Facebook Advice

[Elephant Walk]

Or just be a lady.

[sarahsmilehawk]

Facebook has never really been about networking, IMHO, despite the term "social networking site." The general attitude is to make friends only with people you know, or at least people you sorta know. It's more a way of keeping in touch with friends and classmates and the like.

On Myspace, however, it's much more common to make friends with someone you don't know at all.

Originally Posted by sarahsmilehawk

Facebook has never really been about networking, IMHO, despite the term "social networking site." The general attitude is to make friends only with people you know, or at least people you sorta know. It's more a way of keeping in touch with friends and classmates and the like.

On Myspace, however, it's much more common to make friends with someone you don't know at all.

I have to disagree with your Facebook comment. While that may very well be the case right now, it really wasn't like that in the beginning.

I got a Facebook Beta account in 2003. I remember adding a lot of people I didn't even know. Of my entire Friends List, only about 1/4 of them were people I knew IRL. Back then, people just kinda added whoever in the same network. It really was about networking because you got to know more about that guy who sits across the lecture room in your Poli Sci class. At least that's how it was on my campus. They never had the option to keep your profile private, either -- just like MySpace.

Even to this day I use Facebook to network and MySpace to keep in touch with friends...the exact opposite of what you do.

I miss Facebook Beta. We didn't have to worry about shit like Applications then.

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by OTW

I have to disagree with your Facebook comment. While that may very well be the case right now, it really wasn't like that in the beginning.

I got a Facebook Beta account in 2003. I remember adding a lot of people I didn't even know. Of my entire Friends List, only about 1/4 of them were people I knew IRL. Back then, people just kinda added whoever in the same network. It really was about networking because you got to know more about that guy who sits across the lecture room in your Poli Sci class. At least that's how it was on my campus. They never had the option to keep your profile private, either -- just like MySpace.

Even to this day I use Facebook to network and MySpace to keep in touch with friends...the exact opposite of what you do.

I miss Facebook Beta. We didn't have to worry about shit like Applications then.

I agree with most of your sentiments, except that I enjoy the applications which I've added. (I just don't normally like anyone else's lol)

I was among those envious people who was mad that my school wasn't good enough for a facebook network at first lol

Originally Posted by Senusret I

I agree with most of your sentiments, except that I enjoy the applications which I've added. (I just don't normally like anyone else's lol)

I was among those envious people who was mad that my school wasn't good enough for a facebook network at first lol

I guess I don't mind the applications so much because you can control what's on your own profile...it's the 'effin application invites that piss me off. I swear, if people invite me to join Mob Wars one more time...

And ditto about not being good enough. I don't think the University of Hawai'i got on the bandwagon until Round 2 or Round 3.