Why I Don't Like Facebook Part Two

I've already posted about Facebook but that was way back in November, so this is just an update to say that nothing in fact needs to be updated.

I still dislike it, despite having a profile. I don't care if someone regretted eating that whole bag of revels, wishes the snow would melt or is returning from somewhere (and 'friends' who are supposedly employed in full time jobs are often the worst offenders). It's just a devourer of time. Maybe it's just me - maybe I'm too antisocial (I don't have time for twitter or even instant messaging, barring one person of course, either) but I think you'd have a hard  time trying to disprove the time wasting aspect.

Seth Godin will back me up on this - think you know better than he does? In fact he's not having a go at Facebook or social websites per se, just their abuse. He recognises the technology does have its uses, well, more than that, it's a central plank of his approach and seemingly noone below the age of about 90 can really afford to ignore it. I suppose once something's available to the masses it runs the risk of getting compromised and degraded - look how people drive cars compared with (I presume) the requisite etiquette or mandatory detailed knowledge of how a car actually works that was the case in the early days of motoring, yet they have made our lives incomparably easier (again, I presume).

So, maybe I'm wrong. But I still don't like Facebook. And I don't even want to hazard what the next social networking site round the corner is....