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Re: Social Networks
« Reply #60 on: July 19, 2014, 06:31:28 pm »
What Would Happen If You Quit Facebook For 99 Days?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb3RT08UX_s&list=PLp2e7UfInEgmB-5r4rtQOEsq-H-mNmQhk&index=21

Pretty good discussion.
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Re: Social Networks
« Reply #61 on: July 20, 2014, 05:44:23 am »
While Facebook is foreign to me, I think I understand the 'addiction'.

Though I understand it, I don't get it (like a smoker). I don't get what the need is.

Like the girl said, she still has relationships with those important to her.

Who are the rest of these 'friends'?
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« Reply #62 on: July 20, 2014, 06:47:33 am »
I roll my eyes when people brag about having X amount of friends on Facebook. None of that matters. It's a facade. When they go on and on about hundreds....thousands of friends, it means nothing. That same person in real life probably only has 5-6 friends.....if that.
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Re: Social Networks
« Reply #63 on: July 20, 2014, 02:42:11 pm »
I roll my eyes when people take pictures of just basic crap like the food they eat or where they are staying.

Do these 'friends' really care?
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Re: Social Networks
« Reply #64 on: July 28, 2014, 09:18:28 am »
This is why you shouldn't take people's Facebook lives seriously

Everyone on Facebook looks like they're having a great time. Fun adventures, deep romances, amazing jobs. It's enough to make you feel inadequate, but it's also a lie. Nobody is really as happy as their Facebook wall claims, as this piercing short from HigtonBrothers confirms.



So the next time you're driven to jealousy by a Facebook friend's humblebragging about his or her awesome life, don't forget: They're probably embellishing it for social media, even if it's unconsciously.

Ultimately, Facebook is a narcissistic playground where the best, the funniest, the most charming aspects of our lives are publicized and the shitty stuff, the boring stuff, the beige that is most of our daily grind almost never gets posted. All those walls are edited at some level and that makes them, at best, a deformed mirror image of real life or, at worst, nothing more than a fictional movie of how we want people to see us.

The solution? Just go live your life, focus on your present reality, and ignore the circus of social media. Trust me, you'll be a lot happier.
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« Reply #65 on: July 28, 2014, 07:24:08 pm »
Oh, I never believe what anyone is posting on their FB page. I know a handful of people from my old job as well as from High School and a few chicks I've dated over the years. I know them well. I know what they doing in real life and what kind of issues they have and yet everything they post contradicts what I know for a fact. So yeah, I don't trust FB one and neither should you.
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Re: Social Networks
« Reply #66 on: August 03, 2014, 07:09:34 am »
Why We Unfriend

Interesting read. Had Facebook or Myspace been around back in my High School days, I probably would have been befriending EVERYONE as well!
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Re: Social Networks
« Reply #67 on: August 03, 2014, 02:09:29 pm »
Facebook's Messenger App May Be Creepier Than Your Stalker Ex and Here’s Why


What the F*ck! Yeah, this should also be posted in that thread as well. But since this is a Facebook App, I'm putting it here. Seriously, what.....the....fuuuuuuuuuck!
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Re: Social Networks
« Reply #68 on: August 04, 2014, 06:02:48 am »
That was spot on and I'm not a fan of poetry.  :P
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Re: Social Networks
« Reply #69 on: August 04, 2014, 06:04:38 am »
I'm not sure where to put this. It's not a Boeing thing.

Ban on In-Flight Calls Likely

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DOT to Proceed With a Formal Proposal; Airlines Say They Should Decide
The Wall Street Journal    08/04/2014
Author: Doug Cameron
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The U.S. government is getting closer to its final word on whether to allow cellphone calls on airplanes. And that word appears to be "no."

Airlines, meanwhile, are pressing for the final decision to be left to them.

The Department of Transportation plans to pursue the next step in what could lead to a formal ban on in-flight calls, Kathryn Thomson, said in a speech last week at the International Aviation Club in Washington, according to people present.

A spokeswoman confirmed that the DOT is developing "a notice of proposed rulemaking" for publication in December that would lay out its objections to passengers making and receiving calls. It would open the issue for further comments by industry and travelers until February before making a final ruling, according to a regulatory filing.

Regulators are focused on the disruptive effects of voice calls rather than texting or other data use, having last year loosened restrictions that now allow airline passengers to use electronic devices for these purposes from gate to gate.

In December, the Federal Communications Commission proposed overturning technical rules barring in-flight cellphone use that have been in place for more than two decades. Those rules were designed to prevent interference with ground-based cellular networks, but the FCC said it believed that is no longer a concern. The FCC has yet to issue a formal rule change, but any Transportation Department rule barring voice calls would take precedence.

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« Reply #70 on: August 04, 2014, 06:26:53 am »
I don't fly, but if I did, I would certainly feel safer knowing that Cell Phones were forbidden and not allowed mid flight.
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Re: Social Networks
« Reply #71 on: August 04, 2014, 09:08:22 am »
If you did fly, you would find right away, that talking on the phone will instantaneously cause problems
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Re: Social Networks
« Reply #72 on: August 04, 2014, 11:27:35 am »
I'm gonna ask my question here so that it can relate to thread topic in some capacity.
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Re: Social Networks
« Reply #73 on: October 12, 2014, 08:47:06 am »
I just joined Pinterest and I don't know what I'm doing.  :-\

What I mean, I started looking deeper into drums and steampunk subjects and ran across a few related to Pinterest. So I joined to look at the stuff a little closer.

I just don't know how it works. Is there a Pinterest for dummies?
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Re: Social Networks
« Reply #74 on: October 16, 2014, 07:12:42 am »
I signed up for an account a few months back but haven't done anything beyond entering my name. At the moment, all I have is Nointerest in using it.  ;D
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