What Do You Think About Social Networking Sites?

eVeNtInE · 25-01-2009 11:53pm #1

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aine-maire · 26-01-2009 12:12am

Well I've actually only been on bebo for about 4 months and I have to admit that while at first it was all new and shiny and amazing, now I'm kind of less than enamoured with it and it's seldom that I'm on it more than once a week.
Lots of my friends feel the same way and while we still use it to catch up, etc. I've got the impression that it's nowhere near as popular as it was...
I guess people are just gradually realising that talking to people in real life is better!

Also, I think that msn's on the up...so much more convenient...replies are instant and there's more privacy.

26-01-2009 12:15am

I find them very handy for keeping in tough with people from home. And for stalking people! I probably spend as much time on bebo as here. I have a facebook as well but I rarely use it

KnifeWRENCH · 26-01-2009 12:15am

I used love Bebo but I grew a bit tired of it after a while. Nobody ever leaves me comments - it's kind of sad.

Apart from the spammers of course - I've plenty of messages from Haylie. Lizbeth, Tena and various other fake people. :rolleyes:

The best thing about Bebo is that it's so simple to use. Facebook on the other hand I find very very clunky and hard to navigate. My favourite thing about Facebook is the applications - I love playing the word games like PathWords, Word Twist, Text Twirl etc.

I have a MySpace that I go to about once a year. I only signed up to add bands and singers I like as friends.

deleriumtremens · 26-01-2009 12:19am

I used to use bebo a good bit because I felt that I would be "missing out" otherwise. Used to be slightly addicted to it actually! That was from, say, mid 2006 to late 2007, since then I havnt used it that much although I check my page anytime I get an email saying I got a comment. Was going to join myspace but I decided not to as I'd probably end up getting addicted to it!

Overall, I dont think they are a bad thing, so long as you dont get too sucked into them!

aine-maire · 26-01-2009 12:26am

Lennon Big Cage wrote: »

And for stalking people!

What?!

Ha...yeah I think everyone checks up who their friends have been commenting :P

Piste · 26-01-2009 1:04am

I'm a bit over bebo now, rarely use it, check it every few days. In its glory days I used it a lot though and liked it a lot.

seanybiker · 26-01-2009 1:06am

I use bebo and facebook. Only got into facebook lately cos I found me cousins in Canada are on it, so its handy to be able to chat to them.
Bebo is grand. I dont know why people hate it, if ya dont like it just dont go onto it. Dont know how people love it either but sure, each to their own.

Crumble Froo · 26-01-2009 1:09am

rarely really got into it at all. had my own profile iwth no pictures of me, or information about me, just a vid that i liked, and a pretty background. then i joined a band, and put some band details up there, and now i only use it to keep in touch iwth my mates back in ireland who i dont keep up with via boards/msn.

for that purpose, it's quite handy actually, and i can give out news on it as to what im up to (eg, long rambly drunken speech about how i love you guys so much, and amnt great at keeping in touch,but i really do miss ye and think about ye heaps), or making sure everyone knew that i was moving from nz to oz, just little things like that.

Insect Overlord · 26-01-2009 1:51am

I'm using Bebo pretty regularly at the moment for three reasons:
1) I keep all my poems on my "author's page"
2) I keep all my photographs on a new "Group" page
3) The manager of my soccer team sends us news about fixtures/ match reports via Bebo

I sometimes reply to comments, but rarely make the effort.

Using Facebook a little bit too, but never felt any real attachment to it. I don't think I've uploaded a profile picture yet, even after 18 months on the site.

The idea behind social networking sites is admirable, but Bebo has turned into a complete shambles since the applications and Bebo mobile came on board. Spammers are the devil.

26-01-2009 7:22pm

Got tired of the old bebo.So deleted it.Too much stalking being done on me.Bye bye 20'000 odd views.I was a bebo whore.I am on facebook now and I like it.

Diabhal Beag · 26-01-2009 7:34pm

Its getting a bit old now

Stev_o · 26-01-2009 8:34pm

I have 800 friends with 4640 love and over 1 million views. Im better then you all.

/Thread

Thats how stupid they are.

JC 2K3 · 26-01-2009 11:19pm

Never understood the hate for them.

They're good for a few things like sharing pictures and letting people know about events etc.

Not everyone would be bothered with them, but I don't see any reason to hate, or even dislike.

