The trials and tribulations of facebook

Today I was having a conversation with my Dad about facebook.
He's very confused about the whole thing. I managed to set up and account for him about a month ago and I haven't heard the end of it now. I've created a monster.


He's confused about the "Find Friends" and "Friend Suggestions" options.
"LARISSA, WHY DO THESE PEOPLE KNOW WHO I AM?"
"They don't, Dad, but you can add them if you want."
"Well I want to find friends, can I click it?"
"If you want to add people to your friendslist."
"Well who's my friend right now?"
"No one, nobody likes you."
"People like me!"




Rules of the Internet: Your friends are only real if you're friends on facebook.




I show him how to look for friends by letting facebook connect to his e-mail address book:


"Look at all these people who have facebook that I know!"
"Well, add them as friends if you want."
"I don't want to, I don't want people to know I'm on here."
"Then there's no point to be on facebook, Dad."
"Well what do I do now?"
"Nothing. Close the window."


And finally:


"Dad seriously, don't you think you're a little old for facebook?"
"No, look at all the people I know who have it."
"And are you not looking down on them for it?"
"Well yeah. But at least I'm not twittering!"
"You don't even know what twitter is, Dad."
"No, I don't."




But at least he knows the word.
Ohhhh daddy.