I have already been deactivated, but I don't use it and would like to be sure it is removed from their listings or whatever they do with it. Jodi, I tried that, but it is still showing just the very tops of the letters in that row. I tried clicking on those bits of the letters, but it is just not enough to make the connection.

I joined Facebook a few months ago and like it a lot. I've re-connected with a lot of people who used to be in our church, and a bunch more from college and law school. These are people I always liked, but we grew apart over time, as people do. I probably wouldn't sit down and write them an email or a letter or call them, but Facebook provides just a bit of contact. I'm interested to see their kids and hear a little about their jobs, and I like the odd comment about something interesting in their lives. This is about the right amount of contact for a number of my cousins, too. I am fond of them, but we really only see one another at funerals. I like seeing a little more of them on FB. I don't send food or hugs, I take lots of quizzes but post few of them, and I block posts from anyone who plays "Mafia Wars." I have things set to be pretty private, too. I also love the "Six Degrees of Separation" aspect, where you discover that an acquaintance from work knows your kid's friend's mom.:)

Frankly, I'm more worried about rthummer's game she is going to play. It is addictive! I started playing this a few weeks ago. I have got my son, 2 daughters, son-in-law, 2 sisters,a nephew, and 1 brother-in-law hooked now. I am a level 22 and can't wait to get home from work and "harvest". Another friend and "neighbor" at work is doing it and it is nothing for us to stay up until 2am or later doing this. I have never been a game player before. I went to my sisters the other day to fix her sewing machine and there were 6 people in the living room on laptops "farming"! Great game, Facebook- I can't get enough....

I didn't read all the comments yet, but I have Facebook-issues..)) I opened an account after friends and family were bugging me for a year or two to open an account.. Then I realized that with all their desire to see me more, we actually communicate less..)) Less phone calls, less everything. Why call if the person is obviously alive and kicking, why say "Happy Birthday!" if you already put a nice greeting on his wall? of course there's positive to it too:) if it's about acquaintances and such. But real friends? No..this Facebook thing creates some strange emptiness. In a paradoxical way.. Conversations-are hard to have there. You can't get back to the conversation the next day for example. You wish. But you can't find it:) You can hardly find your own posts. The format itself doesn't imply that maybe people are willing to discuss something for more than a day.. The news, and opinions, and what people say, and how they talk to others-leaves me depressed for several hours. I don't even comment, I just read, yes? Traumatic experience. And I'm a long time Internet user..either I got older or the mankind got younger, but I can't tolerate this as well as before. Another thing-it's awfully overwhelming. I don't have many friends..I didn't put my real name there so nobody can find me unless I want him to..I never post in the open..from the outside it seems there's no activity on my profile..I don't share things that mostly interest my family, with friends, and vise versa, as not to clutter their feed..I stopped reading my feed because it takes ages, I just click on the names of friends to find out how are they...and it's still awfully overwhelming. I go there less and less often..and each time I'm anxious it will ruin my day. But I can't completely stop coming there, because I'm afraid people will be offended that I don't follow their news or don't like their photos.. I feel myself mighty stupid:) But it sure feels like I'm afraid of an internet site..:)