Who here thinks Facebook is lame?

It's a great way to keep in touch with old high school friends, and it'll be nice when I graduate college. It's also the only way I really keep in touch with hiking friends, and it allows me to see what other hikes/travels they've gone on without having to email me 100 pictures.

xXBuffJeffXx

Lame.. I mean its ok to occassionally check up on it like once every two weeks to keep in touch with old friends and such.. But the the fact that people are spending 1 to 3 hours a day on the site is just sad.sSubZerOo

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It's a great way to keep in touch with old high school friends, and it'll be nice when I graduate college. It's also the only way I really keep in touch with hiking friends, and it allows me to see what other hikes/travels they've gone on without having to email me 100 pictures.

wstfld

Yeah, man! Tough loss last night. :(

I don't think it is lame. It is a nice, streamlined and universal (everyone uses it) way of keeping in touch with people whom you normally wouldn't be able to keep contact with in other ways.

Now MySpace... that's lame.

I don't think it is lame. It is a nice, streamlined and universal (everyone uses it) way of keeping in touch with people whom you normally wouldn't be able to keep contact with in other ways.

Now MySpace... that's lame.

foxhound_fox

I adore how basic Facebook's layout is compared to Myspace.

[QUOTE="CyleM"]I joined before it was cool and it was only for college students... I wish it would go back to that... Chris_Williams

it's starting to wear itself out... i don't care who your farm is doing or what 90's cartoon character you are...

comp_atkins

Okay?, then don't use it? I don't see why people think somethings lame because everyone else uses it so they try to be different and rebel against it, but in this case who cares jeez, its just a social networking site, there's more just like it.

Chris_Williams

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I use it everyday, it's very handy, lots of events get planned on there. :)

Big_Bad_Sad

Yeah, same here. We even planned a couple of school reunions with Facebook, which wouldn't have happened otherwise. It's also kinda fun to upload pictures and suchlike after a big group night out, and everyone can have a chuckle about the shenanigans that went down. So yeah, I like Facebook. It's terrible for procrastination though, because once you have a couple hundred friends, there is always someone to catch up on/with.

Mustn't complain though, I might actually get a prestigious advertising job through Facebook...if I do its the greatest thing to happen since contraception.

I adore how basic Facebook's layout is compared to Myspace.

FrankValentine

I like it. There are a couple apps that I play frequently like Bejeweled Blitz and Nethack. Also I like to check out all my friend's pretty sisters.

In my experience it's the people without friends that don't like facebook, because no one writes on their walls and they feel lonely. cheeselover

It's alright. I don;t see why social networking would be considered lame though. My mom has used facebook to find friends she went to HS with, and other people she grew up with found her. I've also found a few childhood friends on it. It's a great way to communicate with people you haven't seen in a while or you grew up with.

i love facebook u get to poke people and then they can poke u back and now u can superpoke lol

I tried it reluctantly after being badgered by friends and I hated it. Deactivated my account shortly thereafter. I know some people like it for keeping in touch with friends or family, but my reaction to that is there are far better and more meaningful ways of doing this. Felt the same way about myspace, though the relentless spam that infects that site actually makes it worse.

It's easy for people to say "well if you don't like facebook it's because you have no friends" but honestly that is a phony and self serving answer. Try to remember that people were able to stay in touch with their friends and relatives before social networking sites and I would argue many of these sites wind up substituting trivial nonsense swapping for real conversation. I'm not convinced that Facebook accomplishes anything one cannot already do with a phone, e-mail or by simply making an effort to keep people in your life.

People who bash Facebook are lame.

Facebook is a great way to keep in touch with friends and get back in touch with long lost friends or classmates. (got back in touch with my entire class from a different school) It also works great in planning activities.

I tried it reluctantly after being badgered by friends and I hated it. Deactivated my account shortly thereafter. I know some people like it for keeping in touch with friends or family, but my reaction to that is there are far better and more meaningful ways of doing this. Felt the same way about myspace, though the relentless spam that infects that site actually makes it worse.

