Poll
Question:
Do you use Facebook?
Option 1: Yes - I couldn't live without it
votes: 18
Option 2: Yes - But only occasionally
votes: 50
Option 3: No - I'm not the slightest bit interested in it
votes: 41
Option 4: No - But I'm thinking about using it
votes: 2
Option 5: Face ... what?
votes: 11
Do you facebook?
I do, everyday.
Sometimes twice. ;D What's your profile. We can be friends! :)
sure, i'll pm u.
Yes, I do too.
I do but I dont use it very much anymore.
Quote from: CS on May 14, 2007, 12:18:37 PM
Yes, I do too.
Whats your screen name? Look me up if you want: Joe Campbell :)
Quote from: JCampbell on May 13, 2007, 04:30:31 PM
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! :o
Cheers,
Maciek
Cool! If we get enough people on it from gmg, we could create a gmg group there. What's your account name? :)
permit me to create a gmg group.
You have my permission. ;D
Let us know when it's there. Hopefully, I'll manage to find it. ::) (It's not easy being a newbie... :P)
got it
http://washington.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2348064161
I've Joined!
:D
Thanks. I've joined it. I think. ;D
Quote from: MahlerTitan on May 16, 2007, 12:14:08 PM
permit me to create a gmg group.
Ohoo a Mahler title pic...Im not sure if that's debatable! ;)
if you have a better suggestion, i will be happy to change it.
No it's fine. Im just teasing.
I must know about 50-60 people who evangelise about Facebook (http://www.facebook.com) 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 (http://www.linkedin.com) or even MySpace (http://www.myspace.com) (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 ...
Yes, but I couldn't care less about it. I use it only to communicate with former roommates.
Another marketing ploy targetted at teenagers...luckily I didn't fall in it.
Yes, but I check it maybe once a month... it's a good way to get in contact with long lost friends, and it's also like a giant address book. Quite useful in these ways, actually, but no, I don't "Facebook" in the sense of actually checking up on what "friends" are posting or whatnot. And I don't use MySpace, which -- from what I can tell -- performs some of the same functions but is a much slower site. If I start a band I'll probably get a MySpace going.
Facebook USED to be a good college tool. You could list yoru coursses and you could find other people in your classes (if they listed their courses). But now facebook is just like any other social networking site, with a boatload of 3rd part applications, i'm on it but i dont use it that much anymore.
When Facebook started allowing regional networks (i.e. anybody, not requriing a .edu or a business email addy), and removed the official courses application, that was the end for me.
Myspace and facebook are too young a crowd for you Mark, well maybe even for me too. Though they are different, I got the impression that they are not different in the sense of age group. Know what I mean? If you have forums for your interests, I don't think you need networking sites anyway, except for professional networking sites. Which again, you would not find on myspace or facebook.
Quote from: DavidW on September 08, 2007, 07:05:11 PM
Myspace and facebook are too young a crowd for you Mark, well maybe even for me too. Though they are different, I got the impression that they are not different in the sense of age group. Know what I mean? If you have forums for your interests, I don't think you need networking sites anyway, except for professional networking sites. Which again, you would not find on myspace or facebook.
My thoughts precisely, David.
Quote from: Bonehelm on September 08, 2007, 03:13:46 PM
Another marketing ploy targetted at teenagers...luckily I didn't fall in it.
wait until you get into college!
Quote from: MahlerTitan on September 08, 2007, 11:17:29 PM
wait until you get into college!
I know of the temptation of drinking, drugs, parties, unprotected sex etc but I've never heard of the temptation of myspace/facebook when you go to college. :D
Quote from: DavidW on September 09, 2007, 05:28:04 AM
I know of the temptation of drinking, drugs, parties, unprotected sex etc but I've never heard of the temptation of myspace/facebook when you go to college. :D
You poor, naive little thing! ;)
Quote from: DavidW on September 09, 2007, 05:28:04 AM
I know of the temptation of drinking, drugs, parties, unprotected sex etc but I've never heard of the temptation of myspace/facebook when you go to college. :D
I don't give a damn about myspace. when i got into college, the first thing my friends FORCED me to do is to sign up for Facebook, i guess it's useful, since most of my high school friends are probably elsewhere, this is an easy way for us to keep in touch.
Quote from: MahlerTitan on September 09, 2007, 08:08:20 AM
I don't give a damn about myspace. when i got into college, the first thing my friends FORCED me to do is to sign up for Facebook, i guess it's useful, since most of my high school friends are probably elsewhere, this is an easy way for us to keep in touch.
This is so funny! :D You're so emotional about the two sites, and I don't even know why I should really consider them as seperate entities. ;D What is it like greasers vs preppies? And which one are you?
I bet you can't be bothered getting into fights after school anymore, it's just now insults by blogging or something equally passive aggressive right?
Facebook is a social networking site pretty much like any other. For whatever reason, it tends to be college and "young professional" types that use it. Myspace more for the crowd with less aspirations. Bebo for younger teens.
Quote from: Tancata on September 09, 2007, 09:24:03 AM
Facebook is a social networking site pretty much like any other. For whatever reason, it tends to be college and "young professional" types that use it. Myspace more for the crowd with less aspirations. Bebo for younger teens.
Yeah as I thought, it had to be cliqueish, that's the only way that MahlerTitan's emotional response would make sense.
i really should.... everyone at Sunday school wants me to, but i still can't remember half of their names (let alone their last names) to find them.
still, i'll sign up anyways sometime this week
Quote from: DavidW on September 09, 2007, 09:47:39 AM
Yeah as I thought, it had to be cliqueish, that's the only way that MahlerTitan's emotional response would make sense.
there is nothing to it, i am always emotional. WHAT! you son of a bitch, i ordered Pepsi, not Coke!
Myspace was originally started so that independent pop bands could have a place to put their music. It soon caught on after teenagers used it to communicate with friends. Myspace's interface hasn't changed since it started, and it looks like something from the 90's. Why it is extremely popular, I don't know, but sometimes on the internet, the fittest doesn't survive.
Facebook was started originally by a Harvard undergrad to have a friends network that used pictures as the primary communication tool. It grew beyond Harvard and only allowed college students to join. (You had to have an @<blank>.edu email to sign up.) Because it was originally only for college students, it was seen as inclusive and 'cool' by a lot of the freshman who could finally use it. Facebook has also spent a lot of time getting everything very easy to use, and the interface is quite nice.
I don't use it very often, but it is really handy to keep in touch with friends. I can schedule parties, invite everyone I want, and then they can RSVP if they are coming or not. But the thing I enjoy about it the most is keeping in touch with old friends. I recently got engaged (about 5 days ago). My girlfriend changed our status from 'in a relationship' to 'engaged' and all my friends knew about it.
So, it seems that Facebook is a bit similar to the long-running UK site, Friends Reunited (http://www.friendsreunited.com).
