Facebook is by far the largest social network on the Internet. Millions of people log in everyday to do various things. People can chat to family members and friends who they do not see that often or who are halfway across the globe. People can play games to pass the time. To me, Facebook can be very annoying. Here are just a few of the many reasons why.
The first major reason of my annoyance is all of the constant invites. Farmville, Cityville, Oceanville, and Russiaville (a few are made up, but they could exist somewhere) are just some of the many, many games available on Facebook. Now I am not trashing these games, I understand that these games can bring some people some joy for a few minutes every day. I am just annoyed by the constant notifications. "John Doe has sent you a pound of seed. Return the favor so John Doe can get his tractor fixed". It only gets more annoying from there, when people do not realize that the person they are sending invites to does not even play the game at all.
Another huge reasons is the whole timeline thing. Your Facebook profile used to be set up so that you can put what you want on it in little customization squares, and usually what you want is pretty recent. The new timeline setup is made so that every single thing you have ever done on Facebook is put on your profile. This makes the profile cluttered and unsightly. Also, the timeline page just looks bad to me.
The final thing that is annoying about Facebook is the Facebook Credit, the fastest way to transfer your real money into pixels. What the Facebook games do is that they let you play for free, then when you need more resources or in-game money, instead of waiting the 24 hour waiting time for your things to replenish, you can just use real money to get it now. These micro-transactions are extremely annoying and just get more frequent as you play more. Being an avid gamer, I admit I transfer real money into Microsoft Points, but I actually buy a full game with my points. Most people just use the Credits to buy themselves some extra time now, instead of waiting until tomorrow to play.
So why do you have a facebook then? I personally would only want one to keep up with my friends around the U.S. and Bulgaria. Otherwise I could care less.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Facebook is always changing itself to make it better, but somethings they should've just left how they where.
ReplyDeleteOh, I also hate all the stupid invites. They're SOO annoying.
DeleteI hate the invites! pretty sure I just block them all.
ReplyDeleteI used to think the same as Destiny, but then I got one, and I realized how amusing it can be. It can most definitely be annoying sometimes, but it's become one of my main sources for entertainment :)
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