OpinionatedCyborg
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Jake. said:
facebook got a huge facelift...
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Despite it's hideous layout and 15 year old hot topic dwelling gromit connotations, I actually find Myspace less deplorable than Facebook.
Both present you with a users skewed, contrived attempt to fabricate their existence. But there's something sickening about the open,networked nature of Facebook that takes it to a whole new level. To the vast majority of users, every comment, every event attended every fucking dumb user app. that says they look 5% like Jessica Alba serves as an ambassador for their personality, and they know it.
And that's before we get onto pictures. Facebook has spawned a disease, a total social plague of documented lifestyle fabrication. People's desire to document their days and nights in a way that makes them seem infinately more appealing than they actually are has been around as long as history, but has it been so obnoxious,intrusive and entirely obvious as now, due to what Facebook has created.
Myspace's photos section served as a way for people to artificially manipulate their surroundings to create a fabricated snapshot of them and their lifestyle, Facebook multiplies this by a thousand. More and more when i go out with all but my closest friends, it will deteriorate into a farce of artificial poses, mocked up scenarios and false friendships. All for the eye of the camera, purely to serve their desire to stock their Facebook.
If you haven't noticed it yet, you will now. That over excitable friend who just can't stop taking photos of an exaggerated re-enactment of every single mundane event of a generic evening, this is why they exist. The more I see of it, the more i feel people don't consider thay having a good time is as important as making sure they have the evidence to convince everybody else that they're having a good time.
Maybe i just need to get out of London.
Both present you with a users skewed, contrived attempt to fabricate their existence. But there's something sickening about the open,networked nature of Facebook that takes it to a whole new level. To the vast majority of users, every comment, every event attended every fucking dumb user app. that says they look 5% like Jessica Alba serves as an ambassador for their personality, and they know it.
And that's before we get onto pictures. Facebook has spawned a disease, a total social plague of documented lifestyle fabrication. People's desire to document their days and nights in a way that makes them seem infinately more appealing than they actually are has been around as long as history, but has it been so obnoxious,intrusive and entirely obvious as now, due to what Facebook has created.
Myspace's photos section served as a way for people to artificially manipulate their surroundings to create a fabricated snapshot of them and their lifestyle, Facebook multiplies this by a thousand. More and more when i go out with all but my closest friends, it will deteriorate into a farce of artificial poses, mocked up scenarios and false friendships. All for the eye of the camera, purely to serve their desire to stock their Facebook.
If you haven't noticed it yet, you will now. That over excitable friend who just can't stop taking photos of an exaggerated re-enactment of every single mundane event of a generic evening, this is why they exist. The more I see of it, the more i feel people don't consider thay having a good time is as important as making sure they have the evidence to convince everybody else that they're having a good time.
Maybe i just need to get out of London.
Mecha_Infantry
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/is not liking the "Other people you mught know" on the home page. You can't even delete that shit
YES I KNOW FACEBOOK THAT I CAN ADD THOSE PEOPLE, I JUST DONT WANT TO
YES I KNOW FACEBOOK THAT I CAN ADD THOSE PEOPLE, I JUST DONT WANT TO
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Uncle said:
Eh?
Pretty simple in my eyes. You add/get added friends, you post pics from events or whatever, you add notes, status updates, etc.
Don't see what's that hard to understand especially if you have friends who are long distance or you don't get to see all the time. Unless people don't have any friends
StrikerObi
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Uncle said:
It's an application for keeping track of your friends. Not much more to say than that.
They're rolling Facebook Chat out right now, still isn't up on my network yet. They also recently added the option to import the things you do on Digg, Flickr, Yelp, Delicious, and Picasa automatically, which is awesome.
The spam is actually pretty minimal, nowhere near as awful as it is on Myspace. I get maybe one bogus friend request a month, and it's really easy to control what you do and don't see, so if you hate being updated with all of your friends' status updates you can turn them off.
Mecha_Infantry
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StrikerObi said:
One of the most smoothest intergrations of import/exporting is on Youtube, it's so easy to do now
Mecha_Infantry said:Eh?
Pretty simple in my eyes. You add/get added friends, you post pics from events or whatever, you add notes, status updates, etc.
Don't see what's that hard to understand especially if you have from who are long distance or you don't get to see all the time. Unless people don't have any friends
I just use email and various IM protocols for that. And I don't have to invite 50 friends to do it.
Mecha_Infantry
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Uncle said:
You don't have to invite 50 friends to use an IM? Ok, nor does facebook? What is your point.
So how about sharing pictures or random notes/blogs to more than 3 people using an IM? More easier and streamlined in Facebook
As for email......
Mecha_Infantry said:
I could just start up a group chat or is that too difficult? Or if they aren't online, use email. Which would be pretty much like sending someone a message through Facebook. Only thing I can't do is use those awesome applications to throw virtual waterballoons at other people or whatever the latest craze happens to be.
