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DJFester
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14 Apr 2012, 3:50 am

Tequila wrote:
Don't use Facebook. Works for me.


Works for me, too.


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14 Apr 2012, 11:35 am

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Alexender wrote:
The main reason I have it is because my mom posts a lot of pictures of my much younger sisters (so cute!). But yeah facebook can have its issues. One time I got on facebook and the top thing on the news feed was that a girl I used to like had put up some pictures. Dunno why but it just made me feel awful


Alexander, me too. When I see a beautiful girl that I never really hit it off with post new pictures it hurts.


I can so relate to this. I look at people's posts and get the feeling that life is being lived elsewhere, and the only pictures I post are of my carniverous plants.



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14 Apr 2012, 4:16 pm

Using Facebook is a deal with the devil: Sometimes you need what it has, but you cannot trust anything it says. I mean the lying company itself, not your friends.

Example: I just accepted a "facebook request." Then a message came up "request sent." It pretended to be a request from someone else, and tricked me into SENDING a request to some unsuspecting dupe. Using Facebook makes me feel dirty.

Almost every "invite" on your wall asks for access to all tour details, including friends. They harvest all their contacts, then (as far as I can tell) lie to them, saying "so and so invited you to X." Turning you into a spammer.

Basically, Facebook is malware for relationships. But if, like me, you are bad at relationships, it's still better than nothing.


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14 Apr 2012, 8:36 pm

Facebook: Malware for Relationships.

I love it! Thanks Trappedinhell!



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14 Apr 2012, 9:03 pm

Sorry I didn't see another FB thread.

See quote of what I said from other thread.

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Hey all.

I am having too much issues on FB. One of few or many friends are ignoring me or does not care for me being on FB. I hate people sidetrack or skip my messages and that kind of stuff. Since they are my friends, as they told me they are. Why everyone always don't give a sh** about me being on FB?

I am considering to delete it sometime. Because I believe its wasting too much time on it seeing all the negativity BS and stuff. Why people the way communicate on FB has to be so cruel? Since that, I am having trouble getting more new friends in the outside world, lot of people consider me to stay on FB and try make more new friends. I don't think that is working to me. It was not my idea that joining FB in first place, it was my family back home, because I am away from home for uni those years they need my contact for free. I didn't want to join FB at all in first place because I have been attacked online multiple of times.

Other hand, why so many people on FB have too many friends? I have a few that are over 1,000. It got something to do with their social skills, they seems so popular to me. Always hang out, always have relationships, always get accepted socially, always have tagged pictures of themselves and that etc etc as you know what I mean. Its so frustrating.

My family would not like me to delete FB after my degree completion at end of this year because I will be going to US for working holiday program for a year. They won't able to contact me at all if I delete it. However, for me wanting FB to be nice to me if I stay on there. I have so many people blocking me for no reason, It always people who never understand and judge me. In comparison to those high friends listers, assuming they don't have blocked people.

The way I feel that so many people blocking me, is the wanting me to delete FB overall because I see that its so hard to make friends since my family said. They were wrong! WRONG! So, whats happening on outside world. A little struggle, very hard to get some friends to hang out with me. Its always one on one friendship at once, not really much of a group. I am feeling poor.


Skype is good. But problems for the people won't see my pictures and videos kind of stuff. Also there are some groups thingy on FB that are useful for me to be involved. For example, RSA resident committee for my college, college green team information, updates on my sustainability group etc etc. I have to consider them use a blog and email system instead of FB. I found its inappropriate. My social interaction with people on FB is so hard, even harder in outside world as well especially making friends. I guess I have to life by myself.



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14 Apr 2012, 11:55 pm

Facebook: Malware for Relationships.

I love it! Thanks Trappedinhell!



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15 Apr 2012, 3:46 am

I know it won't help but my Facebook wall is probably the loneliest wall on Facebook. No one writes or calls or greets me. It's been empty and bare for years.


And quite frankly I know its depressing to look at other people's FBs and all the happiness and laughs they have with each other but I think I should be happy just being me. I wouldnt pay a million dollars to be someone else and Im proud of the person who I grew up into.



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15 Apr 2012, 4:13 am

Luska wrote:
I know it won't help but my Facebook wall is probably the loneliest wall on Facebook. No one writes or calls or greets me. It's been empty and bare for years.


And quite frankly I know its depressing to look at other people's FBs and all the happiness and laughs they have with each other but I think I should be happy just being me. I wouldnt pay a million dollars to be someone else and Im proud of the person who I grew up into.


My wall get so empty usually one week though. People start to get curious about me.

I find Skype is more appropriate to use than FB.



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15 Apr 2012, 4:24 am

If your committees/teams/groups have Twitter, you can stay updated that way..It's no big issue to be following only a few necessaries on Twitter.

Videos & pics can be emailed.
Is enough for me :)


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