July 25, 200917 yr This is crazy. I am on the verge of deleting my Facebook page. It's too much crap now. When I first registered for Facebook (Fall of 2004) it was so much better than this. On top of all the general "crap" on there now, my parents have accounts, I know people's grandparents who have accounts, and I've seen dogs and cats with accounts. Facebook was great for the first two years and has quickly gone down hill since allowing people without valid, college e-mail accounts to register. Just have to ask...how has allowing people other than those who have a college e-mail account caused Facebook to become "crap".
July 25, 200917 yr I just could care less, who am I to deny people from admiring me on facebook. :laugh::laugh: Plus...it's a wider audience.
July 25, 200917 yr Just have to ask...how has allowing people other than those who have a college e-mail account caused Facebook to become "crap". With that, they added all these stupid quizzes, applications, etc. I constantly get some kind of invite to "Farmtown" or "Vampire Wars" and they're annoying. Luckily, they now allow you to block these, but I still get invites to new crap all the time. Not to mention the layout now is chaos. When I joined, you had a profile, and you could join groups. It was simple, yet fun, and I see no need for all of this new stuff. Allowing anyone to join has made Facebook less fun as well. I don't want my mom spying on me and knowing everything I'm doing at college via Facebook. When it started, Facebook was a college community, and while sometimes a bit raucous, everyone was pretty much on the same page. All of my friends that had Facebook years ago agree that it's gone way down hill and they should have never allowed anyone and everyone to join, but money talks, and more people mean more advertising dollars. :cry:
July 25, 200917 yr :laugh::laugh: Plus...it's a wider audience. I have nothing to hide, on facebook or else where. I've heard stories of facebook "creeping" and all it does is make me smile.
July 25, 200917 yr With that, they added all these stupid quizzes, applications, etc. I constantly get some kind of invite to "Farmtown" or "Vampire Wars" and they're annoying. Luckily, they now allow you to block these, but I still get invites to new crap all the time. Not to mention the layout now is chaos. When I joined, you had a profile, and you could join groups. It was simple, yet fun, and I see no need for all of this new stuff. Allowing anyone to join has made Facebook less fun as well. I don't want my mom spying on me and knowing everything I'm doing at college via Facebook. When it started, Facebook was a college community, and while sometimes a bit raucous, everyone was pretty much on the same page. All of my friends that had Facebook years ago agree that it's gone way down hill and they should have never allowed anyone and everyone to join, but money talks, and more people mean more advertising dollars. :cry: Are you still in college?
July 25, 200917 yr Are you still in college? Yes, but I don't think that's relevant. What I'm getting at is that, the day my parents (and my friends parents) joined Facebook, it was no longer fun, and continued use has only been out of habit.
July 25, 200917 yr With that, they added all these stupid quizzes, applications, etc. I constantly get some kind of invite to "Farmtown" or "Vampire Wars" and they're annoying. Luckily, they now allow you to block these, but I still get invites to new crap all the time. Not to mention the layout now is chaos. When I joined, you had a profile, and you could join groups. It was simple, yet fun, and I see no need for all of this new stuff. Allowing anyone to join has made Facebook less fun as well. I don't want my mom spying on me and knowing everything I'm doing at college via Facebook. When it started, Facebook was a college community, and while sometimes a bit raucous, everyone was pretty much on the same page. All of my friends that had Facebook years ago agree that it's gone way down hill and they should have never allowed anyone and everyone to join, but money talks, and more people mean more advertising dollars. :cry: You know you can block your mom from seeing your profile....right?
July 25, 200917 yr I think it is better now, all my family from out of town can check out what I am doing and see pictures of me and my family that they would normally never get to see.
July 25, 200917 yr You know you can block your mom from seeing your profile....right? And what kind of lecture would I get about that? *Ring Ring* "Hi mom." "Why did you block me on Facebook!?:madman:" or *Ring Ring* "Hi mom." "Why haven't you added me as a friend yet?"
July 25, 200917 yr I think it is better now, all my family from out of town can check out what I am doing and see pictures of me and my family that they would normally never get to see. Could that not have been done on MySpace, which already allowed anyone to sign up?
July 25, 200917 yr Could that not have been done on MySpace, which already allowed anyone to sign up? Soooo....your beef is that Facebook is no longer an exclusive club? Not really the other stuff, as there's an answer to all your beefs you mentioned. You're miffed it's not exclusive to college students any longer. What if your mom had gone back to school? She could have had a college e-mail and you'd still be crying the blues.
July 25, 200917 yr And what kind of lecture would I get about that? *Ring Ring* "Hi mom." "Why did you block me on Facebook!?:madman:" or *Ring Ring* "Hi mom." "Why haven't you added me as a friend yet?" How funny! :lol: I guess I'm lucky. My kids asked me to be their friends. I have good kids.
July 25, 200917 yr Could that not have been done on MySpace, which already allowed anyone to sign up? Myspace is pretty much social ad site. I don't fool with that site anymore.
July 25, 200917 yr Soooo....your beef is that Facebook is no longer an exclusive club? Not really the other stuff, as there's an answer to all your beefs you mentioned. You're miffed it's not exclusive to college students any longer. What if your mom had gone back to school? She could have had a college e-mail and you'd still be crying the blues. The likelihood of that is/was very, very small. No, I honestly do not like all of the other changes Facebook has made. Too much advertising, too many applications and nonsense on there. And yes, it was a bit like being in a country club and one day the club decided to let anyone and everyone come in and enjoy the facilities.
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