Thanks, but I knew that. I'm okay with it sitting there for now. If I ever want to go back, I don't want to have to re-add everyone.
Anyone consider quitting Facebook because...
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Thanks, but I knew that. I'm okay with it sitting there for now. If I ever want to go back, I don't want to have to re-add everyone.
So much for sending you a friend request. 
QFT. Can't see myself quitting, but I am thinking of purging my friend list down to below 200. Added many people for games I know longer play.
Facebook has allowed me get in contract with old high school friends, plus I met other people via it at conventions.
I'm on Fb, but under a fake name and all my "personal info" is made up. I just like it so I can play the games.
I've certainly been harsh on Facebook in the past for a variety of reasons. I considered getting rid of entirely once and I spent most of my college career (what it was originally intended for) ignoring it. But I can't deny that it has helped me considerably by allowing people I had fallen out of contact with to find me and reconnect, and for that I will always consider it a useful tool. The attitude or personality of its creator don't mean that much to me. I haven't seen the movie and know very little about the man. Facebook has quite simply proven itself useful to me. Though I am definitely careful about what information I post to it.
I've never understood the Facebook hate. I don't mind my friends knowing where I'm going for dinner or if I'm playing poker.
I'm on there to keep up with some friends I've not seen in a while. Don't play any games on there and have little interest to. Mostly on my end I post occasional life-updates but more often simply post humorous or topical links and/or "chat" with people about local events or some popular culture stuff.
I've blocked/de-friended the one or two obscure people who wanted to "friend me" who wanted to treat their damn Facebook feed like a Twitter update and text about every damn moment of their life.
"Oh I just woke up! Brrrrr. It's cold!"
"I'm headed off to work, hope traffic isn't bad."
"Just got into the parking lot at work, looks like I'm on time."
"Hmmm lunch time is almost here. What should I have?"
"Ugh. Stuck in rush-hour traffic, I hate it getting dark early!"
AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Seriously, this chick posted nearly every damn moment of her day in the feed. She took a trip to Texas and back a while back and posted details of her trip pretty much every step of the way. "Getting gas!" "Stopping at McDonals!" "100 miles from home!" "Pulling down my street!"
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've blocked/de-friended the one or two obscure people who wanted to "friend me" who wanted to treat their damn Facebook feed like a Twitter update and text about every damn moment of their life.
"Oh I just woke up! Brrrrr. It's cold!"
"I'm headed off to work, hope traffic isn't bad."
"Just got into the parking lot at work, looks like I'm on time."
"Hmmm lunch time is almost here. What should I have?"
"Ugh. Stuck in rush-hour traffic, I hate it getting dark early!"
AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Seriously, this chick posted nearly every damn moment of her day in the feed. She took a trip to Texas and back a while back and posted details of her trip pretty much every step of the way. "Getting gas!" "Stopping at McDonals!" "100 miles from home!" "Pulling down my street!"
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
same here.
That kind of stuff is all fine and good. But every. Single. Little. Detail. Is a bit much, no?
Nope.
Unless it's about how you're cuddling with your snugglemuffin <3 <3 or whatever.
Nope.
'Sides, if you're facebooking then there's other things to worry about!I like reading the little things too - admittedly I scroll through pretty fast, but it's fun to read and since I know a lot of people in different countries, its an easy way to share the fun things about your day. (Well, their day - I read, I rarely write)
That's pretty much what I use it for, too. I have friends whom I've met at conventions all over North America, and it's useful for staying in touch with them. I also find it useful for making new contacts for my convention work (a FB post led to our booking one of our more interesting guests last year), and for sharing announcements about things I think my friends will find interesting.
I think that most people who use it that way are fairly new to the site, and it's still something of a novelty for them. I know I did that for the first few months, and then realized (as my own friend list grew) that nobody gave a damn that I was heading off to bed.
I do my best to dress up the mundane stuff as humourously as possible so that people seeing it will at least get some entertainment out of it. For instance, I had to wait nearly an hour for the bus Thursday evening, so I posted:
It got 10 "likes" and 5 comments - which is a drop in the bucket, considering that I have over 550 friends. But that's 15 people whom I amused for a few seconds.
If I do make a dry, mundane post, it's usually very specific, like when I'm going to a convention and I post that I've arrived in town, or at the hotel, because believe it or not, some people do seem to care. (Three people, including my ex-bf, actually clicked "like" when I posted that I'd arrived at the hotel last weekend.) Or it's about something that I'd like to engage people in conversation about, like this year's Doctor Who Christmas special, or a movie, or a news event.
I still use FB and have no plan to stop, and I don't plan to see this movie about it either. I've never really used it for pointless messages that people seem to, mostly just to get updates for bands and TV shows in the news feed, and keep in touch with a few people (I've only got about 40 friends on there). Once you take people out of the equation, it's not so bad!
As for the privacy thing, I just post with the assumption that anyone can see it, and keep all of my privacy settings tight. It baffles the hell out of me that people are so keen to use the new places feature. It's like they're begging to be stalked. I don't even let friends see my email, let alone see my exact location at a specific time. I don't trust FB's privacy, and I use it with that always in mind.
As for the privacy thing, I just post with the assumption that anyone can see it, and keep all of my privacy settings tight. It baffles the hell out of me that people are so keen to use the new places feature. It's like they're begging to be stalked. I don't even let friends see my email, let alone see my exact location at a specific time. I don't trust FB's privacy, and I use it with that always in mind.
Ditto here, but I’m still concerned that what little I do have there is still too available despite locked settings. I’m considered dropping it anyway--late, I know. It’s not like I look at anything on it. Twitter, neither.
Ditto.
I have no desire whatsoever to contact any of the people I knew in high school. They were a bunch of teenage assholes then, so I figure they’re a bunch of middle-aged assholes now.
OTOH, quitting Facebook just because Mark Zuckerberg is a tremendous douchebag is silly. It’s like refusing to buy a Volkswagen because the car was Hitler’s idea.
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Robert DeSoto
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Exactly. Especially when I'm stressed out at work and need like a 10 min breather. It's nice to just go thru FB and take my mind of things. Reading a funny post, or seeing pictures of my friends partying and having fun. And then maybe posting something stupid on my friend's wall.
You meet so many ppl in your life, but you can only keep in close contact with so many ppl, who are your closest friends. Once in while, you'll see your other friends at birthdays parties or maybe just bump into them randomly at restaurants, bars, clubs or even on the street. But with FB, you never have to completely lose touch. And it's just nice to see your friends having a good time or writing something funny on their status. And its so easy just to write on each other's wall if you havent seen each other in a while.
Also its great for getting girls. I don't add or message any one that I havent met before. But if you meet a girl at a club or bar, even if she already gave you her number, FB still has good use. 1) its easy to just randomly write some comment on her wall or msg her, so u can build up your rapore. 2) you find out about the girl, ie. is she single, what her interests are, what she does for fun, what kind of friends she hangs out with, what job and education she has. It makes it easier to filter out the ones you just want to be friends with. 3) At the same time she can see what you're like. She sees you in pictures with your friends partying and having a good time. She sees you have a job and car. She sees what kind of music you like. Etc. 4) it helps me keep track of the girls' names lol
But remember it is a social utility tool. So if you're not a very social person, it's pretty much useless to you. Most of the FB haters I know, aren't very social. I know one guy I went to school with. The only pictures he has on FB are screenshots from some RPG game. And his "friends" are the other online players. It's pretty sad.
Also your age makes a difference. If you were in college or university back when FB started, pretty much everyone has it. If you graduated before FB started, not as many of your peers will be online. FB is only useful if the majority of your peers are on it. That is the point of a social networking program.
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