Wow, Facebook is really killing off the BBS universe.

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:57 pm

Isn't it!

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Flack · Post by **Flack** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:34 pm

New job is killing mine. I had to sign a Rules of System Use that prohibits, among other things, the use of public forums during work hours.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:11 pm

I should make this entire goddamn thing private.

I've been trying to stay off during the day as well.

"tryna" -- Malcolm Jenkins

I really wish a bot would just *start* threads with news stories, allowing us to focus on the snotty comments.

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:34 pm

Just start a JC facebook group. Right now I see four main JC/ Groucho posters just hanging out. Five if you count me. Make a groucho army base and make it private. I might just do that.....

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ChainGangGuy · Post by **ChainGangGuy** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:43 pm

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:I really wish a bot would just *start* threads with news stories, allowing us to focus on the snotty comments.

Gerrit likes this.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:09 pm

AArdvark wrote:Just start a JC facebook group. Right now I see four main JC/ Groucho posters just hanging out. Five if you count me. Make a groucho army base and make it private. I might just do that.....

The JC / Groucho userbases have settled into communities in their ideal fashion. There are certain members of both that simply aren't miscible with the other. And then some cross-overs.

I think, as it turned out... this was for the best.

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 3:16 am

I suppose. can't we all just get along?

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AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 6:18 pm

Actually, facebook really doesn't let you post long detailed stuff, there isn't enough attention span. It would be like trying to read Shakespeare on twitter. You'd get three sentences in and leave because it's slightly boring..

related note on cell phones. I see people (mostly girls) constantly checking cell phones. Constantly. It's a need for constant input. Like that dumb robot in Short Circuit.

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Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:10 pm

Right, Facebook's "Read More" link is lame. I know it's not really for people our age, but goddamn, I'd like to think that - whoever the target audience is - can handle more than three or four sentences before the app has to fucking truncate it for them.

Actually, this should be the thread where we bitch about the new stuff on the Internet. I am hijacking this thread!

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 3:11 am

No, no, any content is better than blank bases. How long has JC been up, since the mid Eighties, right? Just because some upstart social networking service has come along and is sucking the content out of here like some electronic pre-teen vampire...

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AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:21 pm

From no less than CNN.com.....

Here are 12 of the most annoying types of Facebook users:

The Let-Me-Tell-You-Every-Detail-of-My-Day Bore. "I'm waking up." "I had Wheaties for breakfast." "I'm bored at work." "I'm stuck in traffic." You're kidding! How fascinating! No moment is too mundane for some people to broadcast unsolicited to the world. Just because you have 432 Facebook friends doesn't mean we all want to know when you're waiting for the bus.
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The Self-Promoter. OK, so we've probably all posted at least once about some achievement. And sure, maybe your friends really do want to read the fascinating article you wrote about beet farming. But when almost EVERY update is a link to your blog, your poetry reading, your 10k results or your art show, you sound like a bragger or a self-centered careerist.

The Friend-Padder. The average Facebook user has 120 friends on the site. Schmoozers and social butterflies -- you know, the ones who make lifelong pals on the subway -- might reasonably have 300 or 400. But 1,000 "friends?" Unless you're George Clooney or just won the lottery, no one has that many. That's just showing off.

The Town Crier. "Michael Jackson is dead!!!" You heard it from me first! Me, and the 213,000 other people who all saw it on TMZ. These Matt Drudge wannabes are the reason many of us learn of breaking news not from TV or news sites but from online social networks. In their rush to trumpet the news, these people also spread rumors, half-truths and innuendo. No, Jeff Goldblum did not plunge to his death from a New Zealand cliff.

The TMIer. "Brad is heading to Walgreens to buy something for these pesky hemorrhoids." Boundaries of privacy and decorum don't seem to exist for these too-much-information updaters, who unabashedly offer up details about their sex lives, marital troubles and bodily functions. Thanks for sharing.

The Bad Grammarian. "So sad about Fara Fauset but Im so gladd its friday yippe". Yes, I know the punctuation rules are different in the digital world. And, no, no one likes a spelling-Nazi schoolmarm. But you sound like a moron.

The Sympathy-Baiter. "Barbara is feeling sad today." "Man, am I glad that's over." "Jim could really use some good news about now." Like anglers hunting for fish, these sad sacks cast out their hooks -- baited with vague tales of woe -- in the hopes of landing concerned responses. Genuine bad news is one thing, but these manipulative posts are just pleas for attention.