I like it because I have friends strewn all over the globe an dthis is a great way to keep in touch. It's also simpler for sharing photos than a lot of other sites. I also have an ongoing world Traveller IQ battle with a friend who works at the UN. >:D
Just found this on the BBC News site:
Real friends?
Meanwhile, scientists have cast doubt on how big a part social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace can play in people's offline social lives.
Dr Will Reader, a researcher at Sheffield Hallam University, has been conducting research into the new types of friendships being fostered online.
Presenting his findings at the BA (British Association) Festival of Science at York University, he said that the huge contact lists of some members of Facebook and MySpace belied their real social status.
"Although the number of friends people have on these sites can be massive, the number of close friends is approximately the same as in the face-to-face real world contact," he told delegates at the festival.
Quote from: Mark on September 11, 2007, 01:52:23 PM
Just found this on the BBC News site:
Real friends?
Meanwhile, scientists have cast doubt on how big a part social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace can play in people's offline social lives.
Dr Will Reader, a researcher at Sheffield Hallam University, has been conducting research into the new types of friendships being fostered online.
Presenting his findings at the BA (British Association) Festival of Science at York University, he said that the huge contact lists of some members of Facebook and MySpace belied their real social status.
"Although the number of friends people have on these sites can be massive, the number of close friends is approximately the same as in the face-to-face real world contact," he told delegates at the festival.
That is very true. A number of people I know who are borderline social outcasts have lists of over 60 friends (compared to my wimpy 19). Clearly they just contacted everyone they ever met and out of politeness they accepted them as "friends". But in any case, I use facebook only to keep in touch with people I am actually friends with and whom I see on a reasonably regular basis face-to-face, travel plans permitting.
"Do you Facebook?"
Why is it that I feel I've been asked exactly the same question before (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,879.0.html)? ::)
I voted "but only occasionally", although that is not quite the right tenor.
But "can't live without it" is right out.
Hey, I've created a Composers' Birthplaces Traveller IQ Challenge (http://apps.facebook.com/travelpod-challenge/community/596696341/6923). Click as close as you can to the composer's birthplace.
Cool! 8)
ok, i just made an account, still trying to figure everything though
I've been told to join, and I did. There are many close friends of mine I seldom see, not to mention old high school friends which I sometimes hope not to meet again in my life :D
By the way, I wasn't able to figure out how it works. Today I've received an email from a friend of mine who was trying to add me as a friend. I clicked on the link in the mail but found nothing on my facebook profile. I have problems with my email address too, it doesn't work and doesn't allow me to find friends or join networks (and most of all, what in the hell networks are?).
???
Quote from: Scriptavolant on September 16, 2007, 12:52:39 PM
I've been told to join, and I did. There are many close friends of mine I seldom see, not to mention old high school friends which I sometimes hope not to meet again in my life :D
By the way, I wasn't able to figure out how it works. Today I've received an email from a friend of mine who was trying to add me as a friend. I clicked on the link in the mail but found nothing on my facebook profile. I have problems with my email address too, it doesn't work and doesn't allow me to find friends or join networks (and most of all, what in the hell networks are?).
That's probably normal... I've been using it for quite a while and still don't quite understand how it works, or even the general purpose of it... ;D (which doesn't prevent me from occasionally using the damn thing :P)
And yes, I too have seen people over there I'd rather avoid... ;D
I could "live without it", but I use it 2/3 times a day as a college student.
Recent uses:
- organizing a movie outing to see "3:10 to Yuma"
- remembering people's birthdays
- storing my favorite quotations in one place so I don't forget their exact wording
- keeping in touch with people from other states (inc. a couple friends from elementary school)
- getting mailing addresses from my friends at other universities
- finding out which folks at my college also enjoy Kurt Vonnegut, "Columbo", and Tchaikovsky (65 Tchaikovsky fans!)
- posting a message to the Naxos Classical Music group (I am also a member of groups devoted to Khachaturian, Dvorak, Borodin, and the idea that "a viola is better than a violin")
So the thing is pretty darn useful as far as I'm concerned!
Breaking news: Yevgeny Sudbin has a Facebook.
Quote from: Brian on January 02, 2008, 03:21:34 PM
Breaking news: Yevgeny Sudbin has a Facebook.
who's that?
Quote from: 僕はグレグ (Greg) on January 02, 2008, 03:31:32 PM
who's that?
(http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/Large/08/1006908.jpg)
...among other recordings.
if he plays Scriabin, he's cool 8)
I bet that I am the oldest person on here who has a Facebook account ;D
I use it to play online Scrabble(well, it's called 'Wordscraper' now) with friends. Since I also have a number of young nephews and nieces who use it a lot membership enables me to keep in touch with them. Try getting some young people to keep in contact by conventional means??
There....I have admitted another dark secret :) :)
What's your screen name? :)
Quote from: Dundonnell on October 29, 2008, 04:43:20 PM
I bet that I am the oldest person on here who has a Facebook account ;D
I use it to play online Scrabble(well, it's called 'Wordscraper' now) with friends. Since I also have a number of young nephews and nieces who use it a lot membership enables me to keep in touch with them. Try getting some young people to keep in contact by conventional means??
There....I have admitted another dark secret :) :)
found you! :D
Gabriel Fauré just sent me a friend request. ;D
Pretty sociable, considering his current condition.
;D
Well Brian, I hope you accepted his request, and then wrote on his wall.
--Bruce
Well in the time since I had last posted on that thread I've gone from never to sometimes. I can see it's use when I found some old friends, but it's still a little silly.
Quote from: DavidW on November 21, 2008, 11:23:20 AM
Well in the time since I had last posted on that thread I've gone from never to sometimes. I can see it's use when I found some old friends, but it's still a little silly.
Yeah, it's sort of the Mecca for useless information.
That said, it's still good to have because some people only have that (and don't even have a myspace) :P
You can be cynical and dismissive about it if you like....I know that I was ;D ;D
But I have chatted to friends from this site on Facebook and had really heart-warming messages sent to me via Facebook recently :) I have found friends I had lost touch with and renewed old acquaintances :)
I think that it's great ;D ;D
I have a great time there, too, Colin!
I voted No - no interest. After reading the postings on this thread, I can't think of anything I would use it for.
Facebook is just another website that I don't have a lot of time for. The main reason I use it is that I have a few friends who use it actively and are hard to keep in touch with otherwise. If I want to try to reach them, Facebook is the easiest way. Other than that, I don't have much use for it or other websites like it.
Heather
Maybe my membership says something about the kind of friends I keep then? ;D ;D
I'm actually very glad to be able to talk to my friends here at GMG in another sphere of the internet. The anonymous nature of many internet forums makes me uncomfortable in a way.
Yes, it's nice to be able to put a face and a further bit of personality to an internet friend :)
No.
Should I give it a try? maybe...one day.
