Well, try as I might, I could not help but to fall into the massive void that is Facebook.  I know, I know.  I am very late in the game, yet that doesn’t change the fact that I am now addicted to this service.  

I was an early adopter to Myspace, Facebook’s rival in the social networking game, back in 2005.  Within my Myspace profile, I grew a better understanding of HTML, got my fix on adding as many friends as I could, and kept in touch with friends in both my hometown of Pensacola, FL  and the place that I called home for five years, Minot, ND.  As 2005 drew into 2006, and 2007, I became a bit over saturated by Myspace.  By 2008 it had become the place where I would watch people continue on with their lives, while at the same time I started to respond less and less.  I was tired of Myspace.

Jump to now, 2009, and I have found new life in social networking, through Facebook.  It started with wanting to create a more professional social net presence that I felt Myspace could not provide.  Facebook for me has begun to overtake Myspace as my number one most visited site thus far this year.  I keep a Facebook page open all the time, and constantly check my email to see if there are any new updates.  Never a big fan of Myspace Apps, I don’t see myself changing that on Facebook.  There do seem to be more apps that truly cater to networking.  Although I don’t like how hard it can be to find new friends on Facebook, I feel that overall the user experience on this social network is safer.  

I don’t know if this new “addiction” will last as long as Myspace did, but I do know that I am enjoying this service now.  It is a huge tool that has let me reconnect with a ton of old friends, and expand into new relationships in both my personal and professional life.