So MySpace lost ten million users in the last couple of months. Haha.
Suck it, Murdoch.
Did they start charging or something?
They're rebranding the site to be more music-focused, but the general malaise affecting it is simply that it just plain lost the social network battle with Facebook.
To be fair, the only context in which I ever come across myspace is band pages.
I'm sure it's possible to have personal pages, but I can't see any clear reason why anyone would.
MySpace started out as a site geared towards bands, and then mutated into a general social networking clusterfuck of glitter .gifs and now that audience has migrated en masse to Facebook so I guess MySpace has nowhere to go but backwards.
My favourite part of F1 these days is Christian Horner's mind games. Potential Aussie GP spoilers:
"So Christian, we're hearing that Sebastian didn't use KERS on that [ridiculously fast] quali lap."
"That's correct."
"The rumours are flying that you've come up with an innovative use for the KERS, such as a mini-KERS or a launch control system. Do you have any comment on that?"
"Well, KERS has advantages and disadvantages. The car is compliant with the technical regulations."
Speaker's Corner is good fun and being A nice day it is packed, packed full of Christian lay preachers. Far less stop the war types than I would have expected but I guess I have to take what I can
Oh, cool. At some point "move to new window" in Tab Mix Plus changed to a different method which allows plugins to keep running seamlessly. I just moved a Youtube video from one window to another and it didn't even skip.
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Facebook is an evil necessity for finding out about parties and such I want to avail myself of without having to rely on word of mouth.
My good friend is a staunch anti-facebooker, and as such, occasionally gets left out of stuff (unintentionally, obviously) as result.
Yeah, it's just how the world is. If you want to not have a facebook account then that is A-OK, but you don't get to bitch when you are left out of the loop.
It's getting to same level as "not having a telephone", which is pretty damn impressive.
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Facebook is an evil necessity for finding out about parties and such I want to avail myself of without having to rely on word of mouth.
My good friend is a staunch anti-facebooker, and as such, occasionally gets left out of stuff (unintentionally, obviously) as result.
Yeah, it's just how the world is. If you want to not have a facebook account then that is A-OK, but you don't get to bitch when you are left out of the loop.
It's getting to same level as "not having a telephone", which is pretty damn impressive.
Facebook is an evil necessity for finding out about parties and such I want to avail myself of without having to rely on word of mouth.
My good friend is a staunch anti-facebooker, and as such, occasionally gets left out of stuff (unintentionally, obviously) as result.
Yeah, it's just how the world is. If you want to not have a facebook account then that is A-OK, but you don't get to bitch when you are left out of the loop.
It's getting to same level as "not having a telephone", which is pretty damn impressive.
that's a gross exaggeration
Not really. At uni you'd meet the odd guy who didn't have a phone because "fighting the man" or whatever. IT was fine. It just meant that he was rarely invited to things.
Parties and whatnot are now solely organised via facebook events. That event invite is the only notice you're getting. No facebook, no invite. It's not intentional, it's just how it is. Case in point, my leaving the country drinks were an epic event featuring friends from across the country. Girl from the lab downstairs wasn't there. Turns out, she was not even aware of the aforementioned drinks. Ooops.
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Also, when I was traveling around NZ in Nov/Dec, I met all kinds of awesome people from all kinds of (presumably) awesome places. So if I ever visit Austria, Manchester, Glasgow, and a bunch of other places, I've got people I can easily find to kick it with.
Doubly so for the importance of sharing rad pictures of 200 foot waterfalls and junk.
Facebook is an evil necessity for finding out about parties and such I want to avail myself of without having to rely on word of mouth.
My good friend is a staunch anti-facebooker, and as such, occasionally gets left out of stuff (unintentionally, obviously) as result.
This happens to me sometimes, which is annoying but if my friends are so lazy as to only use one method to make people aware of special events then I'd rather not enable them. Besides I spend considerable effort trying to make sure people are involved so I expect some sort of reciprocity. Which to be fair is like 90% of the time
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Facebook is an evil necessity for finding out about parties and such I want to avail myself of without having to rely on word of mouth.
My good friend is a staunch anti-facebooker, and as such, occasionally gets left out of stuff (unintentionally, obviously) as result.
Yeah, it's just how the world is. If you want to not have a facebook account then that is A-OK, but you don't get to bitch when you are left out of the loop.
It's getting to same level as "not having a telephone", which is pretty damn impressive.
I have a toolbox of a friend that does this.
"Whaaaa Why didn't anyone call me?"
"How was I suppose to know it was Abby's Birthday?"
"When did you guys break up?"
Facebook is an evil necessity for finding out about parties and such I want to avail myself of without having to rely on word of mouth.
