I like the old fashioned way of "social networking" and that is seeing
folks face to face. So I do it the "Seattle way" and that's why I am to
found at Starbucks around here but not as much as I used to be. Also
Californians aren't as friendly as Seattlites so it is hard to strike up
a conversation.
On 02/20/2014 10:17 PM, emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote:
I will check out the documentary. Thanks. I don't have a FB page,
but have insisted my younger daughter give me her password (which she
changes as often as I ask for it) and I check intermittently, but
mostly, I give her her privacy online. I found the Frontline piece
informative and fascinating as it highlighted real generational
differences in mindset and relationship to media, or its evolution to
"social media", including completely different takes on the concepts
of identity and privacy that I didn't quite understand up until now,
as I am admittedly not up to speed. It helped me understand my teen.
Yes, a goldmine of data for market and product research. Facebook is
trying to acquire "WhatsApp" now.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
I find it VERY common, that in order to post to almost any media site
(except Yahoo News articles - yay), a Facebook "membership" is required.
People get pissed off, whenever the specter of a National ID card, is
raised, yet, that is what "Tracebook" IS. The genius of what Facebook
has achieved, is that it tracks millions of users, worldwide, who
happily over-share too much about their lives, *voluntarily*. What a
goldmine! And it dovetails with probably the most unfortunate aspect
of social media; the, "everyone is a celebrity", meme -
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> wrote:
You mean the generation that is screwed up because they were
raised being told that "everyone wins?" Here's a BBC documentary
in three parts called "Century of the Self" which explains the
mindset.
https://archive.org/details/TheCenturyOfTheSelf
Those who have their own web sites and blogs don't need Facebutt. :-D
On 02/20/2014 06:03 PM, emilymaenot@...
<mailto:emilymaenot@...> wrote:
Clearly, you aren't part of "Generation 'Like'". Did you see the
Frontline show on this? I think the reality is more likely that
the unemployed who don't "update" (smile) their social media
skills are the ones losing out.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>, <noozguru@...>
<mailto:noozguru@...> wrote:
I don't have time for all this social networking crap. I get 20
somethings from Google+ and LinkedIn telling me what to do for
social networking like I care. No wonder we have some many
unemployed in the US, they spend all their time social
networking! :-D
On 02/20/2014 01:17 PM, Share Long wrote:
noozguru, I have recently been horrified by what was appearing on
MY Facebook page and was not put there by me! So I unfriended a
lot of people I had friended in the past before I knew what that
meant. Anyway, I know some people love FB but I think it's a
gigantic spider web of whatever! Instead, give me a troll ridden
forum any day! (-:
On Thursday, February 20, 2014 1:14 PM, Bhairitu <noozguru@...>
<mailto:noozguru@...> wrote:
Arianna Huffington decided she hated "anonymous" comments on
Huffington Post. I had an account there for years to comment
though I didn't post comments very often. So the last time I
tried to post a comment they wanted to verify it with my
"Facebook" account. Dumb woman, doesn't understand that not all
of use want to be on Facebutt. Arianna, like Bill Maher, is a
limousine liberal who espouses liberal views for the money but
probably vote conservative in a heartbeat if it suits their
pocketbook.
On 02/20/2014 10:17 AM, Share Long wrote:
Trolls and snarks and goof offs, oh no!
(to the tune of *lions and tigers and bears, oh no* from The
Wizard of Oz)
On Thursday, February 20, 2014 10:58 AM, Bhairitu <noozguru@...>
<mailto:noozguru@...> wrote:
On02/20/2014 07:17 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote:
On 2/19/2014 7:13 PM, Bhairitu wrote:
> The article is more about comment trolls than trolling on
forums or
> groups.
>
There's a difference? Go figure.
I wouldn't even call what he is talking about "trolls". It's
mainly goof-offs posting snarky comments and not trying to get
anything started. There will be a few that will try to troll a
comment section but most are off to another article to post
snarky comments. Sometimes the snarky comments are funny and to
the point and that wouldn't be trolling either. And of course
Morford claims not to read the comments section as his solution
(bet he does sometimes).
Sure, we get snarky posts here but then they will stick around
to see if their "troll" worked.
> Mark maybe doesn't hangout in any groups or forums.
>
The description of a "troll" posted by the two Barry's and Judy
don't
seem to match the one described in the report. Why do you
suppose they
would be so insecure that they would post fibs about trolls on
FFL?
Where is Dr Pete when we need him? Go figure.
"Sociopathic, sadistic, narcissistic, cruel by nature, highly
unpleasant
to be around. They love to cause pain. They delight in ruining the
beautiful. The more pure and integrity-filled something is, the
more
they enjoy corrupting it."
http://blog.sfgate.com/morford/2014/02/18/how-to-eat-an-internet-troll/
