Facebook: greatest marketing scam ever…it’s all about YOU! 24/7! and you don’t have to do anything! You can BE anything! Pretend to DO anything! And sit on your butt and never have another thought! (Please buy something now, you’ve been suitably flattered)
Facebook has its drawbacks, no doubt about it. But I have to say my experience has been very positive…I’ve reconnected with dozens of old friends from my past thanks to facebook, in Spain especially, where I lived as a teen, 30 years ago. I keep contact with faraway family members too (yes, I DO call them on the phone and even go to see them once in a while). The trick is to keep few friends on facebook (I’ve never had more than 50) and to be careful what you post. If you have something personal to say, email it or call the person…don’t post it! But I can honestly say that none of my friends are fake, or pretend, and I can also say that they DO care about me…
facebook keeps changing up, and mine went from IM, email, and a free photo/digital image storage server, to a My Space (have you seen THAT house of horrors lately?) clone, full of game invites, ads, and friend requests (you have to beg someone to be your friend???) :(
À mes amis Canadiens, ont un heureux Jour de l’action de grâces ! A bit literal but nevertheless, I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving Day !Et oui, je déteste aussi Facebook !
Clark Kent: No, there is no official language in the US. That is just the goal of a few bigots who are too lazy and self-centered to learn any other language.
1. To man on the left in cartoon: Well, a pretend friend is better than no friend at all.2. It may be unforgivable of me, but I find that Facebook positives outweigh the negatives. I’ve limited my “friends” to relatives and in-laws, and at present have fifteen. Wouldn’t be able to handle 100’s of them! I don’t post anything I don’t want the world at large to know. If I get a friend request from a non-relative or in-law, I respond (if I recognize the person) that I’ll be delighted to exchange emails. Got a new good friend (a woman who’d been in my class from junior high through college and in church choir) this way.
I don’t do Facebook either, have been tempted because I have friends who do, but still haven’t taken the plunge, don’t trust it. But SERIOUSLY, the government doesn’t need Facebook to get information on you. I’m sure they have tons of info on all of us.
I opened up a Facebook page to contact old friends after a death in my family several months ago. I have 6 friends – all people who I actually know.I have received about 100 requests by strangers to ‘friend’ them, and I’ve no idea why.
@hippogriff and @ LinquistYou two are just totally ignorant. We were established by English speaking people. English has been the main language in the USA. Early immigrants made their children learn English once they started going to school. Other countries have official languages so why not us? Because every time a bill comes up for doing it, there is a big brouhaha over it saying it’s discriminatory which is BS.. It’s just saying this is the language of this country just like every other country has there own official language. As for calling people lazy for not learning another language, not everyone is wired to learn another language. I would have loved to learn another language but it won’t stick. And if I could learn another language it would be one from my own heritage which isn’tSpanish, Chinese or French. As for FB, I had it once but it got ridiculous so I had it deleted at the beginning of the year. It is impossible for me to get in it now if I wanted to unless I make another account which won’t happen.
cbrsarah: Predominant is math, official is law. Most of my “native” languages are extinct or nearly so; how many today know Anglo-Saxon (I never could find out which), Scots Gaelic, or Cherokee. Just as in officially bilingual countries, a common language evolves (Post Canada Poste), so will we – especially considering English gains new words by stealing them from other languages. After all, for a couple of centuries, England was officially Norman French, but ended up a combination of both, before imperialism added a ton of other languages to the mix.
I’m with him. I just don’t get sociopathic media or how it could be at all interesting. Plus I’m a little old-school about how much personal information I put out there deliberately. “Hey, I’m going to tell everybody what I ate for lunch! Why don’t I post my SSN, bank account number, and credit card numbers as well?!”
Faux Real over 11 years ago
thanksgiving heureux à nos amis de canuck
After all, Canada is bilingual but my french probably sucks
jreckard over 11 years ago
Facebook – for pretend friends and false faces.
psychlady over 11 years ago
Facebook – too time consuming and too phony!
tigre1again over 11 years ago
Facebook: greatest marketing scam ever…it’s all about YOU! 24/7! and you don’t have to do anything! You can BE anything! Pretend to DO anything! And sit on your butt and never have another thought! (Please buy something now, you’ve been suitably flattered)
poppy1313 over 11 years ago
The allure of Facebook…to spend endless hours telling people you don’t care-about and who don’t care about you what your doing….Lots of fun
thetraveller4 over 11 years ago
Facebook has its drawbacks, no doubt about it. But I have to say my experience has been very positive…I’ve reconnected with dozens of old friends from my past thanks to facebook, in Spain especially, where I lived as a teen, 30 years ago. I keep contact with faraway family members too (yes, I DO call them on the phone and even go to see them once in a while). The trick is to keep few friends on facebook (I’ve never had more than 50) and to be careful what you post. If you have something personal to say, email it or call the person…don’t post it! But I can honestly say that none of my friends are fake, or pretend, and I can also say that they DO care about me…
Gigantor over 11 years ago
There is no allure to Facebook, especially after all the money I’ve lost on their plunging stock.