As all of you who have received my invitations are aware, I just had a reasonably thorough look through Facebook for fellow members of the forum to add.
If I've missed anyone who'd like to be in my friends list, send me a PM and I'll add you. :)
(And of course, if any of you I've presently reached do not want to be in my friends list, you are very much entitled to decline the offer.)
Colin (Dundonnell), you're one of those I missed - mainly because I don't know your last name.
There's quite a few Colins around these parts! ;D
I use Facebook ocasionally. I seldom put up photos, but I sometimes write on the walls of friends. It's actually a great tool to keep in touch with former classmates, many of which are studying/living in other countries.
I met some people from all over the world I lived together for 4 months when I was younger. But I don't like to concentrate my personal communication on facebook and the likes.
I used to be a PGP/GPG veteran also in Usenet, but unfortunately encryption turned out to be too complicated to my fellow citizens. I resigned.
Today they offer all their emotions and personal data to machines, tomorrow they are surprised their data have been abused/ are widely available/ whatever.
Fact is this: At the moment personal data have been converted into bits and bytes, it's only a question of time to have them available for anyone.
People are like sheep.
Generally, people are like people more than they are like sheep.
Quote from: Mark on September 08, 2007, 02:45:52 PM
I could understand it if Facebook were a useful tool like, say, LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com) or even MySpace (http://www.myspace.com) (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 ...
If you understand the utility of Linkedin and MySpace, then I don't understand how you don't see the utility of Facebook... which has come to be something right between the two: A social utility network (or some such thing) that can be used professionally, or purely socially, or - although with a tad of difficulty - for both. MySpace is unacceptable, visually, aurally (blurting out unrequested tunes when surfing upon someone's s**tty little page), and content-wise. Pimply teenagers and fanclubs. Linkedin would be neat, but it's not really doing the job for most people...
On Facebook one can share inane matters, but one need not. And one can be kept updated of other's inane matters, but one need not. (That's where the very detailed privacy settings come in handy.) If one doesn't install some of the dumb features that are really just Trojan horses for (innocent) spam, and if one ignores all these "invites" one is bound to get from indiscriminating friends (one could un-friend them, of course), it's not much a bother at all. And depending on how many people of one's circle of acquaintances are on it, it can become extremely useful as a communications tool. Or for sharing articles without bombarding their inboxes. The primary reason why Facebook doesn't suck would be - in my book - that to a large extend Facebook is for you what you allow it to be and make of it... Social-twittering time-waster or professional, interactive rolodex.
Nicely done, Jens.
Quote from: jlaurson on December 28, 2008, 08:01:57 AM
If you understand the utility of Linkedin and MySpace, then I don't understand how you don't see the utility of Facebook... which has come to be something right between the two: A social utility network (or some such thing) that can be used professionally, or purely socially, or - although with a tad of difficulty - for both. MySpace is unacceptable, visually, aurally (blurting out unrequested tunes when surfing upon someone's s**tty little page), and content-wise. Pimply teenagers and fanclubs. Linkedin would be neat, but it's not really doing the job for most people...
On Facebook one can share inane matters, but one need not. And one can be kept updated of other's inane matters, but one need not. (That's where the very detailed privacy settings come in handy.) If one doesn't install some of the dumb features that are really just Trojan horses for (innocent) spam, and if one ignores all these "invites" one is bound to get from indiscriminating friends (one could un-friend them, of course), it's not much a bother at all. And depending on how many people of one's circle of acquaintances are on it, it can become extremely useful as a communications tool. Or for sharing articles without bombarding their inboxes. The primary reason why Facebook doesn't suck would be - in my book - that to a large extend Facebook is for you what you allow it to be and make of it... Social-twittering time-waster or professional, interactive rolodex.
Perfectly expressed :)
Quote from: Renfield on December 27, 2008, 10:02:51 PM
As all of you who have received my invitations are aware, I just had a reasonably thorough look through Facebook for fellow members of the forum to add.
If I've missed anyone who'd like to be in my friends list, send me a PM and I'll add you. :)
(And of course, if any of you I've presently reached do not want to be in my friends list, you are very much entitled to decline the offer.)
Colin (Dundonnell), you're one of those I missed - mainly because I don't know your last name.
There's quite a few Colins around these parts! ;D
You have found me now though, Eugene :)
Jed Distler rejected my friend request.
Quote from: Brian on December 31, 2008, 09:14:53 AM
Jed Distler rejected my friend request.
Don't feel too bad. Facebook wouldn't let me change my middle name to Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F'tang-F'tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel. :(
Quote from: Brian on December 31, 2008, 09:14:53 AM
Jed Distler rejected my friend request.
Must not be a CT advertiser, then.
Quote from: Corey on December 31, 2008, 10:36:12 AM
Don't feel too bad.
Sure don't. I think it's silly to feel bad about such a virtual event...it's even silly to feel bad after a "friend request rejection" (if it can be called so) in real life.
One of my friends has deleted his facebook account. Knowing him...I won't create mine now for sure.
PS: wow, Mozilla underlines
facebook! yayks it underlines
Obama as well...they must adjust the new version...along with the new names in history.
Quote from: Brian on December 31, 2008, 09:14:53 AM
Jed Distler rejected my friend request.
Without wishing to appear disagreeable, do you know Jed? Is he a 'friend'?
If the answer to either question is 'No', then perhaps there's your reason.
FK
Quote from: Sarastro on December 31, 2008, 11:32:47 AM
One of my friends has deleted his facebook account. Knowing him...I won't create mine now for sure.
Impossible. I tried. One cannot ever delete a facebook account. The best one can do is "temporarily" de-activate it.
PS I think Brian was kidding around...
Speaking as someone who accepted Brian's friending, I do believe he was wrily jesting.
Indeed. I mean, Yevgeny Subdin rejected my friend request!
Quote from: Joe_Campbell on December 31, 2008, 04:27:25 PM
Indeed. I mean, Yevgeny Subdin rejected my friend request!
Well, to be fair, he has never actually acknowledged it. I can still pretend I wasn't rejected.
I'm on Facebook, and HAVE been on MySpace. For me the fundamental difference (or at least one of them) is the difference in the default privacy setting. On MySpace your profile defaults to public. On Facebook it defaults to private.
Facebook's default can be both good and bad. The good is that it keeps you from being hassled so much like on MySpace. Also, your information is protected if you want it to be. The down side for me has been that it's harder to find people with similar interests. On MySpace if I went joined tonight, I could probably have a hundred classical music fans as friends in a few days. On Facebook it's harder because although you CAN go to the classical groups and find people, without being able to look at their profile it's hard to tell at what level their interest is. I do have a few classical music fans as friends but mostly I use it for family that I keep up with in other towns.
