face the facebook (#21)

i had no interest in joining facebook and after signing up a couple of months ago for this project, i am confirmed in my belief that this is not for me. especially since i was most emphatic about not wanting to be found by anyone who might want to get in touch with me. sort of defeats the purpose of this entire exercise. i mean, it's interesting up to a point as far as getting a quick glance at what your friends are up to, but i just have no inclination to keep everyone updated on what i'm doing or to spend that much time keeping in touch with everyone i know or HAVE EVER KNOWN. for instance, both my brother and sister have between 100-150 friends listed on their facebook pages. i can see how this can cut down on time spent staying in touch with them individually, but you still have to check your page and read their input and all their millions of friends' responses and make responses of your own, etc. so are you saving time or spending more time at yet another site you have to remember to log in to? and while a library facebook page might be useful (for however long facebook stays in favor), it is all very time consuming (both for the library and the patrons looking at the library page). i know it's important to try to reach people every way we can, but how universal can it be kept? will patrons have to go to several different websites (for example, the newsletter, the library homepage, facebook, twitter) to find out all the things that are going on at the library?