Facebook: Crucial or Trivial?

[Tim]

Helpful but not crucial. I've had one for a few years but I have it temporarily deactivated at the moment and I've realised how pointless it is. There's many things to be thankful for FB for, but overall I think it has been a negative on peoples' social lives.

Anyway, I think it's good to have if you're not wasting much time on there. You can add girls you met randomly, and as long as the initial encounter went well enough that should be fine with them. Then you can private message them or write on their wall which can have advantages over txting or calling. It's more of an advantage in social circle though, and not just for meeting girls. If you meet people you get along with at a party/school/work then adding them there can help strengthen that potential friendship, and give you a way to keep in contact.

It's really good when traveling. I've met heaps of people and been like oh don't bother with your number, I'll find you on facebook. And then stayed in touch through that or used it as a back up when I lost my phone/whatever.

Don't worry too much about putting a lot on your profile. Just enough so that the people you want to find you can, like having your school or work. And if you're not interested in the majority of what happens on there, don't worry either. Most people aren't. Until they get addicted...