Facebook, dear god.

[code 10]

Just done the best thing, just deleted my stupid Facebook account, feels so good :-)

Ha, just thinking, I sound like a parody of what I'm bitching about, ho-hum.

[sonicdefault]

Originally Posted by Bender888

YouTube - The Truth about Facebook!

...Did you read the Facebook Terms? I guess this means anyone who puts creative content on their site automatically grants Facebook Total licensing rights



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[Gharper23]

I deleted my facebook about a week ago. The best thing I ever did.

[Sqye]

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when i saw a bunch of old HS friends drunk doing karaoke video on FB,
i almost puked.

all i can say is i'm so fukking glad i don't hang out with those freeking losers any more

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[Sqye]

Originally Posted by sonicdefault

...Did you read the Facebook Terms? I guess this means anyone who puts creative content on their site automatically grants Facebook Total licensing rights

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frikkin' brilliant...yet another reason to bail...

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[Bender888]

Originally Posted by sonicdefault

...Did you read the Facebook Terms? I guess this means anyone who puts creative content on their site automatically grants Facebook Total licensing rights

-SD

It'll be so nice when you see your friends faces grafted to roadsigns in Mexico selling horse manure.

[cc2ss]

Originally Posted by Lute

You can Hide your friends there. I've had to do it, I'd no idea they were so boring After that, to get any enjoyment from that God-forsaken place is to simply lie about what you're doing, what your marital status is, when your birthday is, just lie through your teeth A friend of mine just posted pictures and said nothing. LOL

That is one of the first things I thought when I started reading some of my friends posts ! I was thinking OMFG I used to be tight with these people ? Some of the most ludicrous stuff I have read in my life is on there.

[ilovemusic]

Originally Posted by Glenn Kuras

I took this girl out on a date to only find out she freaken did a update on her facebook 10 min after she got home about the whole night. Went on and on about what we talked about and so on. Nothing bad but I found it a bit creepy. She wonders why I never asked her out again (read that on one of her facebook posts).........

No offense, but funny you should write about that under your real name on a completely public internet site....

[same page]

Originally Posted by Tony-->

I'm really disapointed in a friend I've known for over 20 years, his comments go like this ..

10.00am ... I've just had a cheese sandwhich
10.30 ... I'm watching the TeeVee
11.00 ... I like cakes

I'm not exaggerating, thing is, in real life he's an ok guy, ever since he's joined Facebook it's like someones stolen his brain, think I'm going to scrub him from my friends list as I just can't take reading that crap anymore.

On the plus side, it's good to make connections with friends that you've lost touch with and have a real conversation on a phone or meet up.

lol. Agreed. Friends I know who are actually legit people act like total ******s on there. But on the flip, it IS a great networking tool. (Friend-wise I mean, I hate the music spam I get on there from friends of friends....)

[GorillaToast]

Originally Posted by Tony-->

What is it with people on Facebook that makes them want to describe every boring mundane detail of their dull, pathetic lives to the world?

This goes out to all the dullards on Facebook inflicting your uninteresting life on others, stop, stop it now! You're a bane on society ....... Get a fricking life why don't-cha?

Man, that felt good.





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OTOH, we're all sitting here reading these boring and mundane posts about the boring and mundane posts on FB.

Who has less of a life?
I need more emotithingys!

[ohmicide]

Originally Posted by maq

It has its moments:

ShitMyDadSays

lmfao

"Universe is 14 billion years old. Seems silly to celebrate one year. Be like having a ****ing parade every time i take a piss."

[Harry Hughes]

You know what's worse than Facebook?
People who think they are so high and mighty that they are apparently 'above' social networking sites.
Not everyone that uses Facebook is an idiot, uses it like an idiot and spends all day there

[code 10]

Originally Posted by same page

lol. Agreed. Friends I know who are actually legit people act like total ******s on there. But on the flip, it IS a great networking tool. (Friend-wise I mean, I hate the music spam I get on there from friends of friends....)

I agree, it can be a good way of catching up with folks that you've lost contact with thumbsup

Originally Posted by Harry Hughes

You know what's worse than Facebook?
People who think they are so high and mighty that they are apparently 'above' social networking sites.
Not everyone that uses Facebook is an idiot, uses it like an idiot and spends all day there

I guess thats aimed at me? If so you're wide of the mark, I was referring to those that update their profiles on a minute by minute basis describing the most insignificant details of their lives, I have no interest in reading that, like someone pointed out quite rightly was it's the *Look at me* kind of person that I find tiresome.

