FB has helped me keep up on happenings with friends and family that I would otherwise know nothing about. Some is favorable, some not. But I don't let the negative pull me down. Everyone has their life to live, and the agency to live it however they please. I befriend some of those worth befriending (don't have time to catch them all), ignore the rest, and use caution in the info I put out. I enjoy the good in life, and do what I can to help make it better.
I love facebook. It has helped me connect with a lot of my friends that I had been out of touch with for years. However, it was also part of the destruction of my marriage.
FB has been an awesome forum of being able to find Friends and to share life's up's and down's with all of my family and friends and new aquaintances. Learning that others around the world hgave the same but different issues that they deal with and are willing to share their truths. IT has opened my eye even more so as to how small our World is in the scheme of things that are far greater then ourselves. Thank you for all your feedback on this issue......Peace out. So yes FB has for the better changed my LIFE.
Yes, face book has certainly changed my life. Having the love of my life was the best thing that ever happened to me...and then came facebook. We have broke up. This is simply heart-breaking!
Facebook has impacted me negatively, My ex was a member, but I wasn't then I had a friend tell me I needed to join, once i did I became aware my ex had been having affairs for quite some time, as soon as she discovered I knew, she tried to kill me and my kids, she has severe emotional problems. We then went through a painfull divorce, and she still hasn't changed and continues to abuse the kids when they are with her. our legal system needs a major overhaul
Facebook has allowed me to reconnect, and catch up with people from my past, whom I probably never would have heard from again. It has also allowed me to publicize events, and celebrate with people. In answer to the question, FB has improved my life. My wife, on the other hand, does find it stressful, because she feels obliged to respond directly to everyone. I pick and choose what to share, and what to ignore.
Facebook can be a fun place as you can get in touch with people you have lost touch with but it can also be stressful as too many people put negative stuff about others on thier posts, making it a nasty place to be on. Some folks can't let a day go bywithout badmouthing someone they claim to care about or love.
The games are fun but all the time restrictions and deadlines make it stressful. It makes it so that if a person wants to play they have to be on Facebook everyday, the games are very time consuming and it makes playing stressful instead of fun.
Too many of my friends have gotten bad computer viruses from being on Facebook. Facebook needs to put in antivirus protection, it is not fun to be on a social network and get a computer virus. We should be able to get on and chat with friends without that added stress. The owners of Facebook are getting rich while we the little people pay the price, Everyone has to ruin a good thing. Emails carry viruses, websites and socail networks. There are too many people doing evil out there and getting pleasure out of hurting others and there is also identity theft.
I could go on but you get my point. God bless, Jesus is Lord!
I really enjoy facebook. I am in my 50s - I went to high school in El Salvador and have been able to get in touch with people I went to school with! So that's pretty cool. I also stay in touch with my fellow AA friends and share links to articles and groups about recovery.
The major way facebook has affected me is with my interest in politics. There are so many groups to join for every conceivable political interest. Then, when that group posts a new article, it appears in your news feed on your wall. I have learned SO MUCH about what is going on in the world and in my country. I'm really grateful for my education in current events. I also get a chance to make new friends who share similar interests. I have learned about volunteer opportunities to help my favorite local candidates, and have done that, and also made phone calls from home to help candidates, issues, and organizations.
So, I belong ("like") to political groups, news groups, environmental, animal rights, etc. pages. I sign petitions to help rescue animals or protest wrongdoings.
I also like joining entertainment pages. It's fun to get articles from my favorite TV shows and movie news. I like getting updates on how the next Survivor is coming along, or when Merlin is coming back to ScyFy, or what's new with my favorite actors. Facebook is great for getting funny or music videos from friends, too!
Facebook is a great way to stay in touch with family and friends. I have become close with my niece by sending messages back and forth, and get updated on what's going on in my brothers' lives and extended family. It's a wonderful place to share photos, old and new. Walks down memory lane or seeing that new haircut.
So... I'm one of those who loves facebook! When people post about their involvement in games, I can choose to hide all posts about that game. If people post about things I find offensive, I can "unfriend" that person, or simply choose to hide their posts so I don' t have to look at them, without offending them by unfriending them. I can "unlike" any group I've subscribed to. I can edit my privacy settings so that I control who has access to what information and photos I've posted. I don't post things of such a personal nature that they could be used against me in any way or compromise my security or identity. You have to use your head about that online.
I use Norton Internet Security, which scans facebook and all sites for dangerous pages or links so that I am warned before I click on them.
I say, just explore it by typing in something you're interested in at the "search" box and see what groups or people come up. What about that old friend you lost touch with, and always wondered what became of? Just about every politician and celebrity and company have pages. You can find people interested in the same spiritual pursuits. You really have nothing to lose, and you might gain a whole new world of knowledge and friends who are interested in the same things.
I don't really know what to do on facebook. I've been trying to figure it out, but I just don't see how people spend so much time there. Really what do you guys do?
I really enjoy FB...a LOT. Living alone, and without any transportation of my own, it helps keep me from feeling totally alone and lonely a good part of the time. A lot of the people that are my "friends" on fb are really people I know in real life, but can't always spend time with except online. For instance, the daughter of one of my best friends IRL is in the Army, stationed in Germany, and thru fb, I can have a conversation with her, see photos of her Army life, and "meet" the soldiers she interacts with on a daily basis. Lovin' it!!! When I'm home, because I don't drive, basically I'm housebound, altho when I'm at work, as a waitress, I do have a lot of interaction with real people in realtime circumstances, so fb, obviously, isn't my whole life. But it's sure a great help. Now that I'm semi-retired, and only work three days a week...by choice...it's nice to know there are a lot of people out there that I can interact with without leaving the comfort of my home...or without even having to get dressed, just stay in my robe if I want to. If someone were to start trashing me, harassing me, being ugly to me, I can use the "block this person" function, and they can't bother me any more. Yup, I like facebook.
Today is the day that the Lord hath made; we shall rejoice and be glad in it.
