So ... who uses this Facebook thing, anyway? - Page 3

Peverel · 06-26-2009, 06:06 PM

Ok I have a facebook account - only just got it mind and my excuse is that I have to develop feeds to it for work with their API.
Not really into it at all

pilotbob · 06-26-2009, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Peverel

Not really into it at all

Great avatar! Karma to you for that!

BOb

dgillette.rm · 06-26-2009, 06:41 PM

I was ignoring facebook until my favorite winery stated it was the best place to keep up with what was going on with them. Other than that, I do not do much.

ahammer · 06-26-2009, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

what edit ?? that looks like a legitimate result to me !

now how will I ever be able to trust a poll around here again. I demand a recount.

vivaldirules · 06-26-2009, 07:01 PM

I've used Facebook almost solely to view my daughter's photos. She spent a semester in Rome and was posting 60 per day sometimes. Facebook was great for that. Now, I'm really not very interested in following the comments of her friends and the silly antics they do. I'm far too mature to....to.....(doggie's nose suddenly grows several feet long).....

Laz116 · 06-26-2009, 08:02 PM

I am on facebook but rarely use it. I can't really get into that sort of networking mode. I think it's embarrassing to ask people I don't know very well to be my facebook friends. And on the other hand I have difficulties understanding why people I hardly know wants to be friends with me.

Also I see facebook as mostly schein... people are always idealising their lifes in their status messages, like "playing with my kid", "having a great evening with my friends". My own few status messages are ones that can be interpreted as either joyful or very dark and sinister at the same time, fx: "Having friends for dinner", or "Feeding the ducks with Ludvig (my son)"

I have troubles coming up with sentences that can be interpreted both ways, so if any of you know any, I'd like to hear them.

pilotbob · 06-26-2009, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Laz116

I have troubles coming up with sentences that can be interpreted both ways, so if any of you know any, I'd like to hear them.

Playing with my balls on the tennis court.
The squirrel ate my nuts on the porch.

(Not actually what you were going for.)

BOb

Laz116 · 06-26-2009, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Playing with my balls on the tennis court.
The squirrel ate my nuts on the porch.

(Not actually what you were going for.)

BOb

ha ha ha... I'll have to use those.

nekokami · 06-26-2009, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by dgillette.rm

I was ignoring facebook until my favorite winery stated it was the best place to keep up with what was going on with them. Other than that, I do not do much.

Oh yeah. A local tea shop I like did mention that. Ok, I have an account now. And I did use it to locate a friend from grad school, as well. (You can tell a lot about someone by who/where their other friends are-- even though the person I found displays no profile information, I'm pretty sure it's him.)

NormHart · 06-26-2009, 09:17 PM

A timely poll, I just tried FaceBook and Twitter for the first time this last week.

Yup it was all those folks from high school that I really don't know now and mostly didn't know then. 40th reunion of all things.

Gave them both a full week of my time. They had nothing for me, nada, no attraction at all. Folks that wanted to be my friends were not at all interesting (which may say something about me). Those things I was interested in tracking via twitters were overflowing with idle chat and with little solid content.

Eh.

GraceKrispy · 06-26-2009, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by NormHart

Those things I was interested in tracking via twitters were overflowing with idle chat and with little solid content.

Eh.

Unlike here! No idle chatter....

No, but I know what you mean. I much prefer the idle chatter between people I have something in common with (a lot of reading) vs idle chatter between people I barely knew, centuries ago. well, maybe not quite that long ago.

zelda_pinwheel · 06-27-2009, 08:49 AM

actually a lot of my friends and their friends are very witty, so the idle chatter can be really entertaining. yesterday i almost fell off my chair laughing at a whole string of puns on the word "panda" which would have been perfectly at home in the llounge (the friend who started it is using a photo of a guy wearing a panda suit as his avatar. it might even be him in the panda suit ; knowing him it wouldn't surprise me. i should ask). now i want to add all of his funny friends even though i've never met them.

sadly, i am not nearly so witty. i'm a good audience though (easily amused).

on the other hand, the trivial updates about people's daily lives don't interest me too much unless they are actually good friends of mine. and those games...

astra · 06-27-2009, 09:31 AM

There is probably not one student who is not using facebook in a college where I work. It has been blocked by netadmin, but they are clever bastards and use httpS proxies (where possible, when not on the main network).
College admin even decided to put 2 free hot spots in canteen for students to be able to access facebook during breaks (using mobile phones, laptops, netbooks, PDA, whatever..), so students don't suffer from withdrawal syndrome.

