Yet Even More Facebook Annoyances that Piss me Off

Just *why* have I not deleted my facebook account yet? I guess it's a morbid facination with knowing that somebody I went to high school with many moons ago blasts a status update that s/he is getting gas at Costo. Woo-Hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Facebook has now taken over the roll of the 'Home Party Sales Lady.' You all remember the uber annoying member of the PTA who hosted Tupperware parties and other useless crap "parties" where you were asked to overpay for shit you did not need. Your friendship was used for profit.

Fastforward to the social internet experience....

Now we are bombarded with status updates from our "friends" plugging products. We also have that damned "LIKE" icon that tells us why we should also "like" Bueler's Bar and Pub in Adak, Alaska (along with 15 mutual friends). We are also requested to "like" various causes and fundraisers.

Well, Facebook, take that "LIKE" thumbs-up icon and stick it up your ass.

Facebook

I can't decide if I love it or hate it. On the upside, I'm able to connect with tons of people at once. On the downside, I'm able to connect with tons of people at once.

I get overwhelmed with some of the little, silly "requests" Facebook allows your friends to annoy you with. If you want to communicate with me, write me a damn e-mail! I belong to Facebook because there are truly some people I want to communicate with from my past life in Minnesota along with some great friends I've made here in California, plus a couple of European friends.

The danger of Facebook is that your past comes to haunt you....

I've had "friend requests" from people I thought I'd never hear from again. I'm delighted to hear from the vast majority of them, but there are some I'm not.

Damn. They found me.

Their "friend" intro phrase is filled with self-congratulatory blatherings on their perfect family, spouse, etc. It's the Christmas brag letter that is now year round and is without seasonal boundaries. GAG ME!!!!