Twitter and facebook

FoxEye · 21 Apr 2013 at 19:10

Facebook is for writing such dross as "Woohoo, the sun is out, I'll go walk my dog!!!!!!!!"

Or "Heah guys, I reall like Marilyn Manson. Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"

You'll probably lose 20 IQ points in the sign-up process alone

V F · 21 Apr 2013 at 19:10

Timeline is the new layout on Facebook that changed last August, September? little rectangular boxes with each post rather than a long stream like Twitter.

FoxEye said:
Facebook is for writing such dross as "Woohoo, the sun is out, I'll go walk my dog!!!!!!!!"

Or "Heah guys, I reall like Marilyn Manson. Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"

LoL, so is Twitter.

You'll probably lose 20 IQ points in the sign-up process alone

*chuckles*

What bugs me the most now is Twitter/Facebook is never off the TV. BBC, ITV, STV, Sky News, Sky Sports, Shopping channels and so on. TV ads. Twitter twitter twitter, Facebook, Facebook Facebook. There's always some presenters/newsreader talking about it or sharing what others write.

One time none of this was ever on TV. Not even myspace. There's hardly a channel now that twitter/Facebook text or logo's is on. Or someone always talking about it.

Heck even internet radio they have twitter feeds on them or on your smart hubs. And there it is, all the comments to read. You cannot get away from it. It's like my god, it's been infected with everything.

FoxEye · 21 Apr 2013 at 19:14

Facebook is also great if you really, really like being spammed.

YouFriend has invited you to play Jewels Farm Dinosaur Game.
YourFriend has gained a level! Sign up to Jewels Farm Dinosaur game and join the fun!
YourFriend wants to show you his new virtual Rubbing Bone in Jewels Farm Dinosuar Game! Sign up here!

I swear, Facebook is actually an elaborate troll.

V F · 21 Apr 2013 at 19:20

Just like it's on the Playstation 3, sharing your achievements? why?

Tom_ed1987 · 21 Apr 2013 at 19:20

Facebook for personal stuff, sharing pictures, catching up with old friends etc.
Twitter for 0-day news/info/interesting follows imo.

V F · 21 Apr 2013 at 19:22

Oh and when you buy stuff, would you like to share what you purchased? erm, no!

Pawnless Endgame · 21 Apr 2013 at 19:23

V F said:
Timeline is the new layout on Facebook that changed last August, September? little rectangular boxes with each post rather than a long stream like Twitter.

Thanks for explaining. I don't have FB so wasn't aware of changes made to FB.

V F said:
What bugs me the most now is Twitter/Facebook is never off the TV. BBC, ITV, STV, Sky News, Sky Sports, Shopping channels and so on. TV ads. Twitter twitter twitter, Facebook, Facebook Facebook.

That bugs me as well. I'll always be a forumite for as long as forums are around. I find them more personal i.e. you actually get intelligent responses (most of the time hehe!) and I've met lots of people for real off forums.

V F · 21 Apr 2013 at 19:26

It's a shame there is no Facebook/Twitter block for TV's. I need the Tony Stark voice activation for, Mute.

Pawnless Endgame · 21 Apr 2013 at 21:51

LOL I've just checked my spam folder and found this little gem. I don't even have Facebook. Thought I'd CTRL-V it since it's topical :-)

Interestingly there isn't a TO: field. So never mind TV, it appears you can't escape Facebook even if you don't have an account on there

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cosmos55 · 21 Apr 2013 at 23:49

DaleTheWhale · 22 Apr 2013 at 08:12

FoxEye said:
Facebook is for writing such dross as "Woohoo, the sun is out, I'll go walk my dog!!!!!!!!"

Or "Heah guys, I reall like Marilyn Manson. Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"

You'll probably lose 20 IQ points in the sign-up process alone

This! The statuses get ridiculous facebook is just a place to brag and act as an online diary! Twitter is just as bad.

Shamikebab · 22 Apr 2013 at 08:50

ThaReaperGuy said:
This! The statuses get ridiculous facebook is just a place to brag and act as an online diary! Twitter is just as bad.

Only if you have **** friends :confused:

Glaucus · 22 Apr 2013 at 08:56

ThaReaperGuy said:
This! The statuses get ridiculous facebook is just a place to brag and act as an online diary! Twitter is just as bad.

then just hide those people or better still unfriend them.
people seem incapable of using facebook how YOU want.

I use it for organising group events, following companies/projects and sharing photos.

if someone keeps posting crap, kick em, or if its like you need them in organising groups, just block their statuses.

you can use it however you want. it doesn't have to be your stereotypical crap.

regulus · 22 Apr 2013 at 09:18

V F said:
Just like it's on the Playstation 3, sharing your achievements? why?

Or some scanning software I used recently for bad sectors 'No Problems Found. Share with your friends' Whaaaaaat?

Cosimo · 22 Apr 2013 at 09:24

TheVoice said:
If you can use this forum, you're already over-qualified to use Facebook.

DaleTheWhale · 22 Apr 2013 at 11:38

Shamikebab said:
Only if you have **** friends

Glaucus said:
then just hide those people or better still unfriend them.
people seem incapable of using facebook how YOU want.

I use it for organising group events, following companies/projects and sharing photos.

if someone keeps posting crap, kick em, or if its like you need them in organising groups, just block their statuses.

you can use it however you want. it doesn't have to be your stereotypical crap.

Requested for my Facebook to be deleted in the end, the groups "1 like for 1 dollar to save lives" Bleugh. Place is a mess in my mind, so just avoided it.

Vespasian777 · 22 Apr 2013 at 23:27

Thanks everyone for the input.

Shayper · 23 Apr 2013 at 07:03

Why does everyone mention adverts?

Have you not been awakened to the glorious wonder that is...

Adblock?

~Dockie · 23 Apr 2013 at 07:09

FoxEye said:
Facebook is also great if you really, really like being spammed.

YouFriend has invited you to play Jewels Farm Dinosaur Game.
YourFriend has gained a level! Sign up to Jewels Farm Dinosaur game and join the fun!
YourFriend wants to show you his new virtual Rubbing Bone in Jewels Farm Dinosuar Game! Sign up here!

I swear, Facebook is actually an elaborate troll.

FoxEye knows the truth.

If you're not getting spammed by games, then it's constant updates from people moaning/drinking/posting crap from instagram.

NO, I DONT WANT TO SEE THE PICTURE OF YOUR FEET NEXT TO A COFFEE ON YOUR DOORSTEP AT 4AM.

regulus · 23 Apr 2013 at 08:31

~Dockie said:
FoxEye knows the truth.

If you're not getting spammed by games, then it's constant updates from people moaning/drinking/posting crap from instagram.

NO, I DONT WANT TO SEE THE PICTURE OF YOUR FEET NEXT TO A COFFEE ON YOUR DOORSTEP AT 4AM.

Just block or remove the pathetic lot that uses Facebook to make their uninteresting lives sound interesting. It's actually a very useful tool if used responsibly. Or if you have non attention whore friends. I run a small private account with just 10 close friends. Very useful and nobody makes banal updates or posts.