Am out
by zoss in ridic-ollas, pessoal, a/v, funI’ve deactivated my account on facebook.
In the future, this previous statement will require no justification or further elaboration, like “I quit smoking,” or “let’s be friends.”
But for now, let me say this: I am a fan of facebook and its many uses; I had made my peace with the procrastination potential and time-wasting abilities of the 20,000+ apps; I’d also somewhat thrown a blind eye to the open window for voyeurism and exhibitionism; I am not jaded by the fact that it’ll never deliver on its great social potential; Not to mention the virtual (but in a sense very real) wealth that the obscene amounts of page views create for the select few. (All of the above are features of our blessed culture at large.) But the thing that drove me up the wall (not to be a pun) was when I accidentally forwarded a “fun-wall” post to everyone on my list when I tried to rewind a video by dragging its slider. This, I will not accept.
Comment by forsoothsayer — 5/5/2008 @ 12:12
u should have just removed funwall. i miss being able to forward u things with such ease.
Comment by Amnesiac — 6/5/2008 @ 8:08
Welcome to my technical world. In the week before final university exams, I spent eight hours a day in the library and developed an attraction towards a gentleman from Boston with wide shoulders whose name began with D.
Being me, I decided to send him an email expressing as much. I wrote it, and then promptly sent it to my dad.
The problem is while one can remove Facebook from one’s life it is less easy to do away with stupidity.
Come back to Fartbook!
Comment by Duende — 7/5/2008 @ 0:31
Would not have tagged you (not to be a pun) as one to run away from virtual problems…
Done tagging.
Comment by zoss — 17/7/2008 @ 3:07
Yes, I had deactivated my farcebook account –in a bout of self-righteous indignation– but, lord knows, I’ve since come to my senses. Now, I know better than to counter culture: I had asked me bro to fix me up with some nephew pictures, and he said I can grab em myself off farcebook!
So, count me as another farce in the book, and please accept my defeated friend-requests.