Why I like Facebook and Not MySpace!

I started with social media by joining MySpace. It is was a great place to share information and be somewhat “hip” with my kids. But when I discovered FACEBOOK, well my days of rushing to check my MySpace were over!

Why I like Facebook better:

I like Facebook because I can reconnect with old friends I lost touch with a long time ago and have really, really missed. The search feature seems to work better to locate those friends and more importantly I don't have to connect with those I don’t know or don't want to hang out with. Not MySpace. On MySpace, those old friends that I would rather not reconnect with and even ones I lost touch with on purpose seem to be able to find me.

I like Facebook because it has a larger range of ages and most people have snapshots of themselves in regular attire (or at least actual pictures of themselves). It seems to be for the regular “Jo.” I like Facebook because it’s fun to post silly little updates letting everyone in your friends network know you have a life and we are all “real.” I LOVE Facebook because I can pick and choose the most adorable pictures of myself and my family (mostly my family) to post for everyone else to admire and envy. I HATE MySpace because other people can post horrible, awful pictures without my consent or approval, leaving all of THEIR friends to think that I look like a creepy scarecrow.

I like Facebook because I can use it to connect with friends and people I work with and my old school mates. I can support my causes like suicide prevention and being green, and not support things I don’t like. Others can support me too, in fact I was even sponsored for my suicide prevention walk last month. Not MySpace because I can’t figure out how to get relevant stuff on there.

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Basically, I enjoy Facebook because it is a place for me to reconnect with friends and stay in touch with family -- and the added bonus is I don't feel like the mom who is on there to monitor her kids, but instead I am the mom who is one there because my friends are on there too!