Social Networks; The Realm of Vacuous Mingling

[Tide In Mind Out]

Same here. Thanks to Facebook communications, family game/skit nights have taken place that might not have happened otherwise!

 

[lurch70]

I personally love the way Facebook keeps you in touch with folks, since I absolutely HATE calling people on the phone and never do that. Without FB I'd have no idea what any of my friends or relatives were up to.

that's assuming they also use it on a regular basis. I would say 70% of the people on my list are basically signed up but never really use it or do so very rarely.

those are my normal friends.

 

[Krilons Resa]

I'm really close to deleting my FB. Will I do it? Probably not.


We have enough of our info floating around as it is.

 

[dorian gray]

Come on, man. It's been almost a year since I deleted mine.

I made a fake one the other day so I could check out some chick, but still

 

[Krilons Resa]

 

[Demilich]

Speaking of "social networking" and how I fail at it, I still don't have a cellular phone. Is it time to enter the 21st century yet?

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

 

[lurch70]

i've had one for 17 years. that's older than some of you.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

do we have people here that young?

 

[dorian gray]

I hope not

 

[Demilich]

I'll be 26 soon and its gonna feel mighty old

 

[einride]

I'll be 26 soon and its gonna feel mighty old

you and me both bruvva

me birthday is march 14th and i'll officially not be "youth" anymore according to i.e. the bus/train/phone/airline companies and will have to pay adult fares

 

[Krilons Resa]

you and me both bruvva

me birthday is march 14th and i'll officially not be "youth" anymore according to i.e. the bus/train/phone/airline companies and will have to pay adult fares

@ 26?!

 

[einride]

yeah

 

[Reign in Acai]

Why can't today really be doomsday?

 

[dorian gray]

some of those were actually amusing

 

[Disgustipated]

The whole fucking thing is amusing. Planking is all the craze at the moment. Ridiculous, if you ask me. Now people are taking to 'toteming' and 'teapotting'. A radio show during the week took the piss out of it all by trying to introduce 'hypotenusing'.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Planking-Australia/147452668649160

 

[lurch70]

This new APP is the devil

http://mashable.com/2011/06/17/friendthem-iphone/

Whether you meet someone at a bar, in the park or at a conference, friending that person on Facebook or following them on Twitter or Foursquare is now a common social norm.

I HATE THIS STUFF ... have some people on FB that I know that literally ask for someone's Freind Request minutes after they met them. Even if they will never see them again. Fucking 1000+ "friends". Is this some sort of insecurity based shit or competition on popularity? Laughable.

And now this app!

 

[Dr. Pete]

Now, that's just frightening. Not everyone needs to have random strangers know when they're taking a dump. Those that do, well, that's not my problem, and I'll be richer for not having that kind of knowledge.

 

[dorian gray]

If a users hasn’t shared their photos with non-friends, or updated their location recently, tracking that person down can be difficult

oh noes!