Ahhhg Facebook!

I have to admit that I don't have a facebook account, well I do, but I don't use it. Many of the older members here, like me, may also baulk at starting up facebook and I was quite relieved when Kyle indicated that it wasn't the be all and end all for Internet Marketing. Consequently, I haven't done anything more about it... yet.

The biggest problem I have with facebook is that other people do not appreciate your privacy when they go onto their account and post all over the world, something that you were involved in.

This happens time and time again. My daughter will ring me up and say "Hi Mum, saw you on facebook with so and so" etc. etc..

Being of the third generation, I think times have very much changed with how we all communicate. Letters are out the window, talking together as a family is now a rare occassion, there's too many mobiles in the room and actually speaking on the phone with a grandson or granddaughter seems to be a thing of the past.

My grandchildren's texts to me are just a jumble of short forms and I need a translator to decipher it all. I often wonder what would happen if they actually had to write me a letter!

To get to the crux of this blog, our family lost a loved one a few day ago and I had to ring my brother and give him the bad news. He answered the phone saying "You didn't tell me Danny had died!" I said, "how did you know already, that's why I was ringing you!". It transpires that his daughter had seen it on facebook and rung him immediately. "I hate facebook", he said, "what a way to find out someone close to you has died!".

To cap it all, my daughter was on holiday in Portugal and I decided not to tell her the bad news until she returned, no sense ruining her holiday. Then there's a phone call... "Hey Mum, is it true Danny's just died, I've seen it on facebook!"