> Every once in a while I'll log in when she tells me to go do something like like a post or respond to a message or something.
Have you noticed Facebook getting needy and messaging to remind you that "X posted a photo" and "Y updated their status" etc.?
I'm a pretty light Facebook user myself, and I've noticed that, after not using it for about a week, they transparently and ineptly try to lure me back with increasing numbers of messages reminding me that people I don't care about are posting lots of stuff.
I see this too. FB is pretty tight with letting you get data out of the system (RSS doesn't really work anymore, and external notifications force you to visit the site if you want to see the actual content).
They're stuck between being a platform and being an application.
yeah I get those, "You have 98 updates", ok great. It's probably a pain to try to turn that stuff down. The most interaction I have is with their SMS. I sometimes press 1 to wish people happy birthday.
Facebook has an old phone number and email of mine (like, I've changed countries twice since them). It has warned me every time I've been on the website in the last 2 years, but at least I don't get the "We've been missing you" emails. And it's up to them to cut the wire now.
Have you noticed Facebook getting needy and messaging to remind you that "X posted a photo" and "Y updated their status" etc.?
I'm a pretty light Facebook user myself, and I've noticed that, after not using it for about a week, they transparently and ineptly try to lure me back with increasing numbers of messages reminding me that people I don't care about are posting lots of stuff.