Sure, not everyone is an idiot that uses Facebook or any social networking site for that matter, that would be quite a stupid thing to say, take this place for instance, there's some fantastic people on here that won't bore you to tears with their posts, just informative information, then there's the flip side of that coin, people like space2012 for instance, just a wh0re for the limelight, take your pick, I know the kinds of people that I would rather gravitate towards .......

[joelpatterson]

Not every idiot is like-- stupid, or something!

[GorillaToast]

Actually, I'm just about to begin to use these social networking sites for marketing my day job. Leaders in my industry are really high on it.

[code 10]

Originally Posted by GorillaToast

OTOH, we're all sitting here reading these boring and mundane posts about the boring and mundane posts on FB.

Who has less of a life?
I need more emotithingys!

You for commenting on this thread?

[GorillaToast]

I'm sorry. I forgot the "this is sarcasm" disclaimer emotithingy.

But...aren't you...also commenting on this thread?

Let's go find some girls to go out with.

[Jayro_Rockola]

Originally Posted by Old Goat

Yeah, and worse--I know my daughter is back with her useless boyfriend. Unfortunately, the kid isn't smart enough to block me.

I hope she's not smart enough to find out that her father just royally dissed her on the 'net.

[Fletcher]

All that... AND... "Friending" is NOT a competition!!!

OK, I have attained minor industrial celebrity, you've read some stuff I've written.

Great.

Whoo-hoo.

Glad I was able to entertain you for a few minutes.

That doesn't make me your friend, so please don't ask.

I get like 3 or 4 "Friend Requests" a day from people I don't know who are "also friends with" [Famous Recording Engineer name here]. Its annoying. I enjoy Facebook because it has given me the opportunity to keep in touch with people who are my actual friends... like we've had a drink [or 70], we were friends in college [and lost touch], live in different parts of the world [and I'm actually interested that "little Johnny" had a great 5th Birthday party]... not some ****** bag who wants to ask my "real" opinion of [product name here].

Facebook is a few minutes off from audio people for me, or a few minutes of hearing from "audio people" doing non-audio related things... its my time off from playing "advice columnist". If you want advice, its why this place exists... its why I've had my very own forum on ProSoundWeb.com for the last 6 years.

Phew.

That felt good.

Peace.

[Glenn Kuras]

OK, I have attained minor industrial celebrity, you've read some stuff I've written.

Admit it you love every second of it. lol Ok grab your award, sit down and have beer (or 70)

I get like 3 or 4 "Friend Requests" a day from people I don't know who are "also friends with" [Famous Recording Engineer name here]

I myself do get a lot of people "friending" me (wow I must be some kind of industrial clebrity) but not 3 to 4 a day. But I do agree that face book really is a place that I know every single person on it and would rather not have it turn into a "Glenn I got a question for yea". Fletcher maybe you should start one of those fan clubs on there. I am sure it would bust your status. Just a idea for yea.

Love your posts man. Always a good laugh!

[Ampex 354]

Originally Posted by scottrod

Yeah, I really didn't know what Facebook was all about other than just a vague notion, but I got an account at the urging of a friend who touted it as "the way people are starting to communicate." I shut it down about 2 weeks later when people from my past came crawling out of the woodwork.

The last straw was when a creepy old teacher from high school came trolling around wanting to "get together" in person. I closed my account in the next 15 minutes.

God, it sounds like that old teacher was, as they'd say in the UK, 'gagging for it'!

I expect I've been moderately lucky on FB. I'd joined it in late 2006 or early 2007, and until 4 days ago only had friends or contacts from the Internet and a few folk I've known going back to the early 1990s. I graduated high school in 1982 and had had no contact with anyone from that period (or earlier) until Sunday evening. (No-one's fault but mine, as I've got my real name on there!)

At least that one person was someone I didn't mind hearing from; we had a nice chat and added each other as FB 'friends'. But already in the wake of that there's been one other person from the high school era who spotted me there (who wasn't a friend in the old days) who wanted me to add them as one now. Naturally I didn't reply, and won't. I have no reason to believe there will be any more (if any) trying to pursue me via FB....certainly no epidemic of them expected.