Social Networks; The Realm of Vacuous Mingling

[einride]

timeline is slow, unusable, confusing bullshit

whoever came up with that needs some pretty basic UI design lessons

 

[Tide In Mind Out]

Agreed. The status updates being staggered on the left and the right side of the profile is confusing to me, makes it hard to follow along...and the whole idea of having years worth of posts to look at just seems junky to me. Luckily, I've been steadily deleting old posts all along once I feel they've "expired," so there's nothing to see on mine past this month. The only thing I like is the cover photo, but in exchange they've made the profile picture too small. Meh.

 

[einride]

Agreed. The status updates being staggered on the left and the right side of the profile is confusing to me

it's an absolutely baffling decision

this ui is not intuitive in any way. it feels like there should be some significance to what is placed left and what is placed right, but there's not??? the timeline in the middle is utterly superfluous and contributes nothing. this is one of those "WHOA WOULDN'T IT BE COOL IF..." board meeting ideas that should have stayed on the drawing board. completely arbitrary, cluttered, ugly, hard to overlook. 0/10

and did i mention it's SLOW AS HELL

 

[lurch70]

so what you are saying is that you are on FB?

 

[lurch70]

from Google's new Privacy Statement

"We can provide reminders that you're going to be late for a meeting based on your location, your calendar and an understanding of what the traffic is like that day" - Google

 

[Krilons Resa]

im getting fed up with technology.

 

[einride]

so what you are saying is that you are on FB?

yeah

im getting fed up with technology.

yeah

but i love computers the way computers used to be before it all got stupid

from Google's new Privacy Statement

www.duckduckgo.com

fuck google forever

 

[dorian gray]

im getting fed up with technology.

I *still* dont own a cell phone

 

[lurch70]

www.duckduckgo.com

fuck google forever

seems to work fine ... thanks
http://duckduckgo.com/?q=porn

 

[einride]

if youre referring to the safesearch thing its trivial to turn it off

they really respect your privacy though, and don't attempt to tailor your search results to who it thinks you "are", which are the main things about it

 

[Hell Mike]

www.duckduckgo.com

fuck google forever

Never previously heard of. Bookmark'd, will test and change if it's any good. Is there a firefox search thingy?

 

[Dev]

so, whats this timeline bullshit? i think it's nigh time to cancel my account. deadline: feb.1st

Let me know. I was also considering (Timeline = nice alibi).

 

[Krilons Resa]

I'm gonna pull the trigger in 3, 2, 1..... *tries to figure out how the fuck to do it*

 

[lurch70]

stop being a pussy

 

[Krilons Resa]

HA!!! They try pulling a guilt trip on you!

 

[lurch70]

go take those curtains down in the listening room or something ...

 

[Krilons Resa]

Your account has been deactivated
To reactivate your account, log in using your old login email and password. You will be able to use the site like you used to.
We hope you come back soon.

Great. So all my shit is fucking archived forever into eternity?

 

[lurch70]

there is a way to delete yourself completely ...

 

[lurch70]

it was the Olivia Newton John video I just posted that made you do it ... isn't it ...

 

[Krilons Resa]

Deleting and deactivating your account
If you want to stop using your account, you can either deactivate or delete it.
Deactivate
Deactivating your account puts your account on hold. Other users will no longer see your profile, but we do not delete any of your information. Deactivating an account is the same as you telling us not to delete any information because you might want to reactivate your account at some point in the future.
You can deactivate your account on your account settings page.
Deletion
When you delete an account, it is permanently deleted from Facebook. It typically takes about one month to delete an account, but some information may remain in backup copies and logs for up to 90 days. You should only delete your account if you are sure you never want to reactivate it.
You can delete your account here.

Ah ha!