Facebook Ridiculousness

[anchovee]

SO,

When I first signed up for Facebook, I did it because I saw the obvious point of it being a convenient medium with which to reinforce my social life. And maybe it actually was something a bit more practical a few years back, at this point some of my present feelings are bleeding into my past feelings, thus blurring the line.

But anyway, so as Facebook has put in all of these small, new, mostly-useless features, i.e. different news feeds, changing "fans" to "likes, etc., I have started to question more and more what it all means.

Hear me out, I have a crowd of middle school girls who harass me on Facebook because they saw me climbing a tree, and I made the apparently idiotic mistake of telling them my full name. And that's what really puzzles me, is that it seems like I'm virtually alone in being able to see how pointless Facebook has become in countless respects.

I just often find myself saying things like, "What is the point of liking a page that barely even stands for an idea to like in the first place?" The only point I see in Facebook is staying in touch with distant, old friends, assuming they do not have an email address or phone number.

I s'pose effbee has lost its initial shiny appeal to me, and I'm unsure as to whether this simply applies to me, or if other people have noticed a similar trend.

AND SO I ASK YOU, NEWGROUNDS, what do you think about the Evolution of Facebook?

[CyanSandwich]

facebook started getting popular in my country last year. I found it stupid from the start, then i made an account a few weeks ago and its still ridiculous. I think its just a get-the-most-friends contest.

[AmandaPandaJ]

Facebook is ok, I just don't get on it that much.

[axlisbak]

meh i disabled my account yesterday, got boring pretty quick

[GreenLanturn]

I never really knew anyone who used it beyond on those points you touched on which is to keep in contact with others. It's just a more visual way too.

Instead of emails back and forth everyday with every person from every walk of life and constant fowards of what they think is a cute video, or someone just saying hi, it gives you the opportunity all in one place. They want a recap of your vacation, life someone where, or to see how you're doing? They can get the whole rundown pics included.

I'm sure the would and want to be "I'm too cool for FB or social networks" in general crowd will show up but in reality this place is not too different from any social site. They may like to think so, but a social site is probably the bottom of the list at what makes an internet site stand out.

NG is different, but also the same in that it (and most every other site now and days) encompasses many aspects that add to the site. Almost like a prerequisite for having a website. Just like almost every site has a forum of some kind.

Now almost every site has some form a messaging system, a profile pic or user pic, something that lets you say some witty line or expression to show a sense of yourself, a profile, and some form of chat system.

FB as well as other social sites has "friends" and "pic galleries." Not really all that different. And pretty mediocre if you think about it. Not that it's bad, just most of the things people would like to disassociate themselves with from social sites are the things that are included in some form or fashion on most every site now.

So then in that sense, to have a account on some form of social networking site is normal. Because all it is a centralized place that people can't keep in touch but with some extras that try to give the site more appeal.

Everyone I know isn't into flash or forums, so why would they come here? Or to some comic site? Or YouTube? Etc.....see where I'm going?

So any social network site is pretty much just a way to keep in touch that is a step above having to call everyone single person or email them all the time.

Cause realistically, I may be cool with some people but I don't want to talk to them everyday and on the other hand there are people I may not know all that well yet I don't want to lose contact with them either.

[SlayerX3]

At 7/3/10 02:25 AM, Machop90 wrote: What's facebook?

No fucking joke. What the hell is facebook?

pretty much this

[KidneyThief]

Facebook is great for practical social purposes. However Farmville and other such applications are some of (in my opinion) the ugliest things to grace the internet. On another note, it's scary how unaware people are of themselves on the internet. People act as if there is some kind of magic barrier that divides reality from the internet. The professional world is just as aware of the progression of the internet as anyone else. Presenting yourself professionally will do you good, but it means nothing if you aren't smart enough to keep your unprofessional "adventures" offline or at least hidden from the general public.

[Karlt]

I hated the whole social networking sites from the start
So much so that I was probably the last person I know to get one
My own misses had one

Sick of my friends saying things like "Ohh did you hear- oh wait..you don't have face book..."

I finally got one
And I still hate the bloody thing..

[xsdemonite]

I dont have a facebook account, i have a general dislike for networking sites anyway, but now hear people saying they cant stay off it. Fair enough its a way of staying in touch with people but what the hell its becoming an addiction. I think its ridiculous if thats the case its time to turn off your pc and go outside instead. I dont get it. Bullying too on it, its easy for people to do hid away behind their pc.

