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Poll: When you use Facebook, how do you feel?

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Re: Poll: When you use Facebook, how do you feel?

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Post by donall »

JoshTriplett wrote: post #6
donall wrote: post #4

Shouldn't there be a vanilla "I hate it" option? Why must the Facebook-haters of the world have the opinion that it is a necessary evil foisted upon them? :)

Either you hate it but use it anyway ("I hate it, but it is a necessary evil."), or you hate it and don't use it ("I don't have an account."). What other option did you want?

I hate it* and don't use it with any sort of regularity, but I have an account. Sometimes people tag me in photos and I check them out. Maybe once per month. Also, some people sometimes invite me to events through it. I wish people would use better photo hosting services and event management services. They exist, so I don't see Facebook as a necessary evil, but rather an unnecessary and mediocre service.

*That's actually a very strong word. I dislike it, but I don't lose sleep over it at night or anything.

Re: Poll: When you use Facebook, how do you feel?

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Post by [deleted] »

jazzychad wrote: post #8

None of the above. What I feel is a sense of deep personal sadness . Most of my friends on FB are from college (when FB first launched), and most of them still live on the East Coast. Since I moved to SV, I have not added many new friends on FB (mostly because most SV-type people are not prone to use it that much). So, when I launch my FB news feed, I am bombarded by news and stories and pictures from friends of old…

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Re: Poll: When you use Facebook, how do you feel?

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Post by joe_the_user »

simonsarris wrote: post #16

Man I love facebook. Every time a Facebook usage topic comes up there's the usual round of scorn usually backed up by a strange display of plumage involving the sentence, "I just deleted my facebook yesterday/last month/last year/never used it." And that's okay. But I feel compelled to make the same post in response, and so I want to point out to my fellow HN-ers why I think Facebook is so wonderful. There's also a n…

Every time a Facebook usage topic comes up there's the usual round of scorn usually backed up by a strange display of plumage involving the sentence, "I just deleted my facebook yesterday/last month/last year/never used it."

Indeed,

I find it remarkable that virtually everyone I've ever known either has a Facebook account or has had a Facebook account. Which is say that Facebook has been the gateway drug to the Internet. And as many could predict, the majority of US citizens really are now "citizens of the Internet" now, for good or ill. No one is "just visiting", everyone has "not passed go, not collected $200" and is "in the Internet".

But that has also meant that Facebook itself has become more like the Internet. On Facebook, I interact more now with my "Facebook friends" than with my "friend friends" than when I started. And that's OK. This discussions are deeper and narrower like the Internet. Some people will find other places ... on the Internet. Some people will find other places only in real life. Some people will spend their days texting. That's what one expects from a process of digital stratifying. Good, bad, I don't know but it has had an amazing impact on our personal relations.

Re: Poll: When you use Facebook, how do you feel?

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Post by gurkendoktor »

arjn wrote: post #7
lukeqsee wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Quite the early adopter (in two ways). Do you think you miss out on any elements of "real life" because you aren't on it?

Not really. I have a close-knit group of friends that I keep up with via email or phone. Same with family. Its somewhat amusing to see all the negative news about social-networks and realize it does not affect me (directly anyways). The big annoyance is when I see sites/services that require a FB/twitter login.

> all the negative news about social-networks and realize it does not affect me (directly anyways)

Some of it not. But deleting your name off drunk party photos is actually easier when you are part of Facebook, for example.

Re: Poll: When you use Facebook, how do you feel?

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Post by majormajor »

simonsarris wrote: post #16

Man I love facebook. Every time a Facebook usage topic comes up there's the usual round of scorn usually backed up by a strange display of plumage involving the sentence, "I just deleted my facebook yesterday/last month/last year/never used it." And that's okay. But I feel compelled to make the same post in response, and so I want to point out to my fellow HN-ers why I think Facebook is so wonderful. There's also a n…

This is nearly exactly what I would've said, but more thought out.

The newsfeed was overwhelming at first, but the day I realized I didn't need to feel bad about not responding to a friend request from some old acquaintance I never actually liked, or about blocking/defriending someone who just posted annoying stuff all the time, was the day it became super useful to me once again. Now my newsfeed is mostly people I care about sharing stuff I find interesting or amusing, and that's a wonderful utility for someone who's moved a few times and has friends all over the country.

I'm convinced that what you get out of Facebook is what you put into it. It doesn't have to be an unpleasant experience.

Re: Poll: When you use Facebook, how do you feel?

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Post by icebraining »

simonsarris wrote: post #16

Man I love facebook. Every time a Facebook usage topic comes up there's the usual round of scorn usually backed up by a strange display of plumage involving the sentence, "I just deleted my facebook yesterday/last month/last year/never used it." And that's okay. But I feel compelled to make the same post in response, and so I want to point out to my fellow HN-ers why I think Facebook is so wonderful. There's also a n…

For me, those family status updates are distributed by an older social network: humans, particularly retired ones ;) Talking to my grandmothers is more than enough to know all about family members having babies, getting married, etc - whether I'm interested or not!
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