Ubiquity of Facebook

Facebook is so ubiquitous that everyone and their grandparents are on it.

Man, it came a long way from being available to students with American college email addresses in 2004/2005 to where it is now. I can't remember the pre-game and -application Facebook anymore, or what my profile or wall looked like back in the day, it evolved that fast.

It's still okay when you're under 40 and on Facebook, but when there are people over 40... hmm. I guess it's great that parents are embracing technology and is on Facebook playing the same games their kids are (haha)... just as long as your own parents are not on it. Cousins are fine, it's the generation above that one should be worried about. All this is so new there really isn't a definite social networking etiquette, so it's still a little murky.

I'm not complaining that mine aren't on Facebook, but it doesn't mean I don't have aunts and uncles who aren't on the bandwagon - I've only ONE uncle so far, but that's about it. And I've limited the access as a CYA move. Do not add your mum/aunt/auntie if you can help it, especially if they live anywhere near you.


[You should check out Oh Crap. My Parents Joined Facebook - hilarious.]


To the parents - I get that your friends and contemporaries are not tech savvy and might not have Facebook accounts, but padding your Friends list with the kids, nieces and nephews... really?! And I still think it's weird adding your kids' friends or your friends' kids, whether you've met them before or not.

You should check out the latest episode of South Park, You Have 0 Friends, which pokes fun (pun kind of intended) at Facebook, Chatroulette and the ridonkulousness of it all. It even went Tron-like towards the end when Stan gets sucked in by his more powerful profile.

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