You Don't Exist if You're Not on a Social Network

[Ironic Pirate]

Teeheehee. Well, when all those little Facebook drones fail miserably at their education and then go on to update their profile pages from their cozy refridgerator box down the alley (anything else being out of their price range, seeing how noone will hire them), I'll take a moment to reflect on my lack of existence as I earn money and build a stable life for myself.
Added bonus: As a teacher I get to confiscate the little tykes' smartphones if they keep typing away during class.

It's nice to see teachers care about their students.

Isn't it?
I do stand by my point - cellphones are not to be used during class, after all. However, mean as I can appear, I actually do care about the youngins. Heck, I'm still at least two years away from my job, and I'm already developing plans and teaching strategies. Can't wait, I tell you.

Yeah, the ones using cellphones are annoying. Especially when they act all sullen when they get caught.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

People who obsess over Facebook are the sort I'd rather not have know that I exist. Seriously, from what little I've seen, at least 80% of what goes over these social networks isn't actual socializing- it's narcissism. They're interested in nothing more than presenting their wonderful selves to the world, to quote Richard Holbrook.

As for myself, I am fully aware that I am boring and uninteresting and I prefer it that way. The world does not need to know what I had for breakfast.

"According to teens" will there's your problem. Who the fuck cares about teens opinions?

Marketers, unfortunately.

 

[GRYPHOM]

Huh. Whoops

 

[GRYPHOM]

Huh. Whoops.

 

[Arafiro]

I don't need to waste my time "Liking" and adding "Friends" on Facebook. "Walls", groups, "Defriending", Farmville, albums, it all seems like pointless junk if you ask me, and people take it way too seriously.

Farmville is garbage, as are almost all Facebook games (and I use the term "almost" just in case I have missed something). Photo albums are the other great thing about Facebook, because it means that you can easily see the pictures that everyone else has taken, not just your own. Sure, you could literally take the pouch of printed/developed photos to show your friends in person, but it's much easier and quicker to do it through albums and tagging.

I do agree that people take it too seriously though, and that they sometimes use it to replace real face-to-face communication rather than to complement it and facilitate meetups. Like I said, many of those quoted in the original source are, in a phrase, doing it wrong.

 

[Atmos Duality]

I can't wait until these kids start working...or will they not work for someone who isn't online because "they don't exist"?
On second thought, this is how stupid cults get started.

I always feel like my brain cells are screaming to be put out of their misery on social networking sites. Probably because there are too many people like them on there and it isn't limited to tweens.

Oh, I find it amusing that these people who entertain such shallow and useless measurements of popularity (who collect "friends" as one collects stamps) are trying to justify their stupid lifestyle by trolling anyone who doesn't use one of these sites they frequent.

 

[Cid Silverwing]

This is why I hate social networks. They are a scourge upon youth, and online services (because they force you to register on the goddamn networks to USE their services).

 

[Caine Master]

I never understood the obsession with social networks. Sure they can be great for keeping intact with people, but some people take it to far. There should be a time limit on how long you can be on these sites or something(I only kind of believe this).

 

[Endocrom]

[Walks into women's showers]

Hello ladies, I'm not on any social network!

[Wakes up in hosptial]

 

[ChildishLegacy]

I find that on social networking sites, 10% of the people i talk to on them are people I know well and actually want to talk to, and 90% are people i barely know and just seem bored and are talking to everyone and anyone.

I don't use facebook because I have: A phone, steam, skype and MSN

Need to get hold of somebody wherever they are? They'll probably have their phone with them.
Want to play a game with a friend? They'll be on steam.
Want to talk to somebody via voice/text? Skype/MSN.

What the hell is facebook for if i have all this?

 

[Mate397]

the whole "don't exist" thing is familiar, in my class i'm probably the only one who doesn't have twitter/facebook/myspace. someone even asked "how can you live like that?" i mean seriously who's interested in the pictures they make during every party they go to for the soul reason to get so drunk they don't even remember what happened last night...

 

[Ham_authority95]

I don't think most kids 16 years or younger think this way, because I know that most kids 16 or under don't think this way.

Having a Facebook page, and having most of my friends being 16 or under, I assure you that most people are not like this.

Pretty much, it seems like your a social outcast according to society if your don't have an account on a social networking site. It seems quite dumb.

Indeed it is.

Biggest irony: Social networking is bad for both socializing and networking.

Actually, Facebook is quite amazing at it. I met my girlfriend over it and I've met a shitload of friend over it, too. I also use it for my bands page, and it's great at informing people when our shows are.

It's a tool, and like all tools, it only works if you use it properly.

Pro-tip for Facebook: Only friend people you want to talk to or have a use for.

 

[Flizzick]

I really don't understand how someone can spend hours on end on Facebook (without another tab or window running I mean). It was clearly intended to keep you and your friends in check with each other at top efficiency, meaning you should only need to spend ten to fifteen minutes on it at most every day.

 

[fragmaster09]

the problem is that these idiots quickly become stereotypical for the age group... par exampé, have you ever thought that since somebody is of the older generation, that they must be grumpy and ill-tempered? that's because some people of that genereation were exeedingly grumpy and ill-tempered, and it has become a stereotype

 

[funguy2121]

I'm 15, don't have Facebook or any other profile on a social networking site, and I'm pretty sure I exist. I mean, I LOOK like I exist...
Whatever, some girls think Queen stole songs from Justin Beiber, I've long ago given up on teenage girls.

No, silly, Queen and Bowie stole songs from Vanilla Ice! Modest Mouse and the Pixies stole from Beiber.

 

[funguy2121]

I don't need to waste my time "Liking" and adding "Friends" on Facebook. "Walls", groups, "Defriending", Farmville, albums, it all seems like pointless junk if you ask me, and people take it way too seriously.

Farmville is garbage, as are almost all Facebook games (and I use the term "almost" just in case I have missed something). Photo albums are the other great thing about Facebook, because it means that you can easily see the pictures that everyone else has taken, not just your own. Sure, you could literally take the pouch of printed/developed photos to show your friends in person, but it's much easier and quicker to do it through albums and tagging.

I do agree that people take it too seriously though, and that they sometimes use it to replace real face-to-face communication rather than to complement it and facilitate meetups. Like I said, many of those quoted in the original source are, in a phrase, doing it wrong.

...unfortunately, it also means that you have to go online and un-tag yourself from all the photos your dumbass friend took of you doing illegal/private things, or you have to explain to your mother that you're an adult and you occasionally have a cigarette.

 

[Arafiro]

I don't need to waste my time "Liking" and adding "Friends" on Facebook. "Walls", groups, "Defriending", Farmville, albums, it all seems like pointless junk if you ask me, and people take it way too seriously.

Farmville is garbage, as are almost all Facebook games (and I use the term "almost" just in case I have missed something). Photo albums are the other great thing about Facebook, because it means that you can easily see the pictures that everyone else has taken, not just your own. Sure, you could literally take the pouch of printed/developed photos to show your friends in person, but it's much easier and quicker to do it through albums and tagging.

I do agree that people take it too seriously though, and that they sometimes use it to replace real face-to-face communication rather than to complement it and facilitate meetups. Like I said, many of those quoted in the original source are, in a phrase, doing it wrong.

...unfortunately, it also means that you have to go online and un-tag yourself from all the photos your dumbass friend took of you doing illegal/private things, or you have to explain to your mother that you're an adult and you occasionally have a cigarette.

Luckily, my mother does not generally look at my Facebook, giving me plenty of time to do this and alert others that they should probably do the same as necessary..

 

[Rastien]

Imagine the PSN hack applied to Facebook or the Cloud.

Was going to let this go but i can't stop myself, this quote from wikipedia explains what a cloud is better than i can, needless to say your couldn't apply a "PSN hack" to it, it would be like trying to break the internet.


"Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility (like the electricity grid) over a network (typically the Internet)."

-edit also i don't exist i don't have facebook friends try to get me to go on it, bad experience in the past. To cut a long story short i made a smart ass remark which in turn created a massive social shit storm... it was a throw away comment /rollseyes

 

[SenseOfTumour]

I've not checked all six pages, and I'm sure someone else must have mentioned it, but isn't the Escapist a social network in a way?

We're just talking about games instead of Bieber.

 

[Arafiro]

I've not checked all six pages, and I'm sure someone else must have mentioned it, but isn't the Escapist a social network in a way?

We're just talking about games instead of Bieber.

In a way, but the Escapist is about your online persona rather than your real life identity.
Also, I talk about games on Facebook, and anything else that interests me and my friends.