What good has facebook done to you?

Philippines
November 4, 2010 9:02am CST
Of all the times you spent on facebook, is there a good thing facebook has done to you? For me, I was able to find my friends from school who I haven't seen for years. After graduating, most of us separated and had jobs and we lost contact. Because of facebook, we have communications again. How about you?
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29 responses
@shuley (368)
4 Nov 10
Same me here, I saw my schoolmates in facebook, and most of all I saw my auntie, cousins, relatives living other country. They seldom going home because of money and their work and besides I am also living other city not in my hometown.
• Philippines
4 Nov 10
It's a good socializing site but there are also it's downside. Thanks!
• Philippines
4 Nov 10
Hello Neelia, Facebook have also done something good to me, in my social needs it really helps a lot. but now, facebook is over used, and is all over to public, it may reach beyond the limit. ^-^ I rarely update my facebook now, I'm into my lot now. ^-^
• Philippines
4 Nov 10
Yes the excitement we had about facebook before is already gone. Like you said, it is already over used, abused, and it can be easily hacked now. Thanks for dropping by :)
@celticeagle (158958)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Nov 10
My best friends daughter is on Facebook and if it wasn't for a site like this I wouldn't be in communication with my friend as much. She works a full time job and has weird hours. If I want to tell my friend something I just email her daughter on Facebook. My friend isn't into the internet at all so this actually works out very well.
• Philippines
6 Nov 10
Facebook keeps connected with my family, relatives and friends and of those co-workers and classmates during college and high school days. It also open my opportunities to meet new friends.
@johnpillai (2082)
• Germany
4 Nov 10
because of the war in our country, we all are scattered all over the world. So having contact with all of my relatives at a same time is impossible. Now a days face books help us a lot to have contacts with each others. we used to share our happy memories and pass jokes on others. thank you face book.
• Philippines
4 Nov 10
You are right, this is one way facebook has helped us. by keeping friends and relatives together despite the distances. Thanks
@malu58 (3)
• Philippines
4 Nov 10
Yes. Same Here. Since i was away on my home town for a long time to study on another town yet because of facebook i was able to network with my old friends in highschool where i grew up.
• Philippines
4 Nov 10
Good for you. These days so many are addicted to facebook and that the impact is not good. Thanks for the response.
@dloveli (4366)
• United States
5 Nov 10
Facebook has also allowed me to reconnect with old friends. For the most part that has been good. However, Ive been noticing that alot of people use fb to start smear campaigns against one another. Its also a breeding ground for trouble if the right people get to it. However I suppose you'll get a little of that where ever you go. THe sad part about it is that you assume the culprits to be children or teens. They're not! Its adults! For the most part I try not to indulge in the he say/she say mess. If we all try and avoid it fb could be a great reference tool. Happy facebooking. dl
@Nadinest1 (2016)
• Canada
6 Nov 10
I would have to say that I agree with most everyone here....I have caught up with friends from school. I check it many times a day to find out what is going on with everyone. I love it. It really seems odd if you know someone who isn't on Facebook.
@airasheila (5454)
• Philippines
5 Nov 10
A pleasant day to you Neelia_lyn, With reference to your question, Facebook do also help me to find my long lost friends as well as seeing my previous colleagues. That, I was so glad to see them since we have lost our communications since some of the mobile numbers has been changed. And we have not seen for years. Though, some social networking sites such as Facebook brings some disadvantages to some of their users, still, we can somehow depend on them, that, thru this social networking sites, we are able to get in touch with our long lost friends and relatives as well. Have a nice day.
• United States
5 Nov 10
Allowed me to talk to people I haven't seen or heard from in years and keep in touch with children/family who live in other states.
@Cutie18f (9551)
• Philippines
5 Nov 10
Although I do not get paid in that site, but I use it to promote my blogs and my other business. If you have many friends, that is the best traffic you can have if you have a business.
@annavi23 (6522)
• Philippines
5 Nov 10
like you,i also gained back the friends i have not seen long time ago. and it feels fun to have contact with them again.though sometimes i felt different cause many years have passed and some attitudes have changed also. but still,i'm happy that i had seen them again though we are not close as before.
@kay2010 (176)
• United States
6 Nov 10
Facebook has also helped me to reconnect with friends I had lost contact with over the years. Since I moved away from my hometown, there were quite a few friends I left behind, through facebook I found them again. I never used to use facebook at first, but when I started getting friend requests from all those people I was glad I had opened the account.
@majody83 (46)
• Philippines
5 Nov 10
it also happens to me my classmates from elementary have no communications but since facebook was introduced they started to appear ,im so glad to see and to chat them again,talking things that happens when we are young.
• Philippines
5 Nov 10
For me, facebook has made me reconnect with my classmates and friends in grade school and high school. Also, it lets me keep in touch with my friends in college especially now that we have graduated already. Facebook also helps me be informed on what's happening to them, and once in a while, I can talk to them and give some advices when needed. When I'm bored facebook apps really help me get through with it.
@jasmeena (846)
• Indonesia
5 Nov 10
Same with you. I keep in touch with my old friends and even my relatives. My cousin made a joke one day that we all reunion on FB already LOL. Even after my cousin in OZ find me, we started to communicate more often. But sometimes I don`t like FB as more people give unnecessary comments whatsoever.
• Philippines
5 Nov 10
Facebook lets me connect with friends i haven't talked to in like a million years. They also provide chat so i can chat with other people live.
• Philippines
5 Nov 10
Facebook has done a lot of good things for me. Like you i was able to reconnect from people i have not seen for years , even decades. Aside from this, it is in facebook that i learned to play online games, and farmville was the very first one that i played and i enjoyed it very much and helped me in times when i get bored. I get to express also my interests in music and some other areas by posting relative articles on my wall. (^_^)
• Philippines
5 Nov 10
hello Neelia_lyn! Like you, i found my long lost friends and classmates from elementary, high school and college whom i have not seen for as long as 25 years! For this, i am utterly grateful to facebook for bringing us together once more, without having to travel miles. I also get to chat with my cousins and family from far away, while playing farmville, without having to pay big amounts for calls. thanks to facebook!
@onlywan (182)
• Philippines
5 Nov 10
A good thing about facebook is I get to connect with my friends, relatives, classmates, etc even though we are far apart. I also use it to meet new people but sometimes, there are a lot of posers out there so you really don't know if you're talking to the person you see in the picture. My goal right now is to meet this girl I saw on facebook.