more pages. But for the most part, it’s mostly done…yay!
As requested, a link to my Etsy store can be found in the “Webmistress” menu. 
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What I would do is in the little comment box under your profile picture just put in there that you are not interested in playing the apps (that is what Facebook calls them) on Facebook & please don’t invite you & that you will delete them. Also that you only friend people that you know.
That is how I would handle it. Then there should be no guilt because you have stated up front that you have no interested in the games or befriending people that you don’t know.
I am equally puzzled by facebook. I signed up to check something for work a few months ago, and promptly forgot all about the account.
But then something weird happened.
Every week or two, a cousin (or a friend, or an old college classmate) would find my page (no idea how, I never told anyone about it, or linked to it anywhere) would find it, and add me, and I kept getting these email notifications about it! I guess I might as well use it now…I just didn’t expect my real-world connections to find me online, with no prodding :S
Yeah, I always ignore those apps. They just seem pointless to me. And if I don’t know the person, I won’t add them. Actually at first I was more reluctant about adding online friends so I keep it to people that I’ve known for several years. But one of the things I love about facebook is how easy it is to share pictures and quick comments with others. Keeping up with old friends is much easier these days, even if I don’t do it very often.
I ignore almost all the apps, fall for some of the quizzes but if i do not like the results, i do not publish them. I also ignore friend requests if i do not know the person. Also, there are some “friends” that seemed to pass on a lot of junk, and I set the to “ignore” on my wall so i do not see their stuff at all. I really do not care what anyone thinks about it, i do this for limited reasons and stick to that purpose. Luv.
Joni, don’t ever feel guilty about ignoring people on Facebook. I’m sure most of the time they won’t even remember that they sent you an invite/request in the first place! I say that you go ahead and make facebook right for YOU and ignore all the crap you don’t care to utilize. Otherwise, you’ll just be annoyed by it constantly, then you’ll leave and then I’ll miss you!!
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