My good friend is a staunch anti-facebooker, and as such, occasionally gets left out of stuff (unintentionally, obviously) as result.
small price to pay
I erred on the side of having one, but not putting any information on it.
I have one with no information, a false name and email but that doesn't do me terribly much good
It means you can make the necessary connections with the people you want to communicate with without making yourself searchable.
Facebook is semi-explicitly designed such that it tries everything it can to prevent people from remaining unsearchable, so it's really the only practical approach.
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Facebook is an evil necessity for finding out about parties and such I want to avail myself of without having to rely on word of mouth.
My good friend is a staunch anti-facebooker, and as such, occasionally gets left out of stuff (unintentionally, obviously) as result.
This happens to me sometimes, which is annoying but if my friends are so lazy as to only use one method to make people aware of special events then I'd rather not enable them. Besides I spend considerable effort trying to make sure people are involved so I expect some sort of reciprocity. Which to be fair is like 90% of the time
Yeah it's not really common, and it's more of a extended-friend-circle issue when it does happen. Not something that occurs with core homeys, ya dig?
The "only notification going through facebook" thing is also annoying because it relies on the assumption that just because someone has a facebook, they're regularly checking it.
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Also, I now imagine Elldren making day-to-day social plans by marking specially designated post-boxes with chalk, then dead-dropping the details in a nearby alley.
Hmm, there is a big anti regime protest outside the Iranian embassy. Sadly since I cannot understand Persian I am at a loss as totheir particular points might be
The "only notification going through facebook" thing is also annoying because it relies on the assumption that just because someone has a facebook, they're regularly checking it.
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*sends Mim a Friendster invite*
You guys ... you guys still use Friendster, right?
This is a good thing
"That's correct."
"The rumours are flying that you've come up with an innovative use for the KERS, such as a mini-KERS or a launch control system. Do you have any comment on that?"
"Well, KERS has advantages and disadvantages. The car is compliant with the technical regulations."
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Also I is working too so don't feel alone. Only 13 hours to go!
Where are the parties and the funfunfunfun and the getton' down on the weekend? Promises were made!
W-what's a Friendster?
It was Facebook/Myspace/Twitter before those became big.
Exactly!
One year you're at the top of the social networking heap with the likes of AIM, Geocities, and Friendster and the next year you're just a bad memory.
tides can change very quickly on the internet
Doesn't cost anyone anything to switch is the thing, really.
And with social things you tend to get a domino effect once a few people switch.
you fooooool
I am searchable but you ain't getting nothing more then my smiling face unless you's a homey.
I don't have a facebook or a Twitter account. I just spew whatever thoughts I have on the PA forums and that's good enough for me.
My good friend is a staunch anti-facebooker, and as such, occasionally gets left out of stuff (unintentionally, obviously) as result.
: )
Yeah, it's just how the world is. If you want to not have a facebook account then that is A-OK, but you don't get to bitch when you are left out of the loop.
It's getting to same level as "not having a telephone", which is pretty damn impressive.
small price to pay
that's a gross exaggeration
I erred on the side of having one, but not putting any information on it.
This is a tactically sound maneuver.
I have one with no information, a false name and email but that doesn't do me terribly much good
Not really. At uni you'd meet the odd guy who didn't have a phone because "fighting the man" or whatever. IT was fine. It just meant that he was rarely invited to things.
Parties and whatnot are now solely organised via facebook events. That event invite is the only notice you're getting. No facebook, no invite. It's not intentional, it's just how it is. Case in point, my leaving the country drinks were an epic event featuring friends from across the country. Girl from the lab downstairs wasn't there. Turns out, she was not even aware of the aforementioned drinks. Ooops.
Doubly so for the importance of sharing rad pictures of 200 foot waterfalls and junk.
This happens to me sometimes, which is annoying but if my friends are so lazy as to only use one method to make people aware of special events then I'd rather not enable them. Besides I spend considerable effort trying to make sure people are involved so I expect some sort of reciprocity. Which to be fair is like 90% of the time
I have a toolbox of a friend that does this.
"Whaaaa Why didn't anyone call me?"
"How was I suppose to know it was Abby's Birthday?"
"When did you guys break up?"
It's like "Dude, facebook."
It means you can make the necessary connections with the people you want to communicate with without making yourself searchable.
Facebook is semi-explicitly designed such that it tries everything it can to prevent people from remaining unsearchable, so it's really the only practical approach.
Yeah it's not really common, and it's more of a extended-friend-circle issue when it does happen. Not something that occurs with core homeys, ya dig?
You know you can configure email alerts for this.
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