[mdlug] Facebook was Re: Google Wave invites

[Adam Tauno Williams]

On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 14:10 -0500, Peter Bart wrote:
> Subject: Re: [mdlug] Google Wave invites
> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:06:32 -0500
> On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 10:44 -0500, Peter Bart wrote:
> > On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:07:50 +0100
> > Rich Elswick <painbank at gmail.com> wrote:  
> > > Farmville seems popular now.  
> > Still Facebook. FWIW I think ranks as the most useless !"@#¥^~%
> $&*?)(/\
> > ever. Sorry  
> >Yea, "popular" and "useful"/"productive" are not equivalent.  
> I must admit my better half spends what I think is way to much time

The rising amount of coverage on how "social-networking" makes people
anti-social in the real-world is interesting.

> >Most of the social-networking hype, is just that: hype;  a passing
> >fad.
> I hope so. I did sign up on Facebook, but left it at that when I
> realized just how much time it takes and how much personal information
> they want. So I'm the Loser with no friends, no posts, no nothing. I
> thought it might be a way to keep in touch with friends and family.
> Not.

I'm on Facebook,  primarily it is good as a non-topical quasi-IM
platform;  status updates are the only part that is very useful.  Much
like Twitter it is useful when approached with rigid limitations [only
follow actually interesting people/things, ... don't let all that crap
pile-on].  

> >Yep, I'm a geek who works in IT, and I mean that.
> I know, our opinion carries a lot of weight with me. I remember you
> from the KLUG days. I may not allways agree with you, but I certainly
> appreciate your thoughts.

Thanks.

And thoughts of the halcyon days of KLUG are always pleasant.  The
plowing under of that group was a real loss.