Comments on: i deactivated my facebook account http://blog.instantcognition.com/web-20/2007/08/05/i-deactivated-my-facebook-account/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-deactivated-my-facebook-account a discussion of visual report design & web analytics Sat, 04 Jun 2011 07:27:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Clint http://blog.instantcognition.com/web-20/2007/08/05/i-deactivated-my-facebook-account/comment-page-1/#comment-14654 Clint Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:11:38 +0000 http://blog.instantcognition.com/web-20/2007/08/05/i-deactivated-my-facebook-account/#comment-14654 Lars, thank you. thank you. thank you. We must be two old guys who prefer email :) (and the phone) and even *gasp* face-to-face. I know that Scoble and all these web 2.0ers are all anti-email but that just seems silly to me. Lars,
thank you. thank you. thank you. We must be two old guys who prefer email :) (and the phone) and even *gasp* face-to-face.
I know that Scoble and all these web 2.0ers are all anti-email but that just seems silly to me.

]]> By: Lars http://blog.instantcognition.com/web-20/2007/08/05/i-deactivated-my-facebook-account/comment-page-1/#comment-14652 Lars Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:25:33 +0000 http://blog.instantcognition.com/web-20/2007/08/05/i-deactivated-my-facebook-account/#comment-14652 The only reason I have joined FaceBook, MySpace etc. is because some family and friends only communicate electronically that way -- they have abandoned email. I find it annoying to have to log in to a million different accounts, email is much easier. Blogs are also great. And as far as those sites go, Trig.com has a much nicer interface. The one that adds the most value by far is LinkedIn. I get job offers etc. through it and not unnecessary "pokes" and "food fights". It only asks for my attention when something valuable has happened. What happened to good old email though? My mom is one of few that still use it... I like email. The only reason I have joined FaceBook, MySpace etc. is because some family and friends only communicate electronically that way — they have abandoned email.

I find it annoying to have to log in to a million different accounts, email is much easier. Blogs are also great.

And as far as those sites go, Trig.com has a much nicer interface.

The one that adds the most value by far is LinkedIn. I get job offers etc. through it and not unnecessary “pokes” and “food fights”. It only asks for my attention when something valuable has happened.

What happened to good old email though? My mom is one of few that still use it… I like email.

]]> By: Clint http://blog.instantcognition.com/web-20/2007/08/05/i-deactivated-my-facebook-account/comment-page-1/#comment-14627 Clint Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:01:38 +0000 http://blog.instantcognition.com/web-20/2007/08/05/i-deactivated-my-facebook-account/#comment-14627 I say 'MEH'! If I want to see some chumps git bitten' by zombies, I'll watch Shaun of the Dead. I say ‘MEH’! If I want to see some chumps git bitten’ by zombies, I’ll watch Shaun of the Dead.

]]> By: Judah http://blog.instantcognition.com/web-20/2007/08/05/i-deactivated-my-facebook-account/comment-page-1/#comment-14626 Judah Wed, 08 Aug 2007 02:44:44 +0000 http://blog.instantcognition.com/web-20/2007/08/05/i-deactivated-my-facebook-account/#comment-14626 C'mon man! Bite some chumps! Bite some chumps! C’mon man! Bite some chumps! Bite some chumps!

]]> By: Clint http://blog.instantcognition.com/web-20/2007/08/05/i-deactivated-my-facebook-account/comment-page-1/#comment-14602 Clint Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:13:43 +0000 http://blog.instantcognition.com/web-20/2007/08/05/i-deactivated-my-facebook-account/#comment-14602 Stephane, I totally agree. I've got too many communication/information inputs as it is, so adding another benefitless one seems pointless. Joe's article seems interesting although applying Einstein's quote, which if I remember correctly is about Nuclear bombs, to Internet technology seems a bit flippant. Stephane, I totally agree. I’ve got too many communication/information inputs as it is, so adding another benefitless one seems pointless. Joe’s article seems interesting although applying Einstein’s quote, which if I remember correctly is about Nuclear bombs, to Internet technology seems a bit flippant.

]]> By: S.Hamel http://blog.instantcognition.com/web-20/2007/08/05/i-deactivated-my-facebook-account/comment-page-1/#comment-14601 S.Hamel Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:00:42 +0000 http://blog.instantcognition.com/web-20/2007/08/05/i-deactivated-my-facebook-account/#comment-14601 I joined Facebook with Eric P. said he switched the Web 2.0 group... Spent (too) many hours on it, looking around at stuff and people I know, and concluded 1) I don't like the interface and the usability 2) it's a waste of my time. J.Carrabis actually has an interesting thread on <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BizMediaScience/~3/140638799/media_free_thats_easyand_scary_12.html" rel="nofollow">BizMediaScience: Media free, that's easy and scary</a>. Those who really wants to reach me will be able even without Facebook. So what's left? A trendy social gizmo for trying to do in the virtual world what I can't in the real one? Not for me: my blog, LinkedIn and face-to-face conversations are enough :) The day you Twit about your Second Life whith your Facebook friends... go see a REAL psychologist :) S.Hamel <a href="http://blog.immeria.net" rel="nofollow">immeria.net</a> I joined Facebook with Eric P. said he switched the Web 2.0 group… Spent (too) many hours on it, looking around at stuff and people I know, and concluded 1) I don’t like the interface and the usability 2) it’s a waste of my time.

