are you on facebook?

[actsnoblemartin]

are you on facebook?
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look up musicfan7079 (at ) hotmail [dot]com or go to

http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100001481783658

[Noir]

There was a previous thread like this like a few months ago, some peoples posted there's up,
Anyways, www.facebook.com/noiiir

[KarlMarx]

Yes, I am on Facebook.. but I consider it a huge waste of time... I deactivated my account after a while...

I don't think it's possible for anyone, no matter how wonderful they are, to have hundreds of friends.

Does anyone actually care about the mundane details of my life? I don't think so.

The old Internet is quickly fading away.. now everything is linked to YouTube, FaceBook, and Twitter... AJAX technology is everywhere and is very annoying at time (that's what enables those popups that appear when you accidentally mouse over a link in an article)...

I guess if I were up on the latest whiz bang gizmo technology, I wouldn't feel so alienated... but I'm not...

[Pagan]

are you on facebook?
l
look up musicfan7079 at hotmail or go to

http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100001481783658

Never post your email address on a site that is open to the public, that is unless you want the Spam Bot's email harvesters to grab it. I've edited the above to show how to if you "must" post your email publicly

As for Facebook, I have an account for friends and family that I keep private. I also do not use my real name, I always use a pseudonym with everything on the net.

Simple rule, everything you post on the net is there forever and it is indexed, data mined with absolutely no controls.

[Noir]

Yes, I am on Facebook.. but I consider it a huge waste of time... I deactivated my account after a while...

I don't think it's possible for anyone, no matter how wonderful they are, to have hundreds of friends.

Does anyone actually care about the mundane details of my life? I don't think so.

The old Internet is quickly fading away.. now everything is linked to YouTube, FaceBook, and Twitter... AJAX technology is everywhere and is very annoying at time (that's what enables those popups that appear when you accidentally mouse over a link in an article)...

I guess if I were up on the latest whiz bang gizmo technology, I wouldn't feel so alienated... but I'm not...


The net is evolving quickly and we' soon be at web 3.0/The Cloud/The One whereby data defines itself by it's context with many to many relationships (whereas at the minute we have one to many, and in the distant past we had one to one)

In my opinion you shouldn't shy way from it, unless your old (like Mr. P old =P) it's going to play a big part in your life, better learning as you go than catching up after.

[Pagan]

The net is evolving quickly and we' soon be at web 3.0/The Cloud/The One whereby data defines itself by it's context with many to many relationships (whereas at the minute we have one to many, and in the distant past we had one to one)

In my opinion you shouldn't shy way from it, unless your old (like Mr. P old =P) it's going to play a big part in your life, better learning as you go than catching up after.

Yes the net is evolving, the industry is pushing away from applications loading up on your individual PC and moving more to a "subscription" service. This way they cut down on the cost/overhead of actually "shipping" a product. You just subscribe to a service and they have a consistent revenue stream. Which this also cuts down significantly on cost of support.

It's rather interesting how we're moving back to the design of the old mainframes with centralized computing ya know.

[Abbey Marie]

I call it "Bragbook". That's so much of what I see posted there. And why anyone thinks we care that they are going to lunch, or saw a movie last night, etc., is a mystery to me.

[Noir]

I call it "Bragbook". That's so much of what I see posted there. And why anyone thinks we care that they are going to lunch, or saw a movie last night, etc., is a mystery to me.

So whenever you meet people irl what do you talk about if not the movie you went to see the night before or lunch dates you've had?

[Pagan]

So whenever you meet people irl what do you talk about if not the movie you went to see the night before or lunch dates you've had?

>> rant <<

Personally I find "twitter" and wall posts the most irritating and useless concept EVER devised, with crap like -

"I woke up and having coffee"
"I'm doing laundry"
"the sun is out and I'm taking a walk"
blah, blah, blah, blah!

Are peoples lives so insanely boring they have to "tweet" or post every bloody thing they're doing???????

OK, let's "tweet" or post updates on Facebook with -

"I woke up"
"I'm scratching my ball's"
"I'm taking when hell of a good dump"

People GET REAL and GET A LIFE!!!!!!!! Go talk to someone, walk down the street and say good morning to a stranger. Hell you see a bum on the street take them to breakfast and actually talk to them, go to the library and read a bloody book!!!!!!!
etc.
etc.
etc.

iPhones, texting, yadda, yadda, yadda get your nose out of them and actually talk/interact with someone and STOP posting every little detail of your life and do something useful ya know!!!

