[cheebacheeba]

I feel that my response was a little overly negative and personal, upon thinking about it some more I've decided to make some alterations.

Let me say at the outset I don't care if you like it or not. Personal choice blah blah blah. However, to characterize it as nothing but a waste of time full of self-centered attention seeking idiots is pure ignorance.

I said "a lot of" there is a lot of.
Never said nothing but...
Wasn't saying what I said applied to anyone and everyone that uses facebook. I use facebook, just not half as fanatically as most of the people that I've encountered.
I'd say to ignore that there's a pretty large attention whore population there would be pretty ignorant in itself.
In fact, none of us had a go at "all" or "most" of the people that use facebook.

Don't like pointless status updates of every little thing someone is doing? Delete them from your list! Facebook is completely configurable. Unlike forums, you're not forced to endure prattle from anyone you're not interested in. To be honest, I've met more dickheads and assholes in the two dozen people who frequent this forum, than I have in the several hundred people I've met on facebook. And they don't last long on my friends list. If you don't want to read stupid people's status updates, don't befriend stupid people. How hard is that?

There is also an ignore function here.
As for the status updates - I don't read them, though I have seen them.
Thus, I'm aware they exist - just like Wayans brothers movies, you don't really need more than 5 minutes to cast accurate judgement.
These kinds of status updates are the reason I have like 7 contacts on my facebook.
Also on that note, while I do not bathe in acid I'm fairly certain it's an experience I would not enjoy.

The reasons you say you use facebook don't sound like what I was referring to at all? If it's serviceable to you, do your thing. They sound like perfectly valid reasons I wouldn't poke fun at...which is why, I didn't include those kinds of things in my "list".
That said, the population I was referring to can do their thing too - because nothing I say about them or their activities needs to effect their lives.

Edit to reflect - Really its a shame, if you put aside all your hissy fits you were actually pretty good for the place.
Ah well. I was disappointed that your return was this way. If you're going to come back and post again that would be good, but do it for the right reasons.

Have a good 'un.

For the record, I absolutely stand by what I said about facebook being responsible for the decline in forums - it simply is. Regardless of the reasons, it's a fact.