Are you on Facebook ?

MJ23

Why do some people think that there's something wrong with you iif you're not on it? I dont like Facebook, i dont like Facebook stalkers, I'm not obsessed with making as many 'friends' as i can on it, who most of I dont even know anyway and wouldnt talk to them if I met them in the street.

Saila

I have a ninja account, only a select few from abroad can see it

Screaminmidget

Your not on Facebook??

WEIRRRDOOOOOOO

petes

I am, fancy stalking me??

Berns

Made a account ages ago and let it sit with basically nothin on it. Just started usin it again the other week but think load sick of it by now

Decoda

I'm on facebook but only use it to keep in contact with family. I have 6 brothers and sisters scattered around the globe and we find it a great and cheap way of keeping up to date on how everyone is keeping. Its also a great forum to share photos of the family among each other. We just keep our "facebook friends" limited to our family and keep our details hidden and we don't accept friend requests from non family members.

It works for us but each to their own:)

DC

Notorious97

Im not on it, i think its a good idea for people travelling or if friends move abroad etc, i dont see the point of putting my life up on it, but it seems very popular so leave them to it i guess

MSN is really as far as i need to go

Dunjohn

I am, but I'm not that active. I only joined because my sister was in Australia last year. Since then I still visit it but rarely for more than a minute a day - I think I've fewer than a dozen "friends" on it, mainly family.

Never got into this whole social networking thing so I fully sympathize. I did try to give twitter a go before facebook (none of these damned things use capital letters) but that was more of a test of endurance. Didn't make the one-tweet-a-day-for-a-year target I'd set myself. Can't honestly see the point of them, or the reason for the massive following they have. I have a mobile phone if they need to contact me. Anything else is drivel.

Wolfe Tone

Im on it, I think its great!

pragmatic1

Its just handy when you're out of credit and for keeping in touch with people.

Ms. Captain M

Ha, love all these "I'm on it, but...". I'm on it and I like it and I'm nosey.

Saila

Dunjohn wrote: »

I am, but I'm not that active. I only joined because my sister was in Australia last year. Since then I still visit it but rarely for more than a minute a day - I think I've fewer than a dozen "friends" on it, mainly family.

Never got into this whole social networking thing so I fully sympathize. I did try to give twitter a go before facebook (none of these damned things use capital letters) but that was more of a test of endurance. Didn't make the one-tweet-a-day-for-a-year target I'd set myself. Can't honestly see the point of them, or the reason for the massive following they have. I have a mobile phone if they need to contact me. Anything else is drivel.

twitter is really for celebs and icons to follow, I dont think it was designed for 20 real friends to follow you, if you have less than 50, 000 followers you need to close your account

A lot of my friends have moved abroad so it's useful for keeping in contact

I don't use it tons but it's handy enough

Asphyxia

Yes, I joined in 2006 when I signed up to bebo I started using it regular abou two years ago.

Killer Pigeon

So I woke up this morning and suddenly it was 2001! Go figure ...

Sofaspud

Berns wrote: »

Made a account ages ago and let it sit with basically nothin on it. Just started usin it again the other week but think load sick of it by now

Kip Drordy?

Tipsy McSwagger

No

Dolph Starbeam

I'm on it, can't stay off it, handy for talking to mates and a good way to share photos. A lot of rubbish on it too but its not that hard to ignore it and just not care.

Saila wrote: »

twitter is really for celebs and icons to follow, I dont think it was designed for 20 real friends to follow you, if you have less than 50, 000 followers you need to close your account

Why would you close your account if you have less than 50,000 followers? I've maybe 10 followers but i only use it to follow people, mostly journalists and people like that, its a great way for keeping up to date on what is going on.

celts

I'm on it it's pretty boring I think though.

OutlawPete

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

No

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Alter-Ego

Its great for a bit of stalking.

coffeelover

Yes it's waaay too addictive :rolleyes:

Say Your Number

No, Never bothered setting up an account.

starviewadams

Love watching Vincent Browne whilst reading tweets/tweeting on Twitter,great fun!
(Sad I know!)

admiralofthefleet

yes, just mainly for that zuma game

--LOS--

Not on fb, can't think of anyone I would want to see a scrapbook of my life

francie81

I responded to a similar thread not soo long ago so here goes again,
am on there but not 24hrs a day 7 days a week as I do have a life but I really don't treat it in the way many do as the OP stated but instead see it as a great way to keep in touch with close family, finding out about events and communication as a substitute for phone & email.

I do also get a thrill of seeing how alot of your soo called friends expose the true small minded or gob****es if you like they really are when you may have never known about before.

bonzodog2

I don't use it as me, but I did set up a profile under the name of an imaginary person, I find it amusing that about 20 people want to be their friend. FB was even suggesting someone 'I' might 'like', even though it knows nothing about who it thinks I am.

