But that’s not the worst of it. I said that two months ago and I’m still there. Don’t get me wrong, I love Facebook. It has brought me many great things, like getting in touch with old friends, sharing photos with distant family and friends, and staying updated on how people change through the years. I’ve even made new friends. Who doesn’t want more friends… and lots of them! I don’t know if they have a name for friends who only exist online. ‘Facebook friend’ now seems to be an everyday term, like Google and Kleenex.

I remember rating friends as a kid. Best friend, worst friend, friend of a friend, ex-friend, crazy friend. If you had only one ‘best’ friend, you dissed your other plain friends. In my world I’m not sure if best friends really exist. The only testament was when I had to choose the one friend that deserved to be best ‘man’ at my wedding… ouch, that hurt some feelings. But at that point, I met my new best friend (wife) so it didn’t matter. Technically, I could lose all my friends at that point. How does Facebook make your friend network become so important again?

You were there for me, Facebook, when it seemed us millions needed the measurement of friend success. But now I’ve been there. I’ve little else to share with you other than every personal moment from here forward. But for me, telling stories in person is much more fun. It is disappointing telling a story about when you were on vacation or out with your friend and we… oh wait you already saw that on Facebook. But it’s not just friends that make it hard to quit, it’s the syncing of all your other social online outlets. Your Twitter, blogs, YouTube, iPhone apps, and product groups all link together with Facebook. This is powerful stuff.

So, two months later I’m asking myself how to make it more inspiring, not tiring. And maybe not just using Facebook for what it thinks it is. I’m quite sure my friends would rather enjoy a glass of lemonade than to see something die before them. Stay tuned.