Do you Tweet?

[Lemur]

My experience with Facebook is that 90% of the people out there treat it as [a popularity contest].

And the way I see it, that's entirely their problem, and none of my concern.

Furthermore, 128% of people using it have picked themes that make my eyes bleed profusely when I view them.

Are you sure you aren't confusing Facebook with Myspace? Agreed, the backgrounds, sounds, and general layout on Myspace were horrid. I could rarely view a page without getting a headache. One of the nice things about Facebook, on the other hand, is that the layout is constrained and consistent. It's almost Apple-style in how it limits your options. A good thing when allowing every housewife in North America to build her own website.

I think you're just being a crotchety geek, Whacker. Grumpy before your time. Jerkish drivers don't turn me off cars; idiots sending text messages don't make me curse SMS; relatives who insist on forwarding OMG CUTE KITTY emails don't force me to uninstall Outlook. You're confusing idiots with the tools they abuse.

Facebook is the least worst social network at this time. That makes it useful. But as I cautioned Mrs. Lemur when she first signed up, "Don't ever mistake this thing for a social life."

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

I don't twitter, but my friend does. That combined with the internet in general mean I get to read the best of twitter (like that "stuff my dad says" one) without actually having to participate.

As for Facebook, I just use it to stalk people, occasionally.

[Whacker]

Are you sure you aren't confusing Facebook with Myspace?

Aye, had em mixed up.

I think you're just being a crotchety geek, Whacker.

I AM NOT GRUMPY DAMMIT I AM VERY CHEERFUL SO SHUT UP ALREADY OK

You're confusing idiots with the tools they abuse.

No, I'm associating the tools with the general idiocy that is inextricably tied to their use... in my experience.

In all seriousness, yes, you are right. It's not as bad as I'm making it out to be, BUT my opinions of each is generally low. Popularity contests and attention whoring have become far too commonplace, and both are problems that the digital age has help accelerate way too much, and these sites are some of the most abused tools of each.

[mountaingoat]

#### no!

[Husar]

Why would I delete you? In a certain sense, I know you. Keeping a vague connection with you is entirely appropriate.

The latter part at least was clearly an attempt to poke fun at Whacker and to make fun of my stupid self (because I really checked ).

I think you're just being a crotchety geek, Whacker. Grumpy before your time. Jerkish drivers don't turn me off cars; idiots sending text messages don't make me curse SMS; relatives who insist on forwarding OMG CUTE KITTY emails don't force me to uninstall Outlook. You're confusing idiots with the tools they abuse.

[KukriKhan]

I have accounts at MySpace, Facebook & Twitter. I don't use them much.

MySpace was helpful a couple years ago when my son was in Iraq. He agreed to log on (if not say anything) a couple times a week, so I could check his page and see the "lastLogInDate", and therefore know that he was OK, not laying face-down in a ditch on the road to Baghdad Airport.

My sister started a family facebook contact thing, and I check it out once a week or so, to see who's getting married, going to school, etc. It 90% women/girls and distant relatives.

I made a Twitter account kinda like Lemur, after reading about the Mumbai attacks, and how friends and family (and gov't) there checked on folks' well-being in the aftermath. We get earthquakes and brushfires here, so I thought it might come in handy in the future. My sister tweeted me once, to say she was arriving in-town at 9:30. So far, that's it. :)

In short, I'm always interested in new ways to communicate, and will try anything at least once. So far, I always resort/revert back to email and forums as my preferred modes.

[Strike For The South]

I refuse to tweet becuase I can say more in a status update on Facebook. I like facebook becuase my family and friends are spread across these United States. Oh and I also like talking trash on status updates.

[drone]

I'm pretty much the same as Whacker (even had the Apple ][e as my first computer ). Never had MySpace, Facebook, or Twitter accounts, and don't plan on opening any soon. Narcissism is not one of my strong points. The woman has a Facebook account, but doesn't really do anything with it.

Spam will kill Twitter. Hopefully.

[seireikhaan]

Nope. No twitter for me. Simply not a productive use of my time, and I'll leave it at that.

[Viking]

Here's my twitter feed