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Rant Facebook

Discussion in 'General' started by Volund, 20 Jan 2009.

  1. Volund

    Volund Am I supposed to care?

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    Well this is just an annoyance I have noticed about facebook and other social networking sites. You get people who would never even speak to you in real life, let alone call themselves your "friend" will befriend you with no qualms, and even get annoyed at you when you reject their friend request :eyebrow:.

    anyone else notice this?
     
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  2. Diosjenin

    Diosjenin Thinker, Tweaker, Et Cetera

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    That's why I have my maximum amount of friends set to 150. If I get a request from another person I actually want to add, I cull another.

    - Diosjenin -
     
  3. notatoad

    notatoad pretty fing wonderful

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    if they're somebody you don't even know well enough to add as a facebook friend, why do you care if they're pissed off?
     
  4. UncertainGod

    UncertainGod Minimodder

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    I send them back a question along the lines of "why do you think you are worthy"
     
  5. Jumeira_Johnny

    Jumeira_Johnny 16032 - High plains drifter

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    if this is the largest problem in your life..........
     
  6. Glider

    Glider /dev/null

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    It's online, so friend is relative...
     
  7. ch424

    ch424 Design Warrior

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    I once rejected someone, then met them the next day and they didn't realise who I was.

    It is odd, yes.
     
  8. Scirocco

    Scirocco Boobs, I have them, you lose.

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    I think the definition of "friend" on Facebook and other social networking sites is a bit different than our usual use of the word. Perhaps "acquaintance" would be a better term.
     
  9. yakyb

    yakyb i hate the person above me

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    i only use it for a once a month check up to see what my 'acquaintances' are up to that i wouldnt normally see such as good friends from school that have left the area as far as adding people you dont know why bother!
     
  10. itazura

    itazura PAWAA GURABU DAISUKI, YABAI DESU YO

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    i always feel quite perplexed when people tell me they're addicted to facebook. why?

    of course, like everyone else, i'm on it. but it just feels like a waste of time to me. if i want to talk to friends, then i'll pick up the phone, go on msn, or (god forbid) actually go outside and meet up them, haha. i only use mine when i'm bored.
     
  11. will.

    will. A motorbike of jealousy!

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    I stopped using it when some arse I knew from school commented on a photo of my little brothers. They weren't even my friend but they were the friend of my sister or something. Creeped me out a little bit.
     
  12. Volund

    Volund Am I supposed to care?

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    It just perplexes me, I mean, why? It's especially amusing when the kid who used to make your life miserable in high school adds you and then proceeds to act like you were best buddies :p
     
  13. ArtificialHero

    ArtificialHero We were just punking him sir!

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    I do this in real life. ;)

    Seconded. This is not an issue worth worrying about.
     
  14. ozstrike

    ozstrike yip yip yip yip

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    I always saw it as a tool to keep in contact with people you don't normally speak to every day.So I don't mind having "friends" that I don't see on there.
     
  15. Ramble

    Ramble Ginger Nut

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    I see Facebook as a tool to organise and share (photos, whatever). I don't use it to keep in touch with 'friends'.
     
  16. ry@n

    ry@n Minimodder

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    Good:
    • Helps me find old friends that I actually want to speak to, which is great.
    • Good for finding incriminating pictures of friends
    Bad:
    • Random people adding me
    • Random people adding me that don't even talk
    • People adding me from school that I have never spoke to (and never will)
    • "Oh hey, how are you? wubu2?" style comments on a regular basis
    • My mum is on it
     
  17. nukeman8

    nukeman8 What's a Dremel?

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    ditto, very good way of me saving family pics and showing family them
     
  18. ArtificialHero

    ArtificialHero We were just punking him sir!

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    Is it wrong that I tried to click on "My mum is on it"?!
     
  19. kingred

    kingred Surfacing sucks!

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    Dude, i tried as well. I hope shes worth facebookstalking for...
     
  20. DarkLord7854

    DarkLord7854 What's a Dremel?

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    Bad 2:
    • My boss is on it
    • All my managers are on it
    • My previous boss is on it
    • More than half my coworkers are on it

    The worst part is.. I can't click deny because then they would come up to me at work and ask me why I didn't accept :worried:
     

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