Down with Facebook.

A quite clever friend of mine (ERIN) just made a wonderful analogy: Facebook has done to blogging what texting did to phone calls.

Now, I've never been much of a talking on the phone person, so texting actually improved that form of communication in my book, but I'm on board with the sentiment. Now that every thought, photo, and event in someone's life can be easily monitored via Facebook, what's the need for the blog? And that makes me sad. Shit, since we all read via readers, it's hard to tell who cares about or reads blogs anymore anyway. Maybe I've become OLD and STODGY in the world of online communication.

I'll say it: I'm officially bored of Facebook, yet I feel trapped by it. It's like everyone abandoned the old, comfy, worn-around-the-edges bar where everyone knew each other well for some high falutin' cool new shiny trendy place where there are a bunch of fresh young faces. But still: that's where everyone is hanging out, so if I want to know what people are up to, I have to visit.

Visit I shall. But you know what? I don't need you, Facebook. I have my blog, who has been my faithful friend since 2004, and I'm not just abandoning her LIKE THAT. And Twitter is fun for those little thoughts in between, without being sullied by quizzes and top 5s and UG just STOP BECAUSE MY BRAIN IS TIRED.

I'm rethinking my online presence, and it has very little to do with Facebook. It has its place, but I'm not sure it needs as big a place for me as it does for other people. Blog, Twitter, Flickr. Davey, ladies, kitties. Tomatoes, ice cream, cheese. Maybe babies. These things are all I need.

Comments

[Erin]

It makes me a LITTLE bit too happy to be called clever by such a neat person. I'm not much for talking on the phone either but some people have completely hidden behind it (like my father) and it irks me. I still am a blog fan and think I always will be-I'll be in attendance at the shiny new bar but would rather be warming a stool with a Smithwicks back at the local watering hole.

[courtney]

HURRAH! I'm with you -- I'll pop into facebook occasionally just to see where all my friends have wandered off to (and to take a metaphorical smoke break while I'm at work), but mainly I just miss all the interesting and funny things that people used to blog about before they decided their time was better spent on twitter non-news and facebook quizzes.