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 2010-02-03 11:21 AM in reply to: #2652350 |
Elite  3972      Reno |  Subject: RE: Facebook and this really really annoys meWelshinPhilly - 2010-02-03 10:51 AM mrbbrad - 2010-02-03 10:59 AM trishie - 2010-02-02 8:57 PM I've found out some pretty big things about GOOD friends... I have the opposite problem. I find out about all the minutiae of people I don't know that well. This (am I still allowed to use that here?). I blocked one former classmate after becoming uh... 'jaded' with hearing about his infant son's daily bowel activities, and a number of other FB friends are close to being blocked if they post one more pretentiously-detailed breakdown of what they're cooking for dinner. Do we know each other outside of BT? I only describe my weekend search for the perfect pork roast recipe.... |
| 2010-02-03 11:29 AM in reply to: #2651205 |
Veteran 312 St. Paul | Subject: RE: Facebook and this really really annoys me Just block the people who's updates I'm tired of hearing. If it is someone that I haven't talked to in person for ten years, I'm generally not concerned with what they are having for dinner. That said, I do enjoy the daily training updates form the BTers with whom I am facebook friends. Can I just have my status update go to certain groups? I doubt my non-athletic friends want to hear my daily training updates, so I don't do them. |
| 2010-02-03 11:39 AM in reply to: #2651205 |
Champion 6962 Atlanta, Ga | Subject: RE: Facebook and this really really annoys me I think you're over-reacting. If I want to let people know something, I will text them or put it up on FB. Once I found the mass texting feature on my BB, I was in Heaven! Merry Christmas text...yeah...one button baby!! I believe as a society we are lazy. And FB/twitter/e-mail makes things easier. I was very anti-BB until I got one. Now I find it easier to text than call. |
| 2010-02-03 11:40 AM in reply to: #2651205 |
Member 161 Philly | Subject: RE: Facebook and this really really annoys me After you remove someone cause they're constant or idiotic status updates get to be too much, do you ever have them re-request you? That's happened to me a few times and I can't help but laugh. |
| 2010-02-03 11:46 AM in reply to: #2652498 |
Veteran 312 St. Paul | Subject: RE: Facebook and this really really annoys me danny_boy - 2010-02-03 11:40 AM After you remove someone cause they're constant or idiotic status updates get to be too much, do you ever have them re-request you? That's happened to me a few times and I can't help but laugh. You can hide them in your news feed. You are still "friends" you just don't have to see everything they write |
| 2010-02-03 11:50 AM in reply to: #2651660 |
Champion 6503 NOVA - Ironic for an Endurance Athlete | Subject: RE: Facebook and this really really annoys me trishie - 2010-02-03 6:54 AM pga_mike - 2010-02-02 10:35 PM Gaarryy - 2010-02-02 8:38 PM welcome to 2010.. x2 My parents found my time at my last Marathon via automatic texts and facebook status updates. Soon, don't expect thank you notes from your nieces and nephews for Christmas presents. They'll just post a status of "Thanks to all my friends and family for the great gifts." to me, marathon time =/= engagement/ pregnancy announcments !
Agreed, but it is the direction in which the world is headed. Get on board, or get left behind, I say! |
| 2010-02-03 11:54 AM in reply to: #2652521 |
Member 161 Philly | Subject: RE: Facebook and this really really annoys me Nathanm74 - 2010-02-03 12:46 PM danny_boy - 2010-02-03 11:40 AM After you remove someone cause they're constant or idiotic status updates get to be too much, do you ever have them re-request you? You can hide them in your news feed. You are still "friends" you just don't have to see everything they writeThat's happened to me a few times and I can't help but laugh. Really? Haha, oops. I probably looked like an @$$ but I just couldn't take the ridiculousness sometimes. |
| 2010-02-03 11:57 AM in reply to: #2652545 |
Extreme Veteran 614 | Subject: RE: Facebook and this really really annoys me danny_boy - 2010-02-03 12:54 PM Nathanm74 - 2010-02-03 12:46 PM danny_boy - 2010-02-03 11:40 AM After you remove someone cause they're constant or idiotic status updates get to be too much, do you ever have them re-request you? You can hide them in your news feed. You are still "friends" you just don't have to see everything they writeThat's happened to me a few times and I can't help but laugh. Really? Haha, oops. I probably looked like an @$$ but I just couldn't take the ridiculousness sometimes. Yeah by "blocked" in my post I meant "hidden", I guess. I haven't de-friended anyone. Yet... |
| 2010-02-03 1:31 PM in reply to: #2651205 |
Expert 606 Lakeville, MN | Subject: RE: Facebook and this really really annoys me Wait, how does that saying go? "Facebook doesn't kill people..." |
| 2010-02-03 1:33 PM in reply to: #2652802 |
Champion 11989 Philly 'burbs | Subject: RE: Facebook and this really really annoys me cooutdoors - 2010-02-03 2:31 PM Wait, how does that saying go? "Facebook doesn't kill people..." "... it makes you want to kill people" |
| 2010-02-03 1:38 PM in reply to: #2652802 |
Extreme Veteran 614 | Subject: RE: Facebook and this really really annoys me cooutdoors - 2010-02-03 2:31 PM Wait, how does that saying go? "Facebook doesn't kill people..." "... OJ Simpson kills people"? |
| 2010-02-03 1:40 PM in reply to: #2651660 |
Champion 8540 the colony texas | Subject: RE: Facebook and this really really annoys me trishie - 2010-02-03 6:54 AM pga_mike - 2010-02-02 10:35 PM Gaarryy - 2010-02-02 8:38 PM welcome to 2010.. x2 My parents found my time at my last Marathon via automatic texts and facebook status updates. Soon, don't expect thank you notes from your nieces and nephews for Christmas presents. They'll just post a status of "Thanks to all my friends and family for the great gifts." to me, marathon time =/= engagement/ pregnancy announcments !
