Do you Facebook?

[Joe_Campbell]

Do you facebook?

[mahlertitan]

I do, everyday.

[Joe_Campbell]

Sometimes twice.  What's your profile. We can be friends!

[mahlertitan]

sure, i'll pm u.

[cx]

Yes, I do too.

[tjguitar]

I do but I dont use it very much anymore.

[Joe_Campbell]

Yes, I do too.

Whats your screen name? Look me up if you want: Joe Campbell

[Maciek]

Do you facebook?

I do now.

I found out about it here yesterday Still haven't figured out all of it. It is amazing though - I've found four long lost friends immediately after joining!

Cheers,
Maciek

[Joe_Campbell]

Cool! If we get enough people on it from gmg, we could create a gmg group there. What's your account name?

[mahlertitan]

permit me to create a gmg group.

[Maciek]

You have my permission.

Let us know when it's there. Hopefully, I'll manage to find it. (It's not easy being a newbie... )

[mahlertitan]

got it

http://washington.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2348064161

[SimonGodders]

I've Joined!

[Maciek]

Thanks. I've joined it. I think.

[Joe_Campbell]

permit me to create a gmg group.

Ohoo a Mahler title pic...Im not sure if that's debatable!

[mahlertitan]

if you have a better suggestion, i will be happy to change it.

[Joe_Campbell]

No it's fine. Im just teasing.

[Mark]

I must know about 50-60 people who evangelise about Facebook on an almost daily basis. Let me give you an example of how these conversations usually go:

Them: 'Are you on Facebook?'

Me: 'No.'

Them: 'Oh, you really should be!'

Me: 'Why?'

Them: 'It's just brilliant!'

Me: 'Why?'

Them: 'It just is. You should get on Facebook.'

Me: 'Again, why?'

... etc, etc.


Perhaps someone here who is on Facebook can explain to me what's so great about it. I already grasp why it was originally created, and I've nothing against those who use it like any other social networking tool. But in all honesty, I watched my wife using it, and I'm still at a loss as to what it's actually for.

Why, for example, should I give a shit that someone I know is a bit nervous today because they've got a dental appointment? Or that someone else 'can't wait for Friday!!!'? I can think of no reason why I'd want to know such mediocre details from the lives of ordinary people (known to me or otherwise), and I feel fairly certain they're not interested in the dull goings-on of my daily grind. Yet, this is what I see 'Facebookers' indulging in at every office I visit. They seem to me to be most interested in the number of 'friends' they have; which brings to mind the games of children collecting Pokemon cards (or somesuch).

I could understand it if Facebook were a useful tool like, say, LinkedIn or even MySpace (both of which actually make a hell of a lot more sense to me), but it just seems like a mindlessly trivial way to waste a few hours. Usually, on employer's time. Perhaps that's the point ...

[Kullervo]

Yes, but I couldn't care less about it. I use it only to communicate with former roommates.

[Bonehelm]

Another marketing ploy targetted at teenagers...luckily I didn't fall in it.