dafrog said...

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.

Next time I will tell ya what I really think

One of the greatest avenue for international criminal minded people to gather data on all levels
Might take a while to build a profile on XYZ, but over a 12-18 month span, its surprising what people will document about themselves and family. Doesn't take too long to fit the jigsaw together, or join the dots for a real scam to be activated.
Ran a class on what people could find out about others, just using Facebook over three months. Was scary on what was unearthed
Use this mode of social interaction with great trepidation. Not all on this media system are nice people
Face book is

It seems to me that those that are anti-facebook really don't understand its ins and outs and what its possibilities really are.

Rudebeef has a good handle on it.

But it's also a feed of information. With more and more corporations, community groups, interest groups especially in the surfing industry moving towards facebook marketing with Facebook pages and posts, it gives you a constant feed of information. It's essentially like and RSS Feed system for everything that you 'like'.

I have pretty much every surfing corp added to mine as well as Surfers, Surfing Photographers, Action groups such as the "Save our spit" guys from all over the world. All linked in my facebook and I am never short or out of date.

right now I have in my FB feed
-a post from Volcom Stone about an upcoming super grom.
-PT (Peter Townend) has a surfing post
-Surfing NSW posting about the BL blast off
-Numerous posts of epic surf photos from Photographers in Bondi, Byron, Hawaii, WA...etc.
-Surf Vid from Runanuk Visuals
-Another surf vid from DailySurf
-A few boobs thrown in from Monster Children and Velvet Sea for good measure

Its never a dull moment on my feed and also worth a read when I get a spare moment.

I also have my Nan who lives on the other side on the country on mine and she loves it. She gets to keep 'in touch' we give her regular updates on her great grandkids, we get to converse through messages and chat. Before Spazbook the only correspondance between us was Birthday cards and the end of year family update letter Mum sends out.

Learn it and you might be surprised.

Thats not saying i disagree with fingerbone. Those people posting about being sick or when they are having a dump, or bragging where they are with a check-in etc etc. This stuff is pretty lame.

Rudebeef said...

Facebook's epic! Here's why:

1) keep up to date with mates wherever they are.
2) keep up to date with said mates missus' photos
3) I 'like' a bunch of science sites that post up a bunch of info regularly. Did you know that Mole Rats are resistant to cancer? I learnt that this morning!
4) Store photos
5) during footy season keep up to speed on who's in/out injuries, reserve sides etc
6) loose ya phone...no stress
7) good for a laugh
8) no old pricks having a whinge on there

(1) fkn yay. If it is important they will tell me. I don't feel the need to follow my mates' every move.
(2) wow. gawk at mate's missus. Noble and charming.
(3) I "like" science sites so when I try to pick up online chicks think I am smart. That's cheating, learn to lie to chicks in person old school style
(4) Store photos. Cos FB is the most secure storage media. OK......
(5) Footy updates. Like the back page of the paper has.....?
(6) Loose phone? you lost me
(7) Lamebook is way better
(8) No nothing bad ever happens there.

Rudebeef said...

See #8 ^^^ case in point

Maybe they need add a sarcasm lesson on FB for you young folk?

one of my ex students (hot chick) found me on FB..... now she's in my bed....

love facebook !! (lame stuff apart from that and Bjorn's updates)

Is it true there will be a merger of You Tube, Twitter and Facebook that will be called

......YouTwitFace???