Facebook: Do you have one?
 

I was curious how many members actually have a facebook. I do realize there are threads mentioning keeping in touch with folks outside the TFP however none specified toward facebook. If there are...apologies.

I have a facebook, it's pretty common for most college aged people to have them. James has a facebook as well. My mom is constantly paranoid I'm going to be stalked and murdered through someone on facebook, but I think you take that risk when getting involved with anything of that nature online. One just has to display the correct amount of information, meaning not too much.

We both were found there one day. We had friend requests, and it took a minute for each of us to realize who it was.

Any of you guys have friends from the TFP on there?

No. Facebook is like MySpace. I don't need either in my life. I have a MySpace somewhere... needs to be erased.

Oh, btw... there was this rumor that World's King is a Facebook serial killer.

i have face book but very rarely go on it as i use my myspace more

I hate MySpace. Facebook is more to my aesthetic.

So, yes, I have a profile on Facebook.

I have never been to myspace before and don't ever plan on it. Unfortunately I kind of have a facebook profile, just to get an old friends email address. I have not deleted it but there is nothing about me on it, you have to be my friend to view it and I have not logged in in a month

I am on facebook, only because a lot of my friends are on it and I've found it amazing to find and get in touch with people I haven't seen in years through that thing

There's several people on FB from TFP. I've got an account but mainly use it to play scrabble.

Which reminds me - it's your turn, baby. ;)

what he said...

i've heard that rumor also...

yes, I do, in fact there is a TFP facebook group, if you want to join. Onesnowyowl is the admin of the group.

I don't do Facebook. I have a completely empty MySpace account, because a friend of mine "blogs" there (to the extent that you can, and JEEBUS why you'd choose MySpace to host your blog...) and you can't comment without being a member. I have a Live Journal account for the same reason.

Ditto RB. I have a MySpace so my former students and I can chat, and a Live Journal account so I can keep in easy contact with a dear friend in London. No Facebook. (Do not want.)

I looked for it... but there were a lot of groups with TFP in the name and none that were obviously ours...:confused:

I used to have a MySpace and realized I never used it so I erased it.

Now I have neither.

I have one because a lot of people I know have one, but I pretty much never use it. Everyone has myspace, which I'm not REALLY a fan of, but it's been doing great for increasing the number of listeners to my show.

I was peer pressured into getting one but it's proven to be somewhat useful. I'm part of TFP's Facebook group, too :D

Yea, facebook is a great way to get in touch with folks you long lost contact with. I've found some of my elementary school friends on it as well as some middle school and Sunday school.
I found the group on facebook btw. Thanks for the info!

I much prefer the look of facebook to Myspace. I have a myspace but check it very rarely. Too much junk in my box,

It's pretty much just a place to post pictures where everyone I want to can see them. There's the unfortunate need to go and untag pictures of myself that I wouldn't want potential employers seeing, but it's not that bad. Any crossover of my online personas and real life has to be sanitized in case I get a job somewhere that checks it. I may have to delete my myspace because of it since the name in my URL can be cross-referenced via Google to another nickname that's exclusive to me, and that one can be traced to stuff that isn't an employer's business. TFP is also separate from real life except for friends who are members.

I have two. The original and the Russian copy-cat. Don't use either of them.

Thanks for putting up the link.

I deliberately made the group's name Tilted Forum Project so that it would be easy for people to search for and find. If a user searches for the phrase Tilted Forum Project, it's the ONLY thing that pops up.

And those of you who have joined the group recently, feel free to friend me. I'm not on Facebook as often as I used to, and certainly not as often as Lucifer is ;) but I do check it daily.

I've got a Facebook account because that's the way my High school buddies have kept in touch, and the way my karate class sends messages. Also, my brother and some of my cousins are on there. All in all, it saves plane fare.

I also have Myspace and Linkedin accounts for keping up with other sets of folks.

No,

I'm older than most of you (43) and as such, it really doesn't appeal to me in the least. I did open an account once and searched a pile of names and only came across 2 out of scores that I entered. So obviously, my Generation (X) aren't really into facebook, or myspace, or anything else the like of.

If I mention it to any of my contemporaries, they either roll their eyes and ask, "what the fuck do I want to do that for?", or ask, "what the hell is facebook?"

I'm also a little bit more paranoid about my privacy. Part of me thinks it's something evil.

:grumpy:

I have facebook due to peer pressure, but I rarely update it.

I have one and it's been great for keeping up on my many disparate friends. I can't get out to socialize like I use to so such a site is very helpful.

However, I'm keeping it mostly separate from this place because they're different vibes. I'll never refuse a friend request from any of you but I'm not going to try and recreate this place there. It's just not the same.

The Scrabulous app is great. I'm always up for a game!

I love stalkerbook, I mean facebook. Much better than myspace, probably because all of my friends are on there and only a few myspace.

