I think it’s OK that I’m writing about Facebook again, seeing as the movie The Social Network is all the rage. I saw its edgy, angsty trailer this week and it’s proof that combining images of clear-skinned, moppy-haired college kids and a Radiohead song will make even a middle-aged mom want to spend $10 on […]
Block Me If You Dare
A Facebook first happened to me this week. Someone put a block on me. I feel so badass. A Facebook block is when someone specifically puts your name on a block list, so you never see any trace of him. If he comments on a mutual friend’s post, you won’t see his comment. You’ll […]
Friend Me, Friend All My Personalities
My generation is having a barrel of fun with Facebook status updates. I know it’s driving younger people crazy because, like sports cars and booze, we’ve taken a good thing for youth and ruined it with our refusal to turn it over to the next generation. We insist that 50 is the new 17 and […]
In the Face of Change
As someone who is getting AARP mail, I am loving the new Facebook changes. Not because they’re better; frankly I can’t really even tell the difference. I was already confused and regularly posting inappropriate things on people’s walls that I thought were secret. (I didn’t know “wall” meant big, brick wall outside the house […]
New Addiction, New Recovery
Attention all my Facebook friends: I’m no longer tending my Lil’ Green Patch. It’s been fun and profitable (I saved 29 square feet of rain forest, which is about one tree) but I just can’t do Facebook like that anymore. So please stop sending me fruits with faces and names like Yummy and Walter Melon, […]
I Linked In Your Facebook WIth My Space
I’ve been experimenting with social networking. It’s clear this kind of thing is for young people, or should I say younger people, much less old than me I started in the slow lane, with LinkedIn, which is actually about my speed. There are grownups on there, bragging about their jobs, blowing air into their resumes […]