Those were my exact words when my friend said that I should make one back in 2007. I heard it was just like Myspace, so what’s the point of another Myspace? Eventually more and more people started using it. After my last attempt at rejection, my best friend made my Facebook profile for me. I was forced HAD to be on Facebook.
As more and more people made the shift from Myspace to Facebook, I saw myself using it more. I spent a good amount of time on Farmville and other games (I never played Mafia Wars, my pride wouldn’t let me). It took me way too long to realize I was wasting so much time on this website.
I just couldn’t stop.
I told myself I need to do something. If i couldn’t get off Facebook, then I needed to make my time on FB somewhat productive. I just couldn’t figure out how.
Then I saw some companies doing something pretty interesting. They started making a social presence on this website. Every week you could see new companies hopping on Facebook and actually updating them like they would a blog.
I found this great. I would read up on current events on the same place I would communicate with friends. This was great for me because I spend a lot more time on the web than I do watching TV. I’d become a fan of things like the NY Times, CNN, TED, ESPN (of course). Not only would I catch up on current events, but I’d be up to date with my favorite sports teams, websites, videogames, and an abundance of other random pages. It’s all catered to me which is really nice.
On a side note, here’s a cool website about FB statistics: http://www.sysomos.com/insidefacebook/
Of course I still waste spend a lot of my time on Facebook, but not all of it can be considered wasted time now. I wonder how long until I find another website to waste all my time on.