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    From The Millionaire@VERT/PARKAVE to All on Tue Apr 5 21:55:37 2011
    I am thinking of starting to follow the trands with the internet and it seems like I hear a lot about these two places. What is your take on these?

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  • From Cykros@VERT to The Millionaire on Wed Apr 6 05:11:47 2011
    Re: Facebook Vs. Twitter
    By: The Millionaire to All on Tue Apr 05 2011 09:55 pm

    I am thinking of starting to follow the trands with the internet and it seems like I hear a lot about these two places. What is your take on these?

    $ The Millionaire $
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    Surrey, B.C., Canada █ ♠ █

    They're mosely only a draw because of the userbase...neither is particularly attractive due to its design. I mostly use facebook these days to post news stories from my RSS aggregator, though now that even is mostly just linking to my wordpress where I find more flexibility. Like I said, primarily, people only use it because other people use it. Personally, I'd much rather see a system like Diaspora catch on among the masses thanks to the privacy and customizeability it affords. But, as the philosopher Jagger asserts, "you can't always get what you want." Phooey.

    cykros

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  • From Corey@VERT/TSGC to Cykros on Wed Apr 6 10:48:24 2011
    Re: Facebook Vs. Twitter
    By: Cykros to The Millionaire on Wed Apr 06 2011 05:11 am

    Re: Facebook Vs. Twitter
    By: The Millionaire to All on Tue Apr 05 2011 09:55 pm

    I am thinking of starting to follow the trands with the internet and it seems like I hear a lot about these two places. What is your take on thes

    $ The Millionaire $
    Park Avenue Place
    Surrey, B.C., Canada █ ♠ █

    They're mosely only a draw because of the userbase...neither is particularly attractive due to its design. I mostly use facebook these days to post news stories from my RSS aggregator, though now that even is mostly just linking my wordpress where I find more flexibility. Like I said, primarily, people only use it because other people use it. Personally, I'd much rather see a system like Diaspora catch on among the masses thanks to the privacy and customizeability it affords. But, as the philosopher Jagger asserts, "you can't always get what you want." Phooey.

    cykros

    Do what thou Wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
    Find me on the Diaspora* social network as cykros@diasp.org
    Love is the Law, Love under Will.


    I don't really twitter much anymore. hut I still giggle once in a while.

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to The Millionaire on Wed Apr 6 12:01:20 2011
    Re: Facebook Vs. Twitter
    By: The Millionaire to All on Tue Apr 05 2011 09:55 pm

    I am thinking of starting to follow the trands with the internet and it seems like I hear a lot about these two places. What is your take on these?

    Facebook is what (some) BBSes, Compuserve, AOL, all aspired to be. Finally, your grandma can interact with her family and friends online. If you want to see (or share) photos and status of anyone you (used to) know, facebook is the site to use.

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  • From Nightfox to The Millionaire on Wed Apr 6 13:05:32 2011
    I am thinking of starting to follow the trands with the internet and it seems like I hear a lot about these two places. What is your take on these?

    YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook will combine to form a new company called YouTwitFace. ;)

    Seriously, I think Facebook is a good way to keep up with what your friends
    are up to and keep in contact with them, as well as share what you're up to. However, Facebook lends itself really easily to drama - Sometimes people use Facebook to post nasty things about other people; in other cases, since much
    of what you do there is public, you might want to be careful about what you comment on or click "like" on, etc., because people (or at least just your Facebook "friends") will (usually) be able to see your activity one way or another.
    Personally, I haven't thought of anything really useful for me to post on Twitter, but I've heard that one use of Twitter is that there are people who are highly regarded in various industries who post updates on Twitter, and people "follow" them on Twitter to see what they're up to, and people learn about new industry trends that way. I've heard about people in the software & web development industries, for instance, who post updates on Twitter, which others follow.

    What I've noticed is that people tend to use Facebook mostly for personal stuff, and people tend to use Twitter mostly for professional (or less personal) stuff - but there are people who use both for both reasons.

    Nightfox
  • From First Officer@VERT/HOLODECK to Corey on Wed Apr 6 21:19:52 2011
    Re: Facebook Vs. Twitter
    By: Corey to Cykros on Wed Apr 06 2011 10:48 am

    I don't really twitter much anymore. hut I still giggle once in a while.

    Pardon Me while I laugh, Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk! 8-))

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  • From Dreamer@VERT/SETXBBS to Nightfox on Wed Apr 6 21:47:00 2011
    Nightfox wrote to The Millionaire <=-

    on Twitter, but I've heard that one use of Twitter is that there are people who are highly regarded in various industries who post updates
    on Twitter, and people "follow" them on Twitter to see what they're up
    to, and people learn about new industry trends that way. I've heard
    about people in the software & web development industries, for
    instance, who post updates on Twitter, which others follow.

    That's funny, I was thinking about this very thing this morning. Here's
    an interesting use of Facebook and Twitter:

    KFDM's 6 This Morning (kfdm.com) asks their morning audience interesting questions each morning. An example might be "We're wondering how many of
    you out there are worried about the threat of radioactive fish? Go to
    Facebook and post your thoughts..." Then, later on they put up live a
    shot of their Facebook page, magnified to show the comments, and scroll
    through them.

    The same station redid their weather section on kfdm.com about a year ago
    and use Twitter to broadcast weather updates through the day. I'm sure
    they probably tied an RSS feed to Twitter for their news, but I don't use
    any of that. Only reason I knew about the weather feed is they mirror it
    on the weather page. I don't like it, but I can certainly see how it's
    useful for others. I miss the more detailed forcasts they used to do...
    seemed more personal. It all comes off as automatic/computerized now... :p


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  • From Nightfox to Dreamer on Wed Apr 6 22:31:53 2011
    Re: Re: Facebook Vs. Twitter
    By: Dreamer to Nightfox on Wed Apr 06 2011 21:47:00

    KFDM's 6 This Morning (kfdm.com) asks their morning audience interesting questions each morning