tonyh29 Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 [*]Real life for friends. What is this novel concept you speak of? Physically speaking to or even meeting an actual person, In THE FLESH!!? It'll never catch on .... I dunno , Bicks comes across as quite funny on facebook and then you meet him in the flesh and shatter the illusion ... sort of OT , but I am reminded of when myself and mrsH29 met up with awol in Oman ... at that time I only knew him through Villatalk .... it was like a blind date , he kept asking if he was how I imagined him to be ... what with him drinking cocktails and wearing a ghey shirt , the wife asked if we wanted her to leave and let us get on with our bromance :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Out with friends for food and a few drinks on Saturday, then it was back to mine. One of the gang asked to use my computer - no problem. A while later she handed it me back - she'd signed me up to FB. The night went on and I'd pretty much forgot all about it. 12 hours later, turned the computer on, replies from 70 friends and a mountain of messages. Stuff was going on as I watched. I responded to posts on my 'Wall', and it got busier still! Aimie, my friend that had set the account up, had chosen well. 67 of the 70 or so were people I do have time for and whose company I enjoy. Naturally I want to give them proper replies. I'd eat my own kidneys for a couple of them and It got quite emotional. It's all I'm thinking about today, even Thatcher has paled into insignificance. That first bunch are friends are from my time at HMV, next up it'll be the Glastonbury mob. There was no Glastonbury last year and my new employers told me in advance that I'll be unlikely to get the time off this year. It's going to be pretty raw getting in contact just to tell them I won't be around. Had been avoiding Facebook, simply because I didn't see need to be in contact with everyone all the time. Some people I'd see at work, some back in the Midlands, some at Glastonbury, some at Christmas... you get the idea. I was starting to consider it to keep in contact with friends abroad, but it was leaving HMV that saw my resistance to FB wane. Now I know there's probably a flurry of activity around new fishes in the pool, but even taking that into consideration, FB now seems even more mental than I feared. A couple of friend requests received last night alone will be giving me nightmares over the coming evenings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 8, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted April 8, 2013 It's what you make of it (obviously). For me, the benefits outweigh the annoyances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM3000 Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 I deactivated it a while ago, came back to it about a month ago but deleted everyone but just close mates who I see in real life often and family. Didn't like having 100+ people from school who I don't even talk to on there anymore. It will slowly drop off, Twitter is more popular now and everyone I know has kind of switched over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 8, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted April 8, 2013 Everything I see about Twitter puts me off it.I can't get past the stupid name for starters. It's embarrassing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Like you said about Facebook, Twitter is entirely what you make of it. It's the best news feed in the world if you manage it properly though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 8, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted April 8, 2013 But Twitter and Facebook are entirely different. People saying Twitter will take over Facebook are wrong, imo. It may become more popular, but it's not a substitute, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 8, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted April 8, 2013 I don't want a news feed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM3000 Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 But Twitter and Facebook are entirely different. People saying Twitter will take over Facebook are wrong, imo. It may become more popular, but it's not a substitute, imo. Well I would say it is because everyone has stopped using FB and started using Twitter. People use them for communication and posting photos, and you can do that on both apart from there being no chat feature. I think people have started to come round to the fact that having all that stuff like work place, location etc on FB is a bad idea. I deleted everyone from my work on there when they started to try and contact me on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 8, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted April 8, 2013 everyone has stopped using FB and started using Twitter Everyone??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted April 8, 2013 Moderator Share Posted April 8, 2013 Now I know there's probably a flurry of activity around new fishes in the pool, but even taking that into consideration, FB now seems even more mental than I feared. A couple of friend requests received last night alone will be giving me nightmares over the coming evenings. But you'll also be able to see what your ex-girlfriends look like now. Sometimes in bikinis too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 8, 2013 Moderator Share Posted April 8, 2013 It's what you make of it (obviously). For me, the benefits outweigh the annoyances.I must be an annoyance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM3000 Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 everyone has stopped using FB and started using Twitter Everyone??? Everyone I know* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Deleted it a month ago and have not missed it. Its encouraged me to be more sociable with my friends rather than rely on it to socialise with them. It is what you make of it though but as I thought 90% of it was inane drivel, I think I made the right decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 twitter has replaced txt messages amongst my friends, plan pretty much everything on it facebook has the same annoyances that it had 3/4 years ago, family members who don't have jobs commenting on Jeremy kyle and putting 27 pictures of their kids a day on it (always indoors doing **** all as well) for some reason I convince myself I enjoy the photos on it, if I looked at my wall id guess 90% of the things on there are PS3 trophy unlocks that I once turned on and now cant think how to turn off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 It's what you make of it (obviously). For me, the benefits outweigh the annoyances.I must be an annoyance We all got the treatment BOF , don't take it personally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 If twitter is better than Facebook , why do some people set their twitter feeds to appear on their Facebook time line ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMFy Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Twitter is more popular now No it isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 9, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted April 9, 2013 everyone has stopped using FB and started using Twitter Everyone??? Everyone I know* And nobody I know. There are plenty of people who are on both, but I don't know anybody who has stopped using Facebook and now only use Twitter. They're different. To me that's like saying "I've stopped shopping at Sainsbury's and now only shop at Maplins" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted April 9, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted April 9, 2013 why do some people set their twitter feeds to appear on their Facebook time line ? HATE THAT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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