P.S. I don't use facebook/twitter/my space/bebo. Even Russian version called Classmates. Been there, done that. It just so happened that when I was 20-26, I spent more than enough time in all sort of communities and chat rooms, starting with IRC in DOS times (including playing the very first online text based roleplaying LPMud, Genesis). Enough is enough. Thank you very much.
P.P.S. Although I cannot say it was a total waste of time because I learned English there and was introduced to The Lord of the Rings and fantasy in general.

pilotbob · 06-27-2009, 11:36 AM

It has occurred to me that being online used to be very passive. We would surf the web, read web sites, play a game here and there. While were were connected to the web we were disconnected from others on the web. Yes, there were still forums of course.

I think stuff like Twitter and Facebook make the web less passive and more interactive. You know that others are out there. When I first joined twitter I had not idea why or what I would do with it. But I read a blog post about it and figured I'd give it a try. After a week I was really into it. I "got" it. I've meet/reconnected with some friends and we "sort of" keep in touch via it now. It's like a quick "how ya doin" in the hall or elevator.

Look at the goodreads thread here. Most people posted that they didn't think they would use it. But, when they joined they got hooked. Spent alot of time on it. It is really good to interact with people with similar interests and see what they think about it. Face it, we all like talking about our favorite topics. (Heck, isn't that why we all love being here so much?)

So, I finally joined Facebook mostly to keep in touch with my family in RI... I found that my cousions had pages as do all my kids. (Although my number 2 son defriended me and my number one son hasn't accepted my friend request. Not sure if they are to embarresed for me to see what they post.) It has been interesting so far.

BOb

emai7s2 · 06-28-2009, 03:38 PM

I've got a Spam-filter that now blocks Facebook requests before they even get to my inbox.

View Poll Results: What is your experience with Facebook? (select all you like)
What is this Facebook of which you speak?	7	5.83%
No I don't use Facebook	40	33.33%
Yes I use it, but I don't really know what I'm doing either	33	27.50%
I'm on it all the time	21	17.50%
I have more than 150 Facebook friends	11	9.17%
I have more Facebook friends than I have "real" ones	10	8.33%
I understand the mysteries of Facebook Privacy Settings	13	10.83%
Is there a twelve step program for Facebook?	3	2.50%
The blue one, next to the fish	89,676	100.00%
I just want to see the results	12	10.00%
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06-26-2009, 06:06 PM	#31
Peverel Still Easily Confused Posts: 889 Karma: 505319 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hampshire/Berkshire/Surrey - yes I am that big Device: Kindle	Ok I have a facebook account - only just got it mind and my excuse is that I have to develop feeds to it for work with their API. Not really into it at all

06-26-2009, 06:41 PM	#33
dgillette.rm Connoisseur Posts: 95 Karma: 10072 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: sony	I was ignoring facebook until my favorite winery stated it was the best place to keep up with what was going on with them. Other than that, I do not do much.

06-26-2009, 07:01 PM	#35
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	I've used Facebook almost solely to view my daughter's photos. She spent a semester in Rome and was posting 60 per day sometimes. Facebook was great for that. Now, I'm really not very interested in following the comments of her friends and the silly antics they do. I'm far too mature to....to.....(doggie's nose suddenly grows several feet long).....

