Why do you like Facebook?
By mimpi
@mimpi1911 (25464)
India
May 1, 2010 10:15am CST
Time and again, I go back to FB to check on the notifications, my friends and family. I have half of my family there so it feels like home. I do not play games and no mafias or fish for me. I just talk to my friends and family and share my stuffs.
What about you? why do you go there primarily?
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22 responses
@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
1 May 10
I had people telling me to sign up for months before I actually did, and then I was sorry.
I enjoy it for many reasons.
I am now getting the word out better about my blog, things I am writing online, programs I am doing etc.
I'm following a lot of different people in various websites that I am involved with and blogs.
I've gotten numerous free items for hooking up with company facebook pages.
I'm not very good yet at checking in daily and going down my feed to keep up with my connections that I have, but I am getting there.
Marsha
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
1 May 10
Hi Marsha
That's good to know. FB is good for networking and promoting your online stuffs. I have registered to NetworkedBlogs which is just great. Main attraction though my family and friends but I do appreciate the new people coming and sending requests. I hate the applications though.
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@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
1 May 10
I do the networked blogs too. Only one person has connected with me so far. I'm getting there with my blog. It takes time to get followers, but I am really working it and hopefully putting in enough things of interest to keep some coming back to read what I put in.
Marsha
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
1 May 10
Yeah it takes quite a lot of networking. Could you PM me your name or the share the link there. I will follow you. Thanks Marsha.
@cheongyc (5072)
• Malaysia
1 May 10
I like facebook because for several reasons. First of all, it's like platform for me to keep in touch with friends and relatives. Because of facebook, I am able to contact my primary school and secondary class mates. It's amazing because I thought I will never know their latest news again.
Secondly, it's a good place to exchange information with friends through chatting. The function is about the same as other messenger software. So that you need to open facebook page to chat with friends and no longer need to use other messenger software.
Besides, there are a lot of games and it's fun. I was quite addicted some time ago playing this game. Now I stop because I couldn't afford to spend too much time on the game.
@cheongyc (5072)
• Malaysia
2 May 10
Ya, the facebook messenger seems like hanging and slow down the whole browser. But it didn't happen to me all the time. It just occur once a while, especially during network busy hour. It also happen during facebook activity peak hour I suppose. Because other site is running smooth but the facebook chat is kind of slow.
Thanks for agreeing with me. Happy posting and have a nice day!
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
4 May 10
Yeah it's kinda slow and when I chat with my family I invariably have to switch to Skype or yahoo after a while..
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
1 May 10
I buy all of that. Except for the games and other applications I kind of do all. However, the messenger is little slow there and after chatting for a while it gets hung. That's the issue that I have everytime I chat there.
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@kaka135 (14931)
• Malaysia
22 Jun 10
Yeah, I like Facebook. I always login to Facebook whenever I have Internet access. The main purpose for me to get into Facebook is because of the games. I am always addicted to Facebook games, I get addicted to different games during different periods. I do check my friends' statuses and photos, and have some conversations with them in Facebook too. It's a place where I get to know many information about my friends.
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
30 Jun 10
That's great! Catching up wit family and friends are just so recharging!
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
10 May 10
Hi mimpi!
I have an account on Facebook. I rarely check my account. I go there, if I require to past a message for someone/some relative/friends, which otherwise could not conveyed/transmitted. I do not feel like playing any games i.e. Mafia etc. (however, my son plays it........lol!)
I have heard that they are going to charge fee for checking your Facebook account from the month of July.
Have a great day!
Deepak
@JJ4Ever (4693)
• United States
3 May 10
I like Facebook mainly for the socializing aspect. I have friends on there who I haven't seen in years, but I know they're on there so I can always get in touch with them. It's so convenient! Don't you agree? I use it for the some reasons as you. I only play one game on there, and that is Farkle when I have time. Of course, I have a much better version of Farkle on my iTouch, so I play that more. I only use a couple applications as well - the photo one included so I can keep all my pictures organized and keep others as up-to-date as possible. I also like the status feature so I can see what everyone is up to, but I don't stalk people! (LOL) I don't sit on Facebook for hours upon hours. I hop on, check my notifications and messages, and I'm done most of the time. Sometimes I'll leave the website up and chat with people here and there, but that's rare. I wouldn't know what to do if I didn't have it, but I also don't find it fun to sit on there with nothing to do - LOL!
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
17 Jun 10
Hey now that we know that we both are there let's add ourselves.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/mimpi
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@RawBill1 (8531)
• Gold Coast, Australia
1 May 10
I use Facebook as a business marketing tool and to keep in touch with friends who are all over the country. It is a great place to share photos of what is going on in your life at the current time, so that far away friends can keep up to date with what is happening.