The one thing that I do like is the iLike application because it allows you to display the CD's that you own on your profile page. It allows you to search and grab the information (including CD cover) off Amazon. I am pretty sure that after you have your CD's out there, you can download the information into a file that can be imported into Excel. That's very cool I think.
my .02 cents. :)
I have Facebook but I can only add friends that I know in real life.
But I don't have MySpace. No matter what I do, I can't join it. I am 14, so I can't join anyways. I tried "making" my age 16, but it still won't let me join >:(
Quote from: Joe_Campbell on December 31, 2008, 04:30:54 PM
Well, to be fair, he has never actually acknowledged it. I can still pretend I wasn't rejected.
Dang it, I wanted to be friends with Yevgeny Sudbin. :( And yes, I actually did send Jed Distler a friend request, and yes, he actually rejected it.
Peter Breiner accepted (arranger of the 2004 Olympic national anthems, conductor of a new Janacek CD on Naxos, composer of various lighter works like the "Beatles Concerto Grosso") - but he is what we call a "Facebook whore," with friends numbering in the thousands (1,875) and never a friend turned away!
Kuhlau - You are probably right. ;D
Corey - We should create a Facebook group to pay homage to the great works of the composer Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger-horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer-spelterwasser-kurstlich-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein-nürnburger-bratwurstle-gerspurten-mitz-weimache-luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shönedanker-kalbsfleisch-mittler-aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm
Quote from: jchen on January 01, 2009, 12:33:35 PM
I have Facebook but I can only add friends that I know in real life.
That's reasonable. :)
Quote from: Brian on January 01, 2009, 01:10:55 PM
Dang it, I wanted to be friends with Yevgeny Sudbin. :( And yes, I actually did send Jed Distler a friend request, and yes, he actually rejected it.
"Dear Jed, will you be my friend?"
"No."
:'(
;D
Quote from: Brian on January 01, 2009, 01:10:55 PM
Corey - We should create a Facebook group to pay homage to the great works of the composer Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger-horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer-spelterwasser-kurstlich-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein-nürnburger-bratwurstle-gerspurten-mitz-weimache-luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shönedanker-kalbsfleisch-mittler-aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm
Make it so!
Quote from: Joe_Campbell on December 31, 2008, 04:17:13 PM
Impossible. I tried. One cannot ever delete a facebook account. The best one can do is "temporarily" de-activate it.
That's not good. Did you know that a prospective employer can take a look at your facebook or myspace profile, or your blog. I heard something like that, though have no idea how true it is. Why don't they allow to delete your page? I'm not going there for sure.
Hm...I remember how I registered on the Russian version of facebook just to take a look at my former classmates and couldn't delete my profile because of this stupid temporary de-activation. I deleted all my information, though. Sometimes I am tempted to restore the account - to talk to others who probably have registered there lately, to take a look at them - but we are so different now, listen to different music and live in different countries, there is nothing in common except we went to school together. :-\
Quote from: Sarastro on January 03, 2009, 12:58:15 AM
That's not good. Did you know that a prospective employer can take a look at your facebook or myspace profile, or your blog. I heard something like that, though have no idea how true it is.
There are privacy settings that allow you to select who you want to see your profile. You can set them so your name doesn't even come up in a search (like I have).
Quote from: Sarastro on January 03, 2009, 12:58:15 AM
Sometimes I am tempted to restore the account - to talk to others who probably have registered there lately, to take a look at them - but we are so different now, listen to different music and live in different countries, there is nothing in common except we went to school together. :-\
What's wrong with that? You needn't have everything in common with your old friends. :)
Quote from: Joe_Campbell on January 03, 2009, 11:14:56 AM
. . . You needn't have everything in common with your old friends. :)
True, indeed.
I signed up with this today just to get in touch with someone I haven't spoken to for over a decade. Certainly good for that. Too bad that in most cases you can't browse profiles & pics without first becoming friends.
Quote from: Brian on December 31, 2008, 09:14:53 AM
Jed Distler rejected my friend request.
lol! I'm gonna try
Quote from: ezodisy on January 25, 2009, 02:20:40 PM
lol! I'm gonna try
You can also try friending Yevgeny Sudbin, Joshua Bell, Ilya Gringolts, Janine Jensen, Paavo Jarvi, Alban Gerhardt, Carlos Kalmar and others. I haven't, being daunted by Jed's rejection.
I bet Joshua Bell would accept your friending!
Quote from: Brian on January 25, 2009, 02:24:45 PM
You can also try friending Yevgeny Sudbin, Joshua Bell, Ilya Gringolts, Janine Jensen, Paavo Jarvi, Alban Gerhardt, Carlos Kalmar and others. I haven't, being daunted by Jed's rejection.
I'm not quite sure why we would even
try to befriend these people?!
Unless we know them or are related to them in some professional capacity, I don't see the point. There are fan-clubs out there, for those who wish to join... and even on Facebook there is the opportunity to join "Friends of..." groups. Which some might find juvenile, but why not. But to try to befriend a person who knows nothing about us... that strikes me as very odd.
Quote from: ezodisy on January 25, 2009, 02:16:36 PM
Too bad that in most cases you can't browse profiles & pics without first becoming friends.
Do you want to browse profiles & pics of the people you don't know? It's called voyeurism. :D
Quote from: Sarastro on January 25, 2009, 04:11:34 PM
Do you want to browse profiles & pics of the people you don't know? It's called voyeurism. :D
yeah I know what it's called and I enjoy it. Don't be ashamed of your bent, Sarastro.
Quote from: jlaurson on January 25, 2009, 03:48:18 PM
But to try to befriend a person who knows nothing about us... that strikes me as very odd.
Ever heard of making new friends?
Quote from: ezodisy on January 25, 2009, 04:27:31 PM
Ever heard of making new friends?
It depends. If you make friends with Jong from Indonesia whom you will most likely never see in person in your life is quite different than making friends with Joe from the next door.
When I was on the Russian facebook (by the way I found how to delete the profile :D, certainly, I'll check in a month if it has been deleted permanently. Maybe there is such a function on facebook as well), I had friend requests from people I never knew, and I found it odd, too. I prefer making new friends in person, or at least the ones that are close, and there is an opportunity of constant meetings. Otherwise it's not "a friend", it's just simply an acquaintance. Maybe you meant this? At least I don't call all the people I know well "friends". A friend is something more... :o
Besides, I never liked this phrase "to make friends", as if friends were something to make. :D :P
Quote from: Sarastro on January 25, 2009, 04:37:58 PM
Otherwise it's not "a friend", it's just simply an acquaintance. Maybe you meant this?
maybe I did. Maybe you're going to start to teach English to the English? I'm sure you'd make many friends that way. Like the phrase or not that is how it goes, unless you want to say it in Russian, of course.
Quote from: ezodisy on January 25, 2009, 04:45:15 PM
Maybe you're going to start to teach English to the English?
