Facebook Chat is Stupid

[RollForInitiative]

Ever think that the problem might be the people on your Facebook friend list? Sure as Hell sounds like it.

 

[LuckyClover95]

I've had some pretty good convo's on Facebook chat, I don't really talk to people who I'm gonna have a pointless conversation with

 

[FiveSpeedf150]

Facebook chat (and facebook in general) is a tool for keeping you in touch with people who, in retrospect, you'd usually rather not keep in touch with.

However, if you're not on Facebook you're getting laid less than you could be... and for that reason I stick around.

 

[aegix drakan_v1legacy]

Facebook posts tend to be pretty decent/fun in my circle of friends (probably because I only add people I give a damn about IRL).

The chat, though, is just broken. Skype, hell, even IRC is better!

 

[Tanakh]

Why the fuck cant everyone just use some GOOD instant messenger?

Lolz. Guess you never heard about Pidgin.

 

[Tanakh]

Oh wait. Shit. I have. And its a buggy piece of shit just like Miranda. Crashes every 2 seconds. Who would have thought?

Really? Under which OS? I have ran it under several flavors of Unix and Win XP & 7.

Rock solid in my experience, the FB plugin used to be unstable, but that was fixed some time ago.

 

[neonsword13-ops]

The amount of I.Q. required to use chat is about 2.

So, I RARELY use it.

 

[Dexiro]

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Well actually forums are a place of discussion and opinion sharing. Sure, you can make friends but I never looked at it as anything more than a modern version of the ancient Roman forum.

Well I don't mean to say forums are for that but it's certainly a parallel.

Whilst Facebook is similar to a forum the discussions that actually happen are limited to crap about peoples daily lives and such and I don't see why people would rather do this sort of boring chit chat on the internet rather than use an actual phone.
It looks more like a dump of useless crap to me because even when talking on the phone you're sure as hell not going to spend 10 minutes telling the other person you made scrambled eggs and then watched Scrubs all day.

To sum up, social networks are places where you post crap that most likely no one cares whereas telephone conversations are usually more engaging and deep.

Here you're just plain wrong. Maybe all your friends are boring and just talk about their life all day but when I go on Facebook I get the same sort of posts and discussions that you'd see on this forum. It's like a forum where the members consist of my friends and acquaintances.

You do still get life-orientated posts but it's usually stuff worth discussing, like "Hey what did you guys think of the party?". And it's also a great tool for organising events and sharing photos for those that get out a lot.

The only difference is that social networking sites are more focused around getting to know your current friends and acquaintances better

I understanding using social networking to keep in touch with relatives that live in another country or city but if you actually cared enough about a person to get to know each other then wouldn't you use a more personal approach?

Well that's one use for social networking but yeah a lot of things will be kept personal, it's not like everyone wants to broadcast every detail of their life.

If you think something might be worth discussing among a lot of people though which would you prefer; calling everyone up or making a single post on a website?

 

[synobal]

wait people use facebook? I Thought that was something people used to play farmville or some other evil game by zynga. Hmm go figure.

 

[AndyFromMonday]

Well I don't mean to say forums are for that but it's certainly a parallel.

At least to me that's what they are. A place where you are free to exchange ideas free of censorship. The idea of "making friends" on the internet sounds a bit stupid to me.

Here you're just plain wrong. Maybe all your friends are boring and just talk about their life all day

Well my friends don't use Facebook. In fact, neither of us have used any sort of social networking website except for one dude and from the two hundred people he had as "friends" I was amazed to see he would barely converse with one. I mean sure, when he posted an update he got replies but in the end, those are the opinions of people that don't really care much for you so what's the point then?

ut when I go on Facebook I get the same sort of posts and discussions that you'd see on this forum. It's like a forum where the members consist of my friends and acquaintances.

Like what for example? Also, I'm more inclined to believe that most of the so called "friends" you have are not so much friends as they are random people you added.

You do still get life-orientated posts but it's usually stuff worth discussing, like "Hey what did you guys think of the party?". And it's also a great tool for organising events and sharing photos for those that get out a lot.

And you can't do that by meeting up and talking on the phone? If those people are your friends then I'm assuming you get quite personal with them, sharing things that you wouldn't normally share with others. Facebook and social networking in general just seems so artificial to me. I mean, if you wanted to talk about a party or meetup or whatever wouldn't you do it with your friends right there in front of you? What's the point of letting people you don't really care about or that you rarely talk to know that you were pissed last night? It seems more like attention whoring to me than anything else.

If you think something might be worth discussing among a lot of people though which would you prefer; calling everyone up or making a single post on a website?

Would you rather spend your time on Facebook or out drinking with your friends? If it's the latter, is there something impeding you from sharing your story with them then?

 

[Eduku]

You do still get life-orientated posts but it's usually stuff worth discussing, like "Hey what did you guys think of the party?". And it's also a great tool for organising events and sharing photos for those that get out a lot.

And you can't do that by meeting up and talking on the phone? If those people are your friends then I'm assuming you get quite personal with them, sharing things that you wouldn't normally share with others. Facebook and social networking in general just seems so artificial to me. I mean, if you wanted to talk about a party or meetup or whatever wouldn't you do it with your friends right there in front of you? What's the point of letting people you don't really care about or that you rarely talk to know that you were pissed last night? It seems more like attention whoring to me than anything else.

Er, if I met up or phoned all of my friends I don't think I'd have the time to do anything else during the day. And I think your definition of friend differs from others, there are 'friends' and 'close friends', there's a difference there. Just being a 'friend' doesn't mean I don't really care about them either. I'm also sure that forums can be seen as a way to whore for attention as well.

Here you're just plain wrong. Maybe all your friends are boring and just talk about their life all day

Well my friends don't use Facebook. In fact, neither of us have used any sort of social networking website except for one dude and from the two hundred people he had as "friends" I was amazed to see he would barely converse with one. I mean sure, when he posted an update he got replies but in the end, those are the opinions of people that don't really care much for you so what's the point then?

I think that's probably the reason why you don't understand it. It's a different experience when everyone you know, close or not, uses it.

 

[Dexiro]

Well I don't mean to say forums are for that but it's certainly a parallel.

At least to me that's what they are. A place where you are free to exchange ideas free of censorship. The idea of "making friends" on the internet sounds a bit stupid to me.

Here you're just plain wrong. Maybe all your friends are boring and just talk about their life all day

Well my friends don't use Facebook. In fact, neither of us have used any sort of social networking website except for one dude and from the two hundred people he had as "friends" I was amazed to see he would barely converse with one. I mean sure, when he posted an update he got replies but in the end, those are the opinions of people that don't really care much for you so what's the point then?

ut when I go on Facebook I get the same sort of posts and discussions that you'd see on this forum. It's like a forum where the members consist of my friends and acquaintances.

Like what for example? Also, I'm more inclined to believe that most of the so called "friends" you have are not so much friends as they are random people you added.

You do still get life-orientated posts but it's usually stuff worth discussing, like "Hey what did you guys think of the party?". And it's also a great tool for organising events and sharing photos for those that get out a lot.

And you can't do that by meeting up and talking on the phone? If those people are your friends then I'm assuming you get quite personal with them, sharing things that you wouldn't normally share with others. Facebook and social networking in general just seems so artificial to me. I mean, if you wanted to talk about a party or meetup or whatever wouldn't you do it with your friends right there in front of you? What's the point of letting people you don't really care about or that you rarely talk to know that you were pissed last night? It seems more like attention whoring to me than anything else.

If you think something might be worth discussing among a lot of people though which would you prefer; calling everyone up or making a single post on a website?

Would you rather spend your time on Facebook or out drinking with your friends? If it's the latter, is there something impeding you from sharing your story with them then?

I can't be bothered to split up your quote but you seem to be making a lot of random assumptions.

The people I add on Facebook are all people I talk to regularly and/or have met in real life, I don't just add random internet people unless I talk to them a lot. With my real life friends I share videos, images, discuss recent news and such, pretty much the same as what you get on forums.

Alongside that you can organise events at the click of a button. If things need to be organised regularly it's much more convenient to spend 5 minutes on Facebook than to spend potentially hours getting in contact with people over the phone.

You ask would I rather spend time on Facebook or out drinking with friends, I don't see why you think these are mutually exclusive. Having a Facebook account that I visit for maybe 10 minutes a day isn't impeding my ability to go outside and socialise.

 

[AndyFromMonday]

The people I add on Facebook are all people I talk to regularly and/or have met in real life, I don't just add random internet people unless I talk to them a lot. With my real life friends I share videos, images, discuss recent news and such, pretty much the same as what you get on forums.

How many of the people you added are actual close friends, people who you regularly go out with?

Alongside that you can organise events at the click of a button. If things need to be organised regularly it's much more convenient to spend 5 minutes on Facebook than to spend potentially hours getting in contact with people over the phone.

What do you mean by "potentially hours" and what sort of events are we talking about here?

You ask would I rather spend time on Facebook or out drinking with friends, I don't see why you think these are mutually exclusive. Having a Facebook account that I visit for maybe 10 minutes a day isn't impeding my ability to go outside and socialise.

If you're only using it 10 minutes a day then where do you find the time to actually have the meaningful discussions you've mentioned?

 

[Creator002]

I used Facebook chat as a backup when I was playing Habbo Hotel. I got banned and muted a lot. Now, Facebook chat is always offline, unless I turn it on for a small chat without having to open up MSN/Skype or sending a text message. Scared me shitless when I opened it up after the update and this huge list came from nowhere.