Do you have Facebook and what do you think of it?

[dlink]

So right now i'm sitting on Facebook browsing the website for random groups friend and other stuff.
While i was doing it i was wondering if you have an Facebook account and what do you think of it in overall.

Also does 3drealms have any group there if so i'd really like to join it :).
Just search this name and give me a friend request.

Emil Mygind Flytkjær
I'm member of the danish Facebook network.

Discuss tell me what you think and if you have an user your welcome to add me.:)

[Mr.Fibbles]

There is a Duke Nukem Group (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2207742926)
I do not know of any "official" 3DR BB group, though I would not mind joining one.

[Yatta]

Yeah, I have one. What do I think of it?

I'm ******* jealous of Mark Zuckerberg. 23 years old, worth 1.5 billion dollars at the least, and when Microsoft payed some 250 mil for 1.6% of its shares, it means they're assuming he's actually worth 15 billion.

Not that having more than 20 million dollars matters when it comes to a luxurious life, but the guy has 400 people working for him, at HIS company. Luckiest kid in the world? You decide.

[Damien_Azreal]

No... I do not. And no, I will not ever have one.

[Steve]

No... I do not. And no, I will not ever have one.

Same here :)

[evanazzo]

I have one.
Its better then Myspace
I get on it like once every 2 weeks

[Yenji]

I was the last of my friends to get it but I enjoy using it to keep in touch. I still like using the phone or instant messaging better though

[thefly]

It is pretty ok. I use it mostly to keep in touch with people I actually know, unlike say this forum. Except for TmsT. ;) Seems like the next step up from email, except without all the spam.

[Mr.Fibbles]

I didn't mention my opinion of Facebook:
I had been using MySpace for some time and then I was coerced into getting on Facebook. My biggest qualm with it is that there is way too much information available to way too many people. I may be 20 and a legal adult, but I don't like the idea of telling everyone I have ever met my phone number and address. Maybe it is just me, but that doesn't sound like a good practice.
Another thing I am uncomfortable with is the fact that it is too easy to find myself stalking someone on Facebook. This wouldn't be as big of an issue if I didn't know a lot of young women who are, for the lack of a better expression, not legal. I have a lot of friends who are in high school still and some as young as 14 (for various reasons, including my activities in youth ministry). I have found myself being incredibly careful/scared about being stalkerish and getting myself arrested.
I think Facebook tries too hard to be "cool" and has way too many applications and too much advertising on it. MySpace was at least honest about advertising, but Facebook tries to act like it isn't there.
For now, Facebook has less "spam" as it were but it is getting less clean and secure as the days go by. Recently I received a wall post that was spam from a friend who was phished. They offered me some free ring tones, but no one (or at least most no one) refers to me by my full name which is what I use for Facebook. I dropped MySpace because I got tired of getting friend request from beautiful young women from California who had pictures and videos they couldn't post on MySpace; at first it was mildly entertaining, but then it just got annoying. I imagine that in time things like that will enter the realm of Facebook. It really is only a matter of time.

[Gamebrain]

Believe it or not, I created the Duke Nukem group a year and a half ago. I dont know if my name is still on the admin list because I got rid of my facebook.

[Mr.Fibbles]

I don't think so, unless you a chick from London.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

I have it. It is a way to waste time, though I find my self spending less and less time browsing now that I am out of school.

[Water12356]

I have it, its ok.

[ADM]

I also use it, mainly only for personal friends.

I've also created a group for us forumers here:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8898938613

So join ahead and all that. I've allowed it to be open so you can post pictures, links and videos and stuff.

I also have a group for Alan Wake and my BrightFalls.net site if you wanted to join that :D
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8078632381

[Zztx]

As far as social networking sites go, I like it mucho better than MySpace.

[Waiter]

I have, and it's a nice waste of time.

The thing that reallybugs me though is all the chainmail-crap. Applications and quizes that forces you to pass it on to 20 friends before you can even see your own result, build your damn snowman or whatever the case may be.

I therefore highly resommend the following two groups:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9912127233

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=22656145393

[ADM]

But obviously not the 3DR Forum group ;)

[Mr.Fibbles]

I did a search for Duke Nukem. . . There are some people who seem to think they are Duke Nukem and even posted an old picture of him from some cover art or something. Sad thing.

The main reason why I joined Facebook was to keep in contact with some old friends as I move farther and farther from home.
I have since found myself talking to people on it all the time. Still to stalkerish for me though. . .

[peoplessi]

I don't have it, and won't even consider getting/joining. It is again one of those trendy things that are out there, the trend is dead.

[dlink]

Yeah, I have one. What do I think of it?

I'm ******* jealous of Mark Zuckerberg. 23 years old, worth 1.5 billion dollars at the least, and when Microsoft payed some 250 mil for 1.6% of its shares, it means they're assuming he's actually worth 15 billion.