No, I just said that "a friend" for me means something more than just an acquaintance. Or maybe our concepts of friendship are different. My stepfather's friend took a flight to LA immediately after he learned the stepfather had had a heart attack. This is real friendship. Or maybe I do not quite understand the concept of the word "friend" in English. Maybe it is a cute word to apply to anyone you know. But then how is such friendship I have described is called?
Besides, I was not going to teach you English, I just expressed my point of view on such online "friends" and how I found it appropriate to call them.
Quote from: Sarastro on January 25, 2009, 05:02:18 PM
No, I just said that "a friend" for me means something more than just an acquaintance.
No, it is the same for everyone who speaks English.
Quote
Or maybe our concepts of friendship are different. My stepfather's friend took a flight to LA immediately after he learned the stepfather had had a heart attack. This is real friendship. Or maybe I do not quite understand the concept of the word "friend" in English. Maybe it is a cute word to apply to anyone you know. But then how is such friendship I have described is called?
It is just an expression, to make friends or something similar. I have made a few good ones from online experiences so I don't hesitate in using it. Your distinction is correct, of course, it's just there's no need to be pedantic $:) 0:) >:D :-*
Quote from: ezodisy on January 25, 2009, 05:09:00 PM
No, it is the same for everyone who speaks English.
I didn't mean the language. It's the same in Russian and Italian as well: "a friend," and many people in these languages call their acquaintances friends, but I just don't understand it. Rarely have I heard "an acquaintance." Let me be pedantic. >:D >:D Or maybe "accurate in word choice". 0:) :-*
Quote from: Sarastro on January 25, 2009, 05:17:23 PM
I didn't mean the language. It's the same in Russian and Italian as well: "a friend," and many people in these languages call their acquaintances friends, but I just don't understand it. Rarely have I heard "an acquaintance." Let me be pedantic. >:D >:D Or maybe "accurate in word choice". 0:) :-*
In England the distinction is made, often anyway. I know it might not be as common in the states, particularly for young people. When people who ignore the distinction want to stress what you're talking about, they usually say "true friend" or something similar.
I am a recent convert to Facebook and got reacquainted with a long lost friend. I think it is great.
As for musicians, I am friends with sopranos Christine Brewer and Joyce Di Donato, but I have actually met them so that is a bit different. I see through their friend lists many prominent musicians but I don't think I will be adding them as friends.
I am Don Clark Kansas City MO on Facebook if anyone cares. Hell, I need all the friends I can get! ;D
Quote from: ezodisy on January 25, 2009, 05:20:30 PM
When people who ignore the distinction want to stress what you're talking about, they usually say "true friend" or something similar.
Thanks, that's what I needed. Now, that makes more sense.
Quote from: Sarastro on January 25, 2009, 04:37:58 PM
I had friend requests from people I never knew, and I found it odd, too. I prefer making new friends in person, or at least the ones that are close, and there is an opportunity of constant meetings.
I've gotten a couple, too, from myspace- stuff you'd never expect. A trio of French guys came first. I talked to one or two, but never the third. I even let one listen to some of my music.
Then, later, maybe a year ago, two different girls from my area- no, not spam, since I've changed the settings to not allow spam, plus I'm able to tell a spam profile easily- one is some girl that models for a magazine about girls who smoke pot. She's always posting really histrionic bulletins about her personal life all the time. Never talked to her. Then, another was just some girl who moved into the area and sent friend requests to a bunch of guys, including me (though how she even found me is a mystery)- and you could see comments on her page about how the guys had a good time with her an blah, blah. She said that she knew it was a random friend request, so i repled and said that at least it wasn't as random as the guys in France. She sent some boring reply like "i consider people equal, no matter where they're from". ??? Needless to say, i didn't send a reply. :P
Quote from: Brian on January 25, 2009, 02:24:45 PM
You can also try friending Yevgeny Sudbin, Joshua Bell, Ilya Gringolts, Janine Jensen, Paavo Jarvi, Alban Gerhardt, Carlos Kalmar and others. I haven't, being daunted by Jed's rejection.
lol! He acccepted me. People love to be flattered, let me tell you.
A new project run along similar lines to Facebook (in that it's a social networking site) is MusBook (http://www.musbook.com/). I've been dipping in and out of it for a few weeks and it seems to be gathering momentum.
FK
Quote from: ezodisy on January 25, 2009, 10:45:56 PM
lol! He acccepted me. People love to be flattered, let me tell you.
Gah! I assume you attached some sort of delightful message, then? :D
I just told him something like his music and writing have had a significant influence on my own. Short & sweet (and what a great way to make a new "friend") (http://operawebclub.com/papageno/style_emoticons/default/good.gif)
Quote from: ezodisy on January 26, 2009, 11:24:38 PM
and what a great way
Kissing the ass? (oh, God, I'm just kidding ;D) Not all people love to be flattered, though. :)
Quote from: Sarastro on January 26, 2009, 11:31:20 PM
Kissing the ass? (oh, God, I'm just kidding ;D)
no, to lie
QuoteNot all people love to be flattered, though. :)
yeah well you play the % game, and it usually works
Tom Deacon is on Facebook (and is one of Distler's friends). Amazingly 65 people have agreed to be friends with him ::)
Yes! ;D
http://www.facebook.com/pages/St-Hildegard-von-Bingen/20438131300 (http://www.facebook.com/pages/St-Hildegard-von-Bingen/20438131300)
Quote from: Howard KurtzFinally, London's Daily Mail on the latest in divorces:
"A wife discovered her 12-year marriage was over after her husband posted a message on Facebook.
"Emma Brady, 39, only learned of the posting when her best friend living in Denmark telephoned to see if she was alright. The message read: 'Neil Brady has ended his marriage to Emma Brady.' "
From this column.
Those interested in social networking might also wish to explore (in addition to MusBook (http://www.musbook.com), which I mentioned earlier in this thread) Dilettante (http://www.dilettantemusic.com).
FK
Anyone else creeped out by the Netflix bot on facebook, which responded practically instantaneously to news of Swayze's death with "Hey, getcher Swayze rentals here at Netflix!" . . . ?
Not me.
Well, but you think creepy is a good thing 8)
In a way, I guess.
It's probably nothing. As soon as I saw it, though, the first thing to come to mind was a line from Firsegn Theatre, "An exploitation of the freshly dead."
It's the Internet fer chrissakes!
I just started Facebooking a few days ago. It's a very mixed experience. On the positive side: I've learned some interesting things about people I know (such as their ages and humor) and I've made a nice re-connection with my brother. I found a couple of old school friends but (Sonic will be happy to know) no old boyfriends. On the negative side, I've had to read a lot of useless junk; the worst was meaningless gobbledygook typed by a friend's child. I may not continue FB once the novelty wears off.
