Facebook phenomenon

People have been talking about social networking websites for a long time… I traditionally wrote off the discussions as something “I didn’t have time for…“  I mean the popular argument people have made… including myself is : “If I wanted to keep in touch with a friend… then I would already talk to him or her or e-mail him or her…“  Why do I need a website to do that for me?

Well,  there are some former co-workers and a friend or two from college I have lost touch with… and turns out facebook is an easy… low maintenance way to get caught up with a friend… let them know how you are and then sign off… there is no long drawn out conversation that none of us really have time for… I mean try packing 8 years of catching up into a phone call and you might as well block off half the day… but the pictures on facebook allows you to get quick snapshots of your friends life… kind of like a soap opera… you feel like you are caught up with one viewing…

There are still a lot of things I don’t know how to use on my little “page” - I may or may not “have time” to take full advantage of this little tool but so far - it is fun and free…