Typical facebook defence there
Maybe it could be we prefer to contact our friends using other methods and not ones where you get barrages of rubbish left, right and centre and all the other various annoyances
Should I Join Facebook?
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Typical facebook defence there
Maybe it could be we prefer to contact our friends using other methods and not ones where you get barrages of rubbish left, right and centre and all the other various annoyances
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I have lots of friends and use it. I even use it to organise meetings with friends with relative ease.
But yeh back to moaning about a social networking tool on a message board to strangers...
Typical facebook defence there
Maybe it could be we prefer to contact our friends using other methods and not ones where you get barrages of rubbish left, right and centre and all the other various annoyances
You use as it as you see fit. Don't like getting spammed by a certain application? Ignore it. It's a tool to be used, nothing more. People who HATE it are mis-directing their hate somehow IMO.
A question was asked I gave my answer, how can you even compare facebook to a public forum
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Is clicking the button to stop that too difficult?
I was one of the first people I know to have an account, and I'm one of those who uses it the least.
I don't know why, but I resent people inviting me to events via facebook when they have the chance to ask me directly to my face or call me. It makes socialising a lot more impersonal, and some people think they know you from your page even if you hardly ever speak. Also, don't show your birthday on there, you'll find out who actually cares when they wish you happy birthday in person, call or txt, or remember on their own, as opposed to your wall getting spammed by people who wouldn't usually give a ****.
I don't know why, but I resent people inviting me to events via facebook when they have the chance to ask me directly to my face or call me. It makes socialising a lot more impersonal, and some people think they know you from your page even if you hardly ever speak. Also, don't show your birthday on there, you'll find out who actually cares when they wish you happy birthday in person, call or txt, or remember on their own, as opposed to your wall getting spammed by people who wouldn't usually give a ****.
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Its not just the one. I will sign in and see probably 9-10 different invites from people and im just sick of them.
"Happy birthday is something you say to some one when it's their birthday".
Is what they think.
I think such sites are conditioning people to think less and just act on impulse really.
We already see it on here a lot.
I'm reluctant to post in threads such as "I'm a dad" "My wife's just given birth" because you get people who don't care, congratulating just on the basis that they think "it's what you do".
My first thought is "cool story, bro, now go tell it to people that it matters to as I frankly don't care."
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I would say yes, how else will you get invited to a friend of a friends mega party? Nice place to find out what you were doing the night before too so you can prepare yourself for the imminent embarrassment.
If some one was going to invite me to a party, I wouldn't expect them to only try one method, that doesn't actually require any sort of response in the sense that, you don't know of they've read it or not, if they wanted me to come, they'd make sure that they knew I knew they were having a party.
Plus, I don't really like parties, especially ones where I don't know the people having it.
The only parties I will attend is when it's close friends or family, and it's a "party" for just their close friends and family, otherwise, I'm just not interested.
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I am a reformed Facebook junkie and I have been clean for well over a year now. I use to spend way to much time on there. Often instead of doing Uni work. I quit after I released that I was more interested as to what my friends were doing than finnishing my essay. I would often just flick through peoples profiles, do quizes, look at girls and leave offensive messages on my friends walls. Plus quitting Facebook at the time was something I needed to do, as at the time, I was trying to get over my ex GF of 7 & 1/2 years. Every persons profile I went on their would be pics of her out and about, of which killed me inside. So with me falling behind with uni work and the whole ex thing I quit. Plus the added speaking to people I can't be bothered speaking too thing. My advice to you is, don't join if your in Uni and dont add ex GF's or any complicated type situation women. I personally get on fine without Facebook. I am not as much of needy person anymore, I have a fare few friends who keep in touch with me as I do with them. I have my closest friends, ex Uni and football mates to keep me out of the house. Saying that, I aware that everyone's situation is different. I never liked the none privacy side of Facebook even when I was an avid user. There was an recent artice in the paper about privacy being an issue, as people could find you using the google even if you don't want to be found. If you search for it you will be able to read the article. Right that's my oppinion on the matter. Your better just trying out yourself to see!
P.S. the more time you spend on Facebook, the less time you have to play on games. And I know what I would rather be doing. Now its TF2 time.
P.S. the more time you spend on Facebook, the less time you have to play on games. And I know what I would rather be doing. Now its TF2 time.
Yip.
I have had party/night out invites through facebook then the day after the event people then ringing me to ask why I was not out
How about you pick up the phone in the first place you moron, the 30 seconds you spent typing out your little facebook message could have been used calling me.
To be honest I think it is a lazy way to treat with your friends or those you lossely class as friends whereas you are not really that bothered about them(probably why I go the facebook treatment in the above scenario
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I only go on Face**** if I'm super bored, for example if I am Suspended from here. Imo its utter tripe people post every six seconds about making a cup of tea or scratching there arse, save your soul and don't join!
As long as you don't allow retards on your friends list, this can be minimised.
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