>> / rant <<

[Noir]

>> rant <<

Personally I find "twitter" and wall posts the most irritating and useless concept EVER devised, with crap like -

"I woke up and having coffee"
"I'm doing laundry"
"the sun is out and I'm taking a walk"
blah, blah, blah, blah!

Are peoples lives so insanely boring they have to "tweet" or post every bloody thing they're doing???????

OK, let's "tweet" or post updates on Facebook with -

"I woke up"
"I'm scratching my ball's"
"I'm taking when hell of a good dump"

People GET REAL and GET A LIFE!!!!!!!! Go talk to someone, walk down the street and say good morning to a stranger. Hell you see a bum on the street take them to breakfast and actually talk to them, go to the library and read a bloody book!!!!!!!
etc.
etc.
etc.

iPhones, texting, yadda, yadda, yadda get your nose out of them and actually talk/interact with someone and STOP posting every little detail of your life and do something useful ya know!!!

>> / rant <<

I love it when people get a holier than thou over stuff like this.
How about you do something useful with your time rather than posting pointlessly on a debating board, oh, you're wasting your time better than others, ofcourse :laugh: now stop with the silliness less ya start to seem hypocritical.

[Pagan]

I love it when people get a holier than thou over stuff like this.
How about you do something useful with your time rather than posting pointlessly on a debating board, oh, you're wasting your time better than others, ofcourse :laugh: now stop with the silliness less ya start to seem hypocritical.

Please, get real .......... you know what I mean. Tell me you haven't gotten a

"I'm making coffee"
"I'm feeding scruffy"
"I see a Bumblebee in my window"

kinda crap .........
This is taking it to the extreme

[Noir]

Please, get real .......... you know what I mean. Tell me you haven't gotten a

"I'm making coffee"
"I'm feeding scruffy"
"I see a Bumblebee in my window"

kinda crap .........
This is taking it to the extreme

Yeah I know what you mean, other people are wasting their lives doing pointless things, but obviously you're not...

And I don't really use twitter, though it has spawned some wonderful memes,

[Pagan]

Yeah I know what you mean, other people are wasting their lives doing pointless things, but obviously you're not...

And I don't really use twitter, though it has spawned some wonderful memes,

Like I said get real, you know what I mean ..............

As for posting, well for the record how I make my living entails being on the net I am on more than the average person. And yes, we all waste time and do an amount of screwing off. But posting/tweeting has been taken to the excess is an understatement.

What's wrong, you one those "I'm scratching my balls" tweeting folks? :lol:

[Noir]

Like I said get real, you know what I mean ..............

As for posting, well for the record how I make my living entails being on the net I am on more than the average person. And yes, we all waste time and do an amount of screwing off. But posting/tweeting has been taken to the excess is an understatement.

What's wrong, you one those "I'm scratching my balls" tweeting folks? :lol:

Like I said, know what you mean, others are wasting their lives, you're not....

You strike me as someone who doesn't understand the applications of twitter, and so fall back to generalizing it as something for the use of idiots.

And as I said, I don't really use twitter.

[Pagan]

Like I said, know what you mean, others are wasting their lives, you're not....

You strike me as someone who doesn't understand the applications of twitter, and so fall back to generalizing it as something for the use of idiots.

And as I said, I don't really use twitter.

I know very much the usefulness of such app's, I make my living from them so I do know a bit about them.

If you can't realize where I was focusing the jab at than so be it http://www.rejecttheherd.net/sites/rejecttheherd.net/files/smileys/rub.gif

[Noir]

I know very much the usefulness of such app's, I make my living from them so I do know a bit about them.

If you can't realize where I was focusing the jab at than so be it http://www.rejecttheherd.net/sites/rejecttheherd.net/files/smileys/rub.gif

Indeedy, well if you know of and use the applications then you'll surly agree it's not the most useless concept ever devised.

And if you think I care about your jabs you're very mush mistaken.

[Pagan]

Indeedy, well if you know of and use the applications then you'll surly agree it's not the most useless concept ever devised.

And if you think I care about your jabs you're very mush mistaken.