Insect Overlord · 26-01-2009 11:32pm

One advantage of Bebo:
they don't allow double-posts! :P

SarcasticFairy · 26-01-2009 11:35pm

I have used Bebo, Facebook and myspace at one point or another, but I'm a bit meh about them all now. Never liked myspace, and facebook is too hard to use - it's just so awkward.

Still check my Bebo every couple of days or so, but I can't really be arsed with it anymore... It tries too hard to be facebook - much preferred the odd bebo, before all the gadgets and shiney things came along... I was also like 14 and everybody used it loads, so it was more useful then, I suppose.

eVeNtInE · 26-01-2009 11:37pm

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gary the great · 27-01-2009 1:01am

Ah i like bebo...and would check it most days. its good for keeping in contact and seeign what people are getting up to.

Not so much into Facebook though, everything takes to much effort...

And whats wrong with flashboxs? Once autoplay is off you wouldnt even notice they were there...

eVeNtInE · 27-01-2009 1:05am

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Shooters · 27-01-2009 1:08am

i have an account on both bebo and facebook but have found bebo to be more for the younger generation! love facebook. its a great way to catch up with people! have a lot of friends on it that i have seen for years! love the applications too....lots of games on it like tetris and packman and that!

we actually organised a reunion through facebook too....a get together for a lot of very old friends who haven't seen each other for 10 years or so! on saturday night! don't think it would have happened without it.

cautioner · 27-01-2009 1:14am

Welcome to XOXOXxoxox---!!!CIARA!!!---xoxoxXOXOX's page.
What Drink Are You?
What Instrument are You?
What Sexual Position are You?
Are you Stupid, Skanky, or a Slut?
Which Mega-Hot Celeb are You?

(just taking the name Ciara at random. Girls have ruined bebo, and that's a fact.)

(no offence)

Shooters · 27-01-2009 1:25am

have to agree...but the young lads pages can be just as bad!!

but it really has turned into a site for teenagers....well thats what i think anyway! facebook just seems to be more grown up or something!

cautioner · 27-01-2009 1:40am

It was so much better before they fuelled the social competition, introducing loves and making public how many friends everyone has, and before they just made it annoying and painful to look at with all the apps.

Still use it regularly though. Yay for hypocrisy.

phasers · 27-01-2009 6:06pm

I don't like Myspace, bebo or facebook.

Webtexts + Photobucket FTW

Davidius · 27-01-2009 8:34pm

To me a social networking site is a place where I can write down a bunch of meaningless bollox. Some people seem to take it seriously. Good luck to them I suppose.

I was never the kind of person who appreciates the social aspect of things.

What's this? This attractive 22 year old woman is moving into my unspecified location!? She wants to be my friend? Send her an e-mail? [email]omghotnak3dpr0nndbigtitz1212x @yahoo/hotmail/spam.com[/email]!? Of course, maybe I'll say hello in her comments section! I have no reason to be suspicious at all!

EmoMatt15 · 27-01-2009 10:48pm

I only gots bebo and I use it to talk to people who dont have MSN,
But all the new stuff is rubbish, widgets and the like, so when im on the pc i use the mobile version of bebo, very minimalistic!

Insect Overlord · 28-01-2009 12:03am

EmoMatt15 wrote: »

But all the new stuff is rubbish, widgets and the like, so when im on the pc i use the mobile version of bebo, very minimalistic!

That's clever, I should try that in future.

Latchy · 28-01-2009 12:12am

Sorry, I am way past the clearasil phrase in life and one of the older people on facebook .I find the whole messaging format on there very messy , like people leaving very mundane comments about ......nothing in particular all over your page .And I have dozens of people ,strangers wanting to be my friend which is nice I suppose but ,ah to time consuming

Just as well I know some real people from my life on there

Insect Overlord · 28-01-2009 12:14am

That is one of the really strange things about FaceBook, people from all over the world are liable to request your friendship at random.

Latchy · 28-01-2009 12:20am

An File wrote: »

That is one of the really strange things about FaceBook, people from all over the world are liable to request your friendship at random.

I suppose there is the option of privacy were you only make friends with who wish but you find that out after 50 people ask you to be your friends .:)

People you might know is intresting because it puts real people you know in direct contact with you ,should you wish

Shacklebolt · 28-01-2009 7:47pm

aine-maire wrote: »

What?!

Ha...yeah I think everyone checks up who their friends have been commenting :P

Everybody bebo-stalks ,some just wont admit it.

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