Because I work at home, most of my days are spent alone in my office. I admit, sometimes I used to be unproductive, doing things like talking on the phone, surfing the Internet or shopping online. Not anymore. Now, thanks to Facebook, I'm unproductive all of the time.
It doesn't matter what else I'm doing - I can be in the middle of writing a huge proposal - and I'll feel the urge to check Facebook. Trying to resist is like attempting to fight the gravity that keeps me from floating away from my desk and into space. So I go to my Facebook home page, and I waste time. I read about people I don't recognize. I become friends with people I've never met. I sign up to be fans of businesses I haven't even heard of.
Why? It's the social media craze, silly, and I want in! So I spend hours in my office, silent and alone, being social.
I love to read what other people are up to, but I don't necessarily post anything myself. At least, not very often. I'm too afraid of what other people (aka my "friends") might think. If I post something like, "I just had Raisin Bran for breakfast, they might think, how boring. But if I post, "I just finished loading the photos of my Mediterranean Cruise onto Flickr," people might think, geez, way to brag."
It's true - some people are that judgmental (even though we know it's wrong).
Of course, I don't just want to be on Facebook, I want to be popular! When I compare my list of friends to other people's, I want mine to be the biggest! When theirs are bigger than mine I feel bad (proving that in this case, size does matter).
So please be my friend. I won't ask you to loan me money or to help me move. But if you'll be my Facebook Friend, you can help me.
If nothing else, you can help me waste time.
