While I'm not quite addicted I'm noticing I'm getting on a bit more lately than I used to.   I'm able to keep up with others that I might not necessarily would have.  Besides all that my d-i-l keeps putting up neat videos of the babies so I can see their progress.   She has quite a few on there now. 

Yesterday I was able to see the youngest crawl for the first time because she captured it all on video and posted it on Facebook.   He crawled right over to his brother........let the fun begin. 

I actually created my facebook account about 5 days ago. I already have over 20 friends on my list. Most are from Puerto Rico and it's kinda nice to keep track of them. I also feel like I am starting to get addicted to it. I find myself checking every morning before I go to work and again after I get back home.

I have seen some profiles with over 100 friends on their list and I can't possible imaging how anyone can keep track of so many. But i like leaving msgs to people I have not seen in a long time. I actually like it better than myspace, it seems a bit more organized to me.

I don't have an account there.

This may sound odd..but I don't want to get caught up in the past.  I don't have the time or the emotional energy. 

I think its awesome you are re-making connections though.  Sounds like they are all positive!

I occasionally revive my Facebook/Myspace/whatever account, try to use it for a few days, and then forget about it again because it bores the heck out of me.

well after reading what Jill wrote I decided to plug in some names to see if I could connect with my long lost brother.  No luck connecting with him or his wife but I did connect with my neice, his daughter.  I've only seen her two-three times  since they moved to VA years and years ago.   Anyhow I just found out she's a freshman at a college in D.C.  She and I had a connection when I saw her last as a young teen.  She thought I was pretty cool.....LOL and I spoiled her because she's the only girl in the whole gosh darned family of ours. 

So I'm pretty excited about finding her....can you tell? 

I'd write more telling you how ashamed I am of you but I am too busy taking surveys, chatting, and stalking people over on Facebook...

I'm glad you're having a good time there.  You make it sound really great. I'm more in the same boat as Tova but you do make it sound nice.

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I'd write more telling you how ashamed I am of you but I am too busy taking surveys, chatting, and stalking people over on Facebook...

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ha ha.

My wife was kind of ho-hum, as far as the internet goes. She checks her mail infrequently, and maybe checks realtors sites (we're looking for a house). Then she discovered Facebook. I now have to wait my turn on the puter.

 Thanks, Facebook.

Since I posted this I've gotten a couple of friend requests from JUs.  I just want to let everyone know that I don't allow friends on Facebook whom I don't know in the "real" world.  If I haven't met you in person, you won't be a Facebook friend.  Their is just too much personal information on there.  Not just mine but of all of my friends and family that I interact with.  So in interest of safeguarding everyone, I'm very careful about who I make "friends" with.

That makes perfect sense. It's funny how we see people online in a different way from those we know personally. The only real difference is direct contact with them.

Never saw the difference.

I have many good friends I first met over the Internet and I have many Internet friends that used to be "real people".

For me the "difference" is distance. It comes and goes depending on my location.

Anyone remember Manopeace? I first met him here but have since met him whenever I visited in Jerusalem.

There's a lot to personal contact though.  I generally know where people I have personal contact with live, who their friends and family are and can get a "feel" about them that you can't get over the internet.  On JU you can convincingly be anyone you want to be...you don't even have to use your name!  For a long time people didn't even know who I was in reality.  I didn't lie about who I was, I just didn't share that info.

I have had personal interactions with people I met here.  I've sent cards and presents.  If someone on here used personal info they got from my Facebook page to harrass someone I care about, I can't exactly call them or stop by and have a word with them, can I ?