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How does it affect you really? If you have friends, you know it.

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If you need to know what Jazz and Jack are talking to their friends about – it should be for real reasons – not just to be a ‘part’ of their social life. Pulling the plug ’cause they won’t let you join is throwing a tantrum. Use other methods, a keen eye and good sense to monitor your kids. Look at the world we have shown them and see why they want a world apart for their own. Accept it – you aren’t cool! And a profile picture of mom and teen on a FB page is way too much! I predict someday FB will not be cool itself. Kids also like their parents to be different than their friends. It’s the natural way.

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All of this is not new. All this went on using email discussion lists prior to Facebook. And yeah we talked about dumb stuff sometimes there too. It’s usually self deprecating and funny, sometimes stupid or offensive and that’s because we’re human.

I find those who are hypercritical of Facebook are often just not socially or technologically able to use it effectively. And, maybe, no one’s too interested in being their ‘friend.’ There is also a sort of egotistical delusion of grandeur that is inflated by stating that you’re above all the plebeians on the very popular Facebook.

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Seriously, the unheeded friending requests by Mom should have been quickly followed up by the cutting of the electronic “cord” by this kid’s parents. If the kid was too embarrassed to acknowledge her parents, her parents should have been equally too embarrassed to provide her with an avenue to connect to the internet. When my son complains, I remind him of who pays for the connection and service while at the same time reminding him that he can exercise his free will and economic freedom by providing his own high speed connection. Parents like mechanics are their own worst enemies.

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Maybe we’re starting to get globally embarrassed over all those inane, self-absorbed and not to mention BORING updates.

Thanks, Carolyn.

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I enjoy Facebook, but for me it’s mainly a way to keep track of what friends, family and former co-workers are doing with their lives – the friend who recently published his second book of poetry, the nephew who posted photos of his newly adopted kittens, my sister-in-law’s travel pics from Europe, etc.

Many of my Facebook friends live quite a distance away and I don’t see them often, so following them on Facebook is a great substitute.

I’ve noticed differing Facebook philosophies, though. Some people seem to post mainly when they feel they have something worth sharing – sort of like an alternative to phone calls or old-fashioned letters.

For others, it’s a place to spill every last inane detail about their lives, to the point of TMI.

If many Facebook users seem to be narcissistic, is this perhaps because this particular social media has more appeal to a certain personality type? In other words, if there’s more narcissism on display, perhaps it’s because Facebook users are self-selected for this characteristic. It would be interesting to know if this has changed over time – if early adopters of Facebook tended to be more narcissistic, or if younger users are more extroverted than older users.

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