I was a holdout for a long time but I'm glad I picked up an account. Managed to reconnect with some old friends which was pretty cool. It's not like I sit up all night glued to the machine, nor do I end up going out to coffee with people I hate ... it's merely a good way to see what other people are doing.
Sure there are incredibly annoying people that only post about how cute their kids are or what their dog did that was so unique and awesome ... but that's what blocking is for.
Many people seem to take the crazy old man approach to technology and social networking. I hear people ask all the time why anybody would use facebook when they could go out and interact with people in the flesh. I've gone out FAR more because of facebook than I did before it. And as for the "head always glued to the cell phone" argument I guarantee if I wasn't looking at my phone at that particular moment I wouldn't be doing anything constructive.
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