Facebook. What is it really for?

[Shoggoth2588]

Personally, I use it to keep in touch with family and friends from high school...kinda...I've deleted a bunch of them. I don't plan on deleting it though because for every annoying chain-post they post, I have a quote from Invader Zim or, Discworld to counter balance them.

 

[Jonluw]

It's for collecting information on users and selling it to corporations.

You may think you're a user, but in the eyes of Zuckerberg you're actually the product.

 

[Random Fella]

It's so I can pretend I still have a social life
Oh and money, lots and lots of money

 

[gibboss28]

It's another medium through which you can communicate with friends, family, acquaintances, etc. If you're sick of people posting crap on facebook, defriend them. You control whose posts you see.

And we are done here.

Well almost

also a decent way of sorting out stuff for an event, such as a large group of people going to a festival for example

So yeah, we're done.

 

[Shemming]

My facebooks uses: Message people I dont have numbers for or who dont have credit, or asking for help on maths problems.
And about once a year being invited to an event.

 

[Luftwaffles]

Breaking the privacy walls between you, friends and(or) strangers plus corporations

 

[Yopaz]

I use facebook to keep in touch with my high school friends (the ones I actually care about) and to keep track of the activities of somw of my favourite bands and even to organize events. Just last Wednesday I attended a surprise paty for one of my friends and all that was organized entirely through Facebook.

There's a lot of crap about Facebook, but saying it serves no practical purpose is a stretch. It's great for communicating, but most of the negative things mentioned in this thread are also true.

 

[snowpuppy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFKHaFJzUb4&feature=plcp
Voilà.
Seriously though: It's just another communication medium. Why it blew up however...

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

Depends on how you use it.

If you're an eejit you'll have 500 friends cluttering up your news feed and it'll be full of spam, drama and nothing of much import.

I have under 40 friends, and I use it to keep in touch with people I knew at university who I don't see anymore, people back home in Norwich who I only see every four or five months, and organise and arrange my gigs in Belfast, as well as letting people in the city know where and when they are.

Use Facebook responsibly and it can be a really useful tool, it's mostly people who let it get out of hand who end upnot enjoying.

 

[jklinders]

It's advertised as a way to keep in touch with friends and family. But what it really is, is a privacy invading machine for companies to see what you do in your off hours when you are job hunting and advertisers to spam you with shit.

 

[Daveman]

Well personally it's the organising events, sharing links etc. Admittedly I could do it via email (lol) but facebook is just easier. Plus it's quite nice to see what my friends are up to.

 

[Ulquiorra4sama]

PORN!

Oh, wait, thats the entire rest of the internet...

With what Jack Whitehall refered to as "the revenge wank" i guess you could use FB for that as well >_>

OT: I hit "like" on the pages of bands/artists and games/developers i actually do like and get news from them that way. Also i just share random crap and use it to see what my high school friends are now up to. And it's great for organizing an event as people have mentioned.

 

[Tharwen]

Other than getting in touch with past friends, family, or talking to someone not nearby, what is it for?

"Apart from useful things which I just mentioned, what is it useful for?"

 

[Matt King]

Other than getting in touch with past friends, family, or talking to someone not nearby,

well, that's it really, that is what it's for
i also use it for an easy way to get hold of my friends en masse to organise something

 

[RustlessPotato]

Facebook, Uh, What is it good for ? Absolutely Nothing ! Say it again, Facebook, Uh, What is it good for ? Absolutely Nothing !

I take yearly trips to Poland for sportrelated reasons and it's easier to stay in touch that way. I hate people who post everything they do on facebook like "having a cookie". Also hate people who use hashtags on facebook. Also, it gives me immense pleasure to respond things with facts on emotional statusses that don't make sense.

I am not the Facebook User the facebook community deserve.

I am the Facebook Use the facebook community needs.

 

[Tazzy da Devil]

I pretty much only use it to share bits of code with the rest of my programming class. That, and sending messages to my Dad without using any phone credit.