Social Networking

EvilChuck · 07-01-2011, 06:37 PM

lol @ Vanilla's Google has owned social networking line. Its not even open to the general public yet, and has been out a week now, if that. Hardly 'owning' anything tbh. Every feature on Google+ is already on facebook, with the exception of video calling but most people I know have skype for that anyway. I can already put my friends into groups and limit what each group can see on my profile, I just have to actually know what I'm doing with my account in order to know how to use this feature, whereas Google are basically offering to be facebook with extra handholding.

On the subject of social networking, overall I think its a good idea and it can be excellent if you use it to your needs, but the problem is the other people who use it. I love having somewhere where I can share stuff with my friends and family, and can stay in touch with friends outside the country and what have you. I dont really update my facebook status much except to post stories that interest me, I have twitter which I use to mostly follow people who provide entertainment and information I need and want (sports news, video games news, musicians I like etc) and my timeline is filled with only stuff I'm interested in, meaning when I check it its actually worth looking at. I did go through a phase where I tweeted alot, and actively tried to gain followers (idk why) and I soon realised the same that I realised with facebook... people annoy me, especially the attention whores that seem to clog up my facebook feed and used to clog my twitter feed. So I've pretty much started using twitter as a read only service, and facebook as a way of messaging people who I dont have phone numbers for (always inbox btw, I HATE people who post wall to wall unless its something that others might have an interest in - and no 'I love you babyyyy' does not count as interesting enough for wall to wall).

tl;dr social networking is as good as you make it, ****e friends will make your social networking annoying, twitter>facebook for news, facebook>twitter for actually contacting people.

I need to delete some people on facebook I think, or at least block their posts so that I dont have to deal with their **** anymore.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 07-01-2011, 06:43 PM

My personal opinion is that social networking is often taken far too seriously. As someone who spends a lot of time on the internet, I see a lot of articles about how Facebook is doing this and Facebook is doing that, but personally - as long as you never submit any sensitive data into the internet, you'll never have a thing to worry about. Just step back, put things in perspective and realize that it's essentially website about your headshot and your favorite movies.

I spend about 5 to 6 hours on Facebook and Musicbanter everyday because I work from home and have a lot of downtime inbetween assignments during the day. And I've observed from both (especially since becoming a mod on MB) the strangest e-drama. People getting into arguments.. on Facebook. Kids "dating" each other and talking about how much they're in love... how many times have they met in real life? Once, twice, thrice? I guess they fell in love when they both Liked that Owl City page at the same time. I've seen people post those ridiculous passive-aggressive status updates with things like "They broke my heart, now I am alone again. But I'm stronger." Efffff youuuuu.

That's the biggest problem I can see with social media. People use it as some kind of therapist and it annoys the piss out of the normal lot of us who just use it to piss around.

The other perceived problems I believe people just ask for. It doesn't matter what Facebook does with your "personal information" (which is rapidly becoming a new buzzword for paranoid mothers) if you don't give Facebook your "personal information" to begin with. If you enter something into an online forum, don't enter something private. Treat it as though you're painting it on a billboard.

I don't think online activities such should translate to real life consequences, which unfortunately tends to happen.

Paedantic Basterd · 07-01-2011, 06:50 PM

Conan has a fair point; I myself never post anything on facebook that I don't wish to share, but I do find two disturbing flaws in the system.

1) Photos of you. I don't like that your friends can upload any photo of you, flattering, unflattering, or downright defamatory, without your permission.

2) Facebook claims ownership of every image you post on facebook, be it your photo, a cartoon, or something serious like your photography or artwork.

Ultimately, these two things haven't negatively affected me yet, but I would be disturbed to see them used against me in a manner which could affect my life outside of facebook.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 07-01-2011, 07:29 PM

I'm going to start an unsocial network.

Instead of friending people you can choose to ignore them and when you do they get a little message saying something like 'Urban Hatemonger has decided nothing Conan says is worth reading'.

Also instead of a 'like' button there will be a 'shut the fuck up' button.

And if anyone chooses to look at any of your pictures they have the option of adding a comedy nose, glasses, moustache & acne combo to them.

jackhammer · 07-01-2011, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

I'm going to start an unsocial network.

Instead of friending people you can choose to ignore them and when you do they get a little message saying something like 'Urban Hatemonger has decided nothing Conan says is worth reading'.

Also instead of a 'like' button there will be a 'shut the fuck up' button.

And if anyone chooses to look at any of your pictures they have the option of adding a comedy nose, glasses, moustache & acne combo to them.

I'm in.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 07-02-2011, 02:29 AM

I don't know. It might be kinda hard to recruit people for it.

"Join the unsocial network!"
"Will there be other people on it?"
"Yes."
"No thanks."

Howard the Duck · 07-02-2011, 02:45 AM

i used to be into facebook

my profile has been pretty dormant for a long time and i only use it to receive PMs from my frens, which show up on my email

CanwllCorfe · 07-03-2011, 10:15 AM

I like it.

~~Farfisa~~ · 07-03-2011, 10:35 AM

I used to have facebook, but we have enough sad sacks posting dumb shit about how much the world sucks and how horrible people are. There are a few cool people on facebook I was friends with, they would always post good bands or really strange stuff. I just can't subject people to my constant whining, it's unfair to them.

music_phantom13 · 07-03-2011, 11:05 AM

I think I have a facebook. I don't use it at all. I get a whole lot of **** for it but whatever, I find it just seems to be annoying. If I can't keep touch with someone on my phone by texting or calling, it's obviously not too big a deal to me.

