"Facebook is the evangelical megachurch of the internet."
♫ Not a soul down in the comments,
That's a pretty certain sign,
That Facebook site is breaking up that old gang of mine.
All the boys are chatting madly,
"They forgot me," says MadPriest.
That Facebook site is breaking up that old gang of mine.
There goes KJ, there goes Dennis,
Off to comment there.
Now and then we meet again,
But they don't seem the same.
Gee, I get a lonesome feeling,
When their comments aren't here,
That Facebook site is breaking up that old gang of mine. ♫
Genius PhotoShopping and "Thought For the Day" by MadPriest.
C'est triste. It's sad. I won't go anywhere near Facebook, so when bloggers vanish into that sinkhole I miss them indeed.
ReplyDeletePaul, I posted my adaptation of the old song in the comments at OCICBW, but it came out better than expected, so I decided to post it here.
ReplyDeleteFolks go where they will go, and there's no turning the tide, but I miss them. I tried again over there tonight, and Facebook does not work for me. I just don't like it.
I get your blog on a feed so read it religiously - just don't have much to say these days.
ReplyDeleteAnn, I'm not chastising anyone. I'm simply saying that I miss the folks who used to come by.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you still read my blog. :o)
I've started to (gently) KICK Prior Aelred, for every time he says (during one of my spiritual direction sessions) he says "s/he's a Facebook friend": yup, not even the Benedictines are immune from the disorder!
ReplyDeleteJCF, Facebook Free!
I can't quite see facebook's allure myself. Admittedly I'm still reading usenet which is pre-web.
ReplyDeleteI cannot understand how Facebook works either. It appears you cannot read a profile unless invited yet the newspapers often publish info from the facebook profiles of people murdered ????
ReplyDeleteThen I get friend requests from people I have never heard of????
All beyond me.
Facebook and blogging are so different I haven't really thought about them as competing with one another.
ReplyDeleteI look at facebook when they send me an e-mail about once a week. Just can't get into it.
ReplyDeleteGuilty as charged. (gulp) As I said at OCICBW, I am in a time deficit and FB is fast for quick check ins and so forth.
ReplyDeleteI did not say this but will add here that FB puts me in touch with people from the non-blog part of my life, including family, that I am happy to have some contact with.
This post of course is causing me to rethink all of this.
*Sigh*
My present reality is that I can't keep up with anything. Family, home, work, ministry, school... I love everything that I am doing but there is simply not enough time to do it all. That was the one great part about my unemployed year, I had some real freedom.
Look, a lot of folks like Facebook, and who am I to say they shouldn't? They're comfortable there, and that's fine. No one should feel guilty. It does seem pretty much a hit and run type of operation, and there's so much there, that I find I can't focus.
ReplyDeleteI can't keep up with blogs the way I formerly did, and I'm sorry about that. Change is the order of the day.
When I read MadPriest's "Thought For the Day", the old song came to mind, and I adapted the words. I'm not crying or losing sleep over this. I keep trying, because I'd like to keep up with my friends, but Facebook is not for me.
I have no problem with the concept if diverse markets, varied denominations, and different strokes for different folks. Blogging is where I am comfortable. My brief stint at Facebook had some small pleasure and lots of large irritation; it's not my style. I am also not into praise choruses, though I love Kirtan, and I find most non-sacramental worship unsastifying, but my style is not for everybody either. And I don't text.
ReplyDeleteSo I happily stick with blogging.
What's the point of being a curmudgeon if I can't decline some innovations, eh?
I left a long defense over at MPs. I'll just reference it here.
ReplyDeleteI do read your blog, just with my cellphone so I'm sure that I'm not showing up in your stats. and it is hard to blog from a cellphone whereas FB mobile is pretty easy with my phone. hence I post more there.
and any deep thoughts that I may have don't get blogged because they go into my dissertation while any grief that I want to dish out goes on to my students assignments. I'll be back to blogger but it is hard to fit in right now.
But I do read your blog, you know that right?
Dennis, I'm glad that you read my blog, but I don't want anyone to feel guilty if they don't. Come visit only if you want to. Whether you read my blog or not, it won't affect our friendship.
ReplyDeleteHere's the longer answer I left at MP's place:
Dennis, all well and good, but what if I just plain don't like Facebook? The internet takes enough of a chunk out of my life already, and I'm not going to get involved in another internet activity that will take out a bigger chunk, especially one that I don't care for, even if it sends my blog stats through the roof.
Weekly, I think about giving up blogging, but I assure you that if I ever do, it won't be to spend time on Facebook.
Prayers for your orals.
I can't stand facebook. I get very few comments on anything. I have two accounts, one under this username (Eye Tee for Facebook) and one under my real name. I am unimpressed. Frankly I don't like tweets, so pointless nad narcissistic.
ReplyDeleteLInked in is marginally better, being solely professional.