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Do you spend more or less time on Facebook now than you did a year ago?

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Facebook Inc. filed for an initial public offering that could value the company at between $75 billion to $100 billion, putting the eight-year-old social network on track to be one of the biggest Web stock market debuts of all time, even as it tries to keep up with skyhigh expectations.  What do you think? Are Facebook's best days ahead of it? Or is "Facebook Fatigue" setting in?

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    • 103 days ago

    I burned out on Facebook a while back. It was a big time waster. I appreciate the ability to get back in touch with old friends and classmates, but after a while it's like email--you use it when you need it.

    I think Facebook's great flaw is that there's no compelling reason to use it every day, beyond social contact. I find compelling reasons to use Google every day; it's my resource for almost all information these days, for shopping, for travel, for professional development. It's useful. Facebook is optional, while Google is a necessity.

    Frankly I think this Facebook public offering is way oversold and I predict its stock is eventually going to drop as people move on to the next fad. I do wish I were an employee with a few vested shares, however! Sweet deal for those folks.

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    • 103 days ago
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    I've never spent time on facebook to begin with. I find no reason to do it.

    My wife on the other hand does spend what I consider too much time on that mindless facebook farming video game.

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    • 100 days ago
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    I started with facebook about one year ago since it seems to be the way that my nephews and kids connect to each other. What I found were too many people wanting to "friend" us and a plethora of completely useless communication. I don't really care who is eating lunch on the other side of town or who went to St. Thomas last week.
    The people who want to communicate with me will call or email. I dumped facebook in December.

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    • 99 days ago
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    I find it (almost :) slightly offensive to the generalization that only the young and precocious can see the value in Facebook. On the contrary, I am a 27 year old working of my Masters and after having my FB account for 5 years, deleted it 6 months ago after seeing the arbitrariness of it.
    Meanwhile, my 3 50+ year old Aunts are dedicated to the site, constantly informing my Mom about the drama of their high-school friends, and complaints of when someone refuses their 'Farmville' something or other requests, and are constantly encouraging my Mom to join! (Proud to say she refuses).
    I've taken a liking to Twitter, but only read my timeline when I find some time in my day to catch up on current events.
    I usually only 'follow' those who are at the top of their games of my fields on interest, a few news outlets, businesses, and Senators (as I don't have cable, nor the time to watch regular news) and am generally followed by the same. You'll find that quite a few people my age get their news via Twitter. FB, on the other hand, is a vacuous wasteland of narcissists each repeating what the other wants to hear, somewhat like a parrot. I can't see it lasting longer than a few more years.

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    • 99 days ago

    Facebook is no Google and certainly no Microsoft which created real value for local businesses, created entire value creating industry employing millions around the world.

    Facebook is why we are in this deep s..t The young generation who puts pictures of everything they eat, every place they visit, every dog they see in the park on facebook the next instant should instead think about what Henry Ford or TJ Watson, or Bill Gates did to create something of true value.

    Mark Z, you are no Bill Gates, no Henry Ford, or Thomas Edison.

    Clint Eastwood, Facebook has no engine and no roar. It will and it should die like AOL. It is the new America On Line, just 20 years younger.

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    • 78 days ago
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    I stopped using Facebook when I realized that I have a much higher opinion of my friends when I don't know what their opinions are.

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