facebook watch out

[grizz441]

I see absolutely no use for those type sites.

When I first joined back in 2004 there were not many people on it maybe like 250-ish from The University of Nebraska.  I used it as a secondary and convenient way to meet up with a few attractive females from my university who I otherwise would have had no way of meeting.  Just saying, I got immediate use out of it.   

Or say you just met someone through a friend.  Calling them might be "too much" assuming you even have their number whereas adding them on facebook and sending them a quick message might be the perfect amount. 

Or staying in touch with a Canadian friend that you played baseball with in the minor leagues.

Or just staying in touch with friends around the country that you can easily coordinate with if you ever make a trip somewhere.  It's also great to see what your friends are doing and to be able to stay connected in their lives by simply commenting on things they post.

Just a few uses that I get and have gotten out of it.  And it was all free.

[MaSonZ]

When I first joined back in 2004 there were not many people on it maybe like 250-ish from The University of Nebraska.  I used it as a secondary and convenient way to meet up with a few attractive females from my university who I otherwise would have had no way of meeting.  Just saying, I got immediate use out of it.   

Or say you just met someone through a friend.  Calling them might be "too much" assuming you even have their number whereas adding them on facebook and sending them a quick message might be the perfect amount. 

Or staying in touch with a Canadian friend that you played baseball with in the minor leagues.

Or just staying in touch with friends around the country that you can easily coordinate with if you ever make a trip somewhere.  It's also great to see what your friends are doing and to be able to stay connected in their lives by simply commenting on things they post.

Just a few uses that I get and have gotten out of it.  And it was all free.

bold says it all for me. didnt have her number until after we started dating 

in regards to the rest of this post, it is all very true.

on the other hand, there is a lot of drama that goes around on facebook. if your gonna talk smack say it to their face at the very least 

[IrishOne]

facebook allowed me to see what my squaddies look like.

[Shuffler]

I use email to keep in touch with friends. If I want to look someone up I use the interenet.

Old school buddies I contact school or friends.

[grizz441]

I use email to keep in touch with friends. If I want to look someone up I use the interenet.

Old school buddies I contact school or friends.

That's cool.

[jay]

if they actually destroy facebook it would make me very happy,social networking is the bain of my generation

[Shamus]

Uh Mason, how do you know if anyone on Facebook is who they claim to be?

One of the new tools the rabid debt collectors use today, is to make Facebook accounts, using names of school friends of the target victim.  There are a number of agencies out there doing that today.

I started doing this stuff back in Myspace days, also have classmate accounts all over the country. Never ceases to amaze me how otherwise intelligent people let their guard down on these sites.

shamus 

[crazierthanu]

Facebook is good for cordinating events without too much trouble.

Ad what Grizz mentioned. 

[B-17]

social networking is the bain of my generation

You mean bane?

[The Jekyll]

Like anything else FB is what you make of it, or don't. I recall a story of those who thought automobiles were the bane of all evil....wait they may have been right.

[B-17]

Like anything else FB is what you make of it, or don't. I recall a story of those who thought automobiles were the bane of all evil....wait they may have been right.

[Grayeagle]

Well ..

Kim Smith and I useda cruise Speedway Blvd in my '69 Road Runner back when we were both noobs in the USAF fresh outta tech school ..we were in ECM, foolin around with the A7D Sluf's at Davis Montham back then, best friends an all.

I got orders to Thailand, lost track of him.

Got a note" 'Are you the Frank Williamson that useda shift that silver '69 Road Runner like lightnin I useda ride with on Speedway back in early '70's?' .. ROFL .. talk about a blast from the past

40 years ago .. sheesh.
Goin out to visit him for a few days in Sept .. coupla phone chats catchin up, it will be *great* to see him after all this time.

There have been others .. another guy I useda play in the mud with, tip over cows, sleds thru barbedwire fences an the like in Montana ..was 8th grade-Freshman high school stuff .. our family moved away. Very much lost track of him..
.. Danny sent me a note on FB one fine day .. LOL . turns out we were both gearheads after high school cept he was deep into Oldsmobubbles .. he still hangs out in Montana, never left. Next year mebbe a trip up there durin the hot months down here in Phx

Facebook *rocks* at times like this.

-Frank aka GE