I agree with you.. My comment wasn't meant to belittle you being upset. I apoligize if it came off that way. I was more refering to this is the way things are now. I'm a person that still likes to hand write thank you notes to people. But since children now are being raised in a technology world this {FB updates} is considered normal. |
| 2010-02-03 1:51 PM in reply to: #2651949 |
Champion 5495 Whizzzzzlandia Silver member | Subject: RE: Facebook and this really really annoys me BikerGrrrl - 2010-02-03 9:00 AM I will say, though, that I get about 200 times more information about friends who I am interested in, that didn't bother to contact me otherwise at all. So yeah, I'd be bummed about the personal stuff from personal friends. But I now know that my best friend from high school bought a house, and previous to facebook I would have learned that when the Christmas card was eventually returned. I am WAY more connected to my local-but-not-close friends in a way that makes me happy, too. I've always been the person that tries to stay in touch and friends say "I'm so glad you contacted me, I wouldn't have otherwise." It's a little hurtful, but I try to hold myself alone to my own standard. I also will continue sending real thank you cards. I know - how old fashioned! X2 exactly!  |
| 2010-02-03 2:11 PM in reply to: #2651205 |
Extreme Veteran 660 Texas | Subject: RE: Facebook and this really really annoys me I agree. But in my case, I can now keep in touch with my friends who I would have otherwise lost all contact with. It's sucky that people can't pick up the phone anymore, but I supposed it's better than not talking to them at all. |
| 2010-02-03 2:36 PM in reply to: #2651205 |
Champion 5376 PA | Subject: RE: Facebook and this really really annoys me I don't get too excited about any of it. People are busy and I find the phone more intrusive than an e-mail or FB message. You basically call when the time is good for you but how do you know the time is good for the person on the other end? IMO, I am just as greatful to hear from someone who sends me electronic communication of any sort because it showed they were thinking of me AND I got it without interruption. Outside of civil rights, politics and the economy, I'm a glass half full kinda guy.  |
| 2010-02-03 3:01 PM in reply to: #2651205 |
| Subject: RE: Facebook and this really really annoys me IMHO I think we have MORE communication tools than ever before in the history of man and at the same time as a people have fewer communication skills. Just my 2 cents. |
| 2010-02-03 3:27 PM in reply to: #2652997 |
Champion 4835 Eat Cheese or Die | Subject: RE: Facebook and this really really annoys me Pector55 - 2010-02-03 2:36 PM Outside of civil rights, politics and the economy, I'm a glass half full kinda guy. Now that was funny. This thread reminds me that when my wife takes the pregnancy test on Sunday she is not allowed to post anything on FB until after we tell people who deserve to hear it in person or over the phone. |
| 2010-02-03 3:44 PM in reply to: #2653069 |
Buttercup 14334 | Subject: RE: Facebook and this really really annoys me crusevegas - 2010-02-03 4:01 PM IMHO I think we have MORE communication tools than ever before in the history of man and at the same time as a people have fewer communication skills. Just my 2 cents. And worth much more than just 2 cents. People who are poor or dishonest communicators - those who are not comfortable speaking directly or truthfully to others - love technology for the way it allows them to have one-way communication and avoid the dynamics of interacting with another human being. It allows them to use words while limiting the ability of the receiver of those words to discern true meaning. An abuse of communication. Nothing is more ridiculous than trying to convey an important message over texting. There is much to be said for one-on-one, eyeball-to-eyeball communication. |
| 2010-02-03 3:45 PM in reply to: #2653194 |
| Iron Donkey 38643 , Wisconsin | Subject: RE: Facebook and this really really annoys me Renee - 2010-02-03 3:44 PM crusevegas - 2010-02-03 4:01 PM IMHO I think we have MORE communication tools than ever before in the history of man and at the same time as a people have fewer communication skills. Just my 2 cents. And worth much more than just 2 cents. People who are poor or dishonest communicators - those who are not comfortable speaking directly or truthfully to others - love technology for the way it allows them to have one-way communication and avoid the dynamics of interacting with another human being. It allows them to use words while limiting the ability of the receiver of those words to discern true meaning. An abuse of communication. Nothing is more ridiculous than trying to convey an important message over texting. .... ...while driving a vehicle. |
| 2010-02-03 8:47 PM in reply to: #2653199 |