[iateamexican]

You question the point of Facebook now?
Why not any time since it was created?
The whole premise of the website is completly flawed, its supposed to maintain your social life even when you're not phyiscally socialising, but if you were isolated from the world with just a computer that could only use Facebook, I doubt you'd be able to maintain any kind of social life.
It has a single purpose, and it can't even do that.
And what is the point of knowing how other people feel about events they know nothing about, or how many times they've fucked each other in the past week?
What mystical insight into the workings of the Human psyche do you get from reading what someone ate for breakfast?
Facebook is, somehow, more of a waste of time than many other places on the internet.
Basically put, if you don't like Facebook, don't use it.

[Light]

In time, Facebook will be as obscure and irrelevant as Myspace is now. Just give it a year or two.

[Sawdust]

Facebook on smartphones is actually pretty cool though.

Like texting except there's no load involved!

[xsdemonite]

At 7/3/10 07:21 AM, iateamexican wrote:

Facebook is, somehow, more of a waste of time than many other places on the internet.
Basically put, if you don't like Facebook, don't use it.

Well said good sir. Have a cookie.

[Domo]

I used to say fuck facebook but due to peer pressure I was hassled into joining and im ashamed of it.But the only thing I really like about facebook now is chat but as soon as newgrounds chat comes out(if it does)So long facebook

[IDropedMyBiscuit]

Myspace > Facebook

[Lintire]

I use Facebook to get free stuff - and it's worked, I got that Riot skin in LoL =D
But I still get added, even when the one and only piece of text on my page is "Don't add this page, it's on here to get free stuff".
Facebook people are weird. At least you can openly exploit Youtubers.

[RYNOL]

Meh, facebook is fine for what it is. But some people just sufr facebook looking for random pages to like. It's overused by all my friends. And I recently saw that one of my friends had become a friend with a friend of mine who lives in another country. Which means they have absolutely no connection. It's fucking ridiculous. My brother teased me before because he had like 600 friends while I only had 150 or something. So what? He doesn't know half of those people, and I could've had more, but I don't accept every fucking friend request that comes my way. And the way they fucking speak on facebook is ridiculous. This is why I go on facebook maybe ten minutes a week. Just so I can see anything new, and then I'm done.

[debom]

At 7/3/10 07:39 AM, domo48 wrote: I used to say fuck facebook but due to peer pressure I was hassled into joining and im ashamed of it.But the only thing I really like about facebook now is chat but as soon as newgrounds chat comes out(if it does)So long facebook

So, in summary, you would rather chat with people on newgrounds, the vast majority of whom you have never talked to face to face, instead of talking to people you interact with regularly on a daily basis?

[Haoie]

You're being hassled by little girls? What are you, 10?

[anchovee]

At 7/3/10 08:10 AM, RYNOL wrote: Which means they have absolutely no connection. It's fucking ridiculous.

A friend of mine tried this experiment on Facebook of creating an absurd account, and simply sending friend requests to every person suggested. It's pretty hilarious how many people will accept a request from somebody who is in every sense a stranger.

[372]

I use it to keep in touch with people....

Because that's what people with social lives do...use social networking sites to keep in touch and share photos and such

If you think facebook is just games and liking pages you're 12, or have no friends. :|

[Vinnyy]

At 7/3/10 02:25 AM, Machop90 wrote: What's facebook?

No fucking joke. What the hell is facebook?

It's a website where you get to compete with other people to see who gets the most friends.

[Cootie]

I use the hell out of it, but I only add people who I actually know. It is just good for talking to kids from school since I was expelled. But the games and apps are retarded I hate when people post about them. The only part of FaceBook I really use is the "Status Updates" page.

[372]

At 7/3/10 02:38 PM, VinnyXY wrote:

At 7/3/10 02:25 AM, Machop90 wrote: What's facebook?

No fucking joke. What the hell is facebook?

It's a website where you get to compete with other people to see who gets the most friends.

Who the hell does that besides 16 year old girls? \:|

[Aprime]

I think your over examining...

[kmau]

At 7/3/10 02:13 AM, anchovee wrote: I did it because I saw the obvious point of it being a convenient medium with which to reinforce my social life.

AHAHAHAHAHAHA OAHOAHOHAHOAOHOAHAOHLOHAHAHAHAHA....haaa a..... jesus.

[Chocomilk]

At 7/3/10 02:13 AM, anchovee wrote: SO,

When I first signed up for Facebook,

The thread fails here.

[TheThinWhale]

I have never once read an interesting or intelligent status update, except from occasionally 1 friend who is smart. Never read the status update of a female you will get somthing similar to this:

Life is a waste of time and time is a waste of life, so waste your time and have the time of your life!

Copy and pasted from a dumb slut.

[TheBlueRaven]

i use facebook because phone tag is devil spawn

that's about it

[Rude-Awakening]

I think that with all good ideas, it was ruined by 12 Year olds. Kinda like Newgrounds.