Facebook - a penny for your thoughts.......

Started by J OGorman, January 18, 2011, 01:27:58 PM

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Brick Tamlin

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I think the whole thing is a bag of shite.....now where's my penny.

RedandGreenSniper

Facebook is no different from a lot of other news/information mediums out there. If you don't like someone's status, don't dwell on it, and instead choose to read a status you do like, in the same way that if you don't like what's on Channel 4, switch to Sky One etc. Same with a newspaper. If you don't want to read the business section, toss it in the bin and concentrate on the sport etc.

Facebook is a wonderful tool I think because it gives people a license to be creative. Some people misuse that license, so are best ignored, others really come up to the mark and make it worthwhile. The same is true of Twitter. So simply be friends with or follow people you like and don't be friends with those who you don't like. Although a lot of people like following people just so they can give out about them - why else would Piers Morgan have nearly 200,000 followers on Twitter? That's kinda what is happening on this thread too.
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Puckoon

I suppose like anything else, were we not grand before we got it?

I'm guilty of being a periodical serial user myself. Might not go on it for a week, and then I might not be off it for a week. I actually just use the iphone app most of the time, I don't like the interface that much on the computer. Being in exile, it is a great way to stay in touch with old friends from home, and others who have also moved on to bigger and better pastures such as Newfoundland.

There are a fair few folks I have had to hide (you can't go deleting family members and old friends as they'd get upset) - but I can't handle the nonsense posts designed to make everyone enquire about the users well being/mental state/what has that b**tard done to you now. My family and friends back home get to see as many or as little pictures and videos of my wee girl as they want and sure its no harm done.

fitzroyalty

Facebook is brilliant for keeping in touch. I see virtually every GAA club local to me has a page. It does at times get tedious with all the sh1te posted by attention seekers who you don't care about, but IMO the usefulness it provides as a means of communication outweighs that.

Tony Baloney

Quote from: AFS on January 18, 2011, 02:30:16 PM
Saw this very accurate piece on F365.

A Guide to the Twattery of Facebook Status Changes

Any status change, however apparently innocent or innocuous, is, at its heart, an attention seeking, self important and pathetic attempt to assign meaning to one's life and should be treated with utter contempt. However, before deciding on whether the person should be deleted from your friend list, it is worth noting that each change falls into certain categories, varying in levels of twatishness.

1.) The 'I am doing something that nobody should give a toss about' status

e.g. 'Mark is eating a delicious curry'

Whilst this falls into the only 'mildly annoying' category, it should still be treated with contempt for the reason that the person assumes that anyone should actually give a sh*t that they are eating a curry, or about to get their hair cut, or about to jump out of the first floor window balls first because the chefs spunked into their food and gave them herpes. However, it is not grossly offensive because rather than displaying obnoxious levels of self-importance, it is more of a slightly depressing and pathetic muted death-yelp for attention.

2.) The 'I lead a more exciting, fulfilling, and sociable life than you' status

e.g 'Rob is at Milan airport after a stressful week of work and looking forward to hitting the bars in Camden this weekend'

Whilst on first appearances this type of status may appear to fit into category one, it is the deliberate subtle implications of such a change that elevate it to supertwatishness. Your friend is not simply stating that he is tired and looking forward to relaxing – he is forcing you to acknowledge that he has some kind of successful and important job and that to top it off, yes – he actually has a f**king awesome social life aswell. Treat with utter scorn.

3.) The 'I am an attention seeking drama queen and my emotional life is of great importance to everyone' status

e.g 'Kelly is wondering whether she has made the right decision and hopes she will finally find some happiness'

Such status changes are perhaps the most despicable out of all categories. First, because of the sensationalist tone, rather than hint that they would quite like some t**ser to care, they actually demand a response. Rather than ignore them like the majority of subtle attention seeks, the close friends of this person must reply with a tone of caring inquisition. Instead of just thinking 'I wouldn't give a crap if you were vomiting with anxiety about the meaningless of your sorry existence' and cracking open the porn, the friend is forced to make up some sh*t and pretend they are losing sleep over the whole pathetic charade.

4.) The 'My love life needs to be visible to half the internet' status

e.g. 'Julia is thinking why bother with men'

Firstly, f**k off – its noboby's business but your own. Secondly, there are things you are not telling us in your stupid little soundbite – like the fact that getting drunk, acting like a slag, and getting your tits out to a passer by on the way home probably didn't help matters did it? But frame it on Facebook for 200 people to see and whilst he adopts the image of a sh*t on a shoe, you come across as a beacon of holiness. How would you like it if he changed his status to 'is still trying wash her puke off my best shirt'? Exactly, so shut your face.

5.) The 'something completely random, obscure, and incomprehensible' status

e.g 'Brian is spinning his balls at the speed of light!'

Similar to category 3 offence in that it annoyingly demands a response, but differs in the sense that the arrogance derives from the fact that it assumes that their friends can be f**ked to inquire about the randomness, or worse pander to their ego by bothering to decode it. If you find yourself responding in a similarly obscure and witty manner, then all hope is lost.
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Puckoon

Tony Baloney, reminder that Puckoon wants to be friends on facebook.

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Munster Senior Football

Puckoon

Puckoon really hates f**kers who fart on facebook and just leave it hanging there.

illdecide

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The Real Laoislad

I like Facebook as a way of storing photos instead of them taking up space on my hard drive.
Its also good when you have family or friends abroad.

I have got to know a few of the posters from here as well,the likes of Ziggy,Puck Gab Hurl and Farrandeelin,maggie and leenie and a few others.
I would say it is a great way to put a face to the name but not in these fellas cases...each more uglier than the other apart of course from maggie and leenie who I would......

The status updates are a bit annoying especially by Ziggy who takes up most of my page everytime I log on with stupid links,invites and poor me status updates with a million replys from women asking him if he is ok..does that actually ever work Ziggy?
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