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post #1 of 103
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I'm pretty closed off with my MySpace page - just people I actually know - but I recently got a Facebook account and plan to be more open with it. If you want to add me, I'm there with the email devin@chud.com.
post #2 of 103
Say what you want about the shitty apps that litter Facebook, I'd rather ignore those on a daily basis than have to be subjected to the horrendous display of poor HTML and gaudy, late-90s graphics.
post #3 of 103
Welcome to the best timewaster on the net (next to actually reading articles and such, that is)!
post #4 of 103
But it can be used to post articles and such.

And yeah, i block 95% of the applications sent to me, the rest is easy to use and kinda cool.
post #5 of 103
I've actually found and reconnected with three lost friends on facebook, and that's good enough for me to defend it to the folks around me that tell me I'm too old to bother.
post #6 of 103
You're friends with slater? Don't you guys not get along. I like the view friends option. Apparently, Brad Millette, Dan Whitehead, and Charlie Brigden are kicking around on Facebook!
post #7 of 103
Facebook is pretty cool for swift updates and the like, but damn if those fucking apps requests don't piss me off.

No I don't want to know what kind of Teddy bear / vampire / zombie / pirate / hooker I am...

In fact this image kinda sums your/my initial experience with facebook nicely...


Once you get it all under control though I'm 100% behind Scott's opinion that its infinitely preferable to some of the gaudy cluster fucks of HTML you get on Myspace, that look like a colour blind ex ZX Spectrum game programmer has cobbled together a technocoloured nightmare.
post #8 of 103
hehe I cracked up reading that.
post #9 of 103
Awesome.
post #10 of 103
That image is pretty well done.

Facebook is mostly better than Myspace, applications aside, but it does seem to take five times as long to do anything.
post #11 of 103
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And yeah, i accept 95% of the applications sent to me, and re-send them to other friends constantly. Including sending oranges to people.
Fixed.
post #12 of 103
hahahah that only happened once. And i think i did it the day of one of your marathons.

You should thank me!
post #13 of 103
I'm ignoring chud friend requests left and right.

Except for Ripoll. He's cool.
post #14 of 103
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Click and find someone who loves it up the wrong-'un.
Hilarious.
post #15 of 103
I thought I'd be friendly and add Devin. I just realised that my wife had turned on auto-login with her account. So Devin, if you get an invite from a Rebecca you can ignore that

Instead I just joined the CHUD.com group.
post #16 of 103
Just a quick note to say that I was dicking around with one of the features clicked the wrong button and recommended Zodiac to everyone on my friends list (who are all chud folks anyways) so sorry about that.
post #17 of 103
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Originally Posted by Diva View Post
You're friends with slater? Don't you guys not get along.
Someone needs to get to the bottom of this. Right. Fucking. Now.
post #18 of 103
Facebook (not MySpace) is how I found a lot music that I'm listening to right now, simply because my friends post songs or music videos now and again that usually end up being pretty neat.

If I added you as a friend and you don't really know who I am, it means I'm curious in what you bring to the table interest-wise. Take it as a compliment.
post #19 of 103
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If I added you as a friend and you don't really know who I am, it means I'm curious in what you bring to the table interest-wise. Take it as a compliment.
I can't imagine caring what some stranger is or isn't interested in. Facebook becomes worthless once your friends list gets cluttered with people you don't actually know.
post #20 of 103
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I can't imagine caring what some stranger is or isn't interested in. Facebook becomes worthless once your friends list gets cluttered with people you don't actually know.
I would argue that the whole idea of these kind of sites is socal networking , so adding strangers is sort of the point.

A freind of mine quite rightly pointed out that if you just add friends then you might as well just email them. Or if you feel really crazy call them on the phone.
post #21 of 103
Surely the point of Facebook is just to waste time when you should be working?
post #22 of 103
It would be, if my work place didn't block it.
post #23 of 103
Slater's understandably worried you guys would poke him.
post #24 of 103
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Slater's understandably worried you guys would poke him.
up the wrong'un
post #25 of 103
I got my first werewolf request. Because I added someone I once worked with. Fuck facebook and anyone who claimed it was any better/more "grown up" than myspace. If you're afraid of all the nasty codes and crappy animations, you have the wrong myspace friends.
post #26 of 103
I'm a Zombie Lich.
post #27 of 103
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Originally Posted by Slater View Post
Facebook becomes worthless once your friends list gets cluttered with people you don't actually know.
Or people just think you have a lot of friends, are popular, and have a meaningful life. It's actually interesting, demographically — most of the people I know out west have 100 - 300 "friends" where as easterners tend to be just shy of 1000.

The insecurities on display — alone — make facebook a worthwhile join.
post #28 of 103
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I would argue that the whole idea of these kind of sites is socal networking , so adding strangers is sort of the point.
That depends on your definition of social networking. Facebook lets me keep in touch with college friends, people I know in LA and business contacts, all without wasting hours on email or the phone every day. It's useful shit.

If you think social networking means standing in the middle of a crowded party and screaming Anybody here like Radiohead?, more power to you, I guess.
post #29 of 103
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Originally Posted by Phil View Post
I got my first werewolf request. Because I added someone I once worked with. Fuck facebook and anyone who claimed it was any better/more "grown up" than myspace. If you're afraid of all the nasty codes and crappy animations, you have the wrong myspace friends.
Exactly.
post #30 of 103
If facebook allowed you to simply "disable all apps" it'd be flawless.

Myspace adds an apps dev kit to keep "current". Boggles the mind.
post #31 of 103
You can't disable all apps, but you can block them and block application requests. You can also block all application requests from certain people if someone is being especially annoying. It's pretty damn easy, and I haven't had a single request or invite or email that I wasn't interested in in months.
post #32 of 103
If a dude "pokes" me, what am I supposed to get from that? I mean, if I chick pokes me, I get the ole "Aw Gosh" feeling, but to be poked more than once by some dude? Creepy...
post #33 of 103
What do you expect, dressed like that?
post #34 of 103
Facebook is so sunny and happy. It reminds me of a christian rock concert.
post #35 of 103
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Originally Posted by Slater View Post
That depends on your definition of social networking. Facebook lets me keep in touch with college friends, people I know in LA and business contacts, all without wasting hours on email or the phone every day. It's useful shit.

If you think social networking means standing in the middle of a crowded party and screaming Anybody here like Radiohead?, more power to you, I guess.


Thats a fair point.

In fairness though I only tend to add people that that have ether been recomended (because a friend knows them.
post #36 of 103
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Originally Posted by Phil View Post
I got my first werewolf request. Because I added someone I once worked with. Fuck facebook and anyone who claimed it was any better/more "grown up" than myspace. If you're afraid of all the nasty codes and crappy animations, you have the wrong myspace friends.
Ooookay then. Yeah, I tend to not get requests like that on MySpace.
post #37 of 103
Though I have a facebook account (myspace is like old balls), I tend to frequent my Linkedin account moreso, which is an awesome way to keep in touch with business colleagues.
post #38 of 103
I have almost 200 friends on Facebook and I know them all personally, save the CHUD folks whom I may as well know personally. After seven years here, you all know actually more about me than most folks I know, including family.

Also Facebook's options are great. I've blocked most applications (although I do love the Zombie one) as well as my profile (only people who are my friends can see it). Only people I care to interact with are my friends.
post #39 of 103
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Originally Posted by Slater View Post
If you think social networking means standing in the middle of a crowded party and screaming Anybody here like Radiohead?, more power to you, I guess.
Well, that's supposed to be what the groups are for. Read threads, add pictures, etc. without ever having to find and friend these strangers. It's gotten more confused with the fan pages and apps and everything else, though.
post #40 of 103
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Originally Posted by Slater
I can't imagine caring what some stranger is or isn't interested in. Facebook becomes worthless once your friends list gets cluttered with people you don't actually know.
You make a good point, but I haven't really used Facebook to talk to people I know (what's the point? Are they really your friends if you're talking to them on a social networking site exclusively?). Instead, I've used it to find people I formerly knew where I used to live or people like the ones I've added from CHUD, like Mr. Kimbell above me.

Just a different form of the message board I suppose. A critic of Facebook recently wrote that people participate so they can validate their own opinions and in turn, their self-worth. I disagree because I think most people just want to meet other people for sex, but I'm cynical like that.
post #41 of 103
I having great time listening/reading/reposting eastern stuff (like Richard's pic)...
post #42 of 103
So I've gotten a number of requests from people who are obviously Chewers (I can see we have mutual CHUD friends), but unless you message me with your board name so I know who you are I will reject the request. Just FYI.

Also, I know people always fear change, and for the most part I've gone along with the Facebook changes, but this new layout is all kinds of suck. It makes info much more difficult to find, and info that no one gives a shit about is prominently displayed.
post #43 of 103
To be honest, I only ever really look at my news feed, so they can do what they want to the profiles.

What I find funny is how their idea of making my account more secure is to provide another phone number and email address. Sure, giving out to other forms of identification makes me feel a whole lot safer.
post #44 of 103
Right, but now your news feed is cluttered with every post I make on other people's pages. A quarter of my time is deleting stuff out of my news feed so it doesn't get into yours.
post #45 of 103
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Originally Posted by Diva View Post
So I've gotten a number of requests from people who are obviously Chewers (I can see we have mutual CHUD friends), but unless you message me with your board name so I know who you are I will reject the request. Just FYI.
I won't reject you, but it will make me stare at your request for a few days. Just let me know who you are!
post #46 of 103
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Right, but now your news feed is cluttered with every post I make on other people's pages.
Really? That's not happening on mine.
post #47 of 103
Are you on the new profile? Instead of have a generic "Richard posted on so-and-so's picture", Facebook now posts your exact quote, links to it, and blasts it in your news feed.

Also, I hate that there's no static status any more. Now, whatever your last post was, whether a link, photo, or random musing, becomes your status. I liked the previous profile where I could have a status that I wanted people to see indefinitely, and the other stuff fell by the wayside.
post #48 of 103
Yeah, I have the new profile. Maybe my friends are deleting them before I see them, but I haven't been seeing posts like that. If I look at someone's profile, I'll see it under Recent Activity, and it's the full quote instead just "posted on so-and-so's wall", but it's not showing up in my news feed.
post #49 of 103
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Originally Posted by Phil View Post
I won't reject you, but it will make me stare at your request for a few days. Just let me know who you are!
I will wonder who you are and make a mental note to find out. Then I will forget. No offense.
post #50 of 103
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I will wonder who you are and make a mental note to find out. Then I will forget. No offense.
He'll ask some of us, and we'll tell him, and then that email exchange will devolve into a bunch of nonsense.
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