Comments on: Likes, Retweets, Double Taps and Smiley Faces: The Economy of Social Networks [Off Topic]

By: Arian

Arian — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:04:00 +0000

i hate on tumblr daily and havent posted in months

By: Raven

Raven — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:00:00 +0000

I think it is all about how you use them. First off, I just plain do not get Twitter. The only things that I have ever posted on Twitter are contest entries for this site, and if anyone is bored enough to follow me than that is their tough luck. Facebook on the other hand I do use to stay in contact with friends and family, but I also treat it as not quite a diary, but more of a record of my life that my friends and relatives can look at if they want to. I mainly post pictures of big events and a lot of things concerning my daughter. I occasionally post articles that my friends or family might find useful. I rarely, if ever, look at anyone else’s page, and I almost never post on anyone else’s page. I mainly just use Facebook for me and treat it as a digital photo album that I can also post some articles on that I found interesting. I think if you are all concerned about who added you or unfriended you or collecting friends to see who can get the highest friend count than you are just doing it wrong and need to work on some other parts of your life.

By: FortitudineVincimus

FortitudineVincimus — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:37:00 +0000

In reality, neither as it has zero value. But social media actually has you and others contemplating the value of every thought they have and it’s value to the rest of the world.

By: FortitudineVincimus

FortitudineVincimus — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:35:00 +0000

Your not ashamed, you gloat in it and love it, but then try to do that weird social media thing where you say things like “yes I reluctantly use…” to try to downgrade your actual love for it.

By: FortitudineVincimus

FortitudineVincimus — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:32:00 +0000

You just nailed all of what stupid social media is about..

Person A blabbering about Person A.

I hate it all and participate in none of it. Zero. I have no accounts on any social media sites at all and never have. It wrecks lives, stops jobs, leads to theft and assaults, wrecks marriages, leads to suicide and in between all of that it is just inane people babbling on about all of the cool trite stuff they do & how hip and neat they are & how their thoughts are so amazing & their friends are so badazz.. not realizing, they are all sheep for being tricked into participating in the BS and are not cool nor unique in any way. How many hours do people like the poster of this much to long story spend jumping around from social media site to social media site just to post some stupid BS.

I long for the day of a social media armageddon where the people finally get their heads out of their azzzes and realize, not even 1% of the crap we write on the web is of any value. Maybe even this.

By: DanWazz

DanWazz — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:23:00 +0000

I think you get out of a socialnetwork what you put into it. If you upvote a bunch of stuff, post constantly and spend a lot of time on it, you’re going to put more value on whether or not people react to content you post. If you’re a casual user who posts occasional updates, you won’t value the reaction that much. In the end, it’s a ll so people can “stalk” each other with minimal effort.

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:30:00 +0000

I closed EffBook 2 years ago, 6 months after I opened it just to look up 2 people. I can’t believe people would want to stay on a site the puts hidden cookies on your pc’s that track every webpage you go to, claims they own all intellectual property over everything you upload to EffBook, from your ideas to pictures and videos, etc, all become the property of Facebook. Google+ Does none of that.

By: GRAND MASTER SEN$Ei {{-_-}}™

GRAND MASTER SEN$Ei {{-_-}}™ — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:26:00 +0000

Facebook is sabotaging its Android app on purpose because they have an ongoing feud with Android’s owner, Google. The iPhone app works almost perfect. Droid Life needs to run a story on this. {{-_-}}

By: SubaruMasterGR

SubaruMasterGR — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:03:00 +0000

Great article, Ron!

I don’t use social networking sites anymore (Facebook became far too immature after I added certain people and “unfriending” them would bring about an epic backlash), but I asked myself these very same questions before I posted anything online. Oftentimes, I found that, if I posted something that I felt was meaningful, it would be ignored. However, if someone was to post something about a fight, argument, or anything of the sort, the number of likes the comment or image would receive would be astronomical. After some time, I began to think that what I had to say was irrelevant to the rest of the world, so I noted my views in a personal journal and let my Facebook page fall to the wayside. Eventually, I worked up the courage to delete it and I made the conscious decision to remain out of “the loop.” I’d rather have my sanity than to know what is going on with people that I barely know.

I doubt that closing my Facebook page has made me a better person, but it has kept my sanity in place, for the most part. I’m no longer worried about what people will think about me because of what I choose to upload. Such things should not have mattered to me before, but disconnecting from the sharing behemoth that is Facebook has helped to put things into perspective. If the day comes that I decide to rejoin social networking sites, I know that I can use this article as an example of how to use social networking properly.

By: elemeno

elemeno — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 02:54:00 +0000

It’s a good thing you don’t derive self esteem from positive reviews of your articles because they rarely prove valuable to me.

Exhibit A: Ron blabbering about Ron blabbering.

By: SD_Scott

SD_Scott — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:16:00 +0000

By: Arian

Arian — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:50:00 +0000

It depends on insecurity when it comes to determining what is “valuable” to a person. I know that if I have a status with a lot of likes or a Tumblr post (yes I reluctantly use the site) with a lot of notes, it boosts the self-esteem in a sad way that has been established as the Internet has become and integral part of all our lives. Having a big presence on “the internet” means different things to different people, so that is how value is judged.

Long sentences aside, I have 150,000 tweets and I am SO ASHAMED

By: James_Kernicky

James_Kernicky — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:42:00 +0000

I wonder how many people comment on this site just for the likes? From what I see it’s a decent amount sometimes.

By: todd

todd — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:04:00 +0000

I think the problem with social media is that people think quantity instead of quality. You can tell a lot of people use it as a time killer instead of tool to share useful information socially. I don’t really see the need to share every lolcat picture on the internet or every song and video you listen to or watch.

By: Aran Miller

Aran Miller — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:53:00 +0000

I agree with you 100%. I also don’t just add people on a social network just because they add me. I personally think you should value their opinion if you are going to be sharing parts of your life with them. so it doesn’t come down to if I get a lot of likes or +1 but more of did the responses I did get come from who I wanted and does their addition add value to what it is I shared.