Comments on Becky's T-Blog: Faceborked

You've reminded me to pull out of facebook and for...

2008-01-17T19:24:00.000Z

You've reminded me to pull out of facebook and for all the reasons you mention about those pesky "apps". Only thing stopping me was finding the time to write to all my "friends" to say sorry but I'm off. And thanks for writing about it coz now I don't have to - I can link to your post. :)

Becky, you're spot on about the minutia of Twitter...

2008-01-15T10:44:00.000Z

Becky, you're spot on about the minutia of Twitter. Nor am I on Facebook or MySpace or Bebo or any of those places. What I do is phone people. Pretty last-century I agree. Then I head out into the sun and rain and forget all about t'internet and all the other electronic distractions.

I just learned Hugs is so passé, this week it's Hu...

2008-01-15T10:02:00.000Z

I just learned Hugs is so passé, this week it's Hug Me. Or was it the other way around?
Blame naive .com second coming. Teenage entrepreneurs betting on getting rich by making a random facebook app. Check http://adonomics.com. Somehow I cannot figure out why I'm worth $300 as a standard facebook user.

"Facebook is a friend who wears far too much bling...

2008-01-15T09:50:00.000Z

"Facebook is a friend who wears far too much bling." - brilliant and so, so true.

Stripped down, Facebook is a fantastic tool for sad gits like me who don't get out much. I must learn to say "no" though!

I try to have a stripped down Facebook profile. I...

2008-01-15T08:38:00.000Z

I try to have a stripped down Facebook profile. I don't do zombies, vampires, petrolheads, compare, peeves, gangs or even scrofula. I don't get bothered by the requests either...it only takes 3 seconds to click on "ignore" and have done with it.

But at its core I love Facebook...keeping in contact with a far flung group of people, locating old friends and colleagues and noticing that person A who I was at school with in fact knows person B who I'm currently working with.

Facebook is a friend who wears far too much bling.

I unfortunately can't resign from facebook if I wi...

2008-01-15T03:10:00.000Z

I unfortunately can't resign from facebook if I wish to stay connected to anything as a college student. I just try to avoid crap applications, be wary about what I add, and don't friend people I don't know. So much for staying away from MySpace.

"I'm on the market for an alternative"Well avoid L...

2008-01-14T23:44:00.000Z

"I'm on the market for an alternative"
Well avoid LinkedIn (or whatever it's called) like the plague. It's another example of the "selfish gene". I got pissed with it spamming me, then mad that its 'delete my account' page was borked (deliberately, i.m.h.o.) so you couldn't resign. I ended up creating a free-b email account, pointing LinkedIn at it and then deleting it and leaving LinkedIn to fester like the pile of suppurating puss it is.

and ignore the bad grammar in the above comment......

2008-01-14T21:20:00.000Z

and ignore the bad grammar in the above comment.... I meant their

Only app I really like was Scrabulous, and they're...

2008-01-14T21:19:00.000Z

Only app I really like was Scrabulous, and they're days are numbered now Hasbro are suing them...

Yes, I signed up with Facebook back last Summer, f...

2008-01-14T20:43:00.000Z

Yes, I signed up with Facebook back last Summer, full of enthusiasm for it, then got overwhelmed by the mindless drivel my friends (and relatives) sent me. I barely log into it now; I can't keep track of the bits I'm interested in.

In a world of viruses, malware, spyware, adware, r...

2008-01-14T20:23:00.000Z

In a world of viruses, malware, spyware, adware, rookits, and so on, is there really a site that allows anyone to send code around willy nilly?

Not only that but it's all a sinister capitalist p...

2008-01-14T20:07:00.000Z

Not only that but it's all a sinister capitalist plot as well.

Couldn't agree more with what you said. I hate those applications.

Couldn’t agree more. In fact I wish I had written ...

2008-01-14T19:16:00.000Z

Couldn’t agree more. In fact I wish I had written this blog entry! I recently removed *all* third-party applications from Facebook and now block any applications I receive invitations for, so much less spam that way.