| Name | Message |
|---|---|
| compm375 | Testing... Are we back up?! |
| Isaac | I suppose Aim and Facebook are really "the" modes of communication now. This well-designed board deserves many more posters, though! |
| Isaac | OK, Matt, maybe we should turn this main board into a rant about why we don't like Facebook. That might do something. Reason #1: It's silly... |
| Roma | Spammy? |
| Roma | spammer ip: 75.33.58.211 |
| matt | #2 It is another Internet noun-verb, e.g. "I'll facebook you." |
| matt | #3: It promotes bad web design. |
| Isaac | #4: It implies that reading lists of what someone likes is the same thing as knowing who that person is. |
| Isaac | #5: You have to put up some cutesy photo of yourself. |
| matt | #6: It encourages people to plan things and not actually tell people about them, since everyone has a facebook and checks it 50 times a day. |
| Isaac | #7: With what friends I do have, I like to hold to hold actual conversations. |
| Isaac | #7: If someone is your friend, why not hold an actual conversation with them? |
| matt | #8: It promotes trading around friends like business or political contacts.
(Does that make any sense or should I reword it?) |
| twix | i got facebooked |
| twix | #9 its worse than myspace about who's on your 'favorites' |