Topic: FACEBOOK IS DEAD - page 5. (Read 7143 times)

never say never. i think this whole thing will blow over. social networking, etc.

I wish FB were dead. Not. gonna. happen.

facebook is most definitely not dead. terrible, sickening, but not dead.

I tried Diaspora, but it was quite a while ago. Maybe it's improved in terms of traffic. But at the time, nobody was there, and I didn't wait around to find out if it picked up. This was a couple years ago.

Facebook is a pile of steaming shit, there are alternatives but I've never used them:

https://diasporafoundation.org/

https://movim.eu/

And now, Orkut is officially dead:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2460292,00.asp

Frankly, I was surprised to know it is still alive.

Facebook already capture the social networking industry,

Hard to see it go away anytime soon.

if only facebook would go the way of myspace. unfortunately, it's a harder skin to shed....

There's always two sides of the coin.

One negative side with social media is that it seems to favour entertainment and quick and easy stuff, it does not really go in depth. And people are very quick to jump to conclusions, and rumors spread fast. On the other hand, the most interesting thing with news articles is often the comments.

In the end, I think it's like anything else - use it responsibly. For some, it can become an obsession, and that's not healthy.

Thanks, it was a crazy chain of events that likely would not have happened without facebook.  I only say that because oddly enough we live about 10 minutes from each other.  So I guess it is possible we could have ran into each other without facebook.

I do wish people would learn when to turn it off and use some sort of real contact though.  I have a couple buddies that I rarely hang out with now because they can't stay of facebook while we are out at the pub or wherever we end up.

Social media has it's uses, but in the end, I believe the bad parts of it will far outweigh it's good parts.

Congrats, and good points.

i have a few people on my facebook from elementary school and high school that I haven't seen since.  Through those friends I have been reconnected with friends that I see and talk to on a regular basis.  I met my current girlfriend through that process. 

My one buddy lives in England now, I can use the facebook chat to talk with him for free.  Since he is in a very different time zone, we can chat at our own pace when we have the time to comment back. I can also chat with multiple people at once while doing other things.

Through group chats it's very easy to organize large gatherings without trying to get everyone together at one time.

I agree that there are many issues with facebook, but it can serve a good purpose.

I'm not one to have 100's or even 1000's of friends on facebook though either.

You can live just fine without it. There's no physical addiction.

That family and friends in distant places, it's easy to stay in touch over the internet (no need for facebook necessarily, although it can be convenient).

But how much time do you spend on this and how much value does it give you? Why's it important to stay up to date about what people in distant places does?

Usually people just brag on facebook. Most normal people never tells about their problems, so while Aunt Jolly and Uncle Tom posts pictures of nice holliday vacations, their nice home and their new car, the fact that Jolly sometimes cries when going to sleep because she doesn't get the emotional connection she craves with Tom, i never posted.

The young bodybuilder posts a sixpack pic, and pics with girls at a party, proving that he's good looking and popular. You don't see the pics from when he tests positive for clamydia and needs to alert his sex partners.

You see when your distant friend receives a promotion. When he gets fired for acting unethically in his workplace, you don't hear anything.

You see your cousin going to high school, and you see pics from various events at his high school, but you never get to learn about his insecurities, his social fears, his lack of success with girls

On facebook, we're safe - we can only like stuff. Hate and dislike is unheard of. You can direct your own life, to make it look perfect in the eyes of others, you can seek approval and build a status among your friends. In your life, there's never bad days - everything is fantastic, so let everyone know it! Then you can rejoice with the other perfect friends, and when the occasional bad thing happens, you can give your support by writing: "I hope you heal up soon!" but not really meaning it, or just ignore all of that and hope you don't get bothered.

You can control your emotions online, nobody can see what you feel, so you can hide behind the keyboard. Nobody sees that you're crying when asked: "How are you?" You answer: "I'm ok" - like any robot.

The shades of grey, the wonderful things in life, it's not shared on facebook. Only shallow empty mirages that's not life, it's all fictional. Life's not petting Tigers, going to exotic places, jumping from a plane or sitting on an elephant or taking a picture with a monkey on your shoulder.

Life's so much more - and the most interesting place - is the mind of a human - most humans you get in touch with - you will only be able to learn a fraction about how they really are - the rest is hidden, and when you see them online you barely see anything, they're even more hidden.

If you want to be with a friend, why not call that friend and invite him or her over? Why not just go and visit that friend?

Why not leave the computer completely, leave your phone at home and just go fishing?

Great points, also - what point is there in being in touch with people you would never be in touch with elsewise?

If there was a dude that you went to school with 20 years ago and you never calls or visit him, and he never calls or visits you, why should you become facebook friends?

It's also worth nothing that facebook is used by intel orgs to map your social network.  Also what value is it in talking with people on facebook? I find it to be very superficial most of the time, it's also a time killer. So I stopped years ago.

facebook is still alive. Me myself i can't live without opening my account every single day. Facebook is a source of communication specially to family, friends who are in distant places. Facebook will remain for a long time unless the owner will give-up.

Oh, I see you are quite popular on facebook. I wonder how many of these 'facebook friends' would lend you money if you ask them. And how many will be on your wedding or funeral...  Let me tell you - probably none.

I miss mIrc days

what kind of earnings through facebook you are talking about..? just curious if its network marketing stuff ? or something else?

i used facebook for earning online
and sometimes play a game on facebook too

It all depends on who you follow. I follow mostly bitcoin sevices and crypto traders. Twitter is actually a really good scource of news. It depends on who you follow. And on the ads. I really don't see too many, and they aren't as intrusive and in your face as FB ads