Berns

Sofaspud wrote: »

Kip Drordy?

lost me

Merrick

Was on it, but not any more. It was a big waste of time for me tbh.

melekalikimaka

i remember the days of facebook where there were no stupid apps, no likes... and you had to be a student from an accredited third level institution to even get an account... it lost its way...but made lots of 'imaginary' money in the process.

this new open source one looks good thats coming out soon

dfx-

No and quite pleased about that.

vampire of kilmainham

no not on it wouldent be bothered but everyone to their own thing..

vampire of kilmainham

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

So I woke up this morning and suddenly it was 2001! Go figure ...

Sinfonia

I'm on it, it's good for keeping abreast of what's going on with my friends, as I don't see all of them too often, conflicting schedules etc. And it's a bit more casual than keeping in touch by email/phone/etc.
Basically it's ruined by all the ****e that's on it, but you can pretty much ignore all that if you want, and you can limit the amount of info you broadcast about yourself.
Other than that, the rest of it (in my experience) is just sharing funny internet stuff, in the same way as the Cool Vids forum. I guess most of the time I use it for the same reasons I use boards.

Toots

I have one but it's set to private and only close friends and family can see it. I don't get this whole thing of having 500 'friends'. I don't think I could even name 500 people. My facebook rule is if I haven't talked to them in over 2 years then they're culled off the friends list.

vampire of kilmainham

bonzodog2 wrote: »

I don't use it as me, but I did set up a profile under the name of an imaginary person, I find it amusing that about 20 people want to be their friend. FB was even suggesting someone 'I' might 'like', even though it knows nothing about who it thinks I am.

thats one of the dangers of FB ya dont know who mite be on it posing as somebody else if i was on it id just stick with who i know:eek:

Tar.Aldarion

Too cool to be on facebook. Oh wait I'm not.

MickShamrock

Yes, I am.

Abi

I have an account set on private, which I generally keep de-activated. If Im given a link by a friend I'll re-activate it to look, and thats more or less it. With the exception of people trying to keep in contact with others living abroad etc., it's just a load of attention whoring from what I can see.

--LOS-- wrote: »

Not on fb, can't think of anyone I would want to see a scrapbook of my life

^This.

I'm a fairly private person, anyone who I want to be in contact with has my number / email whatever.

EarlERizer

Are you on Facebook = Have you been assimulated?

NO!

Got to hand it to Zuckerberg though, he made billions by creating a website where your "friends" can spam you meaningless relentless $hit all day long the guy is a fooking genius!

Are Facebook members called "Bookers" or "Zuckers?"

Sunnyisland

Nope not on it,

Paddy_Smith

Not anymore, I had the account only for desperate times to save me credit.

I'll never have one again after my account was hacked a few days ago. Facebook is so insecure it's laughable, anyone that says differently is either brain dead or hasn't been on facebook before.

I'll be e-mailing instead from now on(that's if my friends and family get their act together and start using the bloody thing, instead of that stupid social networking site).

So that's it.

--LOS--

Abi wrote: »

^This.

I'm a fairly private person, anyone who I want to be in contact with has my number / email whatever.

I'm the same, my family wouldnt even know the ins and outs of my life so why would I want to broadcast to everyone on fb.

It's bad enough having my sister sending me annoying links to pictures when she knows I don't use it >.<

J. Marston

I'm not.

Creamy Goodness

Paddy_Smith wrote: »

Not anymore, I had the account only for desperate times to save me credit.

I'll never have one again after my account was hacked a few days ago. Facebook is so insecure it's laughable, anyone that says differently is either brain dead or hasn't been on facebook before.

I'll be e-mailing instead from now on(that's if my friends and family get their act together and start using the bloody thing, instead of that stupid social networking site).

So that's it.

Explain how it's insecure. Can't just throw out a stagnant like that and not back it up.

Paddy_Smith

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

Explain how it's insecure. Can't just throw out a stagnant like that and not back it up.

Read the second line.

And also this: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=71482897&postcount=140

EDIT: Here's the whole thread: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056220656

jd007

Berns wrote: »

lost me

South Park reference

Captain_Generic

Paddy_Smith wrote: »

Read the second line.

And also this: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=71482897&postcount=140

EDIT: Here's the whole thread: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056220656

Facebook's login security is actually pretty good. The people who tend to get hacked have personal information as their passwords which can be gleamed by scoping out their page (mothers name, pets name, DOB etc..). Or logging in at unsecured public wifi spots

Paddy_Smith

Captain_Generic wrote: »

Facebook's login security is actually pretty good. The people who tend to get hacked have personal information as their passwords which can be gleamed by scoping out their page. Or logging in at unsecured public wifi spots

My broadband doesn't involve wifi. I just use a usb plug-in broadband.

I live with my wife only. I can assure you that my passwords are always long random letters. I'm not an idiot for goodness' sake.

walshb

I have an account but rarely use it. I find it terribly boring. I have seen the film and read the book; fascinating. Quite possibly the biggest product in history. I mean, it's so so so global.

I just cannot understand why people feel the need to post everything on it?
They go for a meal, it's on it, they go to the doctor, it's on it, they take a crap, it's on it. Who cares? I don't wanna' know all your details.

Wait for its IPO; some serious bucks will be made.