A quick entry I have been meaning to do for a while now. It is late and I need to get to bed. I signed up for Facebook a couple of years ago when it was all the rage. My wife actually singed up first and then convinced me. It was really cool at first. I started hooking up with friends and family. Soon I was finding people that I hadn’t seen in a long time, friends from University, high school and to my surprise even elementary school.
Lately I find that I am rarely on Facebook. The only reason I keep my account is that I have people I am friends with that are distant and do not yet appreciate the advantages of Twitter yet, so it is my only constant connection to them. I started using Twitter more and more. Rather than update my Facebook status by logging onto Facebook, I just tell Twitter to update it for me with tweets. One problem with this approach is friends that comment on my wall or comment on my status I often miss as I am not on Facebook and email updates are annoying. I don’t really use any applications in Facebook. I used to use notes but I now just use this blog for that function. This website is easier for anyone to get to since a Facebook account is not required. I’ve recently starting just putting links in Facebook to this website in the about me, quotations and other fields. If you want to know about me, it makes more sense to come here. I dislike the Facebook user interface. All in all I am disappointed with Facebook.
I think Facebook would do much better to open up and use Twitter for status, wall updates, and reply to comments. Facebook took an interesting step this month, allowing you to link your Gmail or OpenId account and use that for login credintials instead of requiring their own authentication. Maybe integration with Twitter is not far off.
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