I have a group which I use to promote things that are happening in my business. Things like specials, new products and any interesting articles. I have used this group for affiliate links to to earn a little extra income.
I do not play any games on there or send anyone any of those application things. They are a waste of time!
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
10 May 10
I agree. Could you pls PM me your link. Would check out the group.
@RawBill1 (8531)
• Gold Coast, Australia
10 May 10
Here it is. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10489801966
@bjcyrix (6901)
• Philippines
5 May 10
I guess its my primary social networking site these days but Im not really into it. I do admit of checking my account at least every other day if I can. I play games sometimes but mainly I use it because of friends and family. They would post messages there regarding group plans or just post what they feel and Id get to react on it with everybody else.^_^
@tuyakiki (3016)
• India
2 May 10
I am not at all addicted to the Facebook,but certainly I like to be on Facebook.Frankly speaking,I am quiet new to Facebook,so I cannot feel any addiction right now..As a beginner I find it a bit complicated.In fact,I heard many things about this site and most of my old friends have joined fackbook in the recent time and so it is becoming the only way to stay in touch with this friends..I like using some social networking sites,especially the Facebook, to say in touch with the people whom I know personally and are not so near to me at this moment.. But I just follow some norms,just to maintain some ambiguity as other users of this sites may cause trouble,if I disclose all my facts.
The sites that I regularly use are Facebook and Orkut and both of this are social networking sites and are not paying..But using this sites is really a fun as always as I can share photos and other information through messages and can also share scraps with the acquaintances.It is very helpful in keeping contact with the people I rarely come across these days.Apart from it,I also play Farmville,it is a silly game,though, and do a lots of chatting.It is indeed a great site,but not as great as Mylot.The earning aprt is its greatest attraction.
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
17 Jun 10
My reasons for stayputing with the networking sites are pretty much the same. I think FB does provide us with immense fun and letting go becomes easier.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
4 May 10
When I initially joined facebook, I really did it because it was the in thing to do. However, now that I am a member there, it has become much more to me. I think that the main reason that I use it on a daily basis is that I can see what is going on in the lives of my friends and family members that I don't get to see on a regular basis. In fact, it is only through facebook that I've ever had the opportunity to see my closest childhood friends youngest children. They were born last July and she hasn't had the opportunity to come back here since they were born.
@Ladyslipper (1327)
• Philippines
2 May 10
Here are the reasons I am addicted to FB:
* I love online shopping. Aside from Ebay I go to FB to check out for latest products sold by my friends. I usually shop their for dresses, clothes, kids stuff for my babies and accessories. I spend hours and hours just checking out the latest product each of my friends are selling.
* I love to see who's online and chat with them especially if they are friends or relatives and family members living far from me.
* I play games while chatting and then browsing products. I only play one game in FB though. I love the Zoo World. hahaha!
Those are my three main reasosn for visiting FB. Happy Mylotting!
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
10 May 10
Great! I the first point most of us do not do. we find other sites for this. lol. I think its a good idea supporting friends. Yours friends must be proud of you!
@tpaz11 (76)
• United States
2 May 10
I like Facebook because I can connect with friends. I have all of my friends from school, where I worked, also family. I like it more then myspace since all of my friends are on Facebook. And also myspace is different since I get random friend request from people I never met. Then I also like some of the apps like graffiti and bumpersticker.
@harold_paz (75)
• Singapore
5 May 10
Unlike any other networking sites, facebook has it all. You can add friends, you can post comments on their walls, and not only that, there are aplications that you can use just like, poker, mafia wars, farm ville and the likes, that can help you to release your mind and relax your body after a whole day of work or schooling.
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
10 May 10
I think, I will weight FB a little above other networking websites.
@ColinYang (193)
• Australia
2 May 10
Hi, When I go on Facebook, I usually just check my notifications and post my status. But once in a while I play some games like Typing Maniac.
@rsmanik (103)
• Czech Republic
1 May 10
No, I do not like Facebook. I hate it! Yup, Facebook is good for someone like you, who use it only for cumunication with family. I hate tons of people, which use it like their own blog. I hate messages like "hellooooo I am going to bed", who care if she go sleep or not?!
@arukaruu (20)
• Indonesia
1 May 10
I go to facebook mostly to contact my friends. Sometimes I found my old friend there in facebook. I think it's nice. Moreover, I love playing games.
@tessagarrett (57)
• United States
2 May 10
i actually jump from game to game lol they only hold my interest for maybe a month, then i find a new one. i also go on there because its nice to keep in touch with friends and familt and see whats going on with them. altogether its a nice familt website in my opinion -[
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
10 May 10
That's good to know. I could never really be into games but the rest part is just fine with me.