Then why did you feel such an overwhelming need to respond?

The jab was at "Obsessions", not the technology.

But hey, the more it's used just means more job security ;)

[Noir]

Well you did trash the technology, just sayin.

[Pagan]

Well you did trash the technology, just sayin.

It's called a "rant", hence the >> rant << >> / rant <<

You know like one would go on a rant about traffic in the midst of a traffic jam?

Perspective ya know ;)

[KitchenKitten99]

I have a facebook account but only one person from this site is 'friends' with me on there. This is because only people I know and have met in person (and trust) are ones that I 'accept', aside from the one member from here. I have classmates and co-workers (both present and former) and family there. So in all (and I add to it daily), I do, in real life, have 296 friends.

I use it as a way to keep in touch and network (which is a huge plus for me given my career choice). If people don't care what I post on my status updates, then so be it. I don't really care what they think. I post whatever I feel I need to say, regardless of importance. Sometimes I publish poetry or other things. It is actually the best way for my (new) dad and I to communicate and keep in touch. He gets to see all I am up to (& vice versa) and his grandkids (my kids), my family, etc. I am also friends with all my (new) extended relatives and I am able to get to know them all now, even though most of them live out of state. I don't get out much beyond my retail store (I'm here 7-days/week), family, and school right now, so this tool makes it so much easier to keep up with everyone.

Facebook was the way I found out that one of my chef instructors had died from a heart attack this past Monday (funeral was thursday). I just saw him and talked to him last Thursday before leaving campus. It was all over the school Facebook network 36 hours before we got an email from the main office.

Do some people post stupid & pointless stuff? Yes. However I also don't take everything so seriously either. I just move on without additional thought. Sometimes I post random things on mine just to see what peoples' reactions are. Hell, I made a major announcement just this past summer, but did it via status change on facebook (and posted lyrics from a song) before telling anyone personally to see who was paying attention. Lots of fun with that one!

[Pagan]

Keep any eye on this project Diaspora (http://www.joindiaspora.com/2010/09/15/developer-release.html)

I have high hopes for it and it seems to be moving along great it's goal is

"The privacy aware, personally controlled, do-it-all, open source social network."

[chloe]

no I don't have a facebook or a myspace

[Noir]

Keep any eye on this project Diaspora (http://www.joindiaspora.com/2010/09/15/developer-release.html)

I have high hopes for it and it seems to be moving along great it's goal is

"The privacy aware, personally controlled, do-it-all, open source social network."

I donatted to the group at the start of the summer, much as I think it will be great they need to sort out the name, it's just not viral enough.

[Abbey Marie]

So whenever you meet people irl what do you talk about if not the movie you went to see the night before or lunch dates you've had?

1. If I am having lunch with someone, it generally means I am close enough to them to care about their lives. Even so, we usually talk about more personal things than banalities. Either way, I wouldn't yell out my recent activities such as "Taking a shower, then going to work out" to the whole restaurant; which, depending on your number of friends and closeness to them, is similar to posting such drivel on FB.

2. There is a difference between updating your real life friends with "what's new", and bragging. Or at least there should be, or you may need better friends.

[Abbey Marie]

I love it when people get a holier than thou over stuff like this.
How about you do something useful with your time rather than posting pointlessly on a debating board, oh, you're wasting your time better than others, ofcourse :laugh: now stop with the silliness less ya start to seem hypocritical.

This board helps me keep up with current events better than any newspaper or TV. Especially because much of the media is biased to the left, and doesn't even cover many of the stories I read here. Some of our members are like researchers. Or hadn't you noticed? In addition, debating keeps the mind sharp. Hardly a waste of time.

[Kathianne]

This board helps me keep up with current events better than any newspaper or TV. Especially because much of the media is biased to the left, and doesn't even cover many of the stories I read here. Some of our members are like researchers. Or hadn't you noticed? In addition, debating keeps the mind sharp. Hardly a waste of time.

I agree. I've a facebook, but limited to those I allow in, which is not from messageboards. Limited to friends and family. I've been burned enough from forums to block all. Mind you, that doesn't mean I don't like you, much less want to converse with you. Just not crossing over between real and online.

