Does Facebook have a REAL use?

On an invitation from a friend, I joined Facebook, and after trying it out for a couple of months, I find that it doesn't really do anything apart from people sending each other endless amounts of kisses, hugs, pokes, gifts, flowers, secret admirers, lollies, teddy bears, etc, and then for your time wasting efforts you get rewards in so called ratings with your friends, you ability as a kisser, your popularity, your attractiveness, your generosity, etc etc. There are messaging options, but they don't appear to get used much, while the rest of applications are really, pretty lame. It does seem to be a manipulative, marketing tool, aimed at people out looking for online "love" and "fun", but delivers frustating, %26amp; time consuming junk. eg "Secret Crushes" is system generated, but leads the user to believe a "real" person is interested, but you have to invite X number of people to to the application to find out who! A manipulative piece of junk aimed at lonely people. What do you think?

Does Facebook have a REAL use?
You might not like my answer because it stands against what you say but I just thought of voicing my opinion.



Yeah I agree with you as far as most the applications go but to be fair, no one forces you to add them. For example I get 30 invites per day, I feel no obligation to accept any of the appliactions that aren't relevant to what I want. I only have a couple of them and those were ones I picked out myself.



Plus, the main pro of having facebook is the fact that you get to connect with friends you've lost touch with over the years. Through it I could now see what classmates who left the school I currently attend have been up to by viewing their photos, videos, status..etc.



The birthday notification is an up side as well since I no longer miss out on anyone and get to wish them a happy b-day =)



Groups, this is some way in which you could spend your time. You could join groups that meet your interests and start participating in them.For example if by any chance you do like pets then maybe you'd like to join this group I have there. Its called: Pet Lovers Around The World and its link is: http://hs.facebook.com/group.php?gid=852...



lol ok I notice that I'm writing way too much so I'll stop now. I just want to add that facebook does get boring but only when you don't find something that interests you =)
Reply:=) anytime and lol to be honest at first I used to do that, accept the applications my friends sent because I didnt want to turn them down but after a while and after seeing how I didn't like them I just ended up doing things the way I want them to be done =D Report It
Reply:Facebook is the ultimate procrastinator's tool...
Reply:I agree with Ezabela!



facebooks greatt!! I'm pretty much addicted!!

and no ones forcing you to do anything on it...you add the applications you want to and dont add the rest...and if the emails are annoying you, den go to the settings and turn email notifications off!
Reply:I think alot of what it does is help to find old or lost friends. Myself for example have found so many lost, old friends from school ex work colleagues etc. That's all I personally use it for but hey I'm sure there's other who use it for more.
Reply:If you can persuade everyone you want to organise events with to sign up, its quite useful to arranging events (parties, trips to places, and so on).



I find the "Birthdays in the next few days" bit quite useful too.



There is a lot of junk there too unfortunately. Thankfully, most of my friends are sensible enough not to spam all their contacts with the latest piece of stupidity.
Reply:i would have to agree with you. it is a waste of time in my opinion. why would i want to sit online for hours talking to people emailiing them when i could pick up a phone, call them, and go meet up with them. real world is better than the online world. i tried it for about 5 minutes and got bored with it. not to mention the kid who created the site is worth billions. why would i want to contribute to another person's success.
Reply:no

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