Can be addicting. Can be fun. Can be informative. Can be annoying. Can be addictive. Can be rewarding. It can also be the only place you find stuff out and sometimes that’s just not right.

Facebook is an amazing tool in its own right, we connect with people we haven’t seen in years, people from high school, grade school, summer camp. If it wasn’t for Facebook, there wouldn’t have been a ….high school reunion. No, I’m not telling you which one, then you’ll know how old I am and where would the mystery be?

I’ve reconnected with people I don’t think I would have ever seen or heard from again, I’ve learned about weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs, births, deaths, adoptions, pets, families, dirty laundry, some things I want to know and probably a whole lot I didn’t.

I feel bad if someone invites me to an event, only on Facebook because if I’m not on there very often, I might miss it and then I feel really bad. I don’t like it when people send me emails via Facebook when they have my personal email address, only because I don’t go on there all the time and I miss that too. I don’t like finding out about something when everyone else knows because they saw it on Facebook.

I’ll be honest, I want to know your accomplishments, I want to know if you need encouragement or a hug, even a virtual one, I want to support you in your endeavors, fundraising, sporting event, but I don’t want to know what that you have a headache, I’m sorry you don’t feel well, but if you don’t feel well, you should be in bed, of course, if you’re not feeling well, maybe Facebook occupies your mind and you don’t feel as bad, or what you had for breakfast, unless it was the most amazing thing ever and you made it yourself and you want to share.

I do know that sometimes there is TMI (too much information) shared and things that I have a feeling the person who posted might regret later. Employers and divorce lawyers look at Facebook, I’ve heard those horror stories.

I am very aware when I am posting something, sometimes I just post, but there are times I really think about what I am putting “in writing” so to speak. Anyone who knows me knows I would never say anything inappropriate or liable and I was shocked when someone accused me of just that. We had recently ended a relationship and I have feeling he was saying those things for the benefit of his new love interest, but I can honestly say there has never been anything I have posted I was embarrassed about or regretted later. I blocked him.

That’s another thing, you can unfriend and block people, isn’t that amazing? You don’t want to see someone or have them see your posts, just block them! You could block people from your cell phone, what’s next?
I received a friend request from someone I didn’t even know had unfriended me! And then there are the requests from people I don’t know, really?

I believe in the freedom and right to express yourself, but sometimes, there are something’s that should be kept inside (inside voice), like dropping the f-bomb in your post. I just don’t comment, if you’re comfortable, then more power to ya!

I love having an outlet for my blog, I post and it automatically updates Facebook and Twitter, I know there are some people who would never see my blog, if not for one of those outlets.

I do like seeing photos of my friends, my friends kids, my family, their pets, family milestones and happy events. I like to share my happy happies when they happen, or shortly thereafter. I love sharing my events, triumphs, photos, praising my friends and family. I love that we have the opportunity to say Happy Birthday to a friend and let the world see it, we wouldn’t know about half of these birthdays if we didn’t have Facebook and how great does it feel to see all those posts when it’s your birthday?

I will say that when I post pictures, if they are of travel, I wait until after I get home, I get woogie if people know I’m not home, the experience won’t lessen if I don’t let everyone know what I’m doing at that particular moment.

But, as I mentioned above, Facebook can be addictive! Aside from the games, thank you for not making me play FarmVille! (The only game I played was Tetris). I tried to tell people I don’t want to play any of those games, a friend made me play pet society (think that’s what it was called) and I probably killed my pet, I just didn’t find it as entertaining as everyone else. Did you see that one funny post: Liam Neesan was on the phone (a shot out of Taken) and he says, “I don’t know who you are, but if you send me another FarmVille request, I will find you and kill you!”

You say, ok, I’m just going to get on and check my inbox and my page, maybe one or two from the newsfeed and 3hours later, you’ve checked posts, watched videos and you have no idea where the time went! How many posts do you see…I just got on here for a minute and…

Back over the summer, I was on vacation with my family and I didn’t have time to get on Facebook and took a hiatus, it was great! That week turned into two, then three, people were starting to worry about me, but honestly folks, it was liberating!!! I didn’t miss it and I didn’t feel bad, well a little that I wasn’t checking out birthdays, but aside from that, not a blip on my radar. How many people do yo know that have decided to take a break and post it? I had a friend who gave up Facebook for lent, imagine that!

Wow, I don’t think I’ve rambled like this in a long while, thank you for letting me ramble on about Facebook, I know there’s more I want to say, but if I haven’t lost you by now, I don’t want to completely alienate you, that will just be an after thought. Maybe I’ll blog about it later!