I'll be the first to admit I love Internet social networks. Plain and simple, I'm a Web 2.0 geek (**waves geek flag**). But I will admit that certain networks like Facebook do have their limits, and when a friend sent me this link and said, "You'll love it." I felt that it was time I shared my secret obsession (which isn't a secret anymore--hah).
Foremost, the social from CNet News reports that Burger King has created a Facebook application entitled "Whopper Sacrifice." This Facebook app will give you a coupon for a free hamburger if you delete 10 people from your friends list!
Secretly, I enjoy deleting people from my Facebook friends list. It's nothing personal. Last year I deleted close to 100 people from my friends list because well, I didn't talk to those people in-person--ever. I know everyone is different and some people enjoy having 1,000+ friends, but I don't. That being said, there are a few type of Facebook friends I do not like (and I may be guilty of being one of them, but no one's perfect):
The "we met one time" friend. That's right, you know what I'm talking about. Sure it's cool we just met and you're probably a really cool person, but uhm, I DON'T KNOW YOU THAT WELL? I'll admit it. I've done this before but it was for networking purposes. I like to stay in touch with other interns I've met, but if we had one intriguing conversation and you add me just because we met ONCE. I'll ignore the request. Or... add you, check out your profile and then delete you (**chuckles**).
The "we go/went to the same school" friend. It's awesome that we go to the same college or that we both went to the same high school, middle school, or whatever. But don't let me add you and then have you not write on my wall or something along those lines. Let's say we did go to the same school, but did we talk? Did we do more than just say hi to each other? DID WE HAVE CLASSES TOGETHER?! Let's catch-up and not be non-communicating Facebook friends. In addition, nothing erks me more than a person who goes to my college and just adds me because we go to the same school. Fool, we've never talked in-person before. Seriously, DO-I-KNOW-YOU?
The "non-communicating" friend. Of course it's hard to keep up with all your friends on Facebook, but Facebook isn't MySpace. I'm not trying to have as many friends as possible. Do NOT add me just so that we're friends. Like I said before, let's communicate; that's what Facebook is for.
What do you guys think?
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Secretista
Secretista
14 days 'til my birthday!
I'm not on Facebook... I don't need another reason to spend MORE time on the internet.
ReplyDeleteI really laughed about the free hamburger if you delete 10 people from your facebook list, and I laughed even more when I read that you enjoy doing it. But you're right, I don't know if people you've never really talked to are 'friends' really.
Facebook is just a fab way to browse through interesting albums which your friends have!
ReplyDeleteI do not have the habit to delete people from my contacts; BUT I do so on MSN and through my cell phonebook!
Seriously; if someone would want to contact you; they would make the 1st step(:
Haha you've covered the fairweather Facebook friends categories pretty comprehensively! Personally I have no problem with adding people I've met only once or people I knew back in high school or university. The only ones I WON'T add are guys who only add you because they surf around Facebook trawling for cute girls' profile pics (especially the ones with Asian fetishes--ick!), and people who were perfectly awful to me back in the day and now want to be Facebook friends (um, no thank you).
ReplyDeleteFacebook still eludes me . . . I am soooo last year, on myspace!
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love facebook but got fed up off it so deleted my profile!
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Marian
I deleted my ex boyfriend & my ex-friend (now his girlfriend) on facebook.
ReplyDeleteand boyyyy did it feel good:)
thank-you for your comment to me. did you have a listen to some of jeff buckley's works? his rendition of hallelujah is the best in my books :)
ReplyDeleteoh faceboock/myspace! i'll add you on facebook seems to be the new 'can i have your number?'
the main thing i am against is having a stranger as your 'friend'. a lot of people say that that is just being paranoid! but i beg to differ...
this was a very interesting post :) that burger thing is unbelievable!
happy wknd honey!hope yours is lovely.
ReplyDeleteMuah!
Marian.
I only really have like 130 friends on facebook that is because I refuse to add people I let people add me. What's the point of chasing people down? if they really wanted to talk to you then they would have added you already. You've gotta be careful on facebook though their are some serious privacy issues there.
ReplyDeleteI agree so much! I love Facebook but don't love all the random friend requests, so far I've had men from Syria, teenage girls from Canada and a guy from the Ivory Coast wanting to "establish a deep relationship with me" add me; friend whores are so boring.
ReplyDeletex
that is so jokess!! i recently went thru a facebook cleansing stage and it was muchos fun!
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I agree so much! I love Facebook but don't love all the random friend requests, so far I've had men from Syria, teenage girls from Canada and a guy from the Ivory Coast wanting to "establish a deep relationship with me" add me; friend whores are so boring.
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