facebook…what’s the point??

I know that facebook, myspace, twitter and any other “networking sites” like that are extremely popular in America.

“Networking sites” (or “profile sites”) are popular in Japan. But different websites…the most popular one in Japan is mixi (many Japanese people access the site via their cell-phone rather than a computer).

I’ve never used any of those sites.
I can’t understand the appeal.
People make an account and then write extremely short, trivial posts (especially on twitter).

I think when people have a blog, they write more interesting, thought-out posts rather than one sentence blurbs like what’s common on those “networking sites”.

And users of those sites commonly have hundreds of “friends”…but how many of those people do they actually know and contact?

I originally started this blog as a way to keep in contact with my friends and family in America…but most of them never (or seldom) visit my blog. They almost all use facebook.
So I decided to open my own facebook account so that I could see their photos and comments.

I never use my facebook page. I only have it so I can access my friends and relatives’ pages.
Their pages don’t have much in the way of “posts”…instead they’re covered in icons about “Mafia Wars” and “lost cows”.
I assume it’s some type of game.

I’m not putting down anyone who enjoys those websites. There seems to be legions of people who do.
But I don’t “get it”.

Do you enjoy those “networking sites”? Why? What am I not seeing?