07-01-2011, 06:37 PM	#11 (permalink)
EvilChuck #based Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: (Near) London, England Posts: 443	lol @ Vanilla's Google has owned social networking line. Its not even open to the general public yet, and has been out a week now, if that. Hardly 'owning' anything tbh. Every feature on Google+ is already on facebook, with the exception of video calling but most people I know have skype for that anyway. I can already put my friends into groups and limit what each group can see on my profile, I just have to actually know what I'm doing with my account in order to know how to use this feature, whereas Google are basically offering to be facebook with extra handholding. On the subject of social networking, overall I think its a good idea and it can be excellent if you use it to your needs, but the problem is the other people who use it. I love having somewhere where I can share stuff with my friends and family, and can stay in touch with friends outside the country and what have you. I dont really update my facebook status much except to post stories that interest me, I have twitter which I use to mostly follow people who provide entertainment and information I need and want (sports news, video games news, musicians I like etc) and my timeline is filled with only stuff I'm interested in, meaning when I check it its actually worth looking at. I did go through a phase where I tweeted alot, and actively tried to gain followers (idk why) and I soon realised the same that I realised with facebook... people annoy me, especially the attention whores that seem to clog up my facebook feed and used to clog my twitter feed. So I've pretty much started using twitter as a read only service, and facebook as a way of messaging people who I dont have phone numbers for (always inbox btw, I HATE people who post wall to wall unless its something that others might have an interest in - and no 'I love you babyyyy' does not count as interesting enough for wall to wall). tl;dr social networking is as good as you make it, **e friends will make your social networking annoying, twitter>facebook for news, facebook>twitter for actually contacting people. I need to delete some people on facebook I think, or at least block their posts so that I dont have to deal with their ** anymore. __________________ Last.FM

07-01-2011, 07:29 PM	#14 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	I'm going to start an unsocial network. Instead of friending people you can choose to ignore them and when you do they get a little message saying something like 'Urban Hatemonger has decided nothing Conan says is worth reading'. Also instead of a 'like' button there will be a 'shut the fuck up' button. And if anyone chooses to look at any of your pictures they have the option of adding a comedy nose, glasses, moustache & acne combo to them. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

07-03-2011, 10:15 AM	#18 (permalink)
CanwllCorfe Quiet Man in the Corner Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pocono Mountains Posts: 2,480	I like it. __________________ Your eyes were never yet let in to see the majesty and riches of the mind, but dwell in darkness; for your God is blind.

07-01-2011, 06:43 PM	#12 (permalink)
~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,538	My personal opinion is that social networking is often taken far too seriously. As someone who spends a lot of time on the internet, I see a lot of articles about how Facebook is doing this and Facebook is doing that, but personally - as long as you never submit any sensitive data into the internet, you'll never have a thing to worry about. Just step back, put things in perspective and realize that it's essentially website about your headshot and your favorite movies. I spend about 5 to 6 hours on Facebook and Musicbanter everyday because I work from home and have a lot of downtime inbetween assignments during the day. And I've observed from both (especially since becoming a mod on MB) the strangest e-drama. People getting into arguments.. on Facebook. Kids "dating" each other and talking about how much they're in love... how many times have they met in real life? Once, twice, thrice? I guess they fell in love when they both Liked that Owl City page at the same time. I've seen people post those ridiculous passive-aggressive status updates with things like "They broke my heart, now I am alone again. But I'm stronger." Efffff youuuuu. That's the biggest problem I can see with social media. People use it as some kind of therapist and it annoys the piss out of the normal lot of us who just use it to piss around. The other perceived problems I believe people just ask for. It doesn't matter what Facebook does with your "personal information" (which is rapidly becoming a new buzzword for paranoid mothers) if you don't give Facebook your "personal information" to begin with. If you enter something into an online forum, don't enter something private. Treat it as though you're painting it on a billboard. I don't think online activities such should translate to real life consequences, which unfortunately tends to happen.

07-01-2011, 06:50 PM	#13 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	Conan has a fair point; I myself never post anything on facebook that I don't wish to share, but I do find two disturbing flaws in the system. 1) Photos of you. I don't like that your friends can upload any photo of you, flattering, unflattering, or downright defamatory, without your permission. 2) Facebook claims ownership of every image you post on facebook, be it your photo, a cartoon, or something serious like your photography or artwork. Ultimately, these two things haven't negatively affected me yet, but I would be disturbed to see them used against me in a manner which could affect my life outside of facebook.

07-02-2011, 02:29 AM	#16 (permalink)
~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,538	I don't know. It might be kinda hard to recruit people for it. "Join the unsocial network!" "Will there be other people on it?" "Yes." "No thanks."

07-03-2011, 10:35 AM	#19 (permalink)
~~Farfisa~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 2,773	I used to have facebook, but we have enough sad sacks posting dumb shit about how much the world sucks and how horrible people are. There are a few cool people on facebook I was friends with, they would always post good bands or really strange stuff. I just can't subject people to my constant whining, it's unfair to them.

07-03-2011, 11:05 AM	#20 (permalink)
music_phantom13 Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 942	I think I have a facebook. I don't use it at all. I get a whole lot of **** for it but whatever, I find it just seems to be annoying. If I can't keep touch with someone on my phone by texting or calling, it's obviously not too big a deal to me.