[Boatanchors] Facebook

[Alex Whitaker]

I have curtailed my FB activities as of the last few weeks.  I was spending 
entirely too much time on there talking to old HS and college friends, and 
obsessively watching their posts.  I do really like it for finding old friends 
and talking to them, but don't play the games, do the polls, etc.  


You're right.....you can spend time online or pursuing your hobby.  I need to 
spend more time with my hobby, and less time typing on a keyboard.  I've got 
several mighty fine BAs to restore, and need to dig into them soon, before the 
winter is over.  


73,

Alex
AA9XY




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From: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
To: Alex Whitaker <ehscott at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: Larry WA9VRH <wa9vrh at dishmail.net>; Boat Anchors List 
<boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tue, December 21, 2010 11:54:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Facebook

On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Alex Whitaker <ehscott at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Does that make it a bad tool for those who use it
> judiciously?...no.

There's nothing bad in any of it, it's all in how or why you use it.
I've found that simply reading one's Facebook comments tells volumes
about the person.

> FB kind of is what you make it for yourself.  It can be
> a tremendous time sink and an aggressive and shameless self promoter.....or
> it can be another useful way to communicate.

Precisely. You get to choose how to spend your time communicating: via
the WWW or via the airwaves. I've been a member of Facebook since
2007. It's a very handy tool for finding old friends (social
networking). Beyond that, it offers me nothing that I didn't already
have (including ways to burn time). I have a throw-away email account
associated with it and have never had any issues of privacy through
using it. It works as designed, and as you say - it's whatcha make it.
(o:

~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4