Is Facebook really Sad?

[JellyFish]

I used to be on Facebook but i deleted my account. I think it is really pathetic that people post many photos of themselves and others to try and prove to everyone that their life is so brilliant. It's just a blatant popularity contest amongst insecure individuals. Peoples contacts list saying 300-400 friends is ridiculous. Very few people have that many friends unless you are famous. And a good percentage of these people you never spend anytime with either.

Another thing that drives me insane is peoples' statuses. ' Sarah is on her way sopping for an outfit for tonight' or ' Mark has hangover from last night.' Quite frankly nobody cares what you are thinking or doing. Why does these people seem to feel that they have to constantly update everyone on every action of there average lives! People have become so suckered into Facebook,Myspace,Bebo etc that they go out of there way each day to update this and add new photos to impress people. If everyones lives were so busy and hectic like many profess, they wouldn't find the time to spend ridiculous amounts of time on a social networking sites.

Yes there are some good points about facebook such as advertising, keeping in touch with close family and friends but isn't that what email addresses and mobile phones are for!!?
Rose, who said i was brilliant i just want opinions on Facebook etc as sombody brought the subject the other day full stop.