Four things I definitely know about myself: I’m overweight, am a very curious person, I love learning about subjects that are of special interest to me and I hate talking on the phone.
So, Facebook fulfills at least 3 of my 4 traits — if only it could help me lose some weight!
Facebook, for me, is like taking a walk at night around the streets of my neighborhood and looking in the lighted windows and seeing what people are doing. I guess I can add a 5th trait – I am also a voyeur. Aren’t we all?
So without having to be on the phone, I can find out what my son in Wisconsin is thinking about the coming election and what events friends and family are attending and what solutions someone is asking for help with a problem they are having.
I wouldn’t say I am addicted to Facebook, but I click on it a couple times a day and feel that I have caught up with people I care about.
ElderChicks 
I love your characterization of FB as a walk around the neighborhood. I never thought of it in quite that way –just a casual observance of the environment, taking the messages you read as seriously or as lightly as you like. Thanks for giving me a new take on FB!
I love your characterization of FB as a walk around the neighborhood. That way you can be as serious or as casual as you like about what you see. A much more flexible look at FB than many people have. Thanks for giving me a new take on FB.
I do find a great value in keeping in touch with the goings and comings of families I care about – especially those I’m unlikely to see because of distance, and following the blossoming of a new generation.