Comments on: I’m About Ready to Say Goodbye to Facebook

By: Kenny

Kenny — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:37:21 +0000

I agree that facebook adds too much noise. My wife got mad at me when she sent me a hug through the “hug” application and I refused to install that application. Instead I hugged her by writing on her wall. Way too much!

However, I’ve got too many friends who I’ve only been able to connect with them through facebook. They don’t blog and some of them aren’t likely to follow my blogs regularly, but it’s nice to keep tabs on them (but I also don’t accept friendships with everyone who sends me a request). So, it’s too easy of a platform to keep in touch with my real friends who don’t blog or aren’t apt at keeping up with blogs.

By: Daryl McMullen

Daryl McMullen — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:46:30 +0000

I hear ya – my account is active only because I haven’t inactivated it. No bandwidth to stay up on it.

By: Blake

Blake — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:27:27 +0000

It’s easier and easier to clean it up now. You can block the sheep throwing and Oregon Trail invitations and all the others that are repetitive.

In Student Ministry it’s been really easy to start a group for your ministry and have it’s own “wall” and to be able to send out a msg quickly to everyone and know you’re hitting 95% of your kids. It was also a great way to send a quick msg to visitors as well. “Glad you were at church tonight. yadda yadda yadda”

Now that my job transitioned, I don’t use it quite as much. But there are plenty of adults that I still keep up with through it. And I think Facebook is about to restructure their “friend” hierarchy soon.

By: Terrace Crawford

Terrace Crawford — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:14:10 +0000

Those things annoy me too. I think that some of these applications you mentioned are created by regular facebook users though. I was able to decline all of the invitations (or ignore them).

By: Tina Harkey

Tina Harkey — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:23:59 +0000

I recruited 3 college students to work in Children’s Ministry by using their facebook contact…sweet!

By: Kem Meyer

Kem Meyer — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:36:55 +0000

You can’t dis Facebook about “noise” as long as you have all these sponsored ads popping up everywhere on your blog. :)

By: Greg Atkinson

Greg Atkinson — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:25:14 +0000

Don’t go, bro!

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:19:25 +0000

Tony, Im with you. But when you have grown children that is one of the ways you get to see what is going on with them. By way of the pictures they choose to share with friends. I will stay with facebook for awhile longer.

By: Lance

Lance — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:35:38 +0000

Kinda funny that you have a “Share on Facebook” icon at the bottom of your “I may leave Facebook” post.

I feel you on Facebook. I teach a lot of 22-26-year-old singles and it’s about the best way to communicate with them. Not enough have Twitter yet. But some use Facebook primarily, some Myspace, some g-mail, and I don’t want to inundate them with cell phone texts, so I end up bouncing from platform to platform to keep in touch. It can get really time-consuming.

By: chris

chris — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:31:28 +0000

You’re just angry because they only offer “poke” and “super poke,” but don’t offer “hug” and “super hug.”

If facebook offered hugs, I think you would be all over it.