Not that having more than 20 million dollars matters when it comes to a luxurious life, but the guy has 400 people working for him, at HIS company. Luckiest kid in the world? You decide.

Iagree this kid has nearly started his life and he can basically layback and not work anymore, he is free for the rest of his life.:o

[Scream]

I do have Facebook, but I am of the opinion that it's not a very intuitively designed site. Anyway, I like it for playing Scrabble online. :)

[Waiter]

But obviously not the 3DR Forum group ;)

Eh ... what?? :confused:

:(

[Ivan]

I have it. Everyone around me does, including my dad. I think it's useful as it helps me to keep in touch with people I wouldn't see myself talking to each time I log in AIM. It's also useful for when you want to go out, know where and what happens. Overall it's useful and a plesant waste of time.

[ADM]

Eh ... what?? :confused:

:(
Join the group :P
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8898938613

[The Baskinator]

I have one, but I really only check it when I get a message or alert from someone. It's nice for selling some school-specific textbooks (like a math book edited just for SIU-C) and for keeping in touch with people from my old university. Same with MySpace. They're fun sites, but not my time-wasters.

I don't really understand all the social-networking hatred, though. It's just a website. It's not like they came to your house and kicked your puppy or porked your mom. :p

[ryche]

It's funny how such things can make people so stinking rich. I don't ever intend to use Facebook. I intend to create the next thing that everyone wants to be part of ;)

[Betelgeuse]

i have one, although it just confuses the living shit out of me. it's good to go to when im bored off my face and feel like doing a random quiz, and the texas holdem poker application isn't bad either.

[avatar_58]

I don't really understand all the social-networking hatred, though. It's just a website. It's not like they came to your house and kicked your puppy or porked your mom. :p

I think people just like to hate on trends, regardless of what they may be. Facebook has it's uses, but it really rubs some folks the wrong way. Usually internet nerds, because most people I meet say nothing but good things.

[The Baskinator]

Well, I'm a huge internet nerd, and I think Facebook is pretty keen.

[avatar_58]

Oh don't get me wrong that wasn't a bash against internet nerds (just who do you think you are talking to? :) ) but more a bash against those doing the bashing. What was I talking about again?

Anyway facebook is very useful for keeping track of folks you don't see all the time or that you've long since lost contact with. I found old gradeschool friends that I haven't spoken to in so very long. Leads to some awesome "Holy shit you've changed!" conversations!

[Zztx]

No kidding. A kid I knew from elementary school became a big-time evangelical Christian, is attending Liberty University.

Yeah...

[Nacho]

I have a Facebook but I rarely actually use it.

[Destroyer]

I have a facebook. I made it to get in touch with friends from HS. Dont really use it too much though

[ADM]

I have a Facebook but I rarely actually use it.
Join that 3DR group so I can make you an officer :p My original goal was to have the moderation team here as officers in that group but I know not many people here use Facebook regularly like I do (mainly an offshoot of boredom at work on my part heh).

[thefly]

Join that 3DR group so I can make you an officer :p My original goal was to have the moderation team here as officers in that group

That seems really redundant. The 3DR forums are what they are, but don't you want a little bit of separation now and then?

"Officers?" On a website? Sounds kind of desperate for power and meaning in a person's life.

[ADM]

That seems really redundant. The 3DR forums are what they are, but don't you want a little bit of separation now and then?

"Officers?" On a website? Sounds kind of desperate for power and meaning in a person's life.
Well I didn't make up the term 'Officers', it's what Facebook calls them. Also yeah it does seem redundant but then you could think of the 3DR group on Steam as redundant or a lot of other things.

For me it just adds a little bit more to Facebook anyway, either way it's not that big of a deal with me, it was my original goal but like I said I know not many people use Facebook enough to warrant it.

[Waiter]

I use facebook very differently to a normal chat or forum. I generally only speak to and send stuff to people that I know in real life there. I see the profile as a private area use it only for my RL friends, especially since I live in a different country from most of my best friends.

(I mean in the profiles - in groups or stuff like that I of course chatter away with anyone like on any other forum/chat but I use the word "friend" in there for people that I consider real friends.)

[ADM]

Yeah I'm the same I don't accept many forumers here and the only ones I have are people I've known for a long time.

[superevilcube]

I have a facebook and I love it. It's a nice way to keep in touch with friends.

[shiranui]

Was fun for a few days - found a few old classmates on there - but the novelty soon wore off; now I can't be bothered to log in anymore. The closest I get to utilizing the service now is deleting the weekly deluge of notifications that I have been bitten by a vampire, invited to become a stripper or asked to join some pointless group.

[Mr.Fibbles]

Facebook used to be cool, until like last week when my friends started getting hacked.

