Face book, is it worth joining?

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **on:** January 20, 2009, 06:11:32 PM

Ok so some friends of mine at work are pressuring me to join Facebook

, and I've always heard that it's incredably addictive and best avoided if you want to have any hopes of maintaining any sembelence of a normal life

So is it worth joining

Or should i tell my mate's 'Hell No Sister'

Flash · **Reply #1 on:** January 20, 2009, 06:12:33 PM

Quote from: Micky d on January 20, 2009, 06:11:32 PM

Ok so some friends of mine at work are pressuring me to join Facebook , and I've always heard that it's incredably addictive and best avoided if you want to have any hopes of maintaining any sembelence of a normal life

Is that Facebook or MT.org

Flash · **Reply #2 on:** January 20, 2009, 06:13:14 PM

Ok so some friends of mine at work are pressuring me to join MT.org

, and I've always heard that it's incredably addictive and best avoided if you want to have any hopes of maintaining any sembelence of a normal life

Benner · **Reply #3 on:** January 20, 2009, 06:14:20 PM

I can't stand it mate and only go on there when someone adds me as a friend.

Nikos · **Reply #4 on:** January 20, 2009, 06:15:07 PM

FWIW I do have a FB account but find myself spending most of my online time on mt.org/kf/bf forums and only resorting to FB in the (unlikely) case there are no new posts to read...

Flash · **Reply #5 on:** January 20, 2009, 06:15:19 PM

Quote from: Benner on January 20, 2009, 06:14:20 PM

I can't stand it mate and only go on there when someone adds me as a friend.

So you NEVER go on it then

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #6 on:** January 20, 2009, 06:16:41 PM

Quote from: Benner on January 20, 2009, 06:14:20 PM

I can't stand it mate and only go on there when someone adds me as a friend.

Well the girls there want to keep me in the loop as to what happening at work, and I'd hate to come to work wearing the wrong colour nail polish

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #7 on:** January 20, 2009, 06:19:59 PM

Facebook is just another site, and it will only consume you if you let it. I have a FB account and I visit it a little more often than I used to, but it doesn't consume me, I am not addictive and really it's just another tool. Don't listen to the hype- it's all weak minded fools that get suckered in.

Besides, if you don't care for it, you can always delete your account or just ignore it. It's not a big deal.

However, if you've ever sat and wondered "whatever happened to..." you can use it to look them up. Since so many folks are on Facebook, you can find people you haven't heard from in years. Of course the other side of the coin is, if you haven't heard from them in years, how important to you can they be?

Still, I've talked to some people I knew back in school (all levels, from pretty well all the schools I've been to) and it's neat to see where everyone else ended up.

If you join, make sure to add me and join the Multitool.org group... not that much happens in there, but hey, why the heck not!

Def

Benner · **Reply #8 on:** January 20, 2009, 06:21:57 PM

Quote from: Micky d on January 20, 2009, 06:16:41 PM

Quote from: Benner on January 20, 2009, 06:14:20 PM
I can't stand it mate and only go on there when someone adds me as a friend.
Well the girls there want to keep me in the loop as to what happening at work, and I'd hate to come to work wearing the wrong colour nail polish

Can't they just email then?

Facebook is a good idea, but you constantly get crap emails where you are asked to join groups, sent "drinks" and other cack, and asked to play games. Sue is on there a lot but she is billy no mates so doesn't get too much grief.

cgk · **Reply #9 on:** January 20, 2009, 07:35:27 PM

My wife and all her girlfriends seem to really like Facebook.

Medic82 · **Reply #10 on:** January 20, 2009, 07:43:24 PM

Quote from: Benner on January 20, 2009, 06:21:57 PM

Quote from: Micky d on January 20, 2009, 06:16:41 PM
Quote from: Benner on January 20, 2009, 06:14:20 PM
I can't stand it mate and only go on there when someone adds me as a friend.
Well the girls there want to keep me in the loop as to what happening at work, and I'd hate to come to work wearing the wrong colour nail polish

Can't they just email then?

Facebook is a good idea, but you constantly get crap emails where you are asked to join groups, sent "drinks" and other cack, and asked to play games. Sue is on there a lot but she is billy no mates so doesn't get too much grief.

You know.....You can block invites from a spesific application or person, I hardley get crap mail anymore.

DaveK · **Reply #11 on:** January 20, 2009, 07:46:01 PM

Can't stand it personally. If I like people, I generally try to stay in touch with them in the real world, ergo, the never ending list of stupid requests I get on facebook are from people I don't like.

Granted - you can choose not to get any invites (I think), but then what's the point of going there in the first place?

Plus, I thought you had to be under 16 to use Facebook

Benner · **Reply #12 on:** January 20, 2009, 07:51:22 PM

Quote from: Medic82 on January 20, 2009, 07:43:24 PM

Quote from: Benner on January 20, 2009, 06:21:57 PM
Quote from: Micky d on January 20, 2009, 06:16:41 PM
Quote from: Benner on January 20, 2009, 06:14:20 PM
I can't stand it mate and only go on there when someone adds me as a friend.
Well the girls there want to keep me in the loop as to what happening at work, and I'd hate to come to work wearing the wrong colour nail polish

Can't they just email then?

Facebook is a good idea, but you constantly get crap emails where you are asked to join groups, sent "drinks" and other cack, and asked to play games. Sue is on there a lot but she is billy no mates so doesn't get too much grief.

You know.....You can block invites from a spesific application or person, I hardley get crap mail anymore.

I know but I am far too busy on here to be doing that.

CheekySteph · **Reply #13 on:** January 20, 2009, 08:22:56 PM

Hey!!!!!!!! You got me to join this so u should join Facebook

xxx

Benner · **Reply #14 on:** January 20, 2009, 08:23:39 PM

Quote from: CheekySteph on January 20, 2009, 08:22:56 PM

Hey!!!!!!!! You got me to join this so u should join Facebook xxx

Actually Mike she does have a point.

Zack · **Reply #15 on:** January 20, 2009, 08:30:18 PM

I have an FB account and use it more than I used to. I do like one game they on there though. Mob Wars! Its very addicting, I play it between posts here. If you want to add me look for Zack Fraser, there is a picture of me taking a picture of myself.

Sea Monster · **Reply #16 on:** January 20, 2009, 09:24:05 PM

I'm against it, mostly because my employees think they are allowed to check it during the day, and because I've had to wait in queues while the goddamn receptionst comments on someone's picture!

Also, I've got no friends, and that's just depressing!

I can certainly see it's appeal for people with large, unwieldy networks, especially if you want to organise parties, or share pics with mates (saves telling each other to visit each other's photobucket gallery all the time to see that one pic of you being a drunken smurfhole last weekend)

on the other hand, if you're the kind of person that only has half a dozen close mates, and probably sees most of them every fortnight anyway, bugging each other with pointless commentary and chit chat every other hour of the day strikes me as inane.

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #17 on:** January 20, 2009, 10:07:13 PM

Quote from: Benner on January 20, 2009, 08:23:39 PM

Quote from: CheekySteph on January 20, 2009, 08:22:56 PM
Hey!!!!!!!! You got me to join this so u should join Facebook xxx

Actually Mike she does have a point.

Ok, ok, let the hassel and sore fingers comence

Flash · **Reply #18 on:** January 20, 2009, 10:09:18 PM

Dude,

This Cheekystaph...she pretty?

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #19 on:** January 20, 2009, 10:25:59 PM

Quote from: Flash on January 20, 2009, 10:09:18 PM

Dude,

This Cheekystaph...she pretty?

She's loved up and getting married, so your out of luck mate

Besides she only likes good looking successful men, so we're both a bit buggered really

Flash · **Reply #20 on:** January 20, 2009, 10:26:40 PM

Quote from: Micky d on January 20, 2009, 10:25:59 PM

Quote from: Flash on January 20, 2009, 10:09:18 PM
Dude,

This Cheekystaph...she pretty?
She's loved up and getting married, so your out of luck mate

Besides she only likes good looking successful men, so we're both a bit buggered really

Keep your buggering to yourself

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #21 on:** January 20, 2009, 10:28:25 PM

Quote from: Flash on January 20, 2009, 10:26:40 PM

Quote from: Micky d on January 20, 2009, 10:25:59 PM
Quote from: Flash on January 20, 2009, 10:09:18 PM
Dude,

This Cheekystaph...she pretty?
She's loved up and getting married, so your out of luck mate

Besides she only likes good looking successful men, so we're both a bit buggered really

Keep your buggering to yourself

Is that even possible

Benner · **Reply #22 on:** January 20, 2009, 10:29:09 PM

It sure is.

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #23 on:** January 20, 2009, 10:29:53 PM

Quote from: Benner on January 20, 2009, 10:29:09 PM

It sure is.

Well if ever there was an expert in selfbuggeration I guess it would be you

Flash · **Reply #24 on:** January 20, 2009, 10:30:45 PM

CheekySteph · **Reply #25 on:** January 20, 2009, 10:38:55 PM

Haha Mikes gotta join facebook!!! Thanks Guys!!! Xxxxxxx P.s Im well fit hahaha NOT!!!!! xxxx

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #26 on:** January 20, 2009, 10:39:52 PM

Quote from: CheekySteph on January 20, 2009, 10:38:55 PM

Haha Mikes gotta join facebook!!! Thanks Guys!!! Xxxxxxx P.s Im well fit hahaha NOT!!!!! xxxx

Well I've joined

Benner · **Reply #27 on:** January 20, 2009, 10:42:43 PM

Quote from: CheekySteph on January 20, 2009, 10:38:55 PM

Haha Mikes gotta join facebook!!! Thanks Guys!!! Xxxxxxx P.s Im well fit hahaha NOT!!!!! xxxx

We are soooo gonna need some pics now.

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #28 on:** January 20, 2009, 10:43:45 PM

Quote from: Benner on January 20, 2009, 10:42:43 PM

Quote from: CheekySteph on January 20, 2009, 10:38:55 PM
Haha Mikes gotta join facebook!!! Thanks Guys!!! Xxxxxxx P.s Im well fit hahaha NOT!!!!! xxxx

We are soooo gonna need some pics now.

Well we've got our staff xmas party soon...

CheekySteph · **Reply #29 on:** January 20, 2009, 10:44:28 PM

I havent got anything? x

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