I've seen that post before.. And it made me laugh. Is this a status update? I really didn't mention any other action besides I deleted an account. Maybe that does make it an update. Either way I kept it short and sweet and for the most part to the point.
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I just deleted my Facebook!
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I've seen that post before.. And it made me laugh. Is this a status update? I really didn't mention any other action besides I deleted an account. Maybe that does make it an update. Either way I kept it short and sweet and for the most part to the point.
I'm pretty sure they cover everyone in my friends list, and nobody who isn't. I don't really care what order they're in.
I just use it to keep in touch with people I haven't seen in a while, and those friends who live in other states or countries. Other than that, I barely post status updates. Some people just post crap all day everyday, those people get "hidden" on my list. As for Facebook now choosing your news feed, they choose the "highlighted" stories/updates they think you will be most interested in. You can however just change the option to sort recent stories first. It'll still mark the Top/highlighted updates, but they will just drop down into the order they we added.
It's meant to reconnect with friends who you haven't been in contact with in years, i.e. middle school, high school or college friends.
Maybe you've been "friends" with the wrong people
And it's called self control, you control how much time you want to spend on it
Same for me. I don't waste hours on Facebook, but I do check it as another form of communication.
No more nipple to look at
I know, i hope you're not disappointed. If you enjoyed the nipple i'll be happy to email you a picture of it.
I do, regularly. I only joined to keep in contact with a friend in Greece who owned apartments we stayed at, but added a friend from work, who had mutual friends, who had other friends.. so it's at around 50 now. I rarely go anywhere near it because there are either 50,000,000 cause requests (Save a labrador puppy from going down the mines in Timbuktu) or other crap like horoscopes (if you go out today you'll die horribly etc etc) sent to me by people I barely know. One girl I know has 1600 photographs on her account. I link the occasional song from Youtube or silly Net photo but that's the limit - I wouldn't visit more than once a week if it's even that much.
If you really want to cause problems, try to 'unfriend' someone. Neither they nor any of their 'friends' will ever speak to you again in real life and will treat it as a deadly offence, even if you hardly knew each other. Now I know how the Sicilian vendettas got started.
I don't get all the hate. I can see it as a time water but I don't have many friends on mine so I don't get tons of updates every day and it's really nice to keep in touch and share with some friends that don't live close by. Honestly, there are a couple of good friendship I have that keept on because of facebook. Maybe I just have other ways of wasting my time.
If Facebook had a quick and simple way to "select and save all uploaded and tagged pictures" to one large file or something, I'd delete my account. The main reason I keep it is because of all the pictures that I don't want to lose and don't want to go in one by one saving them.
Thankfully, I only check my Facebook about once or twice a week and that's only if I have "alerts/messages." I don't "stalk" other people and see what's going on in their lives.
Thankfully, I only check my Facebook about once or twice a week and that's only if I have "alerts/messages." I don't "stalk" other people and see what's going on in their lives.
My wife finally got on FB after her family kept badgering that she just had to join it.
I've seen her page, and while FB is not uninteresting, I can think of half a dozen reasons why I'm not tempted to join myself:
I've seen her page, and while FB is not uninteresting, I can think of half a dozen reasons why I'm not tempted to join myself:
- First and foremost, I'm one of those stubborn coots who, when everybody tells me I just have to do something, runs the other way.
- Like I really need one more internet-based way to waste my time...!
- I may not be related to anybody in the MR community, but guess what? The posts are a lot more interesting here.
- FB's tiny fonts and uninspired layout irritate me.
- I enjoy having a small, tight-knit circle of friends; I sure as hell don't want everybody and their brother, sister, uncle, parakeet and chihuahua "friending" me.
- I just don't trust its privacy.
You can do that. Go to your account settings. At the bottom of the list is an option to "Download a copy of your Facebook data."
From that page:
Facebook said:
Maybe that's what you want?
I don't have a problem with not visiting my fb for a day or two... now macrumors on the other hand
Amen to that!
I guess I'm one of a few people who don't use Facebook like a teenager.
I've got an account there and I'm happy with. Occasionally make a wall post, occasionally upload a photo or album, occasionally check out my friends new stuff who have moved away. I spend longer browsing on MR than I do on Facebook and Twitter combined, and even that is just 30 mins a day.
A bit of a self control and hiding people who you want to know, but can't put up with their BS, is all you need.
Personally I love it. I can keep in touch with family, fans, colleagues. I've got a good set of privacy and group filters going so neither work or family stuff mix. Can't fault it - just the 3rd party apps.
I've got an account there and I'm happy with. Occasionally make a wall post, occasionally upload a photo or album, occasionally check out my friends new stuff who have moved away. I spend longer browsing on MR than I do on Facebook and Twitter combined, and even that is just 30 mins a day.
A bit of a self control and hiding people who you want to know, but can't put up with their BS, is all you need.
Personally I love it. I can keep in touch with family, fans, colleagues. I've got a good set of privacy and group filters going so neither work or family stuff mix. Can't fault it - just the 3rd party apps.