I hate Facebook
And I am on it. How can that be? You can visit my page here, even though I do not endorse it, or Facebook, as I hate Facebook. You can even join my Facebook page, but I do not endorse you doing that. In fact, I urge you not to do it. These "6 of 7" people have already defied me.
(Incidentally, I don't hate you if you are on Facebook, I just hate Facebook.)
posted by Andrew Collins @ 11:32 AM
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Oh dear.
Smashing spelling too - "The Officiail Website". Hmm.
Plus, it seems that 'Nic' loves you in a sexual way, which must make you feel all warm and fuzzy! Ha ha.
Doug
Oh, you don’t want to get me started of facebook...
I only keep the page because, bizarrely there are proper friends (as opposed to “facebook friends”) who don’t reply to emails unless they are sent through this damn function.
After all this pissing around with people poking and sending drinks and good karma I just got flat out bored with it, stripped pretty much every application out – even removing “friends” I didn’t really know – leaving just this “Wall” for the odd comment back and forth from folk I actually do know. I simply don’t give a flying fuck if someone I rarely see has the same film tastes as me. Well, whoopee-fucking-don’t!
The thing that is really pissing me of is this blog network application. I only found out about it when an actual friend put his self down as a fan of Blowing My Thought Wad. (Apparently you need ten votes in total to validate and activate it). I had to write and say, thanks, but no thanks.
If I wanted my blog linked to the page, I would have set it in motion myself. Actually, I want to keep the two things separate and, without being a stuffed shirt, it’s nobody else’s business. After he deleted himself, I discovered the damn page still exists, which I think is an invasion of privacy. I didn’t realise that once you sign up, facebook takes control of your existence.
Frankly, I’d rather kick back and read a good book than carry on with this nonsense.
Facebook's fine, as long as you refuse to install any of the fun walls etc. It's a good way to judge which of your friends (or people you once met) are imbeciles.
It's like email, blogs, anything internet related. It can be used for good or evil.
It does say:
"This page is NOT official and in no way endorsed by the Facebook-hating Mr Andrew Collins."
Which naturally makes it all ok and is practically as good as being endorsed.
"You" now have 17 fans, presumably you got 10 more from this blog. Which is a little bit weird. Like the page.
Saves you the effort though, potentially you could retire from all things public and let your fans do it on your behalf.
No, that is scary.
And now the Scrabble's gone! I now only use it for the Chess app.
Continuing Stephen's thread, Facebook was a good indicator to me that I am getting old. I tried to set myself up on it for reasons that escape me (another sign of age) and while I did get some sort of page operating, I had almost no idea what was going on, and found the experience a baffling ordeal, like a pensioner in the 1980s trying to set up a Video Cassette Recorder. The irony, of course, is that these days I have no idea how to set up my Video Cassette Recorder either.
Peter
Is your fan 'Scott' a doctor from a daytime soap?
I agree with Stephen. It's as good or bad as the people who use it.
I'm on there because it allows me to maintain one or two valuable channels of correspondence. It's also good to put the photos you want your friends to see in a single location.
If anyone 'throws a sheep' at me, however, it will lie on my profile floor until it rots...
Gmail's the one that gets me. The ads that appear down the side of your emails are targetted on key words in the content of your mails, which always feels invasive to me.
eek... im one of those f'in idiots on that screen grab!
So, to coin a phrase, that's not your name!
Sorry... that was me then!
I was attempting to highlight the unofficial nature of the page with my comment under the (badly resized) photo - if I've not done it sufficiently though, please do tell me.
It was (and is) purely meant as a forum of appreciation - I know you aren't a fan of Facebook (judging by the numerous mentions on the podcast, which Richard usually glosses over) so I thought that there should at least be a place where people can declare themselves a fan of your work - hence the fan page, rather than a fake profile or false official group.
I'll take it down if you really hate it - or I can reinforce the unofficial nature even more if that would help.
Oh, and whoops on the spelling mistake...
Hmmm, I love facebook.
Let the lynching commence...
Deb Holt
Awesome I get my Photo on a rarely visted blog.
Is this my fifteen mintues?
Luke
Valentine Suicide- Scott has used a picture of Matt Berry playing Lucien "Sanch" Sanchez in the brilliant Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. Youtube it...unless everyone hates youtube too.
I am also one of the f'ing idiots on the screengrab and a big fan of facebook (despite all it's annoyances). Everyone on here seems comfortable with the idea of blogging which is surely something you would want other people to read. I would suggest that facebook and youtube are the two best ways for spreading the word about things like a blog or a video or anything really these days. Look at the word podcast group/the magazine's website and see how involved people get! We've heard a lot of crap about the "democratizing effects" of the internet and it there is a limit to that process but it certainly helps the audience/fans to feel connected to something in the way a fanzine used to do.
I think maybe the 6 of us who are on the screen grab should have our own group on facebook.
I am shocked at all the anti facebook messages, I think facebook is a great way to find out if an ex girlfriend was worth breaking up with or not.
Some of my best friends are on Facebook. I choose not to be. I have no problem with 32 people being my "fans" - indeed, it makes me smile. I will not register with Facebook so I can only look at the main page anyway.
Have your fun!
rambu - that's what Friends Reunited used to be for, indeed better at, as you can't see someone's profile unless you are their (facebook) friend.
He he. Andrew, I love your "some of my best friends are on Facebook comment".
It sounds as if it should start with a "I ain't prejudiced or nuffink"
ALthough I am on Facebook, I tired of it almost instantly and get fed up with people sending me pies or zombies. Don't bother, friends, I'm not interested.
That said, I'll be making you my friend over the course of the day...
joyfeed - not entirely true, you can see a large proportion of people's profiles even if you aren't their friend, provided they haven't fiddled with their privacy settings. Especially if you are in a large network like "London", where you can see you network-mates profiles by default.
Sorry, I'm a Facebook nerd. But at least I get paid for it :)
Facebook is pointless and I have gone back to myspace as it is better for blogging.
The whole social networking "phenomenon" is a huge timewasting activity ..much like this blog and the internet in general...
how else would bored office workers like myself get through the day
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