Quote from: Harpo on September 16, 2009, 02:08:24 PM
I found a couple of old school friends but (Sonic will be happy to know) no old boyfriends. On the negative side, I've had to read a lot of useless junk
Perhaps you'll get a future boyfriend 'friend' request? :D ;)
You said it, there is a fairly high annoyance factor. Some people seem to feel the need to share every single detail of their life (ie. having a nap, going to the bathroom, etc) ;D
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 16, 2009, 02:11:48 PM
You said it, there is a fairly high annoyance factor. Some people seem to feel the need to share every single detail of their life (ie. having a nap, going to the bathroom, etc) ;D
I haven't found a way to delete posts after I have read them. If I try to "hide" them, then FB tells me that they will not send me anything else from that writer--which isn't what I want. After I read that Kathy's cat sat on the table, I really don't want that epistle coming up again and again.
Shortly after I "friended" our son Stephen, his cats sent me an invitation to join Catbook. True. There are a whole bunch of apps for different populations. There is even Ferretbook, which I find really creepy.
(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:E5E28n_9QZIaDM:http://www.petaquarium.com.au/images/Pet_Care/istock%2520ferret%2520large.jpg)
Quote from: Harpo on September 16, 2009, 02:08:24 PM
I may not continue FB once the novelty wears off.
That's what happened to me.
The novelty wore off before I tried it. My GF has one of these extended families that are in constant contact by whatever means...letters, postcards, phone, email, gravity waves...so FB is just the thing for them. My contribution comes down to "Ernie says hi!". That exhausts my communication skills.
Facebook was one of the many sites I tried out, but frankly to keep oversight, you need to cut down in the sites you go to. Facebook was totally uninteresting for me, as was MSN, Yahoo, Toxbox, Twitter, Skype, MySpace, and so on.
Only ooVoo, and LV are any interest to me.
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 15, 2009, 05:54:03 AM
It's probably nothing. As soon as I saw it, though, the first thing to come to mind was a line from Firsegn Theatre, "An exploitation of the freshly dead."
You can ignore all messages from certain people/pages.
Quote from: corey on September 17, 2009, 05:37:33 AM
You can ignore all messages from certain people/pages.
What about the rest?
I am growing to like it. It has many features similar to an RSS feed - and I get the opportunity to inflict my views on my friends & relatives
Yes! ;D ;D
(http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/object3/624/104/n20438131300_7128.jpg)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/St-Hildegard-von-Bingen/20438131300 (http://www.facebook.com/pages/St-Hildegard-von-Bingen/20438131300)
Quote from: bwv 1080 on September 19, 2009, 04:38:38 PM
and I get the opportunity to inflict my views on my friends & relatives
I like that too. :D
I think I'm going to delete my account.
Quote from: MN-D4V3 on December 18, 2009, 09:59:45 AM
I think I'm going to delete my account.
On GMG or Facebook? I don't think I am friends with you yet on Facebook.
Quote from: Catison on December 18, 2009, 10:59:22 AM
On GMG or Facebook? I don't think I am friends with you yet on Facebook.
Facebook. However, unlike GMG, I probably won't be back. ;D
Quote from: Catison on December 18, 2009, 10:59:22 AM
I don't think I am friends with you yet on Facebook.
Quick! Hurry and send in that friend request, before it's too late! :o
Quote from: MN-D4V3 on December 18, 2009, 09:59:45 AM
I think I'm going to delete my account.
Oh. Did I annoy you with my "story"?
Heck no.
I have just read what it takes to delete an account.
Maybe I'll let it sit there a while.
Just unfriend everybody.
Quote from: The Six on December 20, 2009, 07:51:08 AM
Just unfriend everybody.
Yeah, that's part of the process but I've friended over 500 people. ;D
Just don't log in anymore. There. Problem solved by being lazy. 8)
If Dave unfriends me, I don't know what I'll do . . . .
(* checks his friends list *)
If I do, it's because I'm bailing out. ;D
Quote from: Greg on December 20, 2009, 05:32:30 PM
Just don't log in anymore. There. Problem solved by being lazy. 8)
Well, yeah. But then all your information remains on the Facebook servers. Then again, I don't post personal stuff, so, like here, it probably doesn't matter.
www.lamebook.com
Me.
Oh, dear; I fear I have lost my opportunity to friend Dave!
Isn´t it a nice idea to make a GMG group on Facebook?
I believe it has been done, though I have an idea that group has been quiet.
Quote from: Henk on April 21, 2010, 10:35:40 AM
Isn´t it a nice idea to make a GMG group on Facebook?
What would it give us that we don't already have here?
Invitations to events in Boston ; )
I think it's a great idea. Can't find it already on Facebook.
If we have a group anyone can add as a friend everyone he wants. There are some people here I like to keep contact with and share knowledge on Facebook. Or is this a threat for GMG? I think not. On the contrary it makes GMG a tighter group.
But if I'm the only one who likes this idea, it is not so attractive.
Henk
Henk, are we 'friends' already? I can send you an invite to that group.
Quote from: Henk on April 21, 2010, 10:35:40 AM
Isn´t it a nice idea to make a GMG group on Facebook?
What would you say to GMG members on Facebook that you wouldn't say on this board?
I avoid the social sites on the internet - a lot of talk about nothing.
EDIT:
Quote from: Bulldog on April 21, 2010, 11:08:23 AM
What would you say to GMG members on Facebook that you wouldn't say on this board?
I avoid the social sites on the internet - a lot of talk about nothing.
You have to use it right. You don't have to read everything. But it's nice to keep in touch and share knowledge. Knowledge one can use. There are much options on Facebook no one uses but can really be useful I think.
Sometimes I post what I listen to on Facebook with some comments. I am not posting that here anymore. So reviewing and sharing taste can be more the focus here. And that´s what we want, isn't it?
Yes, I find facebook a combination of very useful and enjoyable.
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 21, 2010, 11:00:46 AM
Henk, are we 'friends' already? I can send you an invite to that group.
Read my PM, Karl.
Back to you, Henk ; )
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 21, 2010, 10:43:03 AM
I believe it has been done, though I have an idea that group has been quiet.
GMG group on Facebook? Never knew it existed, but then again I mostly let my pop side vent there.
Drasko, who are you on Facebook?
Quote from: Henk on April 21, 2010, 11:16:03 AM
EDIT:
You have to use it right. You don't have to read everything. But it's nice to keep in touch and share knowledge. Knowledge one can use. There are much options on Facebook no one uses but can really be useful I think.
Sometimes I post what I listen to on Facebook with some comments. I am not posting that here anymore. So reviewing and sharing taste can be more the focus here. And that´s what we want, isn't it?
Well, you haven't answered my question as to what you might say to a GMG member on Facebook that you wouldn't say on this board. Just give me a hypothetical sentence or theme.
Quote from: Bulldog on October 25, 2010, 01:59:01 PM
Well, you haven't answered my question as to what you might say to a GMG member on Facebook that you wouldn't say on this board. Just give me a hypothetical sentence or theme.
Let's find out. Two categories of Facebook "interaction"...
1. Direct interactions with GMGers. Things I might say to them on Facebook, but not on GMG, are pretty much limited to replies to their "status" updates. For example, Karl Henning recently posted a choice Evelyn Waugh quotation which drew the approval of two GMGers. This is trivial stuff, of course, although it occurs to me that armed with my true identity GMGers could conceivably find all 50+ articles I wrote for my university magazine or even hang around my new school's student center watching to see if I pop in.
2. Indirect interactions via "status updates," sharing links, etc. I don't post much, a status every day or two, about my personal life or random thoughts, but here on GMG I restrict the random thoughts to musical me, religion-thread me, and "moving to London" me. So (looking at recent Facebook updates) on GMG I wouldn't brag about my sandwich-making skills, or write about baseball, or post inside info to fellow Rice U. students. This is one way of replying to your query because on GMG I usually don't write about what I'm reading, eating, voting for or against, opining about, or hoping will happen in the World Series.
As for what interactions have happened on Facebook that couldn't on GMG, let me think. I've had instant-message conversations with at least 2-3 GMGers, enjoyed some of Karl's wit and Evelyn Waugh quotations, kept up with Dundonnell during his forum absence (and found out what he's working on at the moment), gotten some moving-to-England tips from (the ironically Scottish duo of) Dundonnell and Renfield, and discovered that DavidRoss is a baseball fan.
As a postscript, like any other technological medium, Facebook can be useful or stupid, depending on how you use it. On my Facebook, I try to preserve a balance between usefulness and stupidity. ;D
Quote from: Brian on October 26, 2010, 01:08:37 AM
As a postscript, like any other technological medium, Facebook can be useful or stupid, depending on how you use it. On my Facebook, I try to preserve a balance between usefulness and stupidity. ;D
Hear, hear.
Well I'm not surprised that the perks are getting useless updates and having the potential to be stalked. Thanks for Brian for reminding me why I don't use facebook. The only thing you left out are stupid farming games. ;D
Learned how to block those right away.
Quote from: DavidW on October 26, 2010, 03:31:10 AMThe only thing you left out are stupid farming games. ;D
Yeah, I won't even be friends with people if they play farming games.
(http://www.whme.com/Admin/images/greenacres1.jpg)
Quote from: Brian on October 26, 2010, 01:03:32 AM
Let's find out. Two categories of Facebook "interaction"...
1. Direct interactions with GMGers. Things I might say to them on Facebook, but not on GMG, are pretty much limited to replies to their "status" updates. For example, Karl Henning recently posted a choice Evelyn Waugh quotation which drew the approval of two GMGers. This is trivial stuff, of course, although it occurs to me that armed with my true identity GMGers could conceivably find all 50+ articles I wrote for my university magazine or even hang around my new school's student center watching to see if I pop in.
2. Indirect interactions via "status updates," sharing links, etc. I don't post much, a status every day or two, about my personal life or random thoughts, but here on GMG I restrict the random thoughts to musical me, religion-thread me, and "moving to London" me. So (looking at recent Facebook updates) on GMG I wouldn't brag about my sandwich-making skills, or write about baseball, or post inside info to fellow Rice U. students. This is one way of replying to your query because on GMG I usually don't write about what I'm reading, eating, voting for or against, opining about, or hoping will happen in the World Series.
As for what interactions have happened on Facebook that couldn't on GMG, let me think. I've had instant-message conversations with at least 2-3 GMGers, enjoyed some of Karl's wit and Evelyn Waugh quotations, kept up with Dundonnell during his forum absence (and found out what he's working on at the moment), gotten some moving-to-England tips from (the ironically Scottish duo of) Dundonnell and Renfield, and discovered that DavidRoss is a baseball fan.
Thanks for the examples.
I hope everyone celebrated National UnFriend Day yesterday.
National UnFriend Day Parties (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9o3EjUqmS4#ws)
Facebook? Not any longer. Just deleted my account.
Ray, as someone who has come very close to doing the same thing, I'm curious what finally tipped the balance?
--Bruce
Quote from: bhodges on November 19, 2010, 06:46:39 AM
Ray, as someone who has come very close to doing the same thing, I'm curious what finally tipped the balance?
--Bruce
Bruce, I had been thinking about doing it for quite a long time now, but it was more out of laziness than anything else. :D
The more simplified my life becomes, the more I enjoy it.
Facebook has become my main form of Internet motherf*ckery.
Quote from: ChamberNut on November 19, 2010, 07:07:46 AM
The more simplified my life becomes, the more I enjoy it.
+1 I've recently dropped several entertainment pursuits because I didn't want to end up with a queue of stuff to do, want to enjoy my free time. :)
Quote from: bhodges on November 19, 2010, 06:46:39 AM
Ray, as someone who has come very close to doing the same thing, I'm curious what finally tipped the balance?
--Bruce
I currently have one, but it will be gone soon. For me, it really comes down to the question about how connected do I really want to be?
"Everything blossomed in my soul" is roughly how it goes in English, actually.
Facebook is a verb???
No, I have never had a reason or desire to use it. Every time I hear others talk about stuff that has been put on it, or I see another article about some negative aspect of it (e.g. hate speech, privacy...) I have yet another reason to not use it. I realise it is but a communication tool but there's a lot of tools out there.
I had a Facebook, but I have recently created a new one. It's good for catching up with people, but I have strong privacy settings on my account and barely any kind of personal information. I also have not, and will not, add any immediate family, relatives, co-workers, or people I went to high school with for many reasons which I won't bother to list here.
Filtration is certainly one's friend on Facebook 0:)
Yes, it's a convenient way to arrange things like group outings and whatnot, but I don't "use" it in the way most people do. That is to say I don't sit around all day uploading pictures of my ugly mug and reposting memes.
Yes, I do Facebook, but voted "occasionally." (I check it daily, post rarely). I would say that it is a waste of time except that I do enjoy several of the interest groups I belong to: Laura Nyro, Cocteau Twins, Bernard Herrmann, and Sun Ra esp. As a point of interest, I thought I was friending my brother but it turned out it was another guy with the same name! (we're still friends and may actually meet-up someday; I like him better than my own brother).
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 21, 2017, 07:36:52 AM
I had a Facebook, but I have recently created a new one. It's good for catching up with people, but I have strong privacy settings on my account and barely any kind of personal information. I also have not, and will not, add any immediate family, relatives, co-workers, or people I went to high school with for many reasons which I won't bother to list here.
I am the opposite. For me it's a good way of keeping in touch with cousins, ex co-workers, etc. People I know in the non cyber world whom I might otherwise lose contact with.
