Just a theory....

I signed up for a facebook account about 3 years ago. I have enjoyed it more than I can express. It has enabled me to stay in touch with family, sharing stories and photos; generally communicating with people that I haven't seen in years. It is a great way to give and receive support and build a community with friends. I always thought it was a good thing.

It was started for college students. I remember my girls coming home from UCSB on break and seeing that they were doing some social networking stuff on "the facebook." They told me it was just for college students. I had tried to 'do' myspace but couldn't ever really get the hang of it. I think one thing that really appealed to kids was that it was something just for them.

Then one day, it wasn't just for them. As I recall, Jennie, Mandi and Beckie were not overly enthusiastic about accepting my friend request as I started building my list of friends. In fact, I think that it absolutely took the "bloom off the rose" for them now that Mom could see what they were up to....one of my kids (not naming names) actually blocked me from seeing her pictures for a while until I whined enough about needing to see her face.

I'm sure that the people at facebook got a lot of grief over the fact that moms and dads and employers could now check in and see what was really going on with their kids or employees. So here's my theory -
I believe that facebook continues to make changes to it's site to make it less accessible and user friendly to those of us older users who are less tech savvy. Maybe they think we'll get tired of all the changes and bow out altogether thereby giving the kids back their toy.

I'm probably totally off base with my theory. It's just frustrating. They (the facebook people) have taken something fun and useful and made it difficult...AGAIN! I don't have the time, energy and patience to figure out all the new bells and whistles. I signed up for Google + but hardly anyone else is on that and being on that site  would require learning a new system anyway. Good grief, Charlie Brown!

What should I do? Maybe I'll just read a book...