Facebook is bad!!!

Paddy_Smith

Jaysus I wish the thing never existed.....

.......It causes nothing but trouble, hurts a lot of people's feelings for example; Not commenting on a photo, not liking a status etc..

And the worst bit about it is about to come........;

People in pubs for example never stop talking about it, I overhear every single person usually when I go out to the pubs talking about it. I can't enjoy a good night out nowadays hearing it that much.

It's bloody everywhere!!!


Is there actually people out there that hates it like me?

pockets3d

cool story bro

5uspect

The people who bought Bebo?

Badgermonkey

I don't hate it, not on it though and no plans to be.

Seems a little cyber Orwellian.

deathrider

Paddy_Smith wrote: »

Jaysus I wish the thing never existed.....

.......It causes nothing but trouble, hurts a lot of people's feelings for example; Not commenting on a photo, not liking a status etc..

And the worst bit about it is about to come........;

People in pubs for example never stop talking about it, I overhear every single person usually when I go out to the pubs talking about it. I can't enjoy a good night out nowadays hearing it that much.

It's bloody everywhere!!!


Is there actually people out there that hates it like me?

You'd better thank my post, or it's really gonna hurt my feelings!

Asphyxia

There probably is but I'm not one of them :rolleyes:

Claasman

I like it, because most of my friends live on the opposite side of the world and its a cheap and easy way to keep in the loop...

Your friends seem to be taking it way too seriously though....

Naikon

It's a mass profiling tool to gauge the habits of the masses. Never used it myself. But then again, I am not easily convinced. What is put out in the public domain, can not be taken back. Like this post for instance.

gbee

What the fu** IS facebook. ?

dx22

I was just thinking right now how long more it will last before it gets usurped by the next trend in social networking. It has lost all its authenticity that it started with. I have noticed a very of sharp increase since christmas in companies adding a facebook/twitter element which screams look at us, we are like you! For me boards.ie is
social networking, user led and authentic which facebook doesnt seem to be anymore! (to me anyway)

unfortunately

Who gets offended because you didn't like their status?
Sounds like your friends are the problem not facebook.

Daegerty

Claasman wrote: »

I like it, because most of my friends live on the opposite side of the world and its a cheap and easy way to keep in the loop...

Same. Don't feel the need to start using facebook though, have plenty of other means to stay in touch

lecker Hendl

Paddy_Smith wrote: »

Jaysus I wish the thing never existed.....

.......It causes nothing but trouble, hurts a lot of people's feelings for example; Not commenting on a photo, not liking a status etc..

And the worst bit about it is about to come........;

People in pubs for example never stop talking about it, I overhear every single person usually when I go out to the pubs talking about it. I can't enjoy a good night out nowadays hearing it that much.

It's bloody everywhere!!!


Is there actually people out there that hates it like me?

u ok hun? xx

Logical Fallacy

Paddy_Smith wrote: »

Jaysus I wish the thing never existed.....

.......It causes nothing but trouble, hurts a lot of people's feelings for example; Not commenting on a photo, not liking a status etc..

What kind of complete vagina's do you know on Facebook?

Paddy_Smith

unfortunately wrote: »

Who gets offended because you didn't like their status?
Sounds like your friends are the problem not facebook.

Yeah but it seems to me like a lot of people usually gets offended, if facebook wasn't there then they wouldn't be having these ****ty feelings!

jester77

Strange friends if they get offended by what you don't say in a virtual world, mine usually only get offended by what I say in the real world!

Paddy_Smith

Logical Fallacy wrote: »

What kind of complete vagina's do you know on Facebook?

I know what you mean, they should just grow a set to be honest!

Magic Eight Ball

What I don't understand is why people who kicked the **** outta me in school friend requesting me on facebook 15 years later.. It boggles!
belated apology maybe?!

wolf moon

Paddy_Smith wrote: »

Is there actually people out there that hates it like me?

never had an account there, never will.
im not a huge fan of enslavement in any form.

OPENROAD

Watching Football League show BBC 1 imo 1min ago :like:

FoxT

I joined fb because people that I met socially were constantly referring to it & I felt I was missing out in some way. I have found it disappointing overall.

On the plus side, I have been able to re-establish contact with some old friends ( I am in my late 40s btw) , people that I am fond of, but had not heard from for 10 years or more. In many cases, I found that I had moved on, and so had they. For a variety of reasons, (mainly geographical) maintaining a real relationship was no longer possible, but it was still nice to stay in touch.

On the minus side, almost all comments/posts are completely anodyne. I get a constant barrage of farmville requests from neices/nephews/cousins/etc that lead me to a process that goes like this:
- OMG, 5yo mikey has asked me for a chicken, how cute!
- Hi mikey, heres a chicken! Woo hoo!
- OMG, Mikey, his mom, his aunt, her friend, and his brother have all asked me for chickens!
- All of this quickly degenerates though, to feeling:
- Arrgh, If I give them no chickens I am an evil toad.
- But if I give them chickens, this BS will go on forever

And, lurking behind all of this, is the whole Facebook Privacy policy. I am sure that if I spent a day reading it, I would understand it - But I don't have a day!

