Number 1: Drama. I live in a small (REALLY small) town, and as a teacher, I cannot be "Facebook friends" (I refuse to call them all "real friends") with certain people, such as students or potential students of mine. This causes hurt feelings and angry kids, which doesn't make my job any easier. Also, coworkers and community members will air their dirty laundry on the site, which I think is a tad inappropriate considering it is a "social networking site," and should have absolutely nothing to do with one's job/career. I cannot tell you how many phone calls of received (OK, I admit, I've made a few of these calls too) saying, "You will not believe what so-and-so posted on so-and-so's wall!" It's very easy for things to get out of control, and I'm not a huge fan of everyone being all up in my business, analyzing every single status update and every single wall post. I know, I'm guilty of it, too! I easily get caught up in quotes people post and who posted what where. It's terribly exhausting, and there are much better things I should be doing with my time, which leads me to....
Number 2: Time. Oh, the things I could accomplish if I wasn't wasting so much time on Facebook. This is not productive, people! And the last thing I need to be doing when our new baby is hungry, I've got lessons to complete, papers to write, and laundry to fold is Farmville. It's addictive... and I'm going cold turkey.
I have been wanting to ditch FB for some time now, but always found an excuse. My favorite of which is that I want to keep in touch and share pictures with family and friends who are out of town. This is my solution. Enjoy!
Good for you! You know I did the same thing right before Erick and I moved to VA b/c I figured it would be an easier, and better way to keep in touch with friends and family to let them know what's going on. I set up a site and now don't remember how to get to it...opps. Well maybe you'll inspire me to give it another go. Let me know how it goes and Good luck with baby Brit!
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