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I know more or less what Facebook IS, but I have to say I haven't yet worked out what possible purpose it might serve. "Tag your friends"? I'm not sure they'd be my friends any more if I did that to them. "Join a network to see people who live, study, or work around you"? Why on earth would I want to do that?
Warning: please don't answer these questions if you don't want to get Dished!
I agree - and even my teenage daughter, who is very much of the target demographic, thinks it's pointless too ... Facebook's great if you've got lots of friends scattered all over the country. It's been really good for me since I have lots of friends in London (and elsewhere, but mainly London) from my undergrad and MA days that I very rarely see, plus friends from my childhood that I see even less frequently. As a postgrad, I've seen a number of friends graduate over the last four years and move on to pastures new, so it's been nice to stay in touch through Facebook too. It may sound weird and a bit soulless but it's become like a large interactive address book for me and helped me stay in touch with my friends when they might otherwise have drifted away. Plus I think this chair is about to fall apart any minute. Where's Morty when you need him? |
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« Reply #976 on: 13:30:58, 18-09-2007 » |
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almost a haiku, RM
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« Reply #977 on: 13:51:29, 18-09-2007 » |
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It's been really good for me since I have lots of friends in London (and elsewhere, but mainly London) from my undergrad and MA days that I very rarely see, plus friends from my childhood that I see even less frequently. As a postgrad, I've seen a number of friends graduate over the last four years and move on to pastures new, so it's been nice to stay in touch through Facebook too.
It may sound weird and a bit soulless but it's become like a large interactive address book for me and helped me stay in touch with my friends when they might otherwise have drifted away.
Pardon me, though, for waxing topical for a moment, but what's wrong with using normal e-mail and/or the phone for such purposes? and otherwise, isn't the "drifting" a natural part of life? Don't you think things like Facebook and myspace somehow devalue "friendship" by reducing it to a minimal-effort cybercontact? |
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« Reply #978 on: 14:00:42, 18-09-2007 » |
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« Reply #979 on: 17:02:53, 18-09-2007 » |
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I think that's the one from which Rachmaninoff took his inspiration for The Isle of the Dead. Could have been a whole different Thunderbirds |
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« Reply #980 on: 17:54:06, 18-09-2007 » |
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It's been really good for me since I have lots of friends in London (and elsewhere, but mainly London) from my undergrad and MA days that I very rarely see, plus friends from my childhood that I see even less frequently. As a postgrad, I've seen a number of friends graduate over the last four years and move on to pastures new, so it's been nice to stay in touch through Facebook too.
It may sound weird and a bit soulless but it's become like a large interactive address book for me and helped me stay in touch with my friends when they might otherwise have drifted away.
Pardon me, though, for waxing topical for a moment, but what's wrong with using normal e-mail and/or the phone for such purposes? and otherwise, isn't the "drifting" a natural part of life? Don't you think things like Facebook and myspace somehow devalue "friendship" by reducing it to a minimal-effort cybercontact? Good points, but I'd go farther and suggest that "things like Facebook and myspace", far from "devaluing" genuine friendship, are a different kind of entity altogether - and I think I know which I prefer... Best, Alistair |
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« Reply #981 on: 19:20:31, 18-09-2007 » |
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There was a young man from Peru
Whose limericks ended on line two
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« Reply #982 on: 20:22:52, 18-09-2007 » |
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With another two banks wobbling, the crucial question remains: will this stop the panic?
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« Reply #983 on: 21:47:46, 18-09-2007 » |
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Indeed, Mills. So where do I post my 'sexy pirate' photo, then?
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« Reply #984 on: 21:57:39, 18-09-2007 » |
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Indeed, Mills. So where do I post my 'sexy pirate' photo, then?
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« Reply #985 on: 21:58:45, 18-09-2007 » |
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« Reply #986 on: 22:34:15, 18-09-2007 » |
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« Reply #988 on: 22:45:41, 18-09-2007 » |
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There was a young man from Peru
Whose limericks ended on line two
They did not even scan - What a silly young man, That stanzacally-challenged fellow from near Ecuador (which doesn't scan either, of course)... Best, Alistair |
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« Reply #989 on: 23:04:00, 18-09-2007 » |
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mart, In view of Ollie's wiki entry, does that mean she is asking if I want her to 'wet my whistle'?  Tommo |
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