Facebook search... do you hook up with the past?

[jimsmegos]

I was reluctant with doing the whole Facebook thing but I succumbed to the pop culture wave. And now that I'm diggin around and learning more about it I stumbled across something while building my profile... a bunch of my old high school classmates... Here's the question:

Do you hook up with those people from once upon a time ago or do you just live and let live? To me it's like a virtual lass reunion and seems kind of interesting but then again do you really want to touch base with people you haven't gone out of your way to catch up with in the real world?

Thoughts?

[Zemo]

Was in the same boat as you a while back, Jump on it, just start with people you would really like catch up with.

[Wee67]

This is actually the Facebook progression- You sign up and start connecting with people from high school and other parts of your past. Its fun for a bit. You stay with some and with some... well, you remember why you haven't talked for over 20 years

Have fun with it.

[SeattleEd]

I love it. Met old friends and found those I've lost touch.
One was a friend back in L.A. who now lives in Portland. We now visit each other and hang out with our families.
Of course there are those I don't want to meet and I just ignore them every time they add me.
Funny how they don't get the hint each time you ignore and they ask why did you delete me when I never added him or her as a friend. LOL

Certainly putting Classmates out of business.

[megoscott]

It's all right, it's not quite a warm reunion, but there's nothing bad about it. They just become more people in your FB feed. It's an odd thing to not think about someone for 20 years and then all the sudden you know what they had for lunch and when their kid's soccer game is.

Now, if you mean hook up as in hook up (and I know you don't mean it that way, Jim) I know stories of people who have done quite well reconnecting with old sweethearts--including getting married! And I guess there's stories out there of people getting themselves in all kinds of trouble hooking up with exes...

[Mikey]

I'm not even signed up on facebook

Maybe the only person in the world

[Mod Style]

I'm not even signed up on facebook

Maybe the only person in the world

Nope.There's two of us.I'm a bit of a hermit when I get home from work.I have no desire to have face book.
I'm becoming more anti-internet, and anti-tv than ever.

[LadyZod]

I signed up on facebook, and next thing you know the people from my past were beating down my door.

I say, do it for curiosity. If people look you up, decide then if you want to friend them on a one to one basis.

[megojim]

I've reconnected with tons of people from school and such. I think it's great!

[megoscott]

Waitamnnit. megojim jimsmegos I can't keep you guys straight.

[toys2cool]

no just farmville and family

[megoapesnut]

My class had our 25th reunion two years ago. We didn't have a 20th so we hadn't seen each other for quite a while. In fact, with the internet and email allowing people to connect, we were able to find and get people to the reunion we hadn't seen since graduation. We had a blast and right about then facebook was taking off so most of us signed up to keep in touch with each other. We discovered that quite a few of us enjoyed spending time with each other, both at the reunion and keeping in touch on facebook. So we have mini reunions twice a year now with about 40-50 of us and there is a group of 10-15 of us that get together every 6 weeks or so. So facebook actually brought our class closer together.

[TrueDave]

Last year I tried , this year is my 20th.

All I got back were frightened messages saying how sorry they were for the way I was treated.

WHAT ?

Uh, . .. I did wear a black Trenchcoat back in 1990

[Nostalgiabuff]

I was on FB for a bit but realized most of the people that I "reconnected" with, i really had no interest in talking to. Yeah, it was neat for a while seeing what people I used to hang with were up to now, but realistically, once you got past the "hey what are you up to these days" talk, you stop talking with them. At least I did. So I shut down my account.

[johnmiic]

I'm lovin' it. People I want to talk to usually respond to my posts, remember old times, etc. Some people I don't talk to that much but if I want to get ahold of them it's much easier now.