snowcandy

Don't you just hate it when your kid's friends' parents try to add you...you don't want to appear rude. but don't really want to faff about and edit every post you make about Canada and Canadians in case they get the wrong end of the stick

Dave n Ailsa

I "un-friended" my mum

Atlantic Xpat

The wife (who is a teacher) is constantly getting requests from kids to add them. She turns 'em all down naturally.

JamesM

The bit where they are actually writing on his wall is genius.

The guy from 7th grade maths too.....

christmasoompa

I've completely ignored my mother-in-law's three friend requests. I was hoping by the second time she might have got the hint, but clearly not.

I am another FB addict, I think it's brilliant for keeping in contact with people on opposite side of the world and I like seeing how their kids are growing etc.

Twitter however, I don't get at all.

Atlantic Xpat

I'm a convert to twitter. Not to follow the mindless drivel of celebrities but it's an interesting tool to get news and comment. I follow a bunch of journo's and commentators. So I get news and info on a local - what are the traffic conditions today? and national/international level. I think the tweet that sums up how important twitter is becoming was during the Arab spring...."I just watched a govt fall on twitter while the US networks were covering American Idol"...or words to that effect.

Alan2005

Twitter seems to be good for news, announcements and commentaries. But it's made journalists exceptionally lazy - proper investigative journalism seems to have died a death and it's all reworded press releases as news and twitter updates instead of interviews.

christmasoompa

Ah, I see how it might work now, and I use FB for stuff like that too. From my brief time on it, it seemed to be the negative parts of FB (who's just made a cup of tea, what colour pants they are wearing that day) but without the good bits (photos etc).

Think I'll stick to FB and BE though, two internet addictions are more than enough for me!

DandNHill

I hope you mean trousers and not underpants! lol

And I agree two addictions suffice! FB and BE!!!

kirstybowles

i enjoy keeping in touch with my family and friends on fb and letting them know what my boys are up to must say though i don't update with
"just had a cup of tea" and all the other mundane crap that people post think i might enjoy Not!
i am nosy and like to see what people are getting up too though x

MrsDV

I'm on facebook, limited to actual friends and family (many of whom are very far away from me geographically). I put a lot of my photos on there and just find it's a good way for a lazy person like me to keep in touch.

I confess to also having a Twitter account: I have never tweeted but I follow some interesting and some funny people.

I have (bizarrely) been requested to join Linked In - having not worked in the past 9 years I cannot imagine who I'm meant to be linking in with!

FlirtyKnickers

I have about 3000.....is that bad?

mandymoochops

But you do "jobs" with most of them

I can say with all honesty the only people I have not met face to face are the FB friends i've made through BE. Probably about 50 or so.

Though there are many that I know and love first hand too.

It's no different in some ways than being a member of a forum and talking on there.

FlirtyKnickers

I love my BE mates on FB.... They are the best bunch of dysfunctional people i've never met....

Flogger

OI we've met