2004: I sign up for Facebook because it lets me easily find classmates' cell numbers, and I got my first cell phone for Christmas!
2005: wow, my HS friends are all joining facebook! More connection.
2006: networks de-emphasized as facebook opens to anyone with an e-mail address. Many stop sharing contact info with a network, so odds I can find cells/emails go down.
2007: I graduate, but use Facebook messages to stay in touch with friends (feels less formal/weighty than email).
2008: I find some guy's wallet, find his facebook page, message him, and he gets it back.
2009: I'm using Facebook less. But Facebook stock is burning up. Everyone I know who went to work for Facebook could retire. I can't--but I apply to go back to school instead, which is a rough approximation.
2010: I really can't get much info on my new classmates from Facebook, except streams of status updates during class--a distraction, not real communication.
2011: I learn Facebook spams you a lot if you don't log in frequently enough (they need those monthly active numbers). Messages to strangers apparently don't work.
Under 2011, you can add "Facebook starts putting everything your friends read on certain sites into your timeline but won't let you read them without opting in to the insanity as well": http://alanhogan.com/facebook-pseudo-links
2004: I sign up for Facebook because it lets me easily find classmates' cell numbers, and I got my first cell phone for Christmas!
2005: wow, my HS friends are all joining facebook! More connection.
2006: networks de-emphasized as facebook opens to anyone with an e-mail address. Many stop sharing contact info with a network, so odds I can find cells/emails go down.
2007: I graduate, but use Facebook messages to stay in touch with friends (feels less formal/weighty than email).
2008: I find some guy's wallet, find his facebook page, message him, and he gets it back.
2009: I'm using Facebook less. But Facebook stock is burning up. Everyone I know who went to work for Facebook could retire. I can't--but I apply to go back to school instead, which is a rough approximation.
2010: I really can't get much info on my new classmates from Facebook, except streams of status updates during class--a distraction, not real communication.
2011: I learn Facebook spams you a lot if you don't log in frequently enough (they need those monthly active numbers). Messages to strangers apparently don't work.
2012: What can I do on Facebook again?