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Comments on ‘Billg quits Facebook’Critical friend massPublished Friday 8th February 2008 11:51 GMT
I can relate to thatBy Alan Davies
Posted Friday 8th February 2008 12:04 GMT
I know how Bill feels. I get about 30 friend requests a day. Sid Little So we now knowBy micheal
Posted Friday 8th February 2008 12:12 GMT
He really will be "Billy-no-mates" I hear paris is looking for friends, as is Britney..... I wonder...By matt
Posted Friday 8th February 2008 13:46 GMT
if they will actually delete his data unlike the rest of us @ michealBy Ian
Posted Friday 8th February 2008 14:24 GMT
"I hear paris is looking for friends, as is Britney....." Really? Where do I apply, I'd like to see if they're looking for a "special" friend. fake friendsBy Chris
Posted Friday 8th February 2008 14:40 GMT
Just goes to show how daft the 'friends' concept is on social networking sites. People collect them as badges of honour to validate their pitiful existence and give meaning to their empty, howling souls. Re: fake friendsBy Sarah Bee
Posted Friday 8th February 2008 15:07 GMT
"Just goes to show how daft the 'friends' concept is on social networking sites. People collect them as badges of honour to validate their pitiful existence and give meaning to their empty, howling souls." Ah, come on, we've all got to do something to 'give meaning to our empty, howling souls'. Some of us knit, some of us engage in charity work, some of us rack up a healthy number of postings on website comment threads complaining about stuff. Diff'rent strokes. 30 minutes a day?By theotherone
Posted Friday 8th February 2008 15:59 GMT
30 minutes a day, that's about 500,000 dollars BillG time..... Never really got into social networkingBy Geoff Mackenzie
Posted Friday 8th February 2008 16:04 GMT
My empty, howling soul doesn't play nice with others... Re: fake friendsBy Dam
Posted Friday 8th February 2008 16:14 GMT
"Ah, come on, we've all got to do something to 'give meaning to our empty, howling souls'. Some of us knit, some of us engage in charity work, some of us rack up a healthy number of postings on website comment threads complaining about stuff. Diff'rent strokes." While the *really* (re)productive people in this world browse porn. @ChrisBy Fraser
Posted Friday 8th February 2008 16:30 GMT
"...Just goes to show how daft the 'friends' concept is on social networking sites. People collect them as badges of honour to validate their pitiful existence and give meaning to their empty, howling souls..." Not got many friends on facebook then, Chris? Me, I've got a shitload ;) @ChrisBy Tom Austin
Posted Friday 8th February 2008 16:49 GMT
I wish I had an empty, howling soul. Mine's a bit full. The howling bit is OK though. But then I've got bugger-all "friends" on Facebook. Inverse relational type-thing, perhaps? PH because, well, should I REALLY elaborate? @Geoff MackenzieBy Anonymous Coward
Posted Friday 8th February 2008 16:50 GMT
Actually, I think empty howling souls make up a good share of Facebook users, based on the tone of many discussions in forums and groups. Certainly playing nice with others in no requirement at all. Thats IF Facebook removed his accountBy Wellard
Posted Friday 8th February 2008 17:04 GMT
Title says it all. Although Facebook claim that my profile has been deleted, I very much doubt that it is, and I doubt somebody's like Billy's has been removed either. PH: Because she loves social networking @DamBy oxo
Posted Friday 8th February 2008 17:15 GMT
" ... the *really* (re)productive people in this world browse porn." Sorry to break this to you, but w*nk*ng isn't reproduction. Really fake friendsBy Joseph Zygnerski
Posted Friday 8th February 2008 17:57 GMT
With so many TV shows and the like getting into social networking, I can actually say that a couple of my online friends aren't fake, they're fictional. The fake ones I always reject (as they're usually spammers). FriendsBy Glenn Alexander
Posted Friday 8th February 2008 19:25 GMT
The only facebook friends I have are also people in my email address book. To be honest, I would prefer they email me direct, but they insist... Are Friends ElectricBy Steen Hive
Posted Saturday 9th February 2008 10:38 GMT
The fact that people can even use the word "friends" in this context is flabbergasting. I will not have a facebook - nor anything like it, period. You can stuff this "social contact lite" up your arse, thanks very much - it creates more empty howling souls than it could ever heal. I can't see my "friend" Billg helping me out with the rent if I'm a bit short this month. From long before the Interweb: "You know I hate to ask, But Are Friends Electric? Only - mine's broke down, and now I've no-one to love" Paris - an empty, howling soul with more "friends" than you can shake a stick at. empty howling soulsBy John Stirling
Posted Saturday 9th February 2008 11:21 GMT
I am going to start a group on facebook called 'we have empty howling souls' - if it doesn't already exist, I'll see you there - new friends are of course welcome, as that nay help fill the gaping void within. FriendsBy Matthew Stoltenberg
Posted Saturday 9th February 2008 12:25 GMT
Facebook makes it a bit too easy it be someone's "friend". You only have to know someone's name to send a friend request. Bill Gates icon ftw! @JohnBy Jamie Davis
Posted Saturday 9th February 2008 20:42 GMT
