I'm the one who mentioned 300+ posts in 4 hours.  There you go skimming again. 

Oops. Sorry to both Deb and Laura in that case. :embarrassed: Guess I was too much in rant mode to be paying close attention. And I also agree that most updates and posts on Facebook are fun, I'm not disputing that. It's just one or two of my "friends" who are getting into the whole Twitter syncing thing that annoy me.

-TeeJay

And in my case it's not people telling me about the tuna sandwich they just ate, it's all my showbiz and paranormal friends adding new friends 20 times a day.  The only person on my friends list who has his Facebook and Twitter synched-up is Dana Brunetti.  And yeah, some people might find his tweets silly, but that guy cracks me up!  I love reading his updates because he has a twisted sense of humor and I think his life is very interesting.  Oh, wait, Whitley Strieber is synched-up.  And his tweets are often poetic, beautiful, thought-provoking.  He also links a lot of cool articles.  I've never blocked a person from my feed, but I have blocked a bunch of those ridiculous time-waster games people play all day.  Like Mafia Wars and Hatchlings.  I mean come on!  I don't give a crap about your dumb-ass game.  Otherwise, I really enjoy most people's comments.

Okay, sorry, I guess I'm talking about myself now. I've actually blocked friends from my Facebook news feed because the several-times-a-day updates really kept annoying me. Am I too old to get why everyone is so enthusiastic about Twitter? Hey, look, 400 people I don't even know are following my totally meaningless, inconsequential banter! Is that the new way of forming friendships these days? I'm sorry to have to pop your bubble, tweeters, but when the real shit in life goes down, only few or maybe none of these people will be there for you. And those that are, are people you knew in person before you started living your life on a social networking website.

That said, I probably shouldn't shout too loudly. I use Facebook quite a lot, and it's fun catching up with people and seeing what they're doing. It's fine to "social-network" to a certain degree. It's just the frequency and intensity that has to be measured well. It's just like that article that Deb once posted that was entitled something like "How Facebook Can Ruin Friendships".

Or maybe I'm just too old after all...

Sorry for the rant. Just had to get it off my chest. And now... I'm going to bed. And I will be back tomorrow. I hope you'll be misssing me in the meantime. Oh, and just for the record, my computer hasn't crashed recently and I also hate doing chores.

-TeeJay