Yeah, I don't think any of us in the group of Facebook users is looking for a place to recreate TFP...to me, it's just like a more elaborate, more personal profile about myself and my interests for people to look at, and another venue for them to socialize with me.

I understand what you mean about the separation of the two.

I use facebook. You really have to have it if you are in college. At computer science conferences many people have a facebook account. If you want to network for a job, you'll need a clean facebook account.

Anyway, everyone on my facebook account are people I have met in real life; I think this is true for most people and that is why I prefer it to myspace.

Yeah, well, I'm 41 dude, and I'm addicted to the thing and have 110 friends from all walks of life and all age groups.

I'm impressed.....:rolleyes:

Dude.

I keep a profile so old friends that i've lost contact with can find me, but don't really use it for much else. my entire office is on facebook and alot of people use it to organize outings and such. i just rely on word of mouth from my friends about parties...etc.

I have a Facebook; it spread like a virus at my University when it first came out, to the point where I don't know one single college student I've talked to that doesn't have one

One thing I find amusing is when people are like "I have a MySpace, but Facebook? Jesus, no. Never will I have a FACEBOOK!" and vice versa. They are the same thing, they just look different. With the introduction of Applications into Facebook, it has become just as bloated and ugly as MySpace.

I keep both just so I can keep in touch with friends and see what's going on with their lives (sounds pathetic, but it works very effectively). It's also good for seeing what's going on with people you don't talk to that much. It's basically a perpetual high school/college reunion.

i have a MySpace account but still cant figure out why.
never even visited Facebook, but might now.

Well I'm 39 and I have one of both, and they have very few friends "in common"

I like them both

I have both.

Facebook comes in handy in hunting down phone numbers and contact information that I'd otherwise have no means of obtaining. I don't use it for much more than that though. There are so many worthless applications and "important updates" on it, that I can't weed through the countless piles of shit staring back at me.

MySpace I use more frequently as I find it quicker to navigate and have fewer oodles of junk to sort through. I also use it to keep an eye on music that I would otherwise have no exposure to because of where I'm located, and that's my primary use for it.

Just keep me in your dreams. I'll show up at your front door soon...

no. dont have myspace or facebook.

I am only 24 also. ALL the people that I know have them.

why get this if you got TFP?? =P

yeah, I have a facebook account.

I personally have found it a pretty cool way of making touch with some people I went to school with, etc

Strangely enough, most of my peer group are heavy users of FB (47 to 48 year olds) and I often get criticized for not responding to messages on it. I have no issues one way or the other about it, except to say that it often eats up time.

I have both Myspace and Facebook. I use Myspace to keep in touch with high school friends, and Facebook (which I like more) to keep in touch with college friends.

I do have a FB account. I find it useful to keep in touch with friends who no longer live in the area, plus for planning events. I am on the TFP group too.

I find it funny that many people feel they have to justify why they have an account. Almost like it's embarrassing to be on myspace or facebook. Just an observation.

I don't have facebook. All the peoplep I want to keep in contact with have myspace. If I had some friends that were on facebook instead of myspace, I'd probably get one of those too, but I don't see the point in having both.

I've noticed that as well. I don't think people need to justify their answer like this is a political topic. Just fun.

I don't feel the need to justify it except to those who have irrational hatred for such sites.

How's this for justification:

Yesterday I got a friend request from a name I vaguely remember from highschool. I didn't recognize her from her picture and had to dig out an old yearbook to make the connection. It was difficult because she's had a bunch of plastic surgery and completely changed her look. Apparently she's now "Canada's Top Fetish-Porn Star". Really!

I clicked "Ignore".

Being a college student, I have one so I can quickly communicate with friends; it's cheaper than a phone call. Plus, it's a fun time waster!

*raises hand*

I have an account. I tried to create an account for the first Roman emperor (Augustus) so I could make him my boyfriend.. but facebook wouldn't let me.

I've got a Facebook account. It actually put me back in touch with a bunch of friends from Elementary School and High School.

What's crazy? - Having an Elementary School Reunion... what a trip.

Oh - and battleship on there is hella addicting.

I was extremely anti-Facebook for the first two years that it was in operation. I think my attitude was based primarily on the fact that I was a grad student (often working as a TA) and all the undergrads I taught were obsessed with it, and used it to hook up and stalk their exes, etc.

I finally gave it a chance last summer, though (after trying in vain to make new friends in Iceland)... and I can easily say that is has revolutionized my social life here abroad. I don't think I would have had as much use for it while I was still in the US, but it has been fantastic for meeting new people in Iceland... now I'm a proselytizer and have gotten 99% of my friends to join, which has been a lot of fun.

I also really like the ease of sharing pictures via Facebook albums... so much easier than sending out mass e-mails with photo attachments, or even using a blog. It's definitely one of my top 3 visited websites every day (including TFP). ;)

I have it but it is rather useless for me...