And I joined... do you have any cool applications available? I would like to found out the percentage of chocolate my pet is made of or how many personalities by vase had. Real friends are much healthierBy Chris
Posted Saturday 9th February 2008 22:10 GMT
I'm not saying that there's no place for a social groups staying in touch via the 'net. I'm saying that with Facebook, there exists a large number of people who collect 'friends' meaninglessly and obsessively, driven by some strange urge to just get the counter up. Hence the likes of "billg" being paged to death by people, who he has never, ever met in his entire life, trying to be his 'friend' so they can display him in their trophy list, proudly moving him to the top as their greatest conquest to date. It should be called "obsessive random stranger list collecting" but I s'pose "friends" is a bit snappier, if somewhat outrageously untrue. It's similar to the cult of celebrity, where people are held in regard for who they happen to be, not what they've done, and on Facebook it's the 'cult of friends', where it doesn't ever matter who they are as long as you've got 'em! The howling emptiness of a Facebook user's soul is proportional to the number of complete strangers on their friends list. @JamieBy John Stirling
Posted Sunday 10th February 2008 23:45 GMT
I feel better already. Up to 4 members already - come on everyone, let's see if we can make it to 10. Then we should be able to really feel the magic. the magic of our souls leaking. Mind you - that's a lot more successful than the other group I started when I first discovered groups on facebook - 'Don't join my group, it's only for me'. It was sort of a cross between a sociology experiment, and poor comedy. Turned out everyone I know is too sensible by far. Privacy SettingsBy R
Posted Monday 11th February 2008 00:26 GMT
Why didnt he just make his page unsearchable? Privacy settings are your friend! @ChrisBy Steve Evans
Posted Monday 11th February 2008 01:08 GMT
"Just goes to show how daft the 'friends' concept is on social networking sites. People collect them as badges of honour to validate their pitiful existence and give meaning to their empty, howling souls." I concur. I have a golden rule on Facebook, call me old fashioned, but If I've never met someone in the flesh (oooh errr), then they don't go on my friends list. My brother on the other hand is the kind of "friend whore" you describe, and spends most of his time buried under application invites from his "friends". Me I'm brutal with the delete button even on real friends if they forward stupid things, this even extended to my sister in-law when she was the 3rd person to send the "Facebook need you to forward this message to prove your profile is active" message a few months back. I still haven't reinstated her! As for Bill spending up to half an hour a day... Blimee, his PC must be running faster than mine! I wonder what version of Linux he's running? I'll be your friendBy Scott
Posted Monday 11th February 2008 06:17 GMT
My name is Freddi Staur and I'll be your friend, just look me up @Jamie: I can only give what your pets favourite food in a past life was. You only seend to send a request to 15 people and enter you mobile phone number. FriendsBy Tim Lane
Posted Monday 11th February 2008 10:54 GMT
All my facebook friends bart one are people I know in real life, allthough some I have not met in real life for years. It is handy for keeping in touch with my UK friends since I moved to Germany. The one is an astonishingly attractive Australian girl I got chatting to on Texas Hold'em. I am still inundated wioth pointless requests, most of which I ignore. Paris because my Ausie "friend" is better looking. facebook and empty howling soulsBy pctechxp
Posted Monday 11th February 2008 14:09 GMT
All my friends are people I have met in real life. The only reason I embarked on using FB was because I gained a rather hot looking temporary work colleague and one of her first questions was whether I had an FB account and when I said I didn't she seemed rather disappointed, so what's a guy to do? Bill chosen because I cant stand Paris and at least the guy shows some sort of intelligence, I mean, you'd have to be intelligent to set up that alleged monopoly. I'm 10th...By Samantha Clinton
Posted Tuesday 12th February 2008 12:37 GMT
...feel the magic ;) And for the record all my friends are actually people I know!! There's something quite romantic about having an empty howling soul...puts me in mind of Wuthering Heights... @Tim LaneBy Anonymous Coward
Posted Tuesday 12th February 2008 13:03 GMT
"All my facebook friends bart one are people I know in real life, ... The one is an astonishingly attractive Australian girl I got chatting to on Texas Hold'em" You knew she was astonishingly attractive from her profile pic of course backed up by the fact she said so? ;o) Sorry, couldn't resist. I only have 2 on facebookBy Rhys
Posted Tuesday 19th February 2008 02:23 GMT
And thats merely to make them shut the fuck up and stop sending reminders to all their Email list every other day. I haven't been to facebook since I first signed up and I've long since lost the password. On the plus sign I no longer get "XXX wants to be your friend on facebook, why not sign up now" type messages almost daily from them. Can Facebook really be called Information Technology when theres bugger all information involved? it's just empty egos. The period for commenting on this story has finished |
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