Five Things To Hate About Facebook

1. Reconnecting – Finding people from the past is definitely the best part of Facebook. However, it can also be one of the site's worst attributes. Some you don't want to see or hear from. Others you find and then quickly lose. Reconnecting on Facebook is really the quintessential double-edged sword.

2. Status Updates – After checking into Facebook for a bit I have to say that I might never be able to bring myself to use Twitter. Twitter, I suppose, is really another discussion. Facebook, however, is full of people updating their status all the time, with the lamest stuff imaginable. (I have to admit, I am guilty of this!) One of my "friends" (a doctor, no less!) updates many times a day with gems like "making Sammy a grilled cheese" and "getting ready for Grey's Anatomy". Is it even possible that there are people out there who enjoy reading such minutiae?

3. Quizzes, Pokes, etc. – I just don't get it. I don't get a lot of the extras that are included on Facebook. Okay, so some of the quizzes are okay, I suppose. But most of them are wastes of time akin to junk/chain emails. One of my friends created her own Brady Bunch quiz (complete with a litany of spelling and grammar errors) the bragged about how she had scored 100%. Of course she scored highly, she made up the questions. And what is with poking and 'super' poking? Give me a friggin' break!

4. Chat – You log onto Facebook ostensibly to send out a quick reply, etc. However, moments after you've 'arrived' five people are sending you instant messages (I won't even go into detail about how much I abhor those tiny little chat windows!) that interfere with your plans for brevity AND the task you're attempting. Now, I know that chat can be disabled, but jeez!

5. People's Refusal to Use 'Old School' Email – Facebook isn't accessible where I work. Apparently I am in the minority, as it seems the masses are using while on the job. Since I can't access it during the workday, I am much more inclined to communicate using email (which is quickly becoming passé, I know!)… However, so many of my Facebook 'friends' seem to refuse to use email that isn't connected to their beloved site. It is frustrating to see email (I feel like email is my child) become the Betamax of communication right in front of my eyes.