All of my friends keep in contact with me through IM or email, or I see them on a day to day basis. I got a Facebook in order to coordinate study schedules while working as a tutor, and would throw some problems up there. However, don't even get me started on what I think of Myspace.

I have a myspace that I rarely use except to check up on what my kids are up to.

I've been able to find some old friends on Facebook and for me, it's a lot more fun to use.

I have accounts with Myspace, Faceboook and Friendster. It seemed like many of the people I was trying to find (stalk) were scattered across all three sites until they began to gravitate towards one.

I think I still have an account with classmates.com as well, since many people I knew from high school ended up there first.

By the way, has anyone here heard of Essembly.com?

no.

I dont have an account on myspace, facebook or any of the other "social networking" sites.

I find email, IM and text messaging does the job well enough.

the way I see it, is that so many people are only interested in having online, shallow conversations....(i'm in no way comparing this ingenious site to either facebook or myspace)....the less confrontational people have to be, the more comfortable they will be when speaking their mind...the perfect outlet for that is facebook and myspace. Yes, I will admit, I have an account on both. However, I usually only respond to things people send me, you know, because it's usually the only way some people choose to communicate.

I think alot of facebook is futile, i prefer myspace, but I do have a facebook. I think these type of websites are relaxing, fun and a agood way to stay in touch with friends when schedule does not allow you t meet them physically, or they live far from you.

I'm on Facebook and I love it (34, btw, on the fading edge of Gen X), I'm on there all the time. I don't have much use for myspace-- seems like overall, a much younger crowd looking for music and hookups.

One of my high school students, a bright young girl, very calmly explained to me, "Oh, you don't want to be on MySpace, Mr. A. You want to be on Facebook. Facebook is for people connecting. MySpace is for teen sluts to get laid."

Out of the mouths of babes....

I had a FB account, but deactivated it recently. Too much time wasted there when I could be doing something more constructive (like spending time here, for example)

Besides, friend requests from strangers is extremely creepy- lately FB was starting to wimp out on these by not allowing you to ignore a request, but letting you confirm it later. WTF?

Seriously, if I had my way I would include an option that sends the friend-requester a notification that their request was rejected.

Luckily, that's all behind me now anyway.

On a side note, I know this thread is old- does anyone still use MySpace anymore???

This thread is ANCIENT, on the time scale of social networks. When it kicked off, Facebook users were the minority.

And no, noone but strippers, bands, juggalos, and wannabe gangsters use Myspace.

:lol: (because it's true)

I have a Facebook. I don't have connections to TFP there. Partly because I haven't made the connections. But also partly because I have a LOT of kids, students, religious family and old religious college friends there. I have to keep things very G rated and hesitate to make connections between the two.

I have family and workmates (former and current) on FB, and generally rely on people to be sedate. You can delete anything on your own page.

yes

I recently deleted my MySpace account, I hadn't used it in at least a year and it appeared none of my friends used it anymore either. I use Facebook daily - it's been a very useful tool to reconnect with my scattered family members and to get back in touch with some old friends. I do have a very small handful of TFP folks as friends.

Yep I gotta facebook. I like it. I'm linked to all kinds of fishing.

I prefer phone calls to facebook messages. I deleted my facebook profile for this reason specifically. I found that, within the next few days, I got countless phone calls from people calling me just to 'see what was up' since they couldn't check my facebook to find out. mission accomplished!

Nope, dont have one.

who doesn't? well no one doesn't --- every organism does

I signed up for one back in April for reasons still not clear to me. Perhaps I was feeling lonely with recent events in my life.
I typically just post things on there that are not worthy of a normal blog entry or plain silly. On the plus side I have been in touch with friends from high school that I have not talked to in 15 years.

Agreed that FB is pretty useless. That said, however, I have an FB page, used mostly to read about what my semi-friends and acquaintances are doing/feeling at the moment, and for me to update my status, sometimes on a daily basis when I'm feeling bored, almost like a Twitter account (which I don't and will never have). Most of the 'friends' on my FB page are people I've encountered on other forums (i.e., I haven't met them in person), a few co-workers, a few former co-workers, a college buddy or two, and one person I reconnected with from elementary school. I also have a myspace page which I haven't used in at least a year. I keep it up because I worked hard to create my page back when I was a myspace regular, and because I'm kind of a narcissist who likes to see digital representations of herself.

...More justifications, I know. But we're meaning-making beings who seem to need to have a reason for everything, so explanations are in order.

i have one and i enjoy it. it keeps me in touch with friends and relatives that live in other states. in fact i share one with my wife. i had one and she knows all of my user names and passwords to everything and she was on there and commented on someones status and they thought it was me so i told her to just add her name to it. that way it keeps everything open and honest.

feel free to friend me if you want. its under Chris-Christy Hall. in atlanta ga.

Yes, and I still have my registration email from almost 7 years ago.