Quote from: Ghost Sonata on September 21, 2017, 03:12:39 PM
Yes, I do Facebook, but voted "occasionally." (I check it daily, post rarely). I would say that it is a waste of time except that I do enjoy several of the interest groups I belong to: Laura Nyro, Cocteau Twins, Bernard Herrmann, and Sun Ra esp. As a point of interest, I thought I was friending my brother but it turned out it was another guy with the same name! (we're still friends and may actually meet-up someday; I like him better than my own brother).
lol ;D
I had a Facebook account a few years back but deleted it after a few months.
I admit it was kind of cool at first - I "friended" a few people I hadn't seen in a long time and it was interesting finding out what they were doing with their lives.
I'm not sure I really like Social Media that much though - this is the only online group that I (make a small) contribution to.
It seems to me there are a lot of negative things about being involved in Social Media - I'm a very low-profile member here for example and I don't think I'm controversial at all but I have still recieved hate from other people on occasion, which I find baffling, but that seems to be a common experience on the internet.
I don't miss Facebook at all and don't think I'll be re-joining it in future.
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on September 21, 2017, 06:59:23 PM
I am the opposite. For me it's a good way of keeping in touch with cousins, ex co-workers, etc. People I know in the non cyber world whom I might otherwise lose contact with.
Well, since I have added many GMG members, if you don't mind, Jeffrey, PM me your name, because I'd like to add you.
Yes. And I give tons of likes to funny cats vids... :P :laugh:
Quote from: aleazk on September 21, 2017, 07:49:45 PM
Yes. And I give tons of likes to funny cats vids... :P :laugh:
Hey aleazk, if you want, send me your name through PM, I'd love to add you as a friend. 8)
Quote from: Ghost Sonata on September 21, 2017, 03:12:39 PM
I like Conor71's "I like old Music" signature.
Haha, thanks :D ;D
A prominent journalist writes:
"It's been 2 weeks since we flagged for @Facebook an account that keeps posting & encouraging doxxing and death threats to Ukraine's investigative journalist
@Sergogotv & her family. They took zero action. It looks especially tone-deaf on the anniversary of Pavel Sheremeta murder"
https://twitter.com/MaximEristavi/status/1285141178674024451
Tickled to learn that today was organized as a log off from Facebook protest. And yes, I've logged off from all devices.
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on November 10, 2021, 09:21:36 AM
Tickled to learn that today was organized as a log off from Facebook protest. And yes, I've logged off from all devices.
And, I learn that the request is to stay logged off for three days. I'm all in.
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on November 10, 2021, 09:21:36 AM
Tickled to learn that today was organized as a log off from Facebook protest. And yes, I've logged off from all devices.
I can do 3 days w/o FB standing on my head. I have no love for it generally, although some of the private groups I belong to are indispensable. Makes it tough to just leave. :-\
8)
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on November 10, 2021, 10:08:47 AM
I can do 3 days w/o FB standing on my head. I have no love for it generally, although some of the private groups I belong to are indispensable. Makes it tough to just leave. :-\
8)
It would be tough to pull the plug completely, true.
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on November 10, 2021, 10:12:37 AM
It would be tough to pull the plug completely, true.
Just as an example, there are probably fewer than 100 people in the country who braid rawhide and leather like I do. And at least half of them are in the Rawhide & Leather Braiding group on FB. That's a resource that can't be replaced. :(
8)
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on November 10, 2021, 02:43:29 PM
Just as an example, there are probably fewer than 100 people in the country who braid rawhide and leather like I do. And at least half of them are in the Rawhide & Leather Braiding group on FB. That's a resource that can't be replaced. :(
8)
No, indeed.
While this certainly qualifies as one of the least toxic aspects of Facebook, I point out that that is a mild annoyance:
Hi, [name of group admin]. I am puzzled. I proposed a post which was simply a line from "The Air" thus: "we can crash in my Nash." I got a message that the post was denied (presumably because it violates group rules). I should very much like to know what rule that post violates and how. Thanks for your understanding and help.
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on November 10, 2021, 09:42:50 AM
And, I learn that the request is to stay logged off for three days. I'm all in.
I am currently on my 24,414th day off of Facebook. :)
Quote from: Szykneij on November 19, 2021, 10:40:34 AM
I am currently on my 24,414th day off of Facebook. :)
(* chortle *)
Quote from: Szykneij on November 19, 2021, 10:40:34 AM
I am currently on my 24,414th day off of Facebook. :)
Haha.
As far as the thread title goes - I did, but I don't now, and far prefer the latter status.
Answer to the original question: Nope!
PD
Yes - it's just so handy for putting photos up.
It's great for sharing family photos and adding comments. It allows the family to share its history.
I don't use FB, Insta, Twitter, Snapchat... none of it!
It has its place. As does IG, Twitter, etc. To each, their own 🙂
I deleted Facebook several years ago. I use Instagram to follow some of my interests and musicians, I have my phone set to disable all its permissions. Twitter is useful to follow academic physicians post news and rare/interesting cases, in the old days we'd only see these in journals. If anyone has an interest in that kind of thing, but catered towards lay people I suggest the Netflix series Diagnosis (https://youtu.be/v4pi6hGbo8Y).
Yep to FB, but no Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, or Tik-Tok.
Quote from: hvbias on April 24, 2022, 03:08:10 PM
I have my phone set to disable all its permissions.
I do that with all my apps except phone, messages and the calendar.
Facebook is a great place for sharing jokes, especially cartoons. Every little helps.
FB i getting flakier. In a few days two of my posts have been suppressed as supposedly "violating community standards." The "intelligence" behind the policy and implementation is pretty sketchy.
Quote from: Rosalba on May 07, 2022, 01:42:16 AM
Facebook is a great place for sharing jokes, especially cartoons. Every little helps.
I hear it's a great place to discuss hobbies. My hobby is not collecting stamps, so there's not much to talk about. I'll continue to abstain.
Quote from: drogulus on July 27, 2022, 06:27:03 AM
I hear it's a great place to discuss hobbies. My hobby is not collecting stamps, so there's not much to talk about. I'll continue to abstain.
So
that's why you don't go to flea markets!
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 26, 2022, 03:22:02 PM
FB i getting flakier. In a few days two of my posts have been suppressed as supposedly "violating community standards." The "intelligence" behind the policy and implementation is pretty sketchy.
Flagging is either some algorithm, which can't be much more sophisticated than text pattern matching, or some sweatshop where minimum wage employees review thousands of posts per day. I can't imagine it could be described as sophisticated. Maybe your problem is that as a "repeat offender" your posts get extra scrutiny.
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 27, 2022, 07:00:35 AM
So that's why you don't go to flea markets!
No, I don't make a hobby out of not going to flea markets, I merely don't go.
One of my favorite hobbies is not going to Mississippi. I indulge in it every day of my life, so you could say it's almost an obsession.
I need to. I admin 10 groups. :D