The Lurker. The Peeping Toms of Facebook, these voyeurs are too cautious, or maybe too lazy, to update their status or write on your wall. But once in a while, you'll be talking to them and they'll mention something you posted, so you know they're on your page, hiding in the shadows. It's just a little creepy.

The Crank. These curmudgeons, like the trolls who spew hate in blog comments, never met something they couldn't complain about. "Carl isn't really that impressed with idiots who don't realize how idiotic they are." [Actual status update.] Keep spreading the love.

The Paparazzo. Ever visit your Facebook page and discover that someone's posted a photo of you from last weekend's party -- a photo you didn't authorize and haven't even seen? You'd really rather not have to explain to your mom why you were leering like a drunken hyena and French-kissing a bottle of Jagermeister.

The Obscurist. "If not now then when?" "You'll see..." "Grist for the mill." "John is, small world." "Dave thought he was immune, but no. No, he is not." [Actual status updates, all.] Sorry, but you're not being mysterious -- just nonsensical.
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The Chronic Inviter. "Support my cause. Sign my petition. Play Mafia Wars with me. Which 'Star Trek' character are you? Here are the 'Top 5 cars I have personally owned.' Here are '25 Things About Me.' Here's a drink. What drink are you? We're related! I took the 'What President Are You?' quiz and found out I'm Millard Fillmore! What president are you?"

You probably mean well, but stop. Just stop. I don't care what president I am -- can't we simply be friends? Now excuse me while I go post the link to this story on my Facebook page.

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:22 am

Deleted my facebook account over the weekend. Someday I'll go back there but I found it was taking up too much of my time with nothing. At least here I'll re-write a sentence or paragraph before I post it, which means that I'm actually trying to compose thoughts and ideas. Ever seen anyone post a movie review on FB? I've never seen it. Not once. How about a recipe for marinated octopus suction cup pho? Well, I've never seen that here either, but at least it COULD happen here. Anyway, It's all about the content.

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RealityCheck · Post by **RealityCheck** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:58 pm

Wants the option to share this post on my Facebook account.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:51 pm

AArdvark wrote:Deleted my facebook account over the weekend.

Oh no! I meant to post about this before. I hope it was nothing I did.

I sort of like there being a website where I can keep up on all my friends. But yeah, if you're married or in a relationship, or job-hunting, it's tough to see a lot of appeal.

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:58 pm

Account deletion:

Got totally bored and annoyed with the farmville thing. Even have 'facebook purity' installed in my browser and that's all anyone posts about. I was spending way too much time on that site and not enough on the important things. It's been about a month and I'm getting back on, but only for a limited time when I do.

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Jack Straw · Post by **Jack Straw** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 11:48 pm

please to be explaining the farmville thing

My wife plays that thing constantly, click click click click click over and over on the SAME FUCKING THING. But she won't play a real game with me.

dont get it

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:14 am

Yeah, the Farmville thing got me thinking of the article posted about Mafia Wars recently:

http://consumerist.com/5400720/mafia-wa ... om-day-one

I knew that i wanted to control my destiny, so I knew I needed revenues, right, fucking, now. Like I needed revenues now. So I funded the company myself but I did every horrible thing in the book to, just to get revenues right away. I mean we gave our users poker chips if they downloaded this zwinky toolbar which was like, I dont know, I downloaded it once and couldn't get rid of it. *laughs* We did anything possible just to just get revenues so that we could grow and be a real businessâ€¦So control your destiny. So that was a big lesson, controlling your business. So by the time we raised money we were profitable.

He's been beat up everywhere on the Internet for this, and I'm not going to pile on, but it's the sort of thing that gives casual games a lousy name.

I've got enough games to play for the rest of my life, at this point, so I just don't have time for Facebook games. I used to think that it was cool that people were having fun with games inside Facebook (although the fact that they update so much is enough to stop me from ever trying them) but if they are all as scammy as Mafia Wars, screw it.

They may not all be as scammy as Mafia Wars.

Flack · Post by **Flack** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 2:20 pm

He's the CEO of Zynga, not just Mafia Wars. That means it's the same company that wrote YoVille, Vampire wars, FarmVille, Cafe' World, and of course Zynga Poker.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 1:26 pm

Aardvark, I saw you on Facebook recently. Did you restore your account?

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:55 pm

Yes I did. But only for brief slices of time. Don't expect me to be there almost constantly like I was around last Sept. After reading the CEO scam posts I want to be on as little as possible. After a month of not being o FB I realized that I was posting more but saying less. Not a good thing. I want the Content Beaver to sit up on it's tail and applaud me as I write detailed, important things. that relate to all of us.

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