How sad that it’s on Facebook now. The thing is, Facebook is the complete opposite of 43things in the way that it’s a bragging site (my opinion) where your main goal is to have as many ‘friends’ as possible on your list, half of which you don’t even speak to, sometimes have never spoken to, or plan to ever speak to again. It’s a site for wasting lots of time doing Nothing. Which to me gives the difference and appeal about the 43 site where I am actually inspired to DO something (other than just collecting ‘friends’, I mean, don’t I aldready know my friends?). Well, I think also the charm about 43 things is how you find your way there. Personally, I found it when I googled to find information about joining the Peace Corps (now that didn’t work out because I’m not american but I found 43 things and have been cheered into doing the things I really want with my life, like volunteering but through organisations I have in my country). I don’t think 43 things and Facebook go together. As someone else wrote here, a great upside of 43 things is that you can be anonymous. I probably wouldn’t list my goals as honestly as I do if I knew people I know from real life might be reading them. So I think it might compromise the way we are truthful to our personal goals on 43things. And risk that for what? A little publicity for 43 things? Well, I’d be sad to see this lovely home for honest goals and dreams fall into a status-trap and become just another thing you show off to all your friends on Facebook…
