Social Networks; The Realm of Vacuous Mingling
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Sadly she has a nice 50k out of court settlement waiting for her. Stupidity pays! 40 yrs ago a person would take accountability for their actions, brush themselves off, kindly thank the DWP workers for helping them out of the sewage, and be off on their merry way for a wash and a change. Fucking NYC transplants have no business in whole Wisconsin!!! 
My buddy was telling me that NYC (or was it London?) began padding their light poles to remove the liability that comes with citizens plowing in to them. Seriously, we've worn out our welcome as a species.
Dr. Pete
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... i am posting that on FBbut really, it has somehow jumped the shark for me already.
mostly I am dissapointed that 90% of my friends have boring lives
either that, or the feature I thought would be its best, namely the fact that you have to use your real name, is keeping everyone in too much check. I shall investigate.
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but really, it has somehow jumped the shark for me already.
mostly I am dissapointed that 90% of my friends have boring lives
either that, or the feature I thought would be its best, namely the fact that you have to use your real name, is keeping everyone in too much check. I shall investigate.
It's just pointless meander kind sir. Half the people who use it are barely literate**, the other half are self absorbed twits who think that the minutia which is their lives is somehow fascinating. I find little to no humor or interest in it. If anything, the barrage of daily details, weakens bonds due to overexposure. I can't speak for others, but I quickly get sick of people.
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I find this to be very true ... some people I know that thought were much more level headed (since I never hung out with them too much) turned out to be some serious airheads.
I really just wish the place was not afraid of somewhat real conversations and stop being a place that mimics mindless small talk at parties.
Two nights ago my oldest friend gave me a chime. First time I spoke to the lad in years. This was bitter sweet, as the chap had really become a tool over the course of time, and our friendship had naturally been reduced from sibling like status during pre-pubescence , to someone who I never wished to see again due to his addiction to various narcotics and his penchant for crooked deeds. He's married with two kids, which hopefully will bring some stability to his life. During the course of conversation he asked me if I had a myspace page in an attempt to re-connect e-style. I kindly replied that I didn't, and took down his email & ph # (which I never plan on calling). Some bonds are meant to be dissolved, not artificially preserved.
Krilons Resa
Jerry's married?!
all these sites will eventually be taken over by the marketing co's ... already all the web work I do for the entertainment world is using FB/Mypace/YouTube/Twitter like they are the holy grail.
right now I am working on a website for a Korean chick group (they shall stay nameless, do your own investigation if you care) that is being broken in the US ... they are currently on tour with the Jonas Brothers ... their FB page has already like 31k friends and they are still basically nobodies still.
right now I am working on a website for a Korean chick group (they shall stay nameless, do your own investigation if you care) that is being broken in the US ... they are currently on tour with the Jonas Brothers ... their FB page has already like 31k friends and they are still basically nobodies still.
wildfyr
unus spiritus est
Ofcom research shows 5% drop in 15 to 24-year-olds using social networking sites
From uncles wearing skinny jeans to mothers investing in ra-ra skirts and fathers nodding awkwardly along to the latest grime record, the older generation has long known that the surest way to kill a youth trend is to adopt it as its own. The cyberworld, it seems, is no exception.
The proliferation of parents and teachers trawling the pages of Facebook trying to poke old schoolfriends and lovers, and traversing the outer reaches of MySpace is causing an adolescent exodus from the social networking sites, according to research from the media regulator Ofcom.
The sites, once the virtual streetcorners, pubs and clubs for millions of 15- to 24-year-olds, have now been over-run by 25- to 34-year-olds whose presence is driving their younger peers away.
Although their love of being online shows no sign of abating, the percentage of 15- to 24-year-olds who have a profile on a social networking site has dropped for the first time from 55% at the start of last year to 50% this year. In contrast, 46% of 25- to 34-year-olds are now regularly checking up on sites such as Facebook compared with 40% last year.
Overall, 30% of British adults have a social networking profile, against 21% in 2007 when Ofcom first did the research. Half the UK's online population have a Facebook profile and spend an average of nearly six hours a month on the site compared with four hours in May 2008.
"There is nothing to suggest overall usage of the internet among 15-to 24-year-olds is going down," said Peter Phillips, the regulator's head of strategy. "Data suggests they are spending less time on social networking sites."
James Thickett, director of market research at Ofcom, said that while older people seemed to be embracing social networking sites, Facebook and MySpace remained immensely popular with children under 16.
"Clearly take-up among under 16-year-olds is very high so we cannot say for certain whether this is people in a certain age group who are not setting up social networking profiles or whether it's a population shift which is reflecting people getting older and having a social networking profile that they set up two years ago," he said. "The main point is the profile of social networking users is getting older."
The arrival of the 25- to 34-year-old age group, meanwhile, also appears to be behind the explosion in usage of Twitter.
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That article is spot-on. Now my dad, mom, step-dad and little sister are on facebook. Lil sis is cool, but I'm constantly erasing wall posts by my mom because she simply has to. Comment. On. Everything.
If I wasn't connected to so many hot chix through the site, I'd never use it again.
If I wasn't connected to so many hot chix through the site, I'd never use it again.
LOl @ ^
and ... http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/08/06/twitter.attack/index.html
and looks like FB is down now too.
in some ways I am happy.
and ... http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/08/06/twitter.attack/index.html
and looks like FB is down now too.
in some ways I am happy.
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