Rigint on Facebook

[Iamwhomiam]

Nordic wrote:

Iamwhomiam wrote:
Personally, I don't twitter. had to draw the line somewhere.

Yeah. Real men don't Tweet. I mean, c'mon.

Nah. Without a smartphone, what's the point? Chiming in a few hours later when online with a pc kinda moots the point, don't you think? Besides, it's extremely distracting and time consuming to engage in, though I imagine some enjoy sharing their brief bits with others. On rare occasions I do text, though.

[Nordic]

Nordic wrote:

Iamwhomiam wrote:
Personally, I don't twitter. had to draw the line somewhere.

Yeah. Real men don't Tweet. I mean, c'mon.

Nah. Without a smartphone, what's the point? Chiming in a few hours later when online with a pc kinda moots the point, don't you think? Besides, it's extremely distracting and time consuming to engage in, though I imagine some enjoy sharing their brief bits with others. On rare occasions I do text, though.

Well, I meant the words "Tweet" and "Twitter". Not exactly masculine words that I want to own. I mean "Twit" "Twat" "Quitter" "Tit" "Pitter Patter"? And "Tweet"? It's something you picture a baby chick doing.

Here's a Twit:

[justdrew]

it's not going to get shutdown due to their "real names" policy?

http://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2012/09/21/facebook-snitchgate/

[Wombaticus Rex]

^^No. It's a page. Not an account.

[Luther Blissett]

Nordic wrote:

Iamwhomiam wrote:
Personally, I don't twitter. had to draw the line somewhere.

Yeah. Real men don't Tweet. I mean, c'mon.

Nah. Without a smartphone, what's the point? Chiming in a few hours later when online with a pc kinda moots the point, don't you think? Besides, it's extremely distracting and time consuming to engage in, though I imagine some enjoy sharing their brief bits with others. On rare occasions I do text, though.

Well, I meant the words "Tweet" and "Twitter". Not exactly masculine words that I want to own. I mean "Twit" "Twat" "Quitter" "Tit" "Pitter Patter"? And "Tweet"? It's something you picture a baby chick doing.

My problem is with shortform discourse. I don't make arguments that way, and arguably, no one really can. I sense that's what it's not used for popularly, and that's fine. I have an account, but almost all of my posts (under 100 total) were to repost links to longer articles, or to add to the fabric of voices at various Occupy events. I can only imagine how great it would have been to have the tool at the Seattle WTO or the 2000 RNC. The account is simply my real name, but I think it's fine thus far. I've posted nothing that would explicitly cost me my job yet.

In the future, though, I think that a #rigint tag might be useful during downtimes (and isn't there a way to view all posts tagged that way without having an account?). I know that I at least follow Wombat if not one or two others.

And look, I made it through a whole post about the service without using any of those stupid terms.

[Kristine Rosemary]

Crickett doesn't like fb.

Hey, the internet is "creepy and dangerous." Get used to it...

[peartreed]

The internet has become an electronic reflection of society generally, and cybersociety is only as “creepy and dangerous” as a diverting tributary of the larger social stream as its source. The trick in navigating it comfortably is to set your sights on cybersites that are somewhat sympatico with your own worldview and orientation, with crosscurrents you can usually handle with equanimity. And when it becomes intolerable there’s an “off button” more readily available and less traumatic than activating termination in the larger headwaters. To me, Facebook is just another whirlpool along the way that sometimes becomes a cesspool when you leave too many access drains open to it.

But, ultimately, we can save our own face and just not go with the flow.

[NeonLX]

Kinda quiet in there. I halloo'd & left...

[Wombaticus Rex]

Got my FB reported for "abusive behavior" so I'm taking that as a sign to never go back.

[NeonLX]

A few posts have trickled in over at the FB site...

[NeonLX]

Man, the stats for "talking about this" and "new likes" have flatlined over there.

[JackRiddler]

Stats, schmats.

This board is where it is!