It is. FB even makes pokes suggestions. lol
I just never got it.
 
I've also looked up and/or stumbled upon a few old sweeties of mine and girls I had a crush on but who remained friends only. All I can say is, man am I glad life had other plans for me! :P
 
 

I also find it kind of depressing to see what my old mates from back home are up to...I mean they're a great bunch and all and I really have a good laugh with them on FB but it pains me to see how many of their lives revolve around booze and TV. I hate all the lightly humorous "meme" postcards the women post which make light of their alcoholism (along the lines of "tee hee, I drink red wine by the gallon, isn't that cute?") and I hate it when they're posting status updates about crap TV shows as they're watching them. Then there are the people who see Facebook as a way to broadcast their emotional problems...Debbie Downers! Then the posers who use Facebook to promote themselves by posting endless selfies (and you just know they've taken 100 photos to get that one where the lighting and the pose is just right). Then the cryptic attention-seeking posts like "Arghh...I can't believe what just happened" that you're supposed to reply with "what happened? Are you OK?" -- lol, I really should prune my friend list a bit methinks 

I totally know what you mean.

My newsfeed consists largely of updates posted by companies and manufacturers I follow like Apple, Gibson, Cakewalk...
 
I've un-followed a huge bunch of pals one after the other because I ended up being mad at the world before I even had the time to finish my morning coffee.
 
I started by getting rid of all the people who posted conspiracy theory stuff - that also rid me of most of the pro-marijuana propaganda, most of the alternative medicine junk as well as most of the pseudo-science and supernatural junk.
 
My other biggest pet peeve is people re-posting things without even verifying. As if the first thing most people think of when they're faced with something that looks too good to be true in 2014 is to share it. :/
 
Like that mockumentary about sirens... I don't know how many times I bursted that bubble. But then people don't read comments, so you inevitably have a bunch of them adding comments after you've posted a link that says "HOAX"... OMG, Sirens really exist! I knew it in my heart!!!
 
Meh....
 
Me, I try to keep a balance. I don't see the point in debating politics on FB, especially not in an open debate. Same with religion. I try to keep my posts positive and light. I post about guitars, my cats, my wife, about records that I like, or DVDs that I just bought.
 
I never posted a pic of my diner though, and I don't intend to.

sharke
I really should prune my friend list a bit methinks 

By soaking it in warm water for a long time?

craigb

sharke
I really should prune my friend list a bit methinks 

By soaking it in warm water for a long time?

Raisin the bar as usual!

Welp...that's a new wrinkle on it.

sharke
 one thing I'm 100% sure of is that when people find my business site online and click the Facebook link, they see those 3500 likes and are reassured that the business has some kind of reputation. It makes all the difference. 

I don't doubt that works for you, but to me it makes no sense, it's just a bunch of people who went ....aaaaw look at the cute puppy (or whatever) and pressed a button, most have no clue who you are or if your service is any good, so it baffles me that other people may then decide to give you their business based on this. I dont do FB, but I see promos all the time offering some incentive to "like" something.  So company X puts out and ad and says "like" this product and you might win one. 10,000 people think, ooh a freebie and press the button and from this other people think - well that must be good because 10,000 people like it, I think I'll get one. Doesn't say much for the average FB user really.
 
 

paulo

sharke
 one thing I'm 100% sure of is that when people find my business site online and click the Facebook link, they see those 3500 likes and are reassured that the business has some kind of reputation. It makes all the difference. 

I don't doubt that works for you, but to me it makes no sense, it's just a bunch of people who went ....aaaaw look at the cute puppy (or whatever) and pressed a button, most have no clue who you are or if your service is any good, so it baffles me that other people may then decide to give you their business based on this. I dont do FB, but I see promos all the time offering some incentive to "like" something.  So company X puts out and ad and says "like" this product and you might win one. 10,000 people think, ooh a freebie and press the button and from this other people think - well that must be good because 10,000 people like it, I think I'll get one. Doesn't say much for the average FB user really.
 
 

 
Like I say, it's all about potential customers clicking on your Facebook page, seeing how many followers you have and either consciously or subconsciously thinking that you're popular, respected and hence "safe." 

paulo
Doesn't say much for the average FB user really.
 

Average Facebook user is a human being, so implicitly dumb in most cases.

sharke
 
 
Like I say, it's all about potential customers clicking on your Facebook page, seeing how many followers you have and either consciously or subconsciously thinking that you're popular, respected and hence "safe." 

Yeah, I get what you're saying and if it works for you, then power to your elbow and all that. I just don't get why people make the leap that it must be "safe" when the reason for this is based on the opinions of people who have never used the product or service in question. 
 
It's like....
 
Dear Facebook,
 
Can someone recommend a good electrician to me ?
 
FB: Well, lots of people who are often prone to public displays of their poor judgement think that this guy is good. Admittedly, none of them have ever met him or employed him and as such they have no idea at all if he is reliable, competent or trustworthy, but even people who have no idea who he is like him and he has lots of friends that he's never met, so he must be ok, right ?