I have a FB account and pretty much check the news feed page daily, usually for $h!ts and giggles and just because I have nothing better to look at online. I rarely post any updates but will respond to friends' posts or sometimes post on their wall.

I don't want to bash FB or sound like I'm above it. I have an account! But sometimes I can't help thinking that FB is full of narcissist, self-absorbed people who seek attention. And I think that's why I rarely post on my own wall. It's like who gives a crap what I'm doing, where I went, what I bought, or what I think. Every once in a while I'll post something, but after doing it I feel like why did I do that? Am I trying to seek approval, validation? I feel like I want attention and want people to respond or "like" my post. The only real thing I have posted is about my car and the 55+mpg I get. I can't post any pics of myself on the wall without feeling like I have low self-esteem or something. I do have profile pics, but most were uploaded when I created the account. If I post any self pics, I won't publish them on my page. I dunno, it's silly and approval-seeking.

And what's up with people not replying to a private message you sent? I mean it's obvious you were recently on FB.

So anyway, anyone have a FB account? Not looking to add anyone, as I only add people I personally know or met in real life, with very few exceptions. That's another thing, why do people have 500+ friends?

Because some people have 500+ friends in real life? I like it because it keeps you in touch with family you might not otherwise be in touch with because they live halfway around the world. I like it when people post their dinner menus because I get new ideas on what to cook.
In one instance, I posted a picture of my Fuso Expedition Camper. As a result, when i was driving it 3000 miles away from home, a friend who lived 3000 miles in a different direction passed me and recognized me and we had a chance to meet up.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

It's a medium of communication. Any medium is a tool. All tools have parameters of use. It is the users responsibility to learn the proper use and maintenance thereof.

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Okay, maybe I'm not very poopular, so I don't even have over 50 friends in real life. The thing is when people add me or I add them, I like to at least acknowledge the person, either by adding a comment in the friend request or later sending a private message to say what's up. There is no point in adding someone and not even bothering to say even a simple hi on the person's wall or in private. If you're my friend I want to at least have some dialogue, even if it's a simple "Hey, what's up" and a reply of "Nothing much, you?" I actually removed a person I added and never really talked to him, so one day I sent a private message and never got a reply back. I deleted him from my friends list. We went to middle/junior high school together, then 20 years passed and I found him on FB, added him and it was like he was just an avatar on my friends list. I mean it wasn't like we had anything in common now, and since middle school we never talked or perhaps forgot about that the other existed. Why reconnect with people that really have no significance in your life?

Kerry, I don't mind food pics or even self pics...I meant that when I post a pic or a comment, I feel like I need valifdation. It's just me, I'm sure.

Yeah, I have friends and I don't even know who they are. I was visiting family 2000 miles away a few weeks ago and recognized a guy in the grocey store who had friended me on Facebook but I didn't know him. I got out of there quick before he had a chance to recognize me.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

I have 260 or so friends on my profile but I actually know every one or at least have a connection with them.

I post things that I think will be of interest to everyone. Pictures, famous movie quotes, fun stuff.

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Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

It changes the common definition of friend only if you allow it to do so. It's like blaming the air and language if we have a misunderstanding.

FaceBook is a medium, not a mediator.

I find it useful in the sense that I have 3 brothers, 2 sisters and a ton of nieces and nephews...and they are starting to have their own little pile of critters...

And, I found out that I have at least 3 nephs and one of the nieces involved in overseas actions...one in Afganistan, two in Iraq and one on the USS Carl Vinson.

As Bot said, it's a tool. If you want to expose yourself, there's plenty of ways of losing your identity...start playing all those "Farmville/MafiaWars" games...or watch out for the "Can we dig in your home page?" pop-ups.

I delete and keep the personal security at a fairly high level.

Don't *click!* on anything you didn't ask for or recognize. If a "friend" sent you something...call said "friend" to see if it's true. If not, delete it, but don't *click!* it and go there...

Just a warning...

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M. G. Burg
'10 - Dakota SXT - Daily Ride / ≈ 172.5K
.'76 - 450SLC - 107.024.12 / < .89.20 K
..'77 - 280E - 123.033.12 / > 128.20 K
...'67 - El Camino - 283ci / > 207.00 K
....'75 - Yamaha - 650XS / < 21.00 K
.....'87 - G20 Sportvan / > 206.00 K
......'85 - 4WINNS 160 I.O. / 140hp
.......'74 - Honda CT70 / Real 125
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“I didn’t really say everything I said.”
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Growing up, I was told, " If you have as many true friends as you have finger, consider yourself very lucky."
I value that as a truth.
FB causes us to redefine what "friend" really means.
Could you freely borrow money from your FB "friends"?

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1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags

I know every person I'm friended with on Facebook, though a few I've never met in person which is mostly fellow forum members.

I might post on a wall once or twice a month and its just to share something I found amusing.

A 12 yr old cousin of mine posts once or twice an hour. She can't brush her teeth without posting it on her wall.

Matthias08 is friends with me on facebook and wall posts ALOT. Maybe you can ask him.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

I'm not there but my kids and siblings are mostly there I think. I have enough ways already to waste time.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I am with you here. I have long lost cousins-or what not asking to befriend me..and when I agree..and they just sit there and marinate ie: 'Fail to respond to an IM'..I send them a short note/and explain politely why I am deleteing them.

I have noticed that some people have what I consider to be a 'fan-Club/Following', and it never ceases to amaze me how no matter what they post..no matter how silly it is- the fans clap like a bunch of trained seals.

The only thing I post is pictures of my over-sea's travels-so my family/freinds can keep track of my movements/know that I am still alive and well/observe some locations on earth that they have only seen in Nat Geo mags.

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The secret to a long life. Is knowing when it is time to leave.

We dont have a profile but one of our dogs does. Every one important to us knows its us. I see those with all the "friends", I guess 200 FB friends are equivalent to 1 real friend !!
Kind of sad really, with the social isolation that develops with the violent society of today, its not surprising that people develop these types of friendships. A bit like the pet rock fad years ago.

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Grumpy Old Diesel Owners Club group

I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

FB induced divorce rate is climbing, for me there are many people from high school I would rather not meet again and they are much better left in the past......

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1982 300CD Turbo (Otis, "ups & downs") parts for sale
2003 TJ with Hemi (to go anywhere, quickly) sold
2001 Excursion Powerstroke (to go dependably)
1970 Mustang 428SCJ (to go fast)
1962 Corvette LS1 (to go in style)
2001 Schwinn Grape Krate 10spd (if all else fails)

I have a phone and an email address as well as a blog related to what we're up to here on the homestead. That's enough.

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You're a daisy if you do.
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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting