Anyone facebook?

ben62670
ben62670 Posts: 15,969
edited March 2009 in The Clubhouse
Well I have been dragged into facebook by friends from the past. It is pretty cool, but I was a different person when most knew me back then so its kinda weird... I was unofficially voted most likely to be dead in my yearbook.
Anyone do facebook here? What do you think?
Ben
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited February 2009
    I'm in a facebook but I don't get it.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited February 2009
    No Facebook here, but I do have a Myspace account. I very rarely use it anymore, but it's pretty cool. It's a great way of staying in touch with the people that you don't see all the time...old friends that have moved away. I like it.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,380
    edited February 2009
    me either....
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  • phipiper10
    phipiper10 Posts: 955
    edited February 2009
    I visit much less frequently than initially. It's good to exchange info with "some" people or if you are into watching other people's drama from afar that can be done too.

    It can be whatever you want it to be. It has it's uses.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited February 2009
    Im on Facebook. I chose it over My Space. It's a bit less chessy IMO.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited February 2009
    Facebook is far superior to MySpace.
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  • Norm Apter
    Norm Apter Posts: 1,036
    edited February 2009
    Agree with the previous few posts on Facebook being a bit more real than Myspace. The only reason that I'd do Myspace was if I was a musician or had a band as a way to promote music. Otherwise, Facebook is set up better for keeping in touch with old friends (the only reason I'm on there)....just my .02
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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited February 2009
    I just started about a month ago. My only complaint is that since I'm using dial-up internet service, each page take way too long to load up. Longer than any other wesite page I've ever experienced. So, because of that I wont be using it very often. I live in the mountains, so the only way I could get high speed service would be to buy an internet satellite, which is more money than I want to spend. This extra expense would take away from my Audio upgrades!
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  • BottomFeeder
    BottomFeeder Posts: 1,684
    edited February 2009
    I'm on Facebook & I'm enjoying it. Only signed up under duress, but old friends - from high school & college - have begun finding me & it's been terrific catching up. It will probably wear out its welcome, but for now, me likey.
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  • joeparaski
    joeparaski Posts: 1,865
    edited February 2009
    Yeah I'm on Facebook.

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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited February 2009
    I like facebook over any thing else. Less cheese as noted above, and you don't have to pay like classmates...
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
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  • joeparaski
    joeparaski Posts: 1,865
    edited February 2009
    I wouldn't have minded paying a one time fee for classmates. But I remember checking into it and it seems that they automatically renew you every year....you can't choose a one-year subscription.

    Joe
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited February 2009
    I don't faceboob or whatever it's called..

    If someone does an internet search of my name.. nothing comes up.. I rather enjoy people not finding me.. :)
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited February 2009
    danger boy wrote: »
    I don't faceboob or whatever it's called..

    If someone does an internet search of my name.. nothing comes up.. I rather enjoy people not finding me.. :)

    Yeah I hear ya. Sometimes I don't really want to hear from people I barely remember, but it is nice that some want to know what happened to "the most least likely to succeed": or live for that matter.
    Ben
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited February 2009
    I do and have found some old friends and had some find me, and some people that I didnt ever really care to hear from again find me. Is anyone tired of all the stupid requests too?
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  • whitetruk
    whitetruk Posts: 308
    edited March 2009
    i use it,stay in touch with my family easier.
    I thought it was fairly amusing also. The Polk Ogre doesn't always get 'it'
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,163
    edited March 2009
    I have people begging me to get a Facebook account. I spend too much time on the computer as it is :). I'm resisting, but it seems to be a good way to reach back into the past. A good friend of mine just got set-up with a computer after not having one for about 6 years........she joined Facebook and so many people have come out of the woodwork. She's enjoying it a lot.

    Once I get my new netbook set-up and I can be more portable perhaps I will get an account. Right now I don't feel like I'm missing anything.

