The Anti-Facebook Club

What could be better first post than facebook?? The web's (and PR's) hottest topic at the moment.

Given my hatred for the thing this gives me a chance to get my first rant off the shelf and into blogopshere...

I stumbled upon this gem of a post from Spud Gun which, aside from being 'a gun which fires spuds', is a blog I've been regularly reading for a laff or three.

Facebook has become the most annoying thing about. I first got into it a while back and for a bit it was useful looking up lost friends, old flames from over the years and generally pissing about, but after 6 months of usage it has lost it's point for me. Anyone you have'lost' over the years had probably been lost for a reason, after that one drink with the girl you used to like you remembered why you don't like her anymore. And as for private messaging, there are loads of ways to communicate, mobile, instant messaging email...

What really grates me is when people at work spent hours and hours just pissing about 'poking', instant messaging and pasting photos on to facebook.

Are these people just insecure? Do they need to know that 128 people are friends with them, do they need to constant distraction. Web 2.0 is all well and good but if Web 1.0 with its mobile phones, MSN Messenger and email ain't broke...why do we need to try and fix it?

Rant one over...I promise I'll be more insightful with my next post