I've finally broken down and created an account on Facebook. I want to know what all the talk is about. I need to decide for myself if all this corporate money being poured into Facebook is really worth it. Plus, I work in the internet industry. I can't exactly allow myself to be out of the loop anymore.
You see, I haven't joined Facebook on principle. When Facebook first came out, use was limited to college students only. I had just gotten out of college and felt more than a little bit slighted by Facebook. If I was "too old" to be in the club, I didn't EVER want to be in the club. So all these years I've just been hearing about the hype and never giving in to it. Because Facebook made me feel old and unwanted. Who wants to be friends with that kind of application?
I suppose enough years have gone by that I can get over it. After all, I really am old now. But at least Facebook changed an allows old people to join. Even me. So I'm going to check it out and see what all the fuss is about. (And I have to give a lot of credit to Cameron and Amanda about getting me to this point. They convinced me over drinks when I saw them in NYC.)
Are you in Facebook? If so, what's your favorite feature? And is it any different than MySpace? (Other than the interface doesn't want to make me throw up?)
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