Comments on: Facebook – far from useless http://www.j5live.com/2007/07/24/facebook-far-from-useless/ Where the urethane hits the pavement Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:34:18 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Garrett http://www.j5live.com/2007/07/24/facebook-far-from-useless/comment-page-1/#comment-18711 Garrett Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:22:13 +0000 http://www.j5live.com/?p=394#comment-18711 It's been a little while since your post, but yeah, I've come around to Facebook since everyone at GUADEC was all about Facebook friending too. Since then, I have got back in touch with several friends from ages ago, and am now communicating (at least in some way -- even if it's a silly pirate vs. ninja app or sending/receiving a free gift) with friends from all over the Earth: near, far, and everyone in-between. I agree that it totally rocks for people with many distributed friends, but I think I can even see the value for those people who have all their friends in their same local network. No one is around their friends 24/7, but now groups of friends from all different networked circles can publish all sorts of things to each other whenever it's convenient. Of course, for those of us who seem to scatter about as if the wind carries us, Facebook is a valuable and fun utility to poke each other once in a while, send messages, and read each other's status. The funny thing is that I wrote it off as a stupid, pointless thing for teenagers from the beginning, when there was the whole MySpace buzz a while back. MySpace is still pretty awful in my opinion, but now I think Facebook is great. It’s been a little while since your post, but yeah, I’ve come around to Facebook since everyone at GUADEC was all about Facebook friending too. Since then, I have got back in touch with several friends from ages ago, and am now communicating (at least in some way — even if it’s a silly pirate vs. ninja app or sending/receiving a free gift) with friends from all over the Earth: near, far, and everyone in-between.

I agree that it totally rocks for people with many distributed friends, but I think I can even see the value for those people who have all their friends in their same local network. No one is around their friends 24/7, but now groups of friends from all different networked circles can publish all sorts of things to each other whenever it’s convenient.

Of course, for those of us who seem to scatter about as if the wind carries us, Facebook is a valuable and fun utility to poke each other once in a while, send messages, and read each other’s status.

The funny thing is that I wrote it off as a stupid, pointless thing for teenagers from the beginning, when there was the whole MySpace buzz a while back. MySpace is still pretty awful in my opinion, but now I think Facebook is great.

]]> By: J5 http://www.j5live.com/2007/07/24/facebook-far-from-useless/comment-page-1/#comment-18680 J5 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:51:58 +0000 http://www.j5live.com/?p=394#comment-18680 ;) ;)

]]> By: Alan Horkan http://www.j5live.com/2007/07/24/facebook-far-from-useless/comment-page-1/#comment-18679 Alan Horkan Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:17:15 +0000 http://www.j5live.com/?p=394#comment-18679 I used to respect you but then you tried to use the expression "friended" and my confidence in you fell through the floor!!! the horror! I used to respect you but then you tried to use the expression “friended” and my confidence in you fell through the floor!!! the horror!

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