Rickapolis over 11 years ago
At least the ‘pretend friends’ are free.
Allan CB Premium Member over 11 years ago
wicky over 11 years ago
Why do they have such big honkers???
dfowensby over 11 years ago
facebook keeps changing up, and mine went from IM, email, and a free photo/digital image storage server, to a My Space (have you seen THAT house of horrors lately?) clone, full of game invites, ads, and friend requests (you have to beg someone to be your friend???) :(
dfowensby over 11 years ago
just go to the security settings, and close your account. easy.
Linguist over 11 years ago
À mes amis Canadiens, ont un heureux Jour de l’action de grâces ! A bit literal but nevertheless, I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving Day !Et oui, je déteste aussi Facebook !
lecrenb over 11 years ago
We had our turkey dinner last night because my son has to work today… so thanks very much for all the good wishes to my American friends…
And after an episode where someone created a false Twitbook page in my name, you will no longer find me any where near that site.
hippogriff over 11 years ago
Clark Kent: No, there is no official language in the US. That is just the goal of a few bigots who are too lazy and self-centered to learn any other language.
Iwa Iniki over 11 years ago
Do not like Facebook.
Gokie5 over 11 years ago
1. To man on the left in cartoon: Well, a pretend friend is better than no friend at all.2. It may be unforgivable of me, but I find that Facebook positives outweigh the negatives. I’ve limited my “friends” to relatives and in-laws, and at present have fifteen. Wouldn’t be able to handle 100’s of them! I don’t post anything I don’t want the world at large to know. If I get a friend request from a non-relative or in-law, I respond (if I recognize the person) that I’ll be delighted to exchange emails. Got a new good friend (a woman who’d been in my class from junior high through college and in church choir) this way.
Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 11 years ago
I don’t do Facebook either, have been tempted because I have friends who do, but still haven’t taken the plunge, don’t trust it. But SERIOUSLY, the government doesn’t need Facebook to get information on you. I’m sure they have tons of info on all of us.
Can't Sleep over 11 years ago
I opened up a Facebook page to contact old friends after a death in my family several months ago. I have 6 friends – all people who I actually know.I have received about 100 requests by strangers to ‘friend’ them, and I’ve no idea why.
cbrsarah over 11 years ago
@hippogriff and @ LinquistYou two are just totally ignorant. We were established by English speaking people. English has been the main language in the USA. Early immigrants made their children learn English once they started going to school. Other countries have official languages so why not us? Because every time a bill comes up for doing it, there is a big brouhaha over it saying it’s discriminatory which is BS.. It’s just saying this is the language of this country just like every other country has there own official language. As for calling people lazy for not learning another language, not everyone is wired to learn another language. I would have loved to learn another language but it won’t stick. And if I could learn another language it would be one from my own heritage which isn’tSpanish, Chinese or French. As for FB, I had it once but it got ridiculous so I had it deleted at the beginning of the year. It is impossible for me to get in it now if I wanted to unless I make another account which won’t happen.
hippogriff over 11 years ago
cbrsarah: Predominant is math, official is law. Most of my “native” languages are extinct or nearly so; how many today know Anglo-Saxon (I never could find out which), Scots Gaelic, or Cherokee. Just as in officially bilingual countries, a common language evolves (Post Canada Poste), so will we – especially considering English gains new words by stealing them from other languages. After all, for a couple of centuries, England was officially Norman French, but ended up a combination of both, before imperialism added a ton of other languages to the mix.
wicky over 11 years ago
Typical, liberals call anyone who they do not agree with a “bigot”
Ernest Lemmingway over 11 years ago
I’m with him. I just don’t get sociopathic media or how it could be at all interesting. Plus I’m a little old-school about how much personal information I put out there deliberately. “Hey, I’m going to tell everybody what I ate for lunch! Why don’t I post my SSN, bank account number, and credit card numbers as well?!”
treered over 11 years ago
w/facebook, there is no PHYSICAL involvement…