what are the drawbacks of Facebook?

303 Comments Posted on October 31st, 2008 by AZ

Top 10 reasons why Facebook Sucks

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I have so many friends on facebook and everyone of them always ask me why i don’t join facebook community. So finally i joined facebook last month but after spending sometime on facebook i realized that facebook completely sucks and there are more useful ways to spend my time (and more fun ways to waste it).

Anyway here are 10 reasons facebook sucks. I think most of you guys will agree with me.

1. Facebook doesn’t even know who the hell they are, yet people are willing to put their professional identity even partly in their hands. Guess what. Their first model sucked. They’re toying with something new. Do you really want to invest a lot of time and effort into networking through a company who couldn’t even remain faithful to their own market? I sure as hell don’t.

2. It’s incredibly juvenile compared to other networks, yet I constantly see people using it for business reasons. Use unprofessional services, and that’s exactly how it makes you look. If you think it’s professional to “poke” your colleagues online, maybe you still belong chasing 10 year old boys around the schoolyard.

3. Facebook is a fad. Yes, a FAD!!! You couldn’t give a single legitimate argument to prove otherwise (and don’t try to feed me that crap line about social networking being around long enough to no longer be a fad… Facebook, a single company, doesn’t equate to “social networking”). People who waste their time chasing fads (especially in marketing) always get burned, wasting more time than they can justify in the long run.

4. Frankly, there are better ways to reach your target audience (unless you’re primarily targeting students – despite their changes, that’s still the primary userbase. If you’re targeting them, Facebook may be an alright tool for you. If you’re not, forget it.). If you’re not putting in the effort to find the best ways to reach your target audience, you’re not doing your job. In most cases, Facebook won’t even come close.

5. PR professionals should know hype when they see it. Enough said on that front.

6. Most people I know who are on Facebook are on a variety of other social networks as well. Newsflash: most have no real added benefit. If you’re using Facebook as just one of several social networking sites, you have way too much time on your hands that would probably be better spent elsewhere.

7. The company has a history of not being terribly considerate of their users’ privacy. They may have privacy options available now, but do you really trust a company like that when it comes to your business? If you do, that’s great. Dense perhaps, but great.

8. The fact that they try to act like their own little virtual world is just annoying. Any site that forces you to register to really get a feel for it is just pathetic. It’s a simple marketing tactic on their end to rev up their member numbers (and supposed worth?) whether people actually use the site or not.

9. Speaking of their “value,” I’m sick of hearing about it. All the talk about whether or not they’d be sold and for how much is what started all of Facebook buzz in the first place (despite the fact that most of the newer die hard fans don’t even realize where the sudden mass interest came from).

10. Frankly, Facebook is so “been there done that.” They’re dated. They’re not “cool” anymore. The early adopters have come, gone, and moved onto better (and more useful) things, and what you have now is this overwhelming group of stale business-minded folks who still buy into the hype. Why? Because most people are too lazy to actually research a marketing / PR tactic before jumping on the bandwagon when it’s all everyone’s talking about. That’s the nature of being a fad. The only good thing about Facebook is the fact that fads die.

One of the biggest drawbacks is privacy. But if you use a little common sense then that shouldn't be a(n) issue. Ie: don't post stuff like spending all your time at bars, or how many girlfriends/boyfriends you have been with. Or say ' i'm going on vacation for two weeks on sept 10th' this lets any would be thieves know that your apartment/house maybe empty at that time. As well what you post can come back to haunt you in the future. Because employers look for that kinda stuff online to see if you are a reliable person. But if you keep your comments sensible and watch what photos you post you should be safe.

Spam and scams

Threat of viruses

Ruining your professional life

your life will become a waste of time and avoid you from doing more enjoyable activities than having to sit on your seat and type away for many hours. Facebook is good for staying in contact with friends, but you need to understand that these sites can be used to some extent, but not over the limit.

Privacy. I mean they have my IP Address, so facebook knows what city I live in. Not to mention that I had to download this stupid thing so that facebook doesn't have fun tracking my internet use. Even logging into facebook once, they can see what you websites you go onto for at least a month. Also, I really hate how they keep changing up things on facebook, sometimes I wonder if they are partly doing it to make it harder and harder to have privacy.

Waste of time in reading those silly updates of nonsense pages. What are the real people doing?

Loss of Privacy and frequent glitches that give out your information.

Blows up your privacy, doesn't have dislike button

your real social life deteriorates

personal info becomes leaked.

if u get addicted to it, u will be taken to psychologists .... LOLzzzzz