[Noir]

This board helps me keep up with current events better than any newspaper or TV. Especially because much of the media is biased to the left, and doesn't even cover many of the stories I read here. Some of our members are like researchers. Or hadn't you noticed? In addition, debating keeps the mind sharp. Hardly a waste of time.


Oh I know, I don't think it's a waste prime at all, tbh I don't think any Internet sites are a waste of time, but when people start bing chosey about what *is* a watse of time for others (because they consider it a waste themselves) for someones online life I find it pretty funny (which is what my post was referring too)

[Abbey Marie]

Oh I know, I don't think it's a waste prime at all, tbh I don't think any Internet sites are a waste of time, but when people start bing chosey about what *is* a watse of time for others (because they consider it a waste themselves) for someones online life I find it pretty funny (which is what my post was referring too)

I am on fb and don't think it is necessarily a waste of time, nor do I look down on those who use it. I was commenting on all the bragging/boring status updates I see. It just doesn't sit right with me.

[Abbey Marie]

I agree. I've a facebook, but limited to those I allow in, which is not from messageboards. Limited to friends and family. I've been burned enough from forums to block all. Mind you, that doesn't mean I don't like you, much less want to converse with you. Just not crossing over between real and online.

I agree wholeheartedly, Kath. :thumb:

[revelarts]

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[Noir]

If anyone is surprised by the above video they haven't been paying attention.

You must be prepared to have ANYTHING you say in public held against your name, be that something you say on this website, on a social site like facebook, or on some underground porn den etc. When you say it on the Internet it is public. Simple fact is simple.

[SassyLady]

If anyone is on Facebook and concerned about security here is one of the latest things people are doing .... super log-off

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/11/12/facebook.superlogoff/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn

[Noir]

If anyone is on Facebook and concerned about security here is one of the latest things people are doing .... super log-off

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/11/12/facebook.superlogoff/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn


Lawl, so when you're not online friends cant leave you messages, or comment on your photos, invite you to events or just about anything? :laugh: if everyone did that fb would be a barron place indeed.

[Binky]

I'm on FB, but I don't allow anyone in my page other than friends and relatives. I don't need some fool coming in and ranting their political hate for all to read.

I fill my page up with music, and other vids that make me happy....and that others can enjoy if they so choose...

[SassyLady]

Lawl, so when you're not online friends cant leave you messages, or comment on your photos, invite you to events or just about anything? :laugh: if everyone did that fb would be a barron place indeed.

Yep ... if everyone did it .... but not everyone will.

[Kathianne]

I'm on FB, but I don't allow anyone in my page other than friends and relatives. I don't need some fool coming in and ranting their political hate for all to read.

I fill my page up with music, and other vids that make me happy....and that others can enjoy if they so choose...

Same here. Just family and friends. No one else can view. Seems the best way to keep in touch, but not have the issues that some seem to.

[Trigg]

Same here. Just family and friends. No one else can view. Seems the best way to keep in touch, but not have the issues that some seem to.

same here, just family and friends.

I am friends with my kids so I know what is going on with them and who they are friends with.

Every once in a while I have a facebook purge with my daughter, since she tends to "friend" anyone.

[Noir]

same here, just family and friends.

I am friends with my kids so I know what is going on with them and who they are friends with.

Every once in a while I have a facebook purge with my daughter, since she tends to "friend" anyone.


Friends :3

[Binky]

same here, just family and friends.

I am friends with my kids so I know what is going on with them and who they are friends with.

Every once in a while I have a facebook purge with my daughter, since she tends to "friend" anyone.


My grand daughters are on FB too, and every once in awhile I'll have to reprimand them for using a foul word or two. They are 11 and 13 and feeling their oats, so to speak. But I don't want my relatives and friends see that my young grands are swearing or talking inappropriately, so I have to step in and squelch such behaviors before it gets out of control....

[chloe]

Where did Martin & Noir go anyway?

[ConHog]

I closed my FB account at their request. It seems as if the sheer awesomeness exuded by my profile was too much for their servers too handle.

[chloe]

I closed my FB account at their request. It seems as if the sheer awesomeness exuded by my profile was too much for their servers too handle.

I don't like social networks for the most part however, facebook allows a person to setup there account to recieve Private Messages to there cell phone and respond back, so I can see the advantage because you don't have to be home or online to chit chat and you don't have to give out your phone number to a net friend.