Facebook - well?

[Contratrombone64]

My family (predominantly) have been badgering me to join "facebook". Before I do ... any advice? thanks

[C5Says]

I haven't tried it myself

[marval]

I must admit I haven't tried it either, but im sure someone will know about it.


Margaret

[Krummhorn]

The only negative thing I've ever heard about facebook is that is once was accused of "Data Mining" where info is sold to 3rd parties. Interesting article in Wikipedia about Facebook that makes for some good insights.

[Muza]

Facebook is ok - I am a member there. It is a nice networking tool - makes it easy to find old friends and make new ones - thats the only reason I joined it. Rather, it used to be a great networking tool and now its slowly turning into Myspace. More and more features are added which are fun and cool, but totally pointless and take a lot of time - so basically, its slowly turning into an entertainment place rather than a networking place. But other than that, its ok

Hope this helped!

[Contratrombone64]

Muza - I just found a friend I've not seen for 35 years ... not to mentioned vast amounts of my direct family (cousins, et cetera). So it's been totally worth it.

[Muza]

Yeah, like I said - its pretty cool to find people and stay in touch, but be carefull not to get addicted . When I signed up, I spent all my time there, lols, but I guess its like that with everything

[Contratrombone64]

yes - it is VERY addictive, especially when your friends are so witty and charming (like mine), not to mention bitchy and sarcastic.

[Muza]

haha, thats not the worst quality in a friend

[janny108]

I am part of a lot of forums and don't see the need to join facebook.
Jan

[Muza]

Forums are great, but if you want to reconnect with old friends, keep in touch with people that are far, things like that - forums are not really a place

[C5Says]

Forums are great, but if you want to reconnect with old friends, keep in touch with people that are far, things like that - forums are not really a place

Forums are great for specific niches, just like this one. I have another about search engine optimization.

I have friendster but rarely update it or even log into it.
I have yahoo 360degrees, still, rarely log into it.
One community about poetry, which is where I posted all my poems prior to those I've written at http://365-days-of-poem-blogging.blogspot.com and yet I rarely update now.
I also have Yuwie, WAYN, Tagged, and a lot more others which I don't frequent. There's also Multiply and Facemeet. They just pop into my head right now. I'm sure there are others I just don't recall. I think I signed up with myspace too but never explored. lol

I have several blogs, 3 quarters are not updated but they will be. I intended to create them early and update later for the purpose of monetizing later. With bills 3x faster than income, I need every opportunity to earn.

But I need to enjoy too that's why I'm here.

If you want to connect and find long lost friends, try the yahoo messenger and ICQ.

[janny108]

Forums are great, but if you want to reconnect with old friends, keep in touch with people that are far, things like that - forums are not really a place

Yeah I can see your point. I don't think I'm going to run into people I know there.
Jan

[janny108]

Forums are great for specific niches, just like this one. I have another about search engine optimization.

I have friendster but rarely update it or even log into it.
I have yahoo 360degrees, still, rarely log into it.
One community about poetry, which is where I posted all my poems prior to those I've written at http://365-days-of-poem-blogging.blogspot.com and yet I rarely update now.
I also have Yuwie, WAYN, Tagged, and a lot more others which I don't frequent. There's also Multiply and Facemeet. They just pop into my head right now. I'm sure there are others I just don't recall. I think I signed up with myspace too but never explored. lol

I have several blogs, 3 quarters are not updated but they will be. I intended to create them early and update later for the purpose of monetizing later. With bills 3x faster than income, I need every opportunity to earn.

But I need to enjoy too that's why I'm here.

If you want to connect and find long lost friends, try the yahoo messenger and ICQ.

I can remember years ago before the internet really got big, it was hard to find people talk about things I was interested in, like this is a specific kind of forum, and others I go to are specific too, esp with life situations I can identify and help with and vice versa.

Jan

[C5Says]

I can remember years ago before the internet really got big, it was hard to find people talk about things I was interested in, like this is a specific kind of forum, and others I go to are specific too, esp with life situations I can identify and help with and vice versa.

Jan

And when was that? I started in 1994 and there are a LOT of newsgroups of specific niches. They are just tooooo many. They are newsgroups so they come with the mail. That is before yahoogroups ever existed. At that time it was also ICQ that ruled the chatworld.