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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,951
    edited March 2009
    Don't want to,never will.Do any of you guys remember what a phone is for?? Besides texting? I guess it's ok for keeping in touch with old school pals,but other than that,I don't get it besides creating a generation of people who can't communicate.I know people who spend 6 hours a day on facebook.I would rather spend that 6 hours in a bar socializing with friends and family.I also know of many couples who have destroyed their relationships due to old boyfriends/girlfriends looking them up through facebook,myspace.Oh well,guess my age shows a bit with my opinion on this,I just see more harm than good from it,thats all.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,951
    edited March 2009
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    I'm in a facebook but I don't get it.


    With that mug,Joe,the FBI most wanted book is more like it.:D
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  • phipiper10
    phipiper10 Posts: 955
    edited March 2009
    Yep, there is a VERY REAL danger with the old boyfriends/girlfriends coming out.

    I haven't had this experience first hand but it has happened to people I know.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,185
    edited March 2009
    I'm in facebook, Im a fairly new member. I have been a Myspace member for a year or so.

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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited March 2009
    Most definitely. No MySpace as Facebook is MUCH better. It's great for keeping in touch with friends back home, friends who have moved, showing off pictures, etc.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited March 2009
    Personally, I'm a member of the paranoid generation. The LESS info I have out there about myself the less surveilled I will be. Various security engines troll those sites and your public face may not be who you think you are, nonetheless, Gov't and others probably have access to everything you put out.

    Too Big Brother for me. A free space that is NOT really as free as people think it is.

    Just my paranoid 2 cents. Perhaps a few years in therapy might be warranted for me...or I might be right. Even I'm not sure so I stay away.

    Even this site is probably vulnerable...

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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2009
    tonyb wrote: »
    Don't want to,never will.Do any of you guys remember what a phone is for?? Besides texting? I guess it's ok for keeping in touch with old school pals,but other than that,I don't get it besides creating a generation of people who can't communicate.I know people who spend 6 hours a day on facebook.I would rather spend that 6 hours in a bar socializing with friends and family.I also know of many couples who have destroyed their relationships due to old boyfriends/girlfriends looking them up through facebook,myspace.Oh well,guess my age shows a bit with my opinion on this,I just see more harm than good from it,thats all.

    good points tonyb... today's generation grew up on computers and gaming consoles and don't know how to socialize with another human being face to face. Sad really. I'm with you... some things you just can't experience over the net when talking with someone.

    I on occasion enjoy going to a bar with friends and physically seeing them in person.. not over a phone or text or emails. Sure it's not always feasible, but I will take that human to human interaction over facebook, or myspace any time, every time.
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  • Mike Kozak
    Mike Kozak Posts: 931
    edited March 2009
    my monkey hurts
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2009
    tonyb wrote: »
    With that mug,Joe,the FBI most wanted book is more like it.:D

    What are youi taking about. I'm pretty.:D
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,516
    edited March 2009
    I'm a MySpace guy, been so for quite awhile, it's fun and a neat way to just keep in touch without having to use the phone or text. But, one of these is enough, I don't need a second one like FB.

    The fact is, sites like these (MySpace and FB) are really no different then email, it's like a dressed up email with photos and stats.
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited March 2009
    Yes I am, and I find it a great tool to find people that were "lost". I just got contacted by an old friend from high school about our 20 year reunion. There is no way I would have found out if it wasn't for Facebook, I had not been in contact with her since graduating and she just found me because she is organizing the reunion. Many other friends from the past have either found me, or I have found them.

    I live in a foreign continent so that adds to the convenience as well, I don't want to call all the time to Europe.
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  • noscivic
    noscivic Posts: 15
    edited March 2009
    Shizelbs wrote: »
    Facebook is far superior to MySpace.

    Plus its more adult oriented. Not too many stupid teenagers trying to look cool. Im on Facebook more than Myspace, but do have active accounts on both.

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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited March 2009
    Texting is retarded. I agree about using a phone, but if you have no idea where someone lives how do you find them? I just found a friend that I used to "flip" cards with when we were 8 years old. I like to see what people look like now. A lot of the hotties that I wanted are all fat and undesirable. Kinda funny that some of them were so stuck on themselves.
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