06-26-2009, 08:02 PM	#36
Laz116 Guru Posts: 640 Karma: 12129 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Sony PRS-700	I am on facebook but rarely use it. I can't really get into that sort of networking mode. I think it's embarrassing to ask people I don't know very well to be my facebook friends. And on the other hand I have difficulties understanding why people I hardly know wants to be friends with me. Also I see facebook as mostly schein... people are always idealising their lifes in their status messages, like "playing with my kid", "having a great evening with my friends". My own few status messages are ones that can be interpreted as either joyful or very dark and sinister at the same time, fx: "Having friends for dinner", or "Feeding the ducks with Ludvig (my son)" I have troubles coming up with sentences that can be interpreted both ways, so if any of you know any, I'd like to hear them.

06-26-2009, 09:17 PM	#40
NormHart Semper Carpe Bufo Posts: 537 Karma: 21676 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Napa Valley, California Device: Kindle2 & Kindle3	A timely poll, I just tried FaceBook and Twitter for the first time this last week. Yup it was all those folks from high school that I really don't know now and mostly didn't know then. 40th reunion of all things. Gave them both a full week of my time. They had nothing for me, nada, no attraction at all. Folks that wanted to be my friends were not at all interesting (which may say something about me). Those things I was interested in tracking via twitters were overflowing with idle chat and with little solid content. Eh.

06-27-2009, 08:49 AM	#42
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	actually a lot of my friends and their friends are very witty, so the idle chatter can be really entertaining. yesterday i almost fell off my chair laughing at a whole string of puns on the word "panda" which would have been perfectly at home in the llounge (the friend who started it is using a photo of a guy wearing a panda suit as his avatar. it might even be him in the panda suit ; knowing him it wouldn't surprise me. i should ask). now i want to add all of his funny friends even though i've never met them. sadly, i am not nearly so witty. i'm a good audience though (easily amused). on the other hand, the trivial updates about people's daily lives don't interest me too much unless they are actually good friends of mine. and those games...

06-27-2009, 09:31 AM	#43
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	There is probably not one student who is not using facebook in a college where I work. It has been blocked by netadmin, but they are clever bastards and use httpS proxies (where possible, when not on the main network). College admin even decided to put 2 free hot spots in canteen for students to be able to access facebook during breaks (using mobile phones, laptops, netbooks, PDA, whatever..), so students don't suffer from withdrawal syndrome. P.S. I don't use facebook/twitter/my space/bebo. Even Russian version called Classmates. Been there, done that. It just so happened that when I was 20-26, I spent more than enough time in all sort of communities and chat rooms, starting with IRC in DOS times (including playing the very first online text based roleplaying LPMud, Genesis). Enough is enough. Thank you very much. P.P.S. Although I cannot say it was a total waste of time because I learned English there and was introduced to The Lord of the Rings and fantasy in general.

06-27-2009, 11:36 AM	#44
pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,832 Karma: 11844413 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	It has occurred to me that being online used to be very passive. We would surf the web, read web sites, play a game here and there. While were were connected to the web we were disconnected from others on the web. Yes, there were still forums of course. I think stuff like Twitter and Facebook make the web less passive and more interactive. You know that others are out there. When I first joined twitter I had not idea why or what I would do with it. But I read a blog post about it and figured I'd give it a try. After a week I was really into it. I "got" it. I've meet/reconnected with some friends and we "sort of" keep in touch via it now. It's like a quick "how ya doin" in the hall or elevator. Look at the goodreads thread here. Most people posted that they didn't think they would use it. But, when they joined they got hooked. Spent alot of time on it. It is really good to interact with people with similar interests and see what they think about it. Face it, we all like talking about our favorite topics. (Heck, isn't that why we all love being here so much?) So, I finally joined Facebook mostly to keep in touch with my family in RI... I found that my cousions had pages as do all my kids. (Although my number 2 son defriended me and my number one son hasn't accepted my friend request. Not sure if they are to embarresed for me to see what they post.) It has been interesting so far. BOb

06-28-2009, 03:38 PM	#45
emai7s2 Connoisseur Posts: 97 Karma: 128170 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Palm & PPC	I've got a Spam-filter that now blocks Facebook requests before they even get to my inbox.

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