Facebook

In less than 3 months, I have become a Facebook addict.

It all began innocently. I was curious to see what an old friend was up to so did a google search. I found they had a kid with a Facebook account. In order to see the picture, I had to sign in to Facebook. Wella, I was suddenly getting emails from old friends. I became a committed member.

I spent the first day trying to figure it all out. And there were more friends appearing. Then on the right sidebar, I would see pictures of people I knew and all I had to do was click and type in some blurry words and if accepted, they were my friends.

Then I found my neice on there and she had over 300 friends. Now it was a competition --how could Auntie Jill be such a loser with only 30 friends? So I did a friend search and found more.

It has now become an obsession. I can't wait to log on to see what is new with all my friends and what new friends it recommends. There are some photos of "suggested" friends that appear so often, I feel I know them now and want to make them a friend.

I realize that as I look back on my life and the friends I've made, I can input their name into the search feature and find some of them. And that is what makes it so incredible. This week I found friends I haven't seen in 10-15 years and it was great to go to their photos and see how they look, how many kids they've had and well...just get misty-eyed.

Facebook also allows you to look at your friends' friends. Thus, there can be more connections.

I have invited a few close friends to join Facebook and two have and are also addicted. The others have chosen not to. When they email me and ask what's happening, I just want to scream. They would have access to all of that if they would join Facebook.

Gee, this sounds like an ad for Facebook. I'm Jill Cone and I approve this ad.