fasstrack Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 I know Facebook was a big concern for Chris (and others), either last year or earlier this year, so I thought this article, The Facebook Resisters, that was in today New York Times would be of interest. Bravo! BravISSIMO!! There's hope and validation for not only dinosaur fuckers like me, but young people also are thinking for themselves sometimes. A little eye contact can go a long way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete C Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 dinosaur fuckers like me Was that YOU in the bestiality episode of The Flintstones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 Jeez, the mind boggles. But seriously, ladies and germs, I and Bob Hope wanna tell you: the most irritating thing about FB is the emails saying 'Joel, you have notifications pending'. Number 1, my email is for friends and business contacts and I get enough spam. Leave me alone. 2, who asked? If I want to go on FB I can find my way fine. Which leads to 3, when I did bite it was always sonebody I never met trying to get my ass in a seat or hawk a CD, shit like that. I mean make friends first, right. I myself am super sensitive re invading even friends' privacy-even if I have a gig. It's basic manners, though I can dig that people need to hustle and self-promote. But most of the FB messages I get are of that ilk.. So what I do now is if someone contacts me and I want to communicate further I ask them to email me. I HAVE found old friends there and one even came to a gig and it was great to see him. But mostly it just ain't my cup of sake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 Well, I finally did it! I got another irratating 'notifications pending' emails-and HIT THE SPAM BUTTON!! Free at last... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 I still see FaceBook as something distasteful and intrusive. If that's the only way people can get "friends," they need to take a good look at themselves. I am still bothered by the fact that so many links take you to a damn FB way station. I was delighted when that little twerp didn't succeed in his greed at the stock exchange. I see nothing to "like" about FB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wheel Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 A common view, but one based on a fundamental misunderstanding of how IPOs work. Zuckerberg's fortune wasn't necessarily affected at all by the post-IPO fall in share prices. It was all the people who bought shares at the offering price who took a bath. The IPO accomplished exactly what it was supposed to, maximizing the price paid by these latter investors to fill Facebook's coffers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 Don't be too harsh on Zuckerberg, Chris; if it had been me, I'd have retired right after the IPO and exited laughing at the chumps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete C Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 If that's the only way people can get "friends," they need to take a good look at themselves. If I've posted this here before, I apologize to all my friends at Organissimo. http://petercherches.blogspot.com/2009/06/friend-is-new-acquaintance.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesbed Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Don't be too harsh on Zuckerberg, Chris; if it had been me, I'd have retired right after the IPO and exited laughing at the chumps. Me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim McG Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 Join FaceBook. Resistance is futile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Ptah Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 I just don't understand the anger at Facebook. To me, it's a way to connect with old friends from years ago, which has been quite pleasant for me. We on this board are among the more literate people in the world, or at least among those who like most to type our thoughts on the computer. Some very nice people are different, and do not communicate well by one on one email for whatever reason. They find Facebook to be their way of connecting with the world. It takes all kinds. Like almost everything else in life, Facebook has a set of conventions and institutional oddities which I find either mildly annoying or dumb, and which I ignore. I also ignore such conventions and institutional oddities in many other organizations and settings which I come into contact with, both online and in the real world. I just don't take the side features of Facebook seriously, and they do not bother me. From Facebook I take the pleasure of discussions with my good friends from long ago, and ignore the rest of Facebook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 We've already been around and around about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete C Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 We've already been around and around about this. IIRC, the joint was rocking. What a crazy sound! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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