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daaron

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66. Great! People are meeting people!

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 09:34 AM

Jun 2012

What's more important than that, right? Biggest issue facing our times, is not enough people meeting people and gabbing when they could be reading a textbook or working in the garden or volunteering at a shelter or ...

But hey, people are meeting people. And some of those people who meet each other fuck and get knocked up and make more people to meet people, and after all, what's more important than that, right?

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Facebook in sweet decline. By Mark Morford [View all] madokie Jun 2012 OP

I for one will not miss facebook liberal N proud Jun 2012 #1

Facebook, the PRODUCT, isn't going anywhere. Fawke Em Jun 2012 #2

We aren't FaceBook's customers -- WE are the product KurtNYC Jun 2012 #9

Exactly. What FB is selling is access to US, to advertisers. Bake Jun 2012 #13

Why the hell are people saying Facebook, the stock, failed? MattSh Jun 2012 #21

Should we go back to texting our friends when we have a silly joke or thought? FrodosPet Jun 2012 #36

At least with texting your employer isn't going to dig up everything you ever put on line. liberal N proud Jun 2012 #57

Yup dipsydoodle Jun 2012 #3

I almost never use it LiberalEsto Jun 2012 #4

You and I must share some "friends" in common. LibDemAlways Jun 2012 #19

I post pics and cartoons from DU, links to articles Voice for Peace Jun 2012 #20

I find myself spending more time on Facebook than on DU proud2BlibKansan Jun 2012 #29

great point, it's true for me too Voice for Peace Jun 2012 #39

I'm not criticizing sharing informative or funny stories LibDemAlways Jun 2012 #52

I know what you mean Voice for Peace Jun 2012 #56

If WE don't like it, how can ANYONE? FrodosPet Jun 2012 #40

How is not particularly caring what someone ordered at a restaurant LibDemAlways Jun 2012 #51

yeh, i don't get it either.. frylock Jun 2012 #54

I heard on the radio yesterday that the company that owns Farmville A Simple Game Jun 2012 #26

I think the social networking aspect as it's being used is a phenomenal thing Voice for Peace Jun 2012 #41

Zynga. We were there yesterday for lunch. jannyk Jun 2012 #53

As predictable as a full moon. n/t JHB Jun 2012 #5

I ditched FB a couple years ago. daaron Jun 2012 #6

I'll stick with FB for the foreseeable future Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #7

K - ur loss... Social networks are --> daaron Jun 2012 #18

I have a whole network of friends I've met right here on DU proud2BlibKansan Jun 2012 #31

I'd be willing to meet a fellow DUer in meatspace. daaron Jun 2012 #45

Who said anything about not using any other networks? proud2BlibKansan Jun 2012 #50

I have met lots of people on facebook Mojorabbit Jun 2012 #62

Great! People are meeting people! daaron Jun 2012 #66

We are gardening Mojorabbit Jun 2012 #70

And if Facebook users weren't so uninformed about choices --> daaron Jun 2012 #71

Thanks for the link Shampoobra Jun 2012 #64

No prob. daaron Jun 2012 #65

The aggressive rush to either defend FB or rant against it is almost as amusing as a Spy Vs. Spy com LanternWaste Jun 2012 #67

It IS like Spy VS Spy, when it's White Hat VS Black Hat infosec. daaron Jun 2012 #68

I have 2 FB accounts, one for personal use, check on the kids, grandkids, etc. the other secondwind Jun 2012 #8

I never signed up malaise Jun 2012 #10

Exactly. And the FB boosters wouldn't even miss you. daaron Jun 2012 #46

LOL malaise Jun 2012 #58

I deleted my facebook account last year djean111 Jun 2012 #11

Had nothing to do with your phone. intheflow Jun 2012 #12

If the stock goes down far enough, Google or Microsoft will buy it. Bake Jun 2012 #14

I deliberately opened a new email address on Google just for that reason - djean111 Jun 2012 #16

lol, my wife had 5 or 6 at one time OriginalGeek Jun 2012 #59

It's baffling that some people try to convince us it's still 1998. 2ndAmForComputers Jun 2012 #15

Facebook is one of the best networking tools available proud2BlibKansan Jun 2012 #17

Because marching has worked so well. daaron Jun 2012 #22

So you missed the part about candidates? proud2BlibKansan Jun 2012 #25

Nope, but I think you missed the part about heuristic effects. daaron Jun 2012 #27

You can criticize marches if you want. proud2BlibKansan Jun 2012 #28

Well, it does change the subject to the off-handed side-comment --> daaron Jun 2012 #38

So... MattSh Jun 2012 #30

What have *I* accomplished there? daaron Jun 2012 #43

That is cool--I'd love to friend you but Horse with no Name Jun 2012 #63

And you are one of my faves as well! proud2BlibKansan Jun 2012 #69

I have a Facebook blocking Firefox add-on Ratty Jun 2012 #23

Yeah, there's a few of those. daaron Jun 2012 #34

they're tracking me somehow, I just know it. snooper2 Jun 2012 #37

I hope they're tracking me Voice for Peace Jun 2012 #42

Actually, just BlogAds, Google Adsense and Analytics on DU. daaron Jun 2012 #44

but they really aren't "tracking" your anonymous handle on the internet LOL snooper2 Jun 2012 #49

I think they do want to know all the sites you visit Ratty Jun 2012 #55

Oh, no, you misunderstand. daaron Jun 2012 #60

I work for a service provider, not one of the big three snooper2 Jun 2012 #61

Yeah everyone has to comply, but big 3 are complicit, not just compliant. nt daaron Jun 2012 #72

Good. It's just a damn year-round Christmas letter Tom Ripley Jun 2012 #24

It is a revolution in communication technology first and foremost. RadiationTherapy Jun 2012 #32

At the end of the fucking day it's just a website--- snooper2 Jun 2012 #33

Once the "ZOMG!! Facebook didn't make any stock purchasers instant millionaires!!!!!111111" Xolodno Jun 2012 #35

At a minimum, JP Morgan & Goldman Sachs, acc. to WSJ, shorted their investments. nt daaron Jun 2012 #48

Does no one remember the 90's? gaspee Jun 2012 #47