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1. Posted by Steve Perkins - 4 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 8 hours, 22 minutes ago

   Yes, definately.  Granted, I’m in my early-30’s, so I’m probably too much of an ancient graybeard to truly “get it” with Facebook’s main demographic.  I use Facebook so that former classmates and colleagues can track me down (that’s always cool), and so I can hear about big changes in my friends’ lives (kids, job switch, etc).  For that sort of thing, Facebook is great. 

   However, I have a few “friends” that get carried away and childish about it.  I’ll get constant email notifications about the crap they post on my Wall.  I’ll get notifications that so-and-so “Sent you a virtual shot of whiskey!”, or “Challenged you to an 80’s movie trivia showdown!”, etc.  Come on, you’ve GOT to be kidding me people… how old are you?

2. Posted by J. Stephens - 4 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 8 hours, 11 minutes ago

   David Epstein has done the chicken costume at Georgetown as well.  Not sure which came first; the chicken or the egghead?  Prof. Epstein teaches at SMU, was Dean at Arkansas, visited at Georgetown a few times, does the contracts lectures for Barbri, and is a personal friend of Kinky Friedman (former gubernatorial candidate in Texas).

3. Posted by William A. Wheatley - 4 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 8 hours, 9 minutes ago

   Do I suffer from Facebook fatigue? No. I don’t do Facebook.

4. Posted by A. Menendez - 4 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 7 hours, 46 minutes ago

   Whoa!  Look out everybody!  Will Dub’s too cool for school!  Zing, Will!  You got ‘em!

5. Posted by J Claridge - 4 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 7 hours, 39 minutes ago

   That is one sick chicken.

   Facebook, blogs, and even sites like this where you can add your two cents worth is no substitution for personal interaction with others.  Do you want to network?  Go meet the other party in person or call them on the phone.

6. Posted by Shannon S - 4 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 7 hours, 24 minutes ago

   I have only been a facebook member for less than a month and it was exhausting just building my profile and finding all my friends.  Now that we are all connected, I am constantly monitoring my page so no potentially harmful material or comments are posted involving me because I don’t want to be discredited for a potential job upon graduation just because of some comment or gift a friend sends me.  If I didn’t have so many friends spread across the world and e-mail wasn’t also so time consuming, I never would have gotten a facebook account.

7. Posted by the holy ghost - 4 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 5 hours, 57 minutes ago

   i wish i could post a virtual ZING! to will dub! oooooh BURN!

8. Posted by eagerfirstyear - 4 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 5 hours, 6 minutes ago

   To Shannon S,
   You can set your Facebook site to “private” so that only you and your friends can view it, thus it is safe from the prying eyes of prospective employers. 

   Facebook is just like any other tool, you can use it or you can let it use you.  I like Facebook because it lets me connect to groups with similar interests all over the world. However, I inactivated during my Bar study period ( I passed the CA Bar!) and have also made it inactive for shorter periods of time when I just didn’t want to be bothered. 

   It never fails to astound me how people in America can get easily flustered and claim to be “controlled” by their mechanical tools.  Here is a thought:  you are the cognitive being, turn the “thing” off and on at your will.

9. Posted by Josh M - 4 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 2 hours, 29 minutes ago

   fatigue from facebook, myspace, friendster..... yes, very fatigued.

10. Posted by MLB - 4 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 2 hours, 4 minutes ago

    I feel inadequate.  My buddies have dozens of contacts, I have five.  I received an invitation today from someone I don’t know, and don’t know how to respond..

11. Posted by Bored - 4 months, 2 weeks, 3 days, 1 hour, 17 minutes ago

    I opened a Facebook account b/c of a client.  I don’t have many contacts, but oddly, they’re all clients who have asked to be added as a friend.  it’s actually come in handy.  One fairly young client asked to be my “friend” and when I did and saw his Facebook page, I immediately called him and advised him to take down the picture of him and his frat brothers chugging beer around a keg at a party.  He’s now an associate a a venture capital firm - probably not the right image.  I probably wouldn’t have opened the account without the client request and now it’s a useful tool.

12. Posted by ccbl - 4 months, 2 weeks, 1 day, 8 hours, 3 minutes ago

    I’ve actually used both Facebook and Linkedin for their intended purposes:  introducing friends from different parts of the globe for common projects, not necessarily law-related.  It’s been a resource reconnecting with old classmates and is an easy means to post pictures for extended family.  That said, I have numerous friends and family members who have no interest in Facebook due to privacy concerns.

13. Posted by Bob in Juno - 4 months, 2 weeks, 1 day, 4 hours, 56 minutes ago

    no, but my 15 y.o. daughter seems to be at times.  As a 50 y.o. with little use for these sites (my work, social and familial circles are well-formed and good for me), I have always viewed these sites as being about selfishness and egotism, justified by a veneer of “networking” or other socially virtuous synonyms.  The comments help me view them a bit less dimly, I liked most the comment of “Bored” that such tools can be turned on . . . and off . . . at will.  Good!  On a sunny day, sitting at a computer to review facebook contacts would be the last thing I’d want to be doing.....

14. Posted by MV Esq. - 4 months, 1 week, 4 days, 8 hours, 57 minutes ago

    It’s helpful to use when appointed on GAL cases.  You definitely find out more information about the parents than a homestudy can provide.