Family Facebook

Yesterday I was in Salt Lake with my extended family for my cousin's birthday dinner and a huge topic of conversation was facebook! They told stories of wall posts and talked about how certain people are judged because of their facebook page. All my aunts and uncles were in on it too! I think it's crazy how big it has become and how prevalent it is, even among adults! I think a lot of adults join to monitor their kids and it's so weird to me. It's almost like it's not for them. I sometimes feel it's a generational thing and older adults shouldn't ever join, but I think adults are the fastest growing group on facebook these days. I remember how fast it became the new fad and how much it grows and constantly changes and even when an adult added me for the first time and I completely ignored their request cause it was weird to me! Don't get me wrong, I love facebook, but I joined cause it was an easy way to keep an intimate social network, with close friends, from a distance. But has it gone too far? Are too many people on it just trying to get as many friends as they can because it's the "cool" thing to do?