Comments on: Facebook/Schmuckbook http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/2008/01/14/facebookschmuckbook/ Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:05:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Cocktails http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/2008/01/14/facebookschmuckbook/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Cocktails Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:55:45 +0000 http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/?p=35#comment-128 To look on the postive side, ISBW, you may be on Facebook for life, but the whole fad will probably be over in a few years. And in the meantime, you get to catch up with lots of different people. I admire you for being less mean-spirited about that than I am! To look on the postive side, ISBW, you may be on Facebook for life, but the whole fad will probably be over in a few years. And in the meantime, you get to catch up with lots of different people. I admire you for being less mean-spirited about that than I am!

]]> By: ishouldbeworking http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/2008/01/14/facebookschmuckbook/comment-page-1/#comment-122 ishouldbeworking Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:02:06 +0000 http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/?p=35#comment-122 I got lured into Facebook and though I have been quite fortunate, in that nobody I haven't been pleased to hear from has tracked me down ( and my 'Privacy Settings' are as high as I could set them), my heart sank when I read that Guardian piece. It sort of confirmed a half-formed suspicion I'd had in my own mind that there was bound to be a potentially sinister side to the whole thing. And, it seems once you're on it, you're there for life! By the way I have the same problem you do with my real name - I appear to be pretty much unique too! I got lured into Facebook and though I have been quite fortunate, in that nobody I haven’t been pleased to hear from has tracked me down ( and my ‘Privacy Settings’ are as high as I could set them), my heart sank when I read that Guardian piece. It sort of confirmed a half-formed suspicion I’d had in my own mind that there was bound to be a potentially sinister side to the whole thing. And, it seems once you’re on it, you’re there for life!

By the way I have the same problem you do with my real name – I appear to be pretty much unique too!

]]> By: Cocktails http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/2008/01/14/facebookschmuckbook/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Cocktails Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:48:37 +0000 http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/?p=35#comment-115 Oh yeah, precisely - there are a lot of people I do not want to contact me. Not necessarily because I don't like them, but because I can't deal with the embarrassment of the pointless catch-up. The people that I do keep in touch with from school, university, numerous jobs etc. are all because I genuinely like them and know that whenever I see them, we'll both have something interesting to say. I completely agree with you about blogs - you can do your self-interested web thing, but still remain relatively anonymous! I would use my real name on this site, but my name is immensely google-able. i.e. you put my name in and you get me and only me. Oh yeah, precisely – there are a lot of people I do not want to contact me. Not necessarily because I don’t like them, but because I can’t deal with the embarrassment of the pointless catch-up. The people that I do keep in touch with from school, university, numerous jobs etc. are all because I genuinely like them and know that whenever I see them, we’ll both have something interesting to say.

I completely agree with you about blogs – you can do your self-interested web thing, but still remain relatively anonymous! I would use my real name on this site, but my name is immensely google-able. i.e. you put my name in and you get me and only me.

]]> By: the ill man http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/2008/01/14/facebookschmuckbook/comment-page-1/#comment-114 the ill man Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:15:35 +0000 http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/?p=35#comment-114 This is what terrifies me about social networking sites. Being tracked down by someone from my past. "You know, theres a reason I don't stay in touch with you any more.............." I'm actually ok about using my real name every so often, and try stopping me plastering shots of my ugly mush up on my blog........ Thing is, nobody I know, or once knew, is likely to stumble over a blog that gets about thirty hits a day. They will however track you down in seconds flat if you're on bebo/Facebook/Myspace. My feelings towards bebo and Facebook are that both look like they were set up with precocious twelve year olds in mind. Which is pretty fucking sinister. Shouldn't kids that age be out eating worms and breaking windows? I'll let Myspace off. As a source of music, I genuinely think it has some worth, though it's pretty fucking boring. Had to laugh at the prat I saw on the news moaning about not being able to remove all his personal info when he closed his account. I hope he had fun fending off the dodgy roofers and tarmac gangs................ This is what terrifies me about social networking sites. Being tracked down by someone from my past.

“You know, theres a reason I don’t stay in touch with you any more…………..”

I’m actually ok about using my real name every so often, and try stopping me plastering shots of my ugly mush up on my blog……..
Thing is, nobody I know, or once knew, is likely to stumble over a blog that gets about thirty hits a day. They will however track you down in seconds flat if you’re on bebo/Facebook/Myspace.

My feelings towards bebo and Facebook are that both look like they were set up with precocious twelve year olds in mind. Which is pretty fucking sinister. Shouldn’t kids that age be out eating worms and breaking windows? I’ll let Myspace off. As a source of music, I genuinely think it has some worth, though it’s pretty fucking boring.

Had to laugh at the prat I saw on the news moaning about not being able to remove all his personal info when he closed his account. I hope he had fun fending off the dodgy roofers and tarmac gangs…………….

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