Facebook mysteries

[marciadanielle]

I often wonder about some of the people who add me to facebook. Sometimes I think I've gone through life invisible to a lot of people. And then they add me to facebook. Which is funny because obviously we were never actually friends. But yet, they must know who I am or else they wouldn't have added me. Right??

Case one: Russ Rogers. I knew him (who knows if I ever really talked to him though) during youth group in high school. He recently added me. I confirmed him of course (I usually don't deny people, I don't care enough to do that! There's nothing private on there anyways) but I wasn't aware he actually ever knew my name during my NFTY (Nfty being the name of my youth group) years.

Case two: Kelly Mendoca (or whatever her last name is - I can't be bothered to check right now). Someone I knew from high school. I think. Well I'm pretty positive I knew her from high school (our mutual friends are high school people). Not sure I actually knew her. Because I can't place her. Unless she's the Kelly who used to go by Skye (I'm so not even shitting you here). She randomly adds me the other day.

There's a couple people on there I can't place at all. Tania Patterson doesn't ring any kind of bell. Like at all. Clearly she's someone I went to high school with (because again, our mutual friends are from high school) but I have absolutely NO recognition of her. She added me a long time ago, and I still have no clue who she is. That's bad huh? I have a pretty good memory too. Oh well.

Comments

[scattydove.livejournal.com]

I think Facebook is just a popularity contest for some people. See how many friends they can rack up on their profile. Yet I bet they speak to less than half of them!

[marciadanielle.livejournal.com]

I don't speak to more than a quarter of my friends (if that even!) But for me, most of the time it's just being nosy. I want to know what a particular person is up to these days, so I'll add them.

But yeah, it's a total popularity thing. My cousin has over 1000 friends. Which is pretty wtf to me!

[deveraux.livejournal.com]

a few people i barely knew in school have added me, and then when i've written something on their wall to say hi, they never say anything back. wtf!? it's weird, but i've assumed it as a popularity thing.

[marciadanielle.livejournal.com]

It really bugs me when I write to someone and then they never respond. And it's usually that they've written me first (the ambiguous "what are you up to these days") and I've responded, and then they never respond back. Argh!