| Philadelphia, south of New York and north of DC | Subject: RE: Facebook and this really really annoys me We're living in the midst of a technological development as profound in its implications as that of the Gutenberg printing press. This period probably started with the invention of the telegraph and photograph. Where it will end, who knows. I think each form of media: film, television, telephone, radio, podcast, social media site, blog, forum, micro blog, ect, requires its own style and form to be effective at communicating. It's all one great big experiment, with everyone trying to figure it out as we go along. It's all exciting, and daunting, and destabilizing, and empowering. What a great time to be alive! Edited by dontracy 2010-02-03 8:51 PM |
| 2010-02-03 9:05 PM in reply to: #2651205 |
Champion 10471 Dallas, TX | Subject: RE: Facebook and this really really annoys me trishie - 2010-02-02 7:57 PM Over the past few months I've found out some pretty big things about GOOD friends... people I went to college with, still hang out with, go out with, etc. I'm so tired of hearing about engagements, pregnancies, etc. on fricking facebook. It sucks that I find out about big life milestones along with their 7th grade Spanish teacher and kid from camp the summer before 8th grade. Would a phone call be so FREAKING hard? Am I overreacting ? Someone who is VERY close to me... I would like a message in my Inbox... a text... or a phone call. A casual friend... eh, I am fine with FB. 3 or 4 years ago... my sister who is usually very kind and thoughtful (She still sends hand written notes and cards- 3 or 4 times a year!)... she forwarded me an email that she sent to other people as well... about her having a miscarriage. I was VERY UPSET. I just found it to be completely RUDE. And it was so unlike her. Since then she has called and told me good news (nothing else devastating has happened... and she did get pregnant again 3 months later and my niece was born in 2007.) |
| 2010-02-03 10:14 PM in reply to: #2651217 |
Pro 5011 Twin Cities | Subject: RE: Facebook and this really really annoys me Sounds like the problem isn't FACEBOOK sucking...it's her friends. Facebook's just doing its job. |
| 2010-02-03 10:44 PM in reply to: #2652997 |
Elite 3972 Reno | Subject: RE: Facebook and this really really annoys me Pector55 - 2010-02-03 2:36 PM I don't get too excited about any of it. People are busy and I find the phone more intrusive than an e-mail or FB message. You basically call when the time is good for you but how do you know the time is good for the person on the other end? IMO, I am just as greatful to hear from someone who sends me electronic communication of any sort because it showed they were thinking of me AND I got it without interruption. Outside of civil rights, politics and the economy, I'm a glass half full kinda guy. I guess I am old fashioned. I figure if I have news that I think is important, I can probably "intrude" occassionally on people who care and have them answer the phone or at least return a call when they are not so "busy"..... . I loved facebook as it put me in touch with folks I had lost touch with. but I think it has nearly run its course with me after a month. I don't need to know people's status on some game I don't play - the mafia farmer types. meh. And Aunt Mary does not need to know that much about my 17 year old neice's social life.... |
| 2010-02-04 5:07 AM in reply to: #2653717 |
Extreme Veteran 371 Jakarta Selatan, Unknown | Subject: RE: Facebook and this really really annoys me I second to KSH and BikerGrrrl distress about FB, we all have our says about the medium. Nonetheless, I think it is a great tool to communicate with others, wherever they might be.. I would be really crossed if somebody comes knock my door or rand my phone in the middle of the night just to tell how sad they are because the weather is bad, or how happy they are because their cats just finished a bowl of milk... FB (or any other similarities) let others know about what happened with someone at their own comfort. Of course I put stuffs on FB that some may not find it interesting, but the fact is.. I don't care much about that. I use it more of a social-less serious kind of purpose.. (I have a photo album of recipes I made). I think we have our own obligations where eye-to-eye contact from break of dawn to sunset which unavoidable, and sites like these would be a place where can take our mind elsewhere. Anyway, that's my 2 Euro (sorry, I lived in the Netherlands  ) |
| 2010-02-04 7:06 AM in reply to: #2653816 |
Veteran 312 St. Paul | Subject: RE: Facebook and this really really annoys me mmrocker13 - 2010-02-03 10:14 PM Sounds like the problem isn't FACEBOOK sucking...it's her friends. Facebook's just doing its job. I agree. There were plenty of inconsiderate people before facebook came around. The same people will find ways to be inconsiderate after facebook is (gasp!) gone. |
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