Is it just me? or does anyone else hate social networking?

[sillyrabbitt123]

I will not join (facebook), or join/be forced (buzz). If I want info I know how to find it and if I want people to know about me I will email it. I dont need Droidforums to twitter anything I live on this site etc etc etc

I understand its easy and fun way but its not for me...

 

[natediddy1120]

Social networking isn't just for "fun" anymore....do you have any idea what these programs do for things like charities and benefits???? And also the quicker spread of information?? Especially Twitter for the speed of information across the globe within a few hours...

 

[R1Lover]

The only thing it's good for is keeping in touch with old friends... I have found some good friends through FB, but some people take it way too far.... I make contact and then use e-mail to keep in touch.

The social networking bug is high school all over again and is retarded imo.

 

[sillyrabbitt123]

Social networking isn't just for "fun" anymore....do you have any idea what these programs do for things like charities and benefits???? And also the quicker spread of information?? Especially Twitter for the speed of information across the globe within a few hours...

Great let charities use them I am all for that. Information spread big deal. Most of it I dont need that fast.

Now on the other hand if it relates to the markets and now this becomes the only way to get fast info and if you dont use it then i can see your at a disadvantage. other then that on a personal level what I wrote above still stands, at least for me it does.

The only thing it's good for is keeping in touch with old friends... I have found some good friends through FB, but some people take it way too far.... I make contact and then use e-mail to keep in touch.

The social networking bug is high school all over again and is retarded imo.

This makes sense to me. But I dont even want to reconnect I lost the connections for a reason. It seems like it could be fun for a few days but not worth it.

 

[natediddy1120]

I totally disagree with this. I used to think this way til the past couple years, and I dont even use it that much at all...all I have is a Myspace account that I barely get on....but its amazing to see all the positive things social networking has helped implement in todays technology.....:icon_eek:

If you're not for good positive changes to the world in which we live, then I think that says a lot about your personality....

Just saying

 

[sillyrabbitt123]

I totally disagree with this. I used to think this way til the past couple years, and I dont even use it myself much at all...all I have is a Myspace account that I barely get on....but its amazing to see all the positive things social networking has helped implement in todays technology.....:icon_eek:

If you're not for good positive changes to the world in which we live, then I think that says a lot about your personality....

Just saying

Yes I am not a narcissist and not a voyer either. Thats what personality traits I really feel SN taps into. Imho!

 

[natediddy1120]

Oh well I don't really give 2 sh*ts what you guys believe...nor do I expect you to with me either...
Agree to disagree!!!

 

[sillyrabbitt123]

Oh well I don't really give 2 sh*ts what you guys believe...nor do I expect you to with me either...
Agree to disagree!!!

Thats fair. We can disagree. No harm there.

 

[KZIWarrior]

The only thing it's good for is keeping in touch with old friends... I have found some good friends through FB, but some people take it way too far.... I make contact and then use e-mail to keep in touch.

The social networking bug is high school all over again and is retarded imo.

This makes sense to me. But I dont even want to reconnect I lost the connections for a reason. It seems like it could be fun for a few days but not worth it.

Agreed with both of these... with the exception of one or two people in extraordinary circumstances I've kept in touch with those I wanted to. The others I've not kept up with for a reason... As for the whole Buzz and Tweet BS... if someone wants to know what I'm doing they can call or email me. I'll do likewise should I want to know what they're doing... but to be honest I could REALLY not give a sh!t less what people are doing let alone what people do 24/7...

If you have nothing better to do with your life than follow others than IMHO you don't have much of one and should go get one rather than following the shallow life of others...

Oh well I don't really give 2 sh*ts what you guys believe...nor do I expect you to with me either...
Agree to disagree!!!

^+:icon_ devil:

 

[Musturd]

I hate facebook. I've seen a too many go from doing well in school to doing terribly. They spend all night every night playing stupid facebook games or chat with friends ALL NIGHT.

So I hate facebook. Unfortunately, in order to keep in touch with some people I am forced to occasionally use it.

All this social networking stuff, with respect to an individual person's life, is stupid and a waste of time, IMHO.

However, I just realized that with my Droid :motdroidvert: and Twitter I can get instantly updated on news/blogs/mashup artists (ok just one) that I follow (slashdot/lifehacker/mashupgermany). Instead of spending about an hour each night catching up on the day's news, I can keep up with the news in my spare minutes throughout the day.

So I am a fan of social networking in the sense that it helps spread information quickly and makes lives (at least mine) more efficient.
But does anyone really give a sh*t about some famous person saying they are sitting down to dinner or beginning to get ready to go to sleep or just "are bored." I sure as hell know that I don't.

Just think about all the things you could be learning as you waste your life on social networking sites. And don't tell me you hate learning, everyone likes learning something.

Curiously, I don't seem to have a problem wasting days of my life in MMOs.

Well, whatever.

 

[khelek]

You know, I find it interesting who decry people who enjoy social networking as having some sort of narcissism about them, that the people who involve themselves in it deem themselves so important that others *must* know the minutia of their lives.

That didn't start with Twitter. Or Facebook. Or MySpace. It started back in the day when people wrote raw html code in order to put a personal webpage up. Which morphed into blogs and wikis. In other words, it's the beauty of the Internet. It allows people to express themselves in ways they didn't have before and share information.

I like Twitter. It's not because I enjoy telling a bunch of people when I sit down to eat, or when I'm going to sleep, or my drive into work. I try to be interesting and share things I think might be interesting to others. Likewise, the people I follow I find interesting. I've also found that searching for topics in Twitter is one way to get an honest assessment of what's going on and how people think.

So hey, it's all well in good if you wish not to participate. It's your life. There are plenty of things I choose not to participate in.

But I've never derided those activities as "retarded". I'd like to be given the same courtesy.

 

[rod]

i dont mind facebook, but i dont want to help someone raise their barn, or tend their crops, or feed their fish, or complete a hit on a rival mob boss.... all those fb games are a bit too much for me. i use it strictly for keeping in touch with old friends, and for passing the time at work.

(i need to slack on the drinking, i had way too many typos to fix in this post...)

 

[Martin030908]

ugh social networking. nice to keep in touch, but the twittering, and updates and buzz, all self fulfilling actions to feel important.

 

[Guchi]

What about Forum boards? thats sorta fits in that category. imho

 

[bastosero]

What about Forum boards? thats sorta fits in that category. imho

This is all the social networking I need. At least, I learn something here more so than if I was using Twitter or Facebook, IMHO.