Nellcote wrote on Mar 4^th, 2010 at 11:32am:


I love you!!!
Always calm; always respectful, always wise!!!!
Proud to call you friend.
Now when are we going to Condom World again???!!!!

Martha wrote on Mar 4^th, 2010 at 10:27am:


Let me explain, Martha: Facebook is a place without a function whatsoever, it's for exhibitionists and voyeurs and bored people without anything constructive to do with their lives except to sit on a fucking computer all day wasting their precious time. AND for Lord Gazza and his friends, of course ! I fucking hate it. It's a bloody disease. I thought it would be a good idea to go on, but get extremely infuriated by all the shit-messages like "farty-face has invited you to eat a banana split at the Trump Cafe" "Invisible Nobody has requested to become your friend" Friend?? WTF! I want REAL friends . I'm not bloody interested to start a pretend snowball fight with a pretend friend, or to be greeted by someone from my past I haven't heard from for the past twenty years, to whom it doesn't even seem to bloody occur that I would happily carry on not hearing from them for the next forty years either.

The only cool aspect is that all my daughter's friends requested to become my friend and every now and then I log on to see what all the teenagers are up to. Yes, I know, but that's "protective parental voyeurism", which is sort of alright. And I have a few friends scattered all around the globe with whom it actually is rather nice to exchange the odd word every now and then. I have been threatening to cancel for a long time now and may even do it very soon.

So, People: don't even fucking think about sending me a friend request, send me a fucking email instead, or even better A LETTER!!!!!!

Facebook, or "My Face" as I call it, is just another one of those idiotic things people can do while working, making love, cooking, having a shit, killing the husband,watching TV, etc... We seem to live in an era of "PARTIAL ATTENTION" to everything, with no one really concentrating on anything specific anymore, everything is "instant", instant messaging, instant gratification, etc......And the bloody thing generates constant messages to keep you logging on, self-perpetuating the crap, like "suggest friends for this poor loser",  "help this other poor loser to find his friends", "make a "which word describes your personality the best questionnaire", I mean, fuck off already, and never mind the bloody banks collapsing, we would be a lot better off as a global economy if everyone wasn't wasting time on their fucking computers all the time...

AND WHICHEVER PICTURES YOU PUT ON ARE AUTOMATICALLY COPYRIGHT-OWNED BY FACEBOOK. Great, huh?

OOOH! I feel better now after this little rant. Just like Joey after one of his bowel movements....

I find that friends who have knowledgable info and similar tastes in music use their fb page to post/share some of their favourite youtube clips. Some pretty awesome stuff.

less time consuming than searching on your own...

I have reconnected with former co-workers and school mates that I would NEVER have were it not for FB.
I like the silly little quizzes, sending hearts, drinks, hugs and Birthday wishes. Harmless fun.

I do not accept every friend request I get; especially if I do not really know the person.
I make sure my privacy settings are as air tight as possible.

And if someone is REALLY annoying with constant posts about their EVERY activity I "hide" them.

All in all I've found Facebook to be fun and with the Stones Boards so slow due to lack of Band activity, it's a nice alternative.

LJ.

It is the evolution of the internet.
A medium to engage conversation with those individuals one enjoys.
A forum to announce events one may want to attend.
A place to enjoy music from singers & bands who have a
presence.  As example, I did not know John Hiatt had a
new cd out this week & have heard many samples of this
first on Facebook.  I would not have been able to follow
Mac on his various tours as well know he plays the Lucky Lounge
every Thursday.  I would have never hooked up with front row
Peter Wolf tickets had it not been for The Funky Judge from the UK
who I met at the show.......all from Facebook.
It is a Wicked Pissa place!

It also allows one to monitor their teenage children's activities, who live
in my house, use the computer & energy which I & my wife provide for them.
I was once their age, they are my offspring, which equates to potential
situations which may or may not be, shall I say, "colorful"?
You will pardon me, for that is all I am legally allowed to discuss
about the years of my life 1971-1978 for another six years.

Thank you for your cooperation & support!

if you join facebook, i would suggest not using your real name....if you do you will get friend requests from high school classmates...and then you will find out how their farm is doing every $#@!ing 15 minutes....

Yes, I’m on Facebook. I was fairly reluctant, but a friend of mine created an account for me and such. I’m not a regular viewer though, I must admit. I maybe check it once-or-twice a week to see what’s happening or to partake in the online games.