Bookface questions

real · 6 Nov 2012 at 19:18

Surely regular contact with friends via traditional methods along with a request for them to let you know of any events would have achieved the same goal?

badcompany · 6 Nov 2012 at 19:21

They now own your soul.

SexyGreyFox · 6 Nov 2012 at 20:14

real said:
Surely regular contact with friends via traditional methods along with a request for them to let you know of any events would have achieved the same goal?

What a pain in the butt that is.
For starters A might not want to go unless M and Y are going.
G, L, T and Z might be able to get in the same car if they know they are all going.
I'm arranging a meeting now for around 30 people and if I had to wait for a text off everybody and then send texts out to everybody I'd kill myself.
A nice thread on Overclockers works well for OCUK meets and a nice thread on Facebook works amazingly well.

Raymond Lin · 6 Nov 2012 at 20:17

Narj said:
They don't have my real name.
They don't have their app on my phone.
They don't have my real location.
They don't have my date of birth.

They have your IP address.
They have your location.
They might even know who your ISP is (ala speedtest.net)

real · 7 Nov 2012 at 09:18

Dimple said:
What a pain in the butt that is.
For starters A might not want to go unless M and Y are going.
G, L, T and Z might be able to get in the same car if they know they are all going.
I'm arranging a meeting now for around 30 people and if I had to wait for a text off everybody and then send texts out to everybody I'd kill myself.
A nice thread on Overclockers works well for OCUK meets and a nice thread on Facebook works amazingly well.

I manage just fine without Facebook, whether organising or finding out about events.

Admittedly, I can see how it may help if you were the main organiser for large events.

platypus · 7 Nov 2012 at 09:52

Just remember to lock everything down.

Narj · 7 Nov 2012 at 14:49

platypus said:
Just remember to lock everything down.

Yep I've done that!

As for managing perfectly well, it's been a bit chaotic in the past but I've managed, however this makes it much easier and I get to hear about stuff via friends of friends that I may have missed otherwise. When people are doing stuff up and down the country this thing definitely has its uses. It's much less painful for me with organising my own stuff. No more barrage of texts, emails and phone calls and rage trying to keep tabs on everyone!

Thanks for the advice peeps. I don't seem to have sunk into this habit that people have of being on it all day (I have no clue how people manage it). Check at end of day, log out, that's about it.

RIP MSN Messenger btw... I still use it to talk to a few friends in the states and on the continent.