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Re: How I Use Facebook

gini1228 — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:18:09 -0000

All of a sudden I can NOT see who is on facebook the same time as me. I have not changed anything. It just keeps changing and I am to the point of getting OFF facebook...HELP

thanks

Re: How I Use Facebook

unique4 — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:04:10 -0000

MY CO WORKER WANTED ME TO BECOME A PART OF FACEBOOK AND I ALWAYS TELL HER I DON'T HAVE TIME.SINCE SHE IS OFTEN SPEAKING ABOUT SOMEONE SE SAW ON FACEBOOK,WELL I GUESS I'AM JUST A LITTLE CURIOUS. GUESS WHAT , SHE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW I'VE SIGNED ON. I'AM ALSO DOING A CRUISE TO THE BAHAMAS IN 2010 OF MAY 30,THRU JUNE 5,STARTING AS LOW AS $523.00

Re: How I Use Facebook

Ricardo Bueno — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:24:10 -0000

I had joined FB a while ago but never found a reason to get active. I mean it's great to friend people and leave messages back and forth but ultimately I was bombarded with too many silly app requests that I began to find it very unappealing.

I'm not into friending a lot of people that I don't know. I'd like to connect with someone on at least some level before being connected with them. I guess that's why I ultimately ended up siding with LinkedIn. I found it cleaner and more professional and I'm constantly in touch with my connections there.

It isn't until recently that I"m beginning to use FB and even then only to a small extent. I use it to engage with people that I've connected with at some level and I'll continue to do so but I'll shy away from a lot of what I consider to be the useless apps. (Like you said, I'm not talking bad about these apps, they're just not for me).

For now, I think I'll continue to favor LinkedIn but you can still catch me on FB.

Re: How I Use Facebook

bgavin — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:44:27 -0000

Interesting.

I joined Facebook the night of the Virginia Tech shootings. I wanted to read and to understand how the VT studetns were processing what happened. I was blown away by the sense of community, not just among the VT students, but how many other college students reached out.

Back then, in April, there was no one I knew on Facebook. I did find my friends' kids and my nephew. In three months, Facebook has become the most recent Next Big Thing.

Re: How I Use Facebook

Benjamin Bach — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:28:25 -0000

Hey Chris

Great post, I agree ! I recently blogg'd about using facebook as part of your business at my blog.

Keep up the great blogging !

Re: How I Use Facebook

Frans — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:54:48 -0000

I'm enjoying Facebook as well. And hope they work the platform part out even more. What i would like to see is maybe 2 profile pages, one for the serious business stuff and a second where you can put all the more personal apps, like movies, photos, books etc.

As for the privacy, I consider whatever I put on the internet becomes readable for everyone.

Re: How I Use Facebook

Neil Ford — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:24:13 -0000

Chris

My latest thoughts on Facebook can be found at http://blog.neilcford.com/?...

There's a link back to this article too.

- Neil.

Re: How I Use Facebook

Dale Cruse — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:09:15 -0000

Okay, I finally caved in and joined Facebook.

Re: How I Use Facebook

Shaine — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:57:06 -0000

I've always preferred Facebook over MySpace because it's cleaner. It was not remarkable until they opened the API. Now, it's actually fun to hang out there. I think that Facebook's non-customizable interface makes it less about self-expression and more about socializing and organizing. The other social network gets lost in the froofiness.

One of the best things about Facebook is that, like Twitter, you know what your friends are doing without having to go from page to page. You instantly have a picture of what's going on as soon as you log in. Overall, Facebook is useful and invites you to interact rather than having to hunt for things to do.

Re: How I Use Facebook

Beth Kanter — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:35:21 -0000

Chris:

Thanks for this! I've been doing a little bit of reflection on facebook for nonprofits - mostly looking at the groups/causes
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