I carried out a Google Search, asking the question "What is the point of Facebook?"
This is the best response, in my opinion.....
Maybe I'm just asocial, but what's the point of Facebook?
I've been on Facebook for about six months now. Reconnected with a few old friends. Once the newness wore off, however, I pretty much stopped posting or reading other's posts. I've only got maybe three status posts in the last six weeks or so (other than blog posts that FB automatically posts).
I mean, I don't care that you're bummed because the Lakers lost. Your kid's status as an honor student at So and So Middle School means nothing in my life. I really don't give a crap what you had for dinner, unless you post a recipe and wine recommendation, which you can't do even if you wanted. And I really, really, really don't give a damn about your latest Mafia wars hit or, gawd help us, your latest Farmville exploit. (BTW, here is a great collection of inane FB posts. And here is a post on how to hide the Mafia war-type status posts.)
My latest (and possibly last) status post reads:
Why are we here? What's the point of this form of existence? (FB, not Earth.)
I am quite serious about this. I'm really not convinced by Facebook.
But I am famously asocial (maybe even anti-social), so YMMV.
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