AN ACTUAL FACEBOOK EXCHANGE

Kynt Bryan Hmmmm...If a butterfly and a wasp got into a fight who do you think would win?

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Debbie Anderson Rusher
Hands down, the wasp...they're mean!! LOL
2 hours ago

Kynt Bryan
Kynt Bryan
LOL!
about an hour ago

LOL? I guess I'm even sadder for reading and re-posting it! I admit, I came to facebook quite late in the game. I really enjoyed connecting and reconnecting and even re-posting some of the entries. But this article from the New York TImes shows that the bloom is leaving the rose.

FACEBOOK EXODUS By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN
Published: August 26, 2009

Things fall apart; the center cannot hold. Facebook, the online social grid, could not command loyalty forever. If you ask around, as I did, you’ll find quitters. One person shut down her account because she disliked how nosy it made her. Another thought the scene had turned desperate. A third feared stalkers. A fourth believed his privacy was compromised. A fifth disappeared without a word.

The exodus is not evident from the site’s overall numbers.

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