J.Carrabis actually has an interesting thread on BizMediaScience: Media free, that’s easy and scary. Those who really wants to reach me will be able even without Facebook. So what’s left? A trendy social gizmo for trying to do in the virtual world what I can’t in the real one? Not for me: my blog, LinkedIn and face-to-face conversations are enough :)

The day you Twit about your Second Life whith your Facebook friends… go see a REAL psychologist :)

S.Hamel
immeria.net

]]> By: Clint http://blog.instantcognition.com/web-20/2007/08/05/i-deactivated-my-facebook-account/comment-page-1/#comment-14598 Clint Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:51:30 +0000 http://blog.instantcognition.com/web-20/2007/08/05/i-deactivated-my-facebook-account/#comment-14598 Puppies! Hah! On Twitter, I only check it a couple of times a day to read the updates (or update it) whereas with Facebook I was checking it much too frequently - looking to see if SOMETHING, ANYTHING was going to happen. The most exciting thing? Being turned into a Zombie. Puppies! Hah! On Twitter, I only check it a couple of times a day to read the updates (or update it) whereas with Facebook I was checking it much too frequently – looking to see if SOMETHING, ANYTHING was going to happen. The most exciting thing? Being turned into a Zombie.

]]> By: Eric T. Peterson http://blog.instantcognition.com/web-20/2007/08/05/i-deactivated-my-facebook-account/comment-page-1/#comment-14597 Eric T. Peterson Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:43:56 +0000 http://blog.instantcognition.com/web-20/2007/08/05/i-deactivated-my-facebook-account/#comment-14597 Luddite. You have time for Twitter but not Facebook? I am confused! Now you cannot participate in the Web 2.0 Measurement Working Group at Facebook! Grrr. ;-) (I clicked that "Cute Overload" link ... why do I want a puppy now?) E. Luddite.

You have time for Twitter but not Facebook? I am confused! Now you cannot participate in the Web 2.0 Measurement Working Group at Facebook! Grrr. ;-)

(I clicked that “Cute Overload” link … why do I want a puppy now?)

E.

]]> By: Clint http://blog.instantcognition.com/web-20/2007/08/05/i-deactivated-my-facebook-account/comment-page-1/#comment-14593 Clint Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:41:24 +0000 http://blog.instantcognition.com/web-20/2007/08/05/i-deactivated-my-facebook-account/#comment-14593 Hey Andrea, I'm glad to hear that someone finds some value in it. You may be right, I'm just too old and too far from my college days to 'get it'. Then again, it may be that the groups I was a part of are just not active so there isn't any meaningful exchange of information happening on Facebook (that I care about). I at least expected the Tufte group to have some interesting conversations - oh well. Hey Andrea,
I’m glad to hear that someone finds some value in it. You may be right, I’m just too old and too far from my college days to ‘get it’. Then again, it may be that the groups I was a part of are just not active so there isn’t any meaningful exchange of information happening on Facebook (that I care about). I at least expected the Tufte group to have some interesting conversations – oh well.

]]> By: Andrea http://blog.instantcognition.com/web-20/2007/08/05/i-deactivated-my-facebook-account/comment-page-1/#comment-14587 Andrea Mon, 06 Aug 2007 11:30:28 +0000 http://blog.instantcognition.com/web-20/2007/08/05/i-deactivated-my-facebook-account/#comment-14587 I gotta admit, I was pretty late to the Facebook game too, and I have too many online social networks to properly maintain, so I'm kinda slow to add another. What's appealing and useful to me about Facebook is that my peers are actually using it - so there are enough people that I can use it as a way to keep tabs on those who aren't in my other online social spaces. I spend a lot more time with Twitter and Flickr than Facebook; I might log in to Facebook twice in a week, particularly if it sends me some notification of some kind of friendly social contact. Twitter & Flickr alternate as the first site I visit every day, though, and Facebook isn't about to displace them--I get a lot more out of the social interactions. Facebook was made for college kids, and I suspect that the farther you are from an academic environment, the less it has to offer. I gotta admit, I was pretty late to the Facebook game too, and I have too many online social networks to properly maintain, so I’m kinda slow to add another. What’s appealing and useful to me about Facebook is that my peers are actually using it – so there are enough people that I can use it as a way to keep tabs on those who aren’t in my other online social spaces.

I spend a lot more time with Twitter and Flickr than Facebook; I might log in to Facebook twice in a week, particularly if it sends me some notification of some kind of friendly social contact. Twitter & Flickr alternate as the first site I visit every day, though, and Facebook isn’t about to displace them–I get a lot more out of the social interactions.

Facebook was made for college kids, and I suspect that the farther you are from an academic environment, the less it has to offer.

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