Mecha_Infantry
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Uncle said:
No matter what you say it's still much more easier putting up a single post and letting others see it, well it is at least to me. But your IM's are still a form of social networking, which makes me think why I still can't understand your negative views towards facebook. And wow, throwing virtual waterballons on facebook, seems like you are in the know
Souldriver
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Turd Sandwich has sent you an invite to find out if you are the best blood sucking vampire kisser.
OMG YAY!
And I agree with bigz: I don't see the purpose of Facebook besides getting a gazillion invites for retarded games, having a big "friendlist" and watching photo's of people you bearly know. Facebook has yet to come with that awesome feature that convinces me to participate activily and upload all my photo's there.
OMG YAY!
And I agree with bigz: I don't see the purpose of Facebook besides getting a gazillion invites for retarded games, having a big "friendlist" and watching photo's of people you bearly know. Facebook has yet to come with that awesome feature that convinces me to participate activily and upload all my photo's there.
Mecha_Infantry said:
I have no problems with social networking. I just don't see the point in using these sites to do it.
I admit that it can be useful when you want to get in hold of some old friend you haven't heard from in years and lost their number or something. But then again, if I haven't talked to them in ages, I really don't need to share pictures of my private life with them. I might have more friends on Facebook than on MSN for example (I'm not sure if I do, but whatever), but most of them are just acquaintances and as such don't really rate very high on the list of people that need to see what I did last weekend. Maybe I'm not voyeuristic/exhibitionistic enough to fully appreciate the wonders of these sites. Or bored enough to enjoy the applications.
rollingstart
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esbern said:
You must be out of school or something. When I go through the libraries and computer rooms on my campus, people are always on this thing. In one of my classes I sit next to someone who is using his laptop for Facebook durring the entire 2+ hour class. People are obsessed with this Facebook thing, almost as much as people are to this forum. Difference is that this forum is at least a place for dicussions (like the one we are in now), but I see people refreshing Facebook just to see if anyone updated. It is mass madness.
Uncle said:
I really like facebook. So many people I wonder where they are or wonder what they're up to, and they're scattered at the ends of the earth(including me I guess!). I would never know what happened to them without facebook.
I can see where it would be lame if it was just for someone who has spent there whole life in the same place with the same friends. If you've lived in more than one place for a signifigant amount of time, it's pretty cool. Remember that dude you were friends with when you were 3 years old? He's a rugby player in poland now!
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Not true. To my friends facebook is what gaf is to me. I site where you waste a lot of your time.esbern said:
tnw said:
Exactly! Facebook has been a godsend for me trying to keep in touch with friends when I've been moving and living around the globe and a lot of my friends from home have gone overseas.
I had a bunch of old, old friends recently add and find me on Facebook and it's been really cool and useful to see what a bunch of them are up to and where they are.
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facebook has proved useful to me in catching up with old friends and meeting up with fellow travellers who need a bed. It's great.
however, the attention whore aspect and the 'I have tons of friends' thing is very weird. I have 100 'friends' and need to do a cull, cause I don't have 100 friends.
however, the attention whore aspect and the 'I have tons of friends' thing is very weird. I have 100 'friends' and need to do a cull, cause I don't have 100 friends.
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Royale with Cheese
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Facebook facelift=completely destroyed?
I can't stand Facebook. So annoying with all the stupid apps/games you get spammed with. Who cares if some girl who I hated back in high school thinks I'm not hot?
Some social networking sites, like annoying people, just move along.
I can't stand Facebook. So annoying with all the stupid apps/games you get spammed with. Who cares if some girl who I hated back in high school thinks I'm not hot?
Some social networking sites, like annoying people, just move along.
funkmasterb
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All you dumbasses understand you just need to install the 'unfuck facebook' grease monkey addon for firefox right? You're golden, it blocks all appz in all profiles, removes all ads and ad 'updates' and blocks any invitations from 3rd party appz. Awesome stuff.
Phobophile
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Facebook's turning into Myspace but at least you're given the option to make it look uncluttered and not run apps.
I only check the site when it sends me an email for a friend request or an event request.
I only check the site when it sends me an email for a friend request or an event request.
Edag Plata
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Facebook isn't even working right anymore. I don't get notifications on the site anymore when I get wall posts or whatever. I'm thinking of just giving up my email address to everyone and checking out of that shit, it's annoying. Only problem is every damn college age person only uses facebook to communicate at all anymore.
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I don't like Myspace. The pages are so friggin cluttered I can't stand browsing one for more than 5 secs. Then again facebook is a little... too informative? Do they have to keep me updated of every single thing my friends do/like/listen to/...? And most applications just suck (others such as iLike are great though).
Also, is it me or American people are into Myspace while European people are more into Facebook? (just like American people seem to dig AOL messenger while most Euros I know use MSN)
Also, is it me or American people are into Myspace while European people are more into Facebook? (just like American people seem to dig AOL messenger while most Euros I know use MSN)
I still like Facebook, it's been real helpful in keeping me in contact with my friends as I move around the country.
However, I wish the Facebook devs would realize that adding more isn't necessarily a good thing. Facebook used to be light weight and non-frustrating to use, but now it's almost as bloated as Myspace used to be (Note: I haven't used Myspace in a really long time).
I'll still use Facebook, but damnit this is the internet and I like to bitch about things.
However, I wish the Facebook devs would realize that adding more isn't necessarily a good thing. Facebook used to be light weight and non-frustrating to use, but now it's almost as bloated as Myspace used to be (Note: I haven't used Myspace in a really long time).
I'll still use Facebook, but damnit this is the internet and I like to bitch about things.
Jill Sandwich
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Uh oh, facebook chat has arrived in my town, the apocalypse is here!
ghst said:
Good post, and you know what that is? Hyper-reality, excuse the awkward name but it's extremely salient now. The lines are becoming blurred and people are getting confused. I don't mean to be a drama queen about it but I see this stuff all the time and I think it's part of the reason I come to forums like GAF where people tend to be very self-aware and culture aware.
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Struct09 said:
The code is a lot liter and the site runs lots of AJAX. Even with the bloat, I haven't noticed any performance issues. Thankfully applications that run code like flash or java must be clicked on to be activated. This alone makes Facebook > Myspace.
Chat went live on my network today. Pretty unobtrusive, though I think it's odd that when you get notifications they show up in the chat bar instead of up at the top of the page where they used to be.
The site is great for organizing friends, which Myspace was always terrible at. Almost every event I go to has a Facebook listing. It keeps me organized and provides a place to plan parties and other such events. My friends and have bonfires pretty often and the site is really good for organizing everything for those. Leagues ahead of playing phone-tag or starting a giant chain of emails with 30 people.
I hope you guys are as aware of this as I am, and are trying to stop it.
I've never used myspace, and ive loved facebook since the beginning, I dealt with the damn feeds, i dealt with the apps, im dealing with the 'chat' crap, but this is the last straw
http://www.facebook.com/FacebookPreviews
They are going to mix the wall and mini feed into one giant crap fest jak;sldfjls;kdfjlksdjf
Ive emailed them countless time...you guys should do the same, they DONT read the comments on the pages, only email so...
profilespreview@facebook.com
I've never used myspace, and ive loved facebook since the beginning, I dealt with the damn feeds, i dealt with the apps, im dealing with the 'chat' crap, but this is the last straw
http://www.facebook.com/FacebookPreviews
They are going to mix the wall and mini feed into one giant crap fest jak;sldfjls;kdfjlksdjf
Ive emailed them countless time...you guys should do the same, they DONT read the comments on the pages, only email so...
profilespreview@facebook.com
Facebook is a lot more tolerable if you:
A) Start deleting apps after their first "curiosity" use, and
B) For the apps you keep, TURN OFF "ALLOW THIS APP TO EMAIL ME" OMGWTF
Yeah. The default settings being "let this app run my life" at the time of installation is like 90% of Facebook's problem. You should opt in to all the noise it makes, not opt out.
A) Start deleting apps after their first "curiosity" use, and
B) For the apps you keep, TURN OFF "ALLOW THIS APP TO EMAIL ME" OMGWTF
Yeah. The default settings being "let this app run my life" at the time of installation is like 90% of Facebook's problem. You should opt in to all the noise it makes, not opt out.
The only reason I really have Facebook is that it has the potential to help me get a girl. I really could care less about keeping in touch with people I knew in 8th grade.
In fact, I met this chick recently, sent her a message afterwards on Facebook, and I'm hanging out with her this weekend.
That's a big middle finger to all you babies saying Facebook is lame.
Now honestly, I could have avoided using Facebook and just asked for her number in person, but whatever. We're hanging out.
In fact, I met this chick recently, sent her a message afterwards on Facebook, and I'm hanging out with her this weekend.
That's a big middle finger to all you babies saying Facebook is lame.
Now honestly, I could have avoided using Facebook and just asked for her number in person, but whatever. We're hanging out.
Futureman said:
I sure did, check out the AWESOME speech bubbles when filtered down to just wall posts!
if they do this, i hope that my preference is saved on everyones page, so I dont have to filter each profile i look at each time i view a page
i wish they would just leave it like it is, its already crap enough
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..not sure where to post these two awesome Facebook related things:
4 Awkward Moments in Facebook "Likes": http://is.gd/3lkIe (hilarious..) :lol
One can now perform a photo tag search for multiple people on Facebook http://is.gd/3lj7f (been waiting for this feature!)
4 Awkward Moments in Facebook "Likes": http://is.gd/3lkIe (hilarious..) :lol
One can now perform a photo tag search for multiple people on Facebook http://is.gd/3lj7f (been waiting for this feature!)
Jet Grind Radio!
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I love the second one. :lolDanielPlainview said:
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