My personal Facebook account has about 130 or so "friends". That list is comprised of people I went to high school with (20%), ex-coworkers (10%), family (5%), a few friends (5%) and people I have never met in my life and have no idea how/why we're "friends" (60%).
Of the 130, I probably interact with maybe 10 on a regular basis. What's that, 8% or so?
The truth is, my personal FB account works my last nerve on a regular basis. But I will readily admit my addiction to it. How that addiction happened is truly a mystery to me especially since I was a FB holdout for the longest time. I didn't actually join FB until two years ago. I recall thinking at the time that it was kinda fun talking to old friends again. I do not recall when it went from being a fun thing to log in to every now and again...to being the first thing I did every morning. Yikes.
I did notice pretty early on that my hope for scintillating interactions with my peers was going to be the exception rather than the rule on FB. For example, the people I went to high school with post an inordinate amount of YouTube videos (mostly of the heavy metal variety), oftentimes with a "OMG, I love this song!" comment. Kinda weird behavior considering that we graduated from high school several decades ago.
In addition to the YouTube video thing, the non-scintillating topics that my "friends" post about on an oh so regular basis are:
- How much/why their life sucks
- Drinking
- Accomplishments/antics/activities of their children ad nauseum
- Their pets (oh boy, do people post about their pets...particularly cats!)
- The weather
- Letting everyone know that it's Wednesday when it's Wednesday and that that means HUMP DAY
- Thanking God that it's Friday when it's Friday
