<p>Cherry, I’m 24 myself and have been using computers all the time since I was a kid… Facebook is only 7 years old, and many people that use it probably haven’t known about it more than 2 or 3 years (that is, after myspace fell out of fashion). </p>
<p>I have an account there, it doesn’t get much use - but I didn’t delete it. Usually, I see something like this:</p>
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<li><p>(my favorite): Jane Doe: I’m BORED OUT OF MY SKULL!!! (Posted 20 seconds ago). Jane isn’t on Facebook IM, won’t answer their texts, won’t answer their phone and apparently isn’t on AIM either. Well, if they’re so bored they’re sure trying hard to cure their boredom. Good for them. -_-</p></li>
<li><p>(second favorite): Jane Doe: My life is sooooo boring. Nobody wants to do anything! (Posted 8 hours ago). Yea Jane, if you had answered the PMs we all sent you the last 3 days you could’ve gone out with us instead of going all emo on facebook. Hahahaha. </p></li>
<li><p>It’s the one place where I find out about everything on Monday, after it happened. Woot? </p></li>
<li><p>Just like an answering machine, when people leave messages they tend to be vague and useless and they never answer the messages I leave them</p></li>
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<p>Really, it’s the ultimate replacement for those annoying chain emails and targeted advertising (via the like button). On the plus side, it sorta became like the internet garbage can and a lot of crap has been going there instead of my email mailbox.</p>
<p>XD</p>
<p>The moral of the story is: I don’t really use facebook myself, and my GPA is below a 3.5, but I could attribute a lot of that to being addicted to hitting up online forums, and having a sorta stressful family life that I can’t really walk away from at this point in my life. </p>
<p>I’m pretty sure nobody else I know - even the social kids - could attribute having a lower GPA to spending all night on facebook. They just spend their time doing anything but homework/studying XD</p>
<p>Oh and I’ll fess up: I thought you might be a right-winger because of the amount of italics and “” you used in your post XD Then again, most right wing forum people I can think of USE BOLD TYPE AND CAPITAL LETTERS TO ACCENTUATE THEIR POSTS. </p>
<p><em>smirk</em></p>