I dislike is that there are seemingly no conversations or forums as I’ve experienced elsewhere. It’s just for sharing photos, playing games, brief commenting.. but not really meaningful interaction, and this is social? It reminds me of saying “Hi, how are you” in passing.. not much deeper than that. Why is any of this enriching? Members choose to become “friends” with hundreds of strangers.. yet we know in “real life” that would not the case, which requires devoting time to developing and maintaining real relationships, based on a mutuality and a commonality, over time.

Another frustration is, since people I know use the site, they will say “If you want to know what is going on with me, go to Facebook”. No phone calls anymore? When I am with family, they are inevitably checking in with the site and spend an incredible amount of time there each week.

Personally, I won’t miss it when I ship out and won’t be wasting time with it. All I care about is keeping involved with people I actually know and care about. Too bad many are not inclined the same way and I think that this “social network” has actually become a detriment to society.