Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Because that sounds like a boondoggle. Though I admit I don't fully understand what's happening.
Originally Posted By ecdc I think that's the idea—they don't want you to be able to follow it. I invested in this new thing I think's gonna take off: MySpace.
Originally Posted By ecdc MySpace was sold to some company and Justin Timberlake by NewsCorp, which lost like 550 million on the sale. Which makes me delighted.
Originally Posted By ecdc This does raise an interesting question. What if Facebook went...bankrupt? If it vanished, I wonder if it would have serious implications, given that this is how so many people interact today. Or, if something else would just take its place. Curious.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Nothing lasts forever, especially on the net. I'm on FB, but I'm anything but a heavy user. So maybe I'm not the best barometer, but I've already heard some people, ranging pretty widely in age, saying that they were "over Facebook." I think it's absolutely possible that something newer and shinier could take its place (pretty much the way Facebook supplanted myspace). Or social networking itself could come to seem like a fad; something we all did for a while, and burned out on. Hard to say. Facebook is obviously going to try to keep ahead of the curve, but what if someone makes a better mousetrap?
Originally Posted By ecdc >>I've already heard some people, ranging pretty widely in age, saying that they were "over Facebook."<< See, I said that for a while too. But then I think a lot of people find a groove where they really enjoy it. You know, they block the annoying people and end up with their usual suspects that they "hang out" with. I do an update about once every two days, I check it a few times a day - am I a heavy user? I honestly don't know.... I went from almost deleting my account a year or two ago to really enjoying it these days, in an oddly casual yet invested sort of way.
Originally Posted By mawnck <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kQBEzzFRBs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...BEzzFRBs</a>
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I use FB regularly and couldn't tell you the name of one advertiser. I have no idea how it makes money. I don't pay for anything and I'm on it constantly. I just don't understand the business model. I know a number of financial advisers and stock market type folks and I didn't speak to one person who suggested it was worth buying despite all the hype.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "I know a number of financial advisers and stock market type folks and I didn't speak to one person who suggested it was worth buying despite all the hype." Exactly. Instead, the guys I know say it's likely the beginning of the end of Facebook. They also say they didn't expect to be right so soon, what with the immediate investigations and all. My money goes nowhere near Facebook.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I don't know how much of this is the fault of Facebook, but the responsibility of the investment bankers handling the IPO. They increased what had been proposed as the opening asking price by 36% ($28-$38) and increased the number of shares offered by 25%. Simple supply and demand tells you that was probably not a good thing to do. Just one more example of the rampant corruption on Wall Street. As for FB itself, I enjoy it. I find it a good way to keep up with friends and family that I don't see very often and get news updates from a couple of local TV stations for news and weather information. I enjoy some of the games, but NEVER pay for them any more. I'm not sure why, perhaps the VERY PUBLIC nature of it, things there never seem to get as contentious as they do here at LP and at other bulletin boards I post to.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer Trolls lose their courage when their real names are attached to the posts. When people have beliefs that they know are offensive or not accepted in polite society, hiding behind a username lets them spout off.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb You should SEE some of the dating sites FB thinks I should go to, suggested by the ads on the right of my feed. I posted a photo of one of the guys and even though I didn't think much of him one of my gay friends was drooling.
Originally Posted By Labuda "I'm not sure why, perhaps the VERY PUBLIC nature of it, things there never seem to get as contentious as they do here at LP and at other bulletin boards I post to." You're not looking at the right pages, Trippy. I've got an old co-worker/friend in OKC who will occasionally post politically-motivated things that idiots jump all over, and I'm right there, slinging it out with them on Claudia's posted links/statuses. I've also gotten into it with other friends of mine there. Ahhhhhhhh, Facebook. lol
Originally Posted By MissCandice When I first started on "the Facebook" the ads on the side were all for parenting stuff or pages for me to like that were republican in nature. Now that it has me all figured out its mostly food or vacation stuff.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Living completely away from all my family & friends I love Facebook but I've pruned my friends list down considerably. At first anyone who asked I friended now I'm way more selective. So as SSP stated it's a hang out for me. My posting is streaky. I''m on a lot when I have time. How long will it last who knows I'm sure be will migrate to the next big thing when it arrives.