It's easy for people to say "well if you don't like facebook it's because you have no friends" but honestly that is a phony and self serving answer. Try to remember that people were able to stay in touch with their friends and relatives before social networking sites and I would argue many of these sites wind up substituting trivial nonsense swapping for real conversation. I'm not convinced that Facebook accomplishes anything one cannot already do with a phone, e-mail or by simply making an effort to keep people in your life.

albatrossdrums

Facebook is awesome :|

How is facebook any different than any of the other mediums you already mentioned? Especially your last statement, can it not be argued that one is just not making an effort to use facebook as another means to keep friendships? Also, to say that people are able to maintain friendships before facebook - yes, but new technology allows for a much more convenient way to be connected in a massive way. If done right, it is not a bad thing and is quite handy. Just because we all survived without technology before doesn't mean life didn't get better because of it either.Sajedene

I must agree with Miss Sajedene on this one.

Facebook is awesome :|

Ultrabeatdown55

When something gets popular aka widely used by many it becomes cool to hate on it and lame to like it. Gotta love trends.KrunkMastaX

[QUOTE="KrunkMastaX"]When something gets popular aka widely used by many it becomes cool to hate on it and lame to like it. Gotta love trends.Tjeremiah1988

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Facebook is awesome :|

KrunkMastaX

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Facebook is awesome :|

Ultrabeatdown55

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I tried it reluctantly after being badgered by friends and I hated it. Deactivated my account shortly thereafter. I know some people like it for keeping in touch with friends or family, but my reaction to that is there are far better and more meaningful ways of doing this. Felt the same way about myspace, though the relentless spam that infects that site actually makes it worse.

It's easy for people to say "well if you don't like facebook it's because you have no friends" but honestly that is a phony and self serving answer. Try to remember that people were able to stay in touch with their friends and relatives before social networking sites and I would argue many of these sites wind up substituting trivial nonsense swapping for real conversation. I'm not convinced that Facebook accomplishes anything one cannot already do with a phone, e-mail or by simply making an effort to keep people in your life.

Sajedene

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I tried it reluctantly after being badgered by friends and I hated it. Deactivated my account shortly thereafter. I know some people like it for keeping in touch with friends or family, but my reaction to that is there are far better and more meaningful ways of doing this. Felt the same way about myspace, though the relentless spam that infects that site actually makes it worse.

It's easy for people to say "well if you don't like facebook it's because you have no friends" but honestly that is a phony and self serving answer. Try to remember that people were able to stay in touch with their friends and relatives before social networking sites and I would argue many of these sites wind up substituting trivial nonsense swapping for real conversation. I'm not convinced that Facebook accomplishes anything one cannot already do with a phone, e-mail or by simply making an effort to keep people in your life.

albatrossdrums

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[QUOTE="Sajedene"] How is facebook any different than any of the other mediums you already mentioned? Especially your last statement, can it not be argued that one is just not making an effort to use facebook as another means to keep friendships? Also, to say that people are able to maintain friendships before facebook - yes, but new technology allows for a much more convenient way to be connected in a massive way. If done right, it is not a bad thing and is quite handy. Just because we all survived without technology before doesn't mean life didn't get better because of it either.Sajedene

I had no idea that my hating Facebook would cause you such distress. Can I e-mail you a cookie? I love how you have made my opinion on facebook, in a forum asking for same, a "complaint." I think you should stop asking me questions that seemed designed soley to discredit my opinion, and ask yourself if the point of posting in an online forum is to chide anyone who disagrees with you. If I may be blunt, this is why I do not use gametrailers and post here instead. I have no interest in getting in a "justify my opinion" war with you. Go use Facebook in good health, my good sir - we have nothing else to discuss.

Its a good way to sort of stay in touch with people who you may not talk to much. Its also good for me who is not very talkative.