I hate the new time line thingo but I dont use it much so I dont really care.

It's bad IMO.
I got on it a month ago so to enter my son in a footy competition (FB was the only way to enter).
I don't have any 'friends' and if they try to request me I will ignore them.
I have had a look at other profiles and it just reinforced my opinion of how pathetic the whole FB thing is.
In saying that, I believe it has a good purpose to help keep those family/friends which live OS or interstate and can be used as a business tool for marketing/networking but it's just not for me.

Gee. no wonder poor ole Mark Schluckenburger is having trouble holding up the value of his shares when all you lot bad mouth his fabulous corporation.
Have some pity on the poor guy and say something nice.

Now look what you've done. Hot off the press! from www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/sep/25/facebook-private-messages-published-false

"Facebook's share price fell 9.1% to $20.79 at the close in New York on the back of the fears, the biggest drop since 27 July. The stock has slumped 45% since its May initial public offering, and hasn't traded above its $38 IPO price since the day after the share sale"

$20 eh? It's still waaaay overpriced. At $2.00 I will buy some.

My colleagues had been bugging me about going on facebook for months. Relented and within 2 minutes had 2 requests to "friend" from blokes that I had sacked in a previous life. Facebook account lasted as long as it took to shut it down.
Friend of mine was telling me that his trainee wasn't sending him any results from tafe. Quick look at facebook revealed that the kids surfing and partying skills were vastly improving.

pweedas said...

doggie said...

I hate the new time line thingo but I dont use it much so I dont really care.

Someone has stolen your dog.

Confusing isnt it

^^ Oh dear.. My head hurts. I think I need a little lie down.

doggie said...

pweedas said...

doggie said...

I hate the new time line thingo but I dont use it much so I dont really care.

Someone has stolen your dog.

Confusing isnt it

Yes!...but thats a nice smile you have doggie

GypsyDrifter said...

doggie said...

pweedas said...

doggie said...

I hate the new time line thingo but I dont use it much so I dont really care.

Someone has stolen your dog.

Confusing isnt it

Yes!...but thats a nice smile you have doggie

Thanks

surferstu said...

Scotty88 said...

pweedas said...

doggie said...

I hate the new time line thingo but I dont use it much so I dont really care.

Someone has stolen your dog.

Not stolen - just borrowed.

I've used it to find former mates and GFs.
Otherwise waste of time.

Woops, g2g twit that I'm on the crapper...

I like Facebook because: I have more than 500 friends (people met kiting a fair amount) all around the world and this is the only way I can keep in touch, I remember having to send emails it was dreadful. I use it too to back up photos when traveling, remember birthdays...

It's not my entire life but I like it: all the other stuff pisses me off like you guys but in the end it's a tool, I use it to my benefit... all the other **** i ignore...

Years ago in the dim dark days of the interwebby, people used to get upset by cookies being on their computators because the invasion of the privates as people could track their porn history.

Then came along Farcebook and everybody put everything about themselves up on there.

Who needs cookies?
Who needs to know about billions of people, their likes dislikes, political affiliations, work life how much they hate their job's, who's screwing who and where do they now look? (for a small fee of course)

I've never been on Farcebook Myarsespace, twatter etc, but I some how or other get emails from them about people I actually know in person.

Peter Mac goes on about sheeples and big brother, Fark big brother dosen't need to do a thing besides log in, everyone's doing the work for them.

They're just one big data base, sold to the highest bidder

Dislike. Elmo, spot.bloody.on.

(1) it contributes to targeted advertising with all the sites you look at blah blah. Everytime my missus looks at Facebook my spyware and virus scanners pick up a hundred files...... but I look at shonky porno sh!t all night and have none.... hmm (OK not all night every night, but anyway...)

(2) younger folk can't handle it - they don't have the maturity. D!ckheads putting parties on and suddenly all the neighbourhood riots on weekend nights are 10x as often and 10x as bad as say 5yrs ago.
Schoolyard bullying extends into social media (yes, turn it off.... but teenagers can't do that, they are too dumb)

(3) relationship breakups left right and centre, the internet is bad enough for helping people find a casual bonk but social media has fuelled the flames big time. Years ago you'd have to go out of your way for put an ad in the swingers section in the paper, (I'm told ) but now everyone is talking to 300 peeps and even if they are not doing anything wrong the partner wonders if they are etc. How many peopel do we really need to talk to every day? Especially if it is to the exclusion of our partners / kids / etc. How many?

(4) finding out your mate had a baby, or got engaged, or somebody died, third hand. WTF.... put it on Facebook??? Maybe if you got a new job or new car then stick it on FB, but if you can't be fkd telling the 5 or 10 most important people in your life in person that you got engaged, or preggers, or somebody died- then you are a loser. IE: social media contributes to laziness. People are so self absorbed and lazy nowadays that they'd rather spend 10sec updating FB than 10mins telling a dear friend that they care. And that is sad.

(5) lack of interpersonal skills. Kinda goes with the number 2 with young folk. People put on FB that Bill Smith just got killed in a car accident, shark attack, whatever. Because they want to be the coolest, have the latest news etc. Typical gossipy sh!t. It is hurtful to the family in tragedies.
Then people write stuff they'd never say in person and we have the Govt contemplating laws to stop rudeness online. Bloody hell....


Why do we use technology to enable society to display it's worst habits or flaws? And then proclaim it to be a success as sooo many people use it?

Mark _australia said...

Dislike. Elmo, spot.bloody.on.

(1) it contributes to targeted advertising with all the sites you look at blah blah. Everytime my missus looks at Facebook my spyware and virus scanners pick up a hundred files...... but I look at shonky porno sh!t all night and have none.... hmm (OK not all night every night, but anyway...)

(2) younger folk can't handle it - they don't have the maturity. D!ckheads putting parties on and suddenly all the neighbourhood riots on weekend nights are 10x as often and 10x as bad as say 5yrs ago.
Schoolyard bullying extends into social media (yes, turn it off.... but teenagers can't do that, they are too dumb)

(3) relationship breakups left right and centre, the internet is bad enough for helping people find a casual bonk but social media has fuelled the flames big time. Years ago you'd have to go out of your way for put an ad in the swingers section in the paper, (I'm told ) but now everyone is talking to 300 peeps and even if they are not doing anything wrong the partner wonders if they are etc. How many peopel do we really need to talk to every day? Especially if it is to the exclusion of our partners / kids / etc. How many?

(4) finding out your mate had a baby, or got engaged, or somebody died, third hand. WTF.... put it on Facebook??? Maybe if you got a new job or new car then stick it on FB, but if you can't be fkd telling the 5 or 10 most important people in your life in person that you got engaged, or preggers, or somebody died- then you are a loser. IE: social media contributes to laziness. People are so self absorbed and lazy nowadays that they'd rather spend 10sec updating FB than 10mins telling a dear friend that they care. And that is sad.

(5) lack of interpersonal skills. Kinda goes with the number 2 with young folk. People put on FB that Bill Smith just got killed in a car accident, shark attack, whatever. Because they want to be the coolest, have the latest news etc. Typical gossipy sh!t. It is hurtful to the family in tragedies.
Then people write stuff they'd never say in person and we have the Govt contemplating laws to stop rudeness online. Bloody hell....


Why do we use technology to enable society to display it's worst habits or flaws? And then proclaim it to be a success as sooo many people use it?

i will refrain from trolling you here as well! lol It's very tempting you have very strong views...

but I agree with you somewhat, so restraint.

BulldogPup said...

Faceplant ...... YAHOO

I have shares in 'Faceplant'...doubles in value after every session.