It seems that the path of destruction is unavoidable for internet communities. At least the large ones are screwed.

[Destroyer]

I kinda hate all the crap that goes on those sites. these sites are horrible for kids. parents need to be more aware.

[NetNessie]

I use Facebook, and I've got a lot of content there. I even started developing my own applications. Though, there are a few things I don't like; and thier shaky privacy history is one of those things.

[Mr.Fibbles]

Tell me you don't require people to invite 500,000 friends before they can see their results.

[Nacho]

I kinda hate all the crap that goes on those sites. these sites are horrible for kids. parents need to be more aware.

Facebook IMO is a lot safer than say... Myspace... But I agree with you.

[NetNessie]

Tell me you don't require people to invite 500,000 friends before they can see their results.

I'd sooner cut of my own testicles than force that onto more users.

I'm developing three apps (all "on hold" whilst I sort some nasty issues my host created without telling me): a program which simply puts a random image from my photography collection in a profile box, calendar software designed for peeps at my university to share and compare timetables, and an application which loads friend-data and shows statistics on your friends.

I must say though, I really don't like Facebook's API. The PHP version is insanely slow and buggy.

[Mr.Fibbles]

Facebook IMO is a lot safer than say... Myspace... But I agree with you.

I am confident that soon (probably in the next few years) Facebook will be very much like MySpace, but with more options for hackers and spam bots because of all the applications.

[avatar_58]

I use Facebook, and I've got a lot of content there. I even started developing my own applications. Though, there are a few things I don't like; and thier shaky privacy history is one of those things.

I'm not a fan of how third party applications to which I did not even install are emailing me....without a facebook liason. Just a random email address telling me to sign up for some app because "So and So is doing it".

I may disable all email alerts because I don't think I like that.

[Little Conqueror]

I hate most applications. "So and so has thrown a werewolf at you!"

Or.

"Take this quiz... but only after you've invited 100 of your friends!"

Or.

"Have a bunch of random pictures on your profile! These pictures are gifts from your friends, who don't really care enough to get you a REAL gift but care enough to send you badly cropped photographs of rabbits!"

[NetNessie]

I'm not a fan of how third party applications to which I did not even install are emailing me....without a facebook liason. Just a random email address telling me to sign up for some app because "So and So is doing it"

That bugged me as well, I had a psycho chick on my friends list who'd invite me to every application should could think off. So I removed her.

As far as I can tell, there isn't a setting to remove that. Though, I didn't think applications had access to your email address unless you added it :confused:

[superevilcube]

I also hate all the third party applications. I've only added two: One to show my current college schedule, and another to say which presidential candidate I support.

Most of them are gay as heck. But I finally found out you can block applications after you've received an invite once.

[Mr.Fibbles]

I like the Fantasy Stock Exchange application, it is interesting and if nothing else, educates me in the current economy a bit. Recession? Yeah right.
But for the most part, I can live without the applications. No thanks, I would not like to be a vampire.

[LarsBM]

I have facebook and I think it's pretty decent. I joined the forum group now too.

[MAT]

Used to have it when it started to become popular in my country, had some fun talking to/meeting with friends I'd lost contact with. I deactivated my account 2 months ago because with every passing day Facebook began to feel kind of a peeping-heaven both for me and others.

It is a nicely designed website though.

[Bushido]

I don't know what Facebook or Myspace is...and I don't care either

[NetNessie]

I don't know what Facebook or Myspace is...and I don't care either

I honestly wonder what factors have contributed to you not knowing about either of those two sites.

[shiranui]

This recent e-mail sums up the reason why I havent logged in in close to 4 months:

[ADM]

I'm getting like that, but I won't delete it. Mainly just to keep it open for anyone to contact me.. aside from that I'm getting very bored from the site.

It's definitely the last social network I join.

[Waiter]

Doesn't that mail indicate that you've once accepted and installed tha Stripper application that sent it? I have sofar not had any mails from anything that I haven't installed myself. And all I've had to do with the ones I did install was to uncheck the option that allows the application to send mails.

[Bushido]

I honestly wonder what factors have contributed to you not knowing about either of those two sites.

...one factor: not caring.

[Mr.Fibbles]

Doesn't that mail indicate that you've once accepted and installed tha Stripper application that sent it? I have sofar not had any mails from anything that I haven't installed myself. And all I've had to do with the ones I did install was to uncheck the option that allows the application to send mails.

Yeah, I am pretty sure that email means he has a stripper name already (or he has an application supported by the stripper name application).
So, shiranui, what is your stripper name?:D

[Waiter]

Sheelanui?

[RedSplat]

Facebook and all other social networks are for baboons, flashing their red arse at the other primates. Despicable. :P

[NetNessie]

Facebook and all other social networks are for baboons, flashing their red arse at the other primates.

Those are the monkeys which get laid!
Not that I've gotten laid by a Facebook friend before, which considering some of the people on my friends list is probably a good thing.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

Not that I've gotten laid by a Facebook friend before, which considering some of the people on my friends list is probably a good thing.

i have

[Paroxysm]

This recent e-mail sums up the reason why I havent logged in in close to 4 months:

ou can turn off so notifications quite easily from what I recall (I know I don't get anything much). Theyu have pretty decent application and privacy control now and it's only getting better. I organise several social groups and such through facebook. It works well.

I've also found as a social tool it's jsut really interesting too. For example I flew down to sydney last weekend for a wedding. On return basically everyone logged into facebook and uploaded the pictures they took and tagged everyone. So now there's a huge web of photos most of use would never have got to see combined with the ability to get the contact of anyone from the event. It's very efficient :P

[evanazzo]

I marked all my application shit as spam in my inbox so i don't see a new email and think sweet a new email only to find its facebook spam

[ADM]

See that's why most of the complaints people have with Facebook (and MySpace I guess) are because people are too lazy to go into their settings and set it up like they want.

I only receive emails for new friends requests and when people post a message or send me a private message. I don't get any application emails and I simply block any application that sends me a notification (through facebook not email).

As it is I don't get bothered by the "crap" that Facebook has and can use it as a social networking site like I want.

[shiranui]

Yeah, I am pretty sure that email means he has a stripper name already (or he has an application supported by the stripper name application).
So, shiranui, what is your stripper name?:D

My sister sent me an invite soon after I signed up and I clicked it without a thought.

I don't know what my stripper name is, I will find out!

[bubba]

I don't know what Facebook or Myspace is...and I don't care either

I think its one of them new fangled things for young people.
They will get bored of it and something new will come along and FB will be worthless in a year or so. Why Bill paid big bucks for it is just a silly bit of panic that he is losing touch with the youth culture.

I am a synical 43 year old timer who doesnt have these things and am only here waiting for DNF before arthritis sets in. I cling onto 3DR for reasons I cant remember. Im gonna make a new site called FaceSpace ...I just checked and :doh: even thats taken.

[Mariamus]

I have a facebook and a myspace.... I prefer Facebook by far. Myspace is.. blergh...

[Waiter]

My sister sent me an invite soon after I signed up and I clicked it without a thought.

I don't know what my stripper name is, I will find out!

Just remove the application. Pröblem sölved.

/edit:

:mad::mad:

Seems like AdBlock has decided to block all videos on the FunWall. Does anyone know a way to solve this other than deactivating AdBlocj completely??

[Aegeri]

Facebook is quite a useful E-stalking- wait I mean contact- tool to keep up with people I knew from highschool and such forth.

[Sayantan]

Apparently there's a 3D Realms group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10769009181

I think we should make a '3D Realms Fan' group. :)

[Kennerado]

Apparently there's a 3D Realms group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10769009181

I think we should make a '3D Realms Fan' group. :)

haha nice find.

ADM did you remove the group you made for us?

[ADM]

Yeah I did.. it wasn't getting used and noone had joined or even posted in it for a long time so it was pointless.

[Daveman]

Isn't that more or less what all Facebook groups are though? :confused:

[Mr.Fibbles]

Isn't that more or less what all Facebook groups are though? :confused:

Yes, yes they are. All groups tend to be pointless. In most cases of large scale groups you get the "religion" or "politics" debates going and then it goes to hell.

When I got a new phone I specifically said I wasn't making a stupid group so people could get my number. . . they have to ask me for it.

[Little Conqueror]

Yes, yes they are. All groups tend to be pointless. In most cases of large scale groups you get the "religion" or "politics" debates going and then it goes to hell.

When I got a new phone I specifically said I wasn't making a stupid group so people could get my number. . . they have to ask me for it.

Yeah. That, or just change the number on the profile. Facebook sends out alerts to your friends when you do that now, so those groups are pointless as hell. :doh:

[Zztx]

I'm one of the dopey dopes who tried blind matchmaking over a social networking site.

My advice? Don't try blind matchmaking over social networking sites. It's just damned creepy.

[Samji]

Yeah, I have one. What do I think of it?

I'm ******* jealous of Mark Zuckerberg. 23 years old, worth 1.5 billion dollars at the least...

Darn. Yatta there's still time for you. You're younger than me.

[hiob]

I don't know what 'a facebook' is to be honest, but I'm generally not interested in online social networks, so I'm not interested in finding it out either. But apparantly these social networking sites become an ever more important aspect for the youth to construct their identities, the main problem is that most people don't recognize the risk in giving away sensitive personal information on the internet.

[oak man]

No... I do not. And no, I will not ever have one.

Right on! Same for myspace!!:dalek: