I'm not even going to try to count the number of times I've uttered that phrase to a friend in a quest to find a long-lost email address, identify a forgotten birthday, make sure an ex is still single, the list goes on.
And I know you probably spend so much time reading It's All Good that you hardly have time for Facebook, but I bet you occasionally squeeze it in...
So I'm hoping you caught the Causes Giving Challenge - sponsored by our friends at Facebook and the Case Foundation - which gave some big bucks to nonprofits.
From Dec. 13 to Jan. 31, they gave a thousand bucks to the organization on Facebook that received the greatest number of donors each day. That revved up 2,5000 nonprofits big and small to collect 33,238 donations - and $628,072!
At the end of the challenge, the organization with the most donors over the course of the program - Love Without Boundaries - walked away with $50,000. Second and third places, getting $25,000 each, went to Students for a Free Tibet and Nourish International. And 10 more organizations each got $10,000. Not bad, huh?
To coincide with the Facebook challenge, the Case Foundation partnered with Parade magazine to hold America's Giving Challenge, which raised another $1.2 million.
To me, the numbers make my eyes turn to dollar signs so fast I don't even get to the end of the figures, but compared to other types of giving, electronic donations don't raise that much money - only between 1 and 5 percent of most organizations' total contributions. But it's moving up: In 2006, online giving to large nonprofits increased by 36 percent.
I'm guessing that number will keep climbing, and climbing fast. With more young people engaged in important issues - and sucked into Facebook-esque websites - the internet-giving trend is only going to grow.
(And, good news! Now you have an excuse for all of the Facebook time.)
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