So, I just dont like it. Combination of emotional blackmail, dodgy privacy, and useless anodyne, "I have friday off, woo hoo!" posts just kill it for me.

So, I log in about once a quarter, & ping any old friend that turns up.

Boards is, for me, enormously better.

mink_man

bebo is where it's at lads

languagenerd

I use Facebook (probably too often if I'm honest) and I think that it can be a pretty useful when used correctly. That said, I think in general, we're becoming too obsessed with it. It's like instant approval - people "like" someone's status/comment/photo and they're suddenly convinced they're super-popular and revered... and people also add everyone they've ever spoken to once and can feel great about themselves cause they've 600 friends. :rolleyes:. People I never once spoke to when we were in school a few years ago randomly add me and I have no idea why they'd even want to connect with me.

I have two "friends" in particular who, when they're together, constantly update their statuses every few minutes about what they're doing and how much fun it is. Can't be that much fun if they're both glued to Facebook!!

Paddy_Smith

FoxT wrote: »

I joined fb because people that I met socially were constantly referring to it & I felt I was missing out in some way. I have found it disappointing overall.

On the plus side, I have been able to re-establish contact with some old friends ( I am in my late 40s btw) , people that I am fond of, but had not heard from for 10 years or more. In many cases, I found that I had moved on, and so had they. For a variety of reasons, (mainly geographical) maintaining a real relationship was no longer possible, but it was still nice to stay in touch.

On the minus side, almost all comments/posts are completely anodyne. I get a constant barrage of farmville requests from neices/nephews/cousins/etc that lead me to a process that goes like this:
- OMG, 5yo mikey has asked me for a chicken, how cute!
- Hi mikey, heres a chicken! Woo hoo!
- OMG, Mikey, his mom, his aunt, her friend, and his brother have all asked me for chickens!
- All of this quickly degenerates though, to feeling:
- Arrgh, If I give them no chickens I am an evil toad.
- But if I give them chickens, this BS will go on forever

And, lurking behind all of this, is the whole Facebook Privacy policy. I am sure that if I spent a day reading it, I would understand it - But I don't have a day!

So, I just dont like it. Combination of emotional blackmail, dodgy privacy, and useless anodyne, "I have friday off, woo hoo!" posts just kill it for me.

So, I log in about once a quarter, & ping any old friend that turns up.

Boards is, for me, enormously better.

Brilliant post!

Facebook was made for people to get in contact with friends and family worldwide, not some sort of external world!

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Paddy_Smith wrote: »

Brilliant post!

Facebook was made for poeple to get in contact with friends and family worldwide, not some sort of external world!

Clearly haven't seen the social network...

Jeboa Safari

I have an account, don't use it much though and have very little trust in facebook and their changing privacy policy and the spam apps

jester77

FoxT wrote: »

I joined fb because people that I met socially were constantly referring to it & I felt I was missing out in some way. I have found it disappointing overall.

On the plus side, I have been able to re-establish contact with some old friends ( I am in my late 40s btw) , people that I am fond of, but had not heard from for 10 years or more. In many cases, I found that I had moved on, and so had they. For a variety of reasons, (mainly geographical) maintaining a real relationship was no longer possible, but it was still nice to stay in touch.

On the minus side, almost all comments/posts are completely anodyne. I get a constant barrage of farmville requests from neices/nephews/cousins/etc that lead me to a process that goes like this:
- OMG, 5yo mikey has asked me for a chicken, how cute!
- Hi mikey, heres a chicken! Woo hoo!
- OMG, Mikey, his mom, his aunt, her friend, and his brother have all asked me for chickens!
- All of this quickly degenerates though, to feeling:
- Arrgh, If I give them no chickens I am an evil toad.
- But if I give them chickens, this BS will go on forever

And, lurking behind all of this, is the whole Facebook Privacy policy. I am sure that if I spent a day reading it, I would understand it - But I don't have a day!

So, I just dont like it. Combination of emotional blackmail, dodgy privacy, and useless anodyne, "I have friday off, woo hoo!" posts just kill it for me.

So, I log in about once a quarter, & ping any old friend that turns up.

Boards is, for me, enormously better.

Spot on. I never understand these people who have 100+ friends. Really?! Just because you talked to someone 2 or 3 times is not a reason to add them. I hardly ever log in or update my status but I have an app on my phone that uses the chat feature. This is about the only good thing I get out of it, can have a quick chat with friends and family who are spread around the world.

Duckworth_Luas

It's odd that so many people are put off about filling out a confidential census form yet stick digital photos of themselves on this website.

To be honest I know very little about it. I always thought it was something aimed at teenage girls. I was fairly surprised to hear that a lot of my male friends and acquaintances have accounts.

