Facebook

Links:
http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/10/21/5322759-facebook-hides-photos-of-your-ex-so-you-dont-have-to?GT1=43001

http://gizmodo.com/5669207/the-difference-between-facebook-and-twitter

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrlSkU0TFLs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRsRLZiyH20&NR=1

So I will be the first to admit I do not use Facebook that often. I only use it to keep in touch with old friends and the occassional keeping up with what my friends are doing. I do not typically do a status update but I will occassionally post new pictures. I do look forward to seeing the movie, Social Network. I too don't understand why someone is that ok with something being made showing them in a bad light. Maybe Zuckerberg is just so full of himself he really does not care about those he has wronged and how he is portrayed?
I had seen that you can do blogs on Facebook just because of a couple of posts from my friends but I have never had the desire to go read them or to create one. There are just so many other things that I can spend my time on and feel much more productive. For example, last weekend, I went through my son's clothes and packed away everything that no longer fits and won't fit for that season next year. I organized all of his toys so that it cleaned up my living room and organized his room. He's three so there was no shortage of toys! As a result, Children's Mercy is getting a large donation of toys, my living room is less cluttered, his room is less cluttered, all of his clothes fit in his dresser and overall I felt like I had accomplished a lot in that one day. If I had been on the computer, like I am now writing this blog, I wouldn't have gotten anything done and a hospital wouldn't be getting a nice addition of toys for their extremely ill patients.
With that said though, I can see how an online journal for someone could take the place of a paper and pen journal so I can see how that time allotment would replace itself.
Also, my work has a site that is being used as a forum for communication. Yesterday, there was a post from a mom on the Working Parents site, asking for a page of cool tips and tricks for a Facebook wall and gave the example of a <3 or @EnterName to prompt a hyperlink for a friend. That is just showing that people are trying to learn this technology so it can be used but it can also contribute to the downfall of intelligence. If a child learns now that they can type R U coming? How are they learning to communicate in a business world or even just having the knowledge of proper grammar and spelling?
As you can see in my Facebook video posts, I find the whole concept (the video shows it quite well) a bit strange and not needed. But that is just my opinion and to each his own. Enjoy!