Question about Bebo

Rockee

Im 24 and not in college....should I be on bebo??? Just seems to be full of 19 year ols who go to BarCode...is myspace any different in terms of the age group etc????

aidan_walsh

You shouldn't be on either at your age.

Rb

Rockee wrote:

Im 24 and not in college....should I be on bebo???

No

Rockee wrote:

Just seems to be full of 19 year ols who go to BarCode...is myspace any different in terms of the age group etc????

Myspace is bebo for the emo kids.

Rockee

so....is there anything similiar to those 2 sites that is aimed for OAPs' like me???

rainbow kirby

Nobody should be on Bebo, it's a load of crap.

Chucky the tree

Rockee wrote:

Im 24 and not in college....should I be on bebo???

Unless your planning on "grooming" someone.

Rockee

Chucky the tree wrote:

Unless your planning on "grooming" someone.

I didnt have a breeze what it was til bout 2 weeks ago...my best friend is the same age as me so thought nothing of it...then again he's in college so I didnt realise that was practically one of the conditions of use....:p

Rockee

Rockee wrote:

so....is there anything similiar to those 2 sites that is aimed for OAPs' like me???

Bump

Rb

Not afaik.

Chucky the tree

www.bingo.ie

DoctorEdgeWild

It all depends on what you're looking to do - If you just feel the insatiable need for a presence online perchance you shuffle off this mortal coil tomorrow then go for a full on website detailing your greatness.

Bebo is great for kids who want to have a laugh and not waste their credit. It is also useful if you have many friends outside of Ireland who due to cost/time zone etc it is difficult to keep in contact with.

Basically all of these sites are whatever you want them to be - communication tool/ego stroker/grooming area:D /whatever.

Rb

But again, you're 24. No self respecting 24 year old would use bebo.

Fast_Mover

rb, you use Bebo tho..hmm: pot.kettle.black!!:p

Cosine

rb_ie wrote:

But again, you're 24. No self respecting 24 year old would use bebo.

How do you know he has self respect?

techguy

Bebo is cool but it is full of 17-19 yo's alright.. Im 18 so im okay for another while ..

DoctorEdgeWild

Haha - I'm also 24 and I use Bebo.

Hi Group - My name is darren and.. I ... (It's OK Darren, just say it)... I'm a Bebo user. I guess it started when some of my friends were using Bebo at this party one night and... Well it seemed all cool and stuff but soon I wasn't just using at parties. It became something I'd do at home. Then I was missing days in work just waiting for a comment on one of my pictures. Finally I sold a kidney online to upgrade my account. That was when I found you guys.

Rockee

Cosine wrote:

How do you know he has self respect?

Of course Ive got self-respect...look at what I said above about not knowing what it was 2 weeks ago....

Cosine

The could have just been blissful ignorance :rolleyes:

Rockee

Cosine wrote:

The could have just been blissful ignorance :rolleyes:

Exactly...didnt realise I had to drink in barcode every week and hold a student discount card to use it....Im being sarcastic btw no offence to college folk.:)

Cosine

~sniff sniff~

You cut me man. You cut me real deep.

But since I dont know what barcode is I'll survive

Rockee

Cosine wrote:

~sniff sniff~

You cut me man. You cut me real deep.

But since I dont know what barcode is I'll survive

Ah its cool. :-)
LOL! Wasnt meaning to cut anybody as indicated by the little smiley! Barcode is a pub/nightclub near Clontarf in Dublin where a lot of students go on Thursday nights....as I said no offence to anyone who goes there! Its just anytime I was on bebo almost everyone was saying 'cool night in barcode last week' or 'see you in barcode next week' etc....

Cosine

bloody kids these days :mad:

lol

Rockee

Cosine wrote:

bloody kids these days :mad:

lol

Aw shockin...:D

Fast_Mover

aww jealous rb??..ask nicely and they might let you join in:D

Rockee

Fast_Mover wrote:

aww jealous rb??..ask nicely and they might let you join in:D

I saw that post by rb too...where the hell is it???

Ozzy

Blah blah bah beebo this, beeobo that
Myspace this, myspace that
cock kettle black mbleh mbleh mbleh!

Fuck off and piss off bebo myspace cnuts

Cosine

ahem


No.


That is all

Rockee

Ozzy wrote:

Blah blah bah beebo this, beeobo that
Myspace this, myspace that
cock kettle black mbleh mbleh mbleh!

Fuck off and piss off bebo myspace cnuts

That was helpful....:rolleyes:

Thanks anyway.

Bad night with Sharon then Ozzy?

Ozzy

**** man...
Do you know me?

Anyway to answer your question. No, you shouldn't be on Bebo rollereyes, smirkface! Keep what dignity you have left!

NoreenMF

I'm 30 and I use Bebo - it's good for keeping in touch with my friends and family as I don't live in Ireland anymore.

And it's something to do on the net when I'm REALLY, REALLY bored...

Don't let silly people put you off something that you might enjoy!

Rockee

Ozzy wrote:

**** man...
Do you know me?

Anyway to answer your question. No, you shouldn't be on Bebo rollereyes, smirkface! Keep what dignity you have left!

So people who use bebo have no dignity??? I dunno....theres a few people who use bebo who'll read that and will have their doubts....As for me...maybe you're right, maybe it is embarassing for a 24 year old to use it. Didnt know people were so anti-bebo :eek:

Rockee

NoreenMF wrote:

I'm 30 and I use Bebo - it's good for keeping in touch with my friends and family as I don't live in Ireland anymore.

And it's something to do on the net when I'm REALLY, REALLY bored...

Don't let silly people put you off something that you might enjoy!

Bless ya! I agree just cos a lot of younger folk have latched onto said websites, whats the harm in us oul wans having our own page?

WhiteWashMan

oh god, if people love bebo (and i still have no idea what it is), why dont yis feck off there and do whatever it is you do there?

seriously, all i see these days are bebo threads!

dundalk cailin

Id nearly feel old, at 20, being a bebo user if it werent for the half of my college being on it...i use the excuse of not being in ireland..blah, blah..what can i say,im a waster of a student

Rockee

Rockee wrote:

Im 24 and not in college....should I be on bebo??? Just seems to be full of 19 year ols who go to BarCode...is myspace any different in terms of the age group etc????

I thought the same my self as my little sister is constanly on it but recently a mate sent me a mail and now i keep in contact with 30 something ppl i lost contact with since shcool who are on it
its a good idea

yawnstretch

Yeah - to be honest I hated all the bebo emails I kept getting but I eventually decided well there seems to be enough people I know using it to warrant a look.

So I sent out bebo emails too (the shame). But hey - once you get that over with it's actually moderately interesting and is a good way to stay in touch with certain circles of friends that you might otherwise never communicate with again.

Im 24 and Im a Bebo user

Rockee

yawnstretch wrote:

Yeah - to be honest I hated all the bebo emails I kept getting but I eventually decided well there seems to be enough people I know using it to warrant a look.

So I sent out bebo emails too (the shame). But hey - once you get that over with it's actually moderately interesting and is a good way to stay in touch with certain circles of friends that you might otherwise never communicate with again.

Im 24 and Im a Bebo user

Cool...feck the naysayers so!:D

MrVestek

Ok yes I'll admit it I'm on bebo, I joined way back in like november when I got one of those mass invite emails. Normally I wouldn't go near such a site that depended on spam emails to get it's userbase up but I thought that I'd give it a go then forgot completely all about it. Only went on there a few weeks ago to do some investigation.

I just don't get it... it's like a poor man's myspace. MySpace is much better, more community orientated and is a hell of alot more customisable. Bebo on the other hand looks like it was coded by a monkey the site is buggy as feck.

One thing that does annoy me though... it's popularity seems to have sprung up out of nowhere across Dublin. The past two weeks I've heared nothing but conversations about Bebo in Work/College and in passing.

Seriously it's not that bloody good. Bah... hopefully it's a fad... and fads pass really quickly.

Rb

I'll second that, the quicker it dies the better.

projectmayhem

Achilles wrote:

I just don't get it... it's like a poor man's myspace. MySpace is much better, more community orientated and is a hell of alot more customisable. Bebo on the other hand looks like it was coded by a monkey the site is buggy as feck.

yes it's possibly the worst coded site in the world. however, it IS a fairly recent site, so i'd assume they'll get round to fixing it at some stage. plus, myspace's "open policy" to making your "space" look the way you want leads to horrendous use of css and javascript on people's pages. restricting that makes life easier.

Achilles wrote:

One thing that does annoy me though... it's popularity seems to have sprung up out of nowhere across Dublin. The past two weeks I've heared nothing but conversations about Bebo in Work/College and in passing.

i don't get that either. i joined because a mate wanted me to fill in some quiz. then a week or two later everyone in college was a member, so i started messing with my account and now everyone in my class, and old buddies i stumbled accross are friends on it. quite handy.

also, apparently bebo is the 4th most visited site in ireland atm

LegacyUser

aidan_walsh wrote:

You shouldn't be on either at your age.

why not?

Rockee

a week on and nobody has answered that question.....:rolleyes: ive come to the conclusion that bebo is great craic

NoreenMF

If you can't beat em, join em!

Arathorn

I'm 23 and im tempted to sign up but then again im a bit paranoid anyone can look me up. I've heard of prospective employers looking up people on bebo too to suss them out, wouldnt fancy them seeing some of my holiday pics!!!

Fighting Irish

Arathorn wrote:

I'm 23 and im tempted to sign up but then again im a bit paranoid anyone can look me up. I've heard of prospective employers looking up people on bebo too to suss them out, wouldnt fancy them seeing some of my holiday pics!!!

But you can't search bebo, they would have to get fairly lucky to find your page?

MrVestek

Fighting Irish wrote:

But you can't search bebo...

Erh, yes you can they've integrated Google search onto their pages now to find profiles...

Arathorn

If they have your cv they can search your school and collage for your name as well its not that hard to do

Fighting Irish

Arathorn wrote:

If they have your cv they can search your school and collage for your name as well its not that hard to do

They have to join your school/college, bebo is **** like that. they need a search feature where you into names ans search for them. Bebo is a ****ty version of myspace

Is1ldur

What the hell is 'grooming', btw? Or am I just wayyyy too old?

Rockee

Arathorn wrote:

I'm 23 and im tempted to sign up but then again im a bit paranoid anyone can look me up. I've heard of prospective employers looking up people on bebo too to suss them out, wouldnt fancy them seeing some of my holiday pics!!!

Ive heard of that too....there is a way on bebo to allow your photos only to be shown to people you choose.

Arathorn

It wouldnt be very professional for them to do it, id say smaller organisations might do it, it can give an insight in to what a person is like some of the profiles can get pretty intimate. Oh and I would also like to know what grooming is, it sounds a bit pervy!