When I was in primary school the girls in my class used to send around notes asking others if they were their friends or not, YES or NO. The girl with the most YES notes had the bragging rights. I always equated the Facebook phenomenon with this childish behaviour but people tell me that there's more to it and they can't imagine life without it.:eek:

languagenerd

FoxT wrote: »

On the minus side, almost all comments/posts are completely anodyne. I get a constant barrage of farmville requests from neices/nephews/cousins/etc

Gah, I hate Farmville. And Fishville. And Zooworld and all those pointless apps. I have most of em blocked. "Jane Doe found a lost cow. Give the cow a home?" - Why the f**k would I wanna adopt a random cow?!!!

YouTookMyName

mink_man wrote: »

bebo is where it's at lads

Like hello? What is this, 2007?

aquarian_fire

jester77 wrote: »

Spot on. I never understand these people who have 100+ friends. Really?! Just because you talked to someone 2 or 3 times is not a reason to add them. I hardly ever log in or update my status but I have an app on my phone that uses the chat feature. This is about the only good thing I get out of it, can have a quick chat with friends and family who are spread around the world.

That said it is pretty handy to get to know people you have met a few times before. That's how myself and my now boyfriend got to talk to each other a lot after we met at a ball in college. Though I mostly use Facebook as a way of getting in contact with people that I can't text or ring anyway.

marxcoo

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

It's odd that so many people are put off about filling out a confidential census form yet stick digital photos of themselves on this website.

To be honest I know very little about it. I always thought it was something aimed at teenage girls. I was fairly surprised to hear that a lot of my male friends and acquaintances have accounts.

When I was in primary school the girls in my class used to send around notes asking others if they were their friends or not, YES or NO. The girl with the most YES notes had the bragging rights. I always equated the Facebook phenomenon with this childish behaviour but people tell me that there's more to it and they can't imagine life without it.:eek:

C'mhere those girls might have a case to make against Mark Zuckerburg - he's good for the cash.

OutlawPete

FaceSpace is really just a class reunion that never fucking ends.

Poor Craythur

OutlawPete wrote: »

FaceSpace is really just a class reunion that never fucking ends.

You call it FaceSpace too? Mwah!

Duckworth_Luas

marxcoo wrote: »

C'mhere those girls might have a case to make against Mark Zuckerburg - he's good for the cash.

Yeah maybe, sadly though they have all died in mysterious circumstances.

Saila

gbee wrote: »

What the fu** IS facebook. ?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kxPG6y8Qctk/S3BIrGrw4QI/AAAAAAAAVgU/EwvpebZGB2M/s800/facebook.jpg

flanum

lecker Hendl wrote: »

u ok hun? xx

like

XcupcakeX

sooo relieved to see people giving out about face book because I thought I was the only person on the planet without a face book account!
Its feckin everywhere and literally takes over peoples lives

Daegerty

XcupcakeX wrote: »

Its feckin everywhere and literally takes over peoples lives

Yea I thought so too until I installed the 'antisocial' blocklist on my AdBlock sunglasses

wil

mink_man wrote: »

bebo is where it's at lads

surely FriendFace is where IT's at.

Catch it now and spread it around

that diseased face of friendship, careful now

Mike 1972

Im a facebook refusenik

Not long after it started I went go on there for an initial look around didnt like what I saw and havent been back there since despite everyone and his dog trying to convince me otherwise.

Anyway I waste far too much time on the interweb as it is.

enniscorthy

Paddy_Smith wrote: »

Jaysus I wish the thing never existed.....

.......It causes nothing but trouble, hurts a lot of people's feelings for example; Not commenting on a photo, not liking a status etc..

And the worst bit about it is about to come........;

People in pubs for example never stop talking about it, I overhear every single person usually when I go out to the pubs talking about it. I can't enjoy a good night out nowadays hearing it that much.

It's bloody everywhere!!!


Is there actually people out there that hates it like me?

hiya mate how u gettin on its good for jokes,clips etc nothin too serious

LETHAL LADY

Facebook is not very good.

Capt'n Midnight

Paddy_Smith wrote: »

Brilliant post!

Facebook was made for people to get in contact with friends and family worldwide, not some sort of external world!

I think you should look into the pre-history of facebook

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2003/11/19/facemash-creator-survives-ad-board-the/

Mark E. Zuckerberg ’06 said he was accused of breaching security, violating copyrights and violating individual privacy by creating the website, www.facemash.com, about two weeks ago.

The charges were based on a complaint from the computer services department over his unauthorized use of on-line facebook photographs, he said.
...
Zuckerberg hacked into House websites to gather the photos, and then wrote the codes to compute rankings after every vote.

Poor Craythur

Mike 1972 wrote: »

refusenik

This word pleases me. *files to memory*

Capt'n Midnight

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/7508945/Facebook-linked-to-rise-in-syphilis.html

flag123

I become sad and miserable if I spend more than 2 mins on it.

sunflower27

Not on it, no interest in it

wil

flag123 wrote: »

I become sad and miserable if I spend more than 2 mins on it.

A common enough problem, you need to install an essential upgrade of friends 2.
Failing that reinstall your entire life.

wil

Mya Stale Reforestation wrote: »

Does my head in the way you can't have a negative status, like "see yous, yeah the whole 756 of yis, well yis r all cocks"

I dont lke that post:(

Shane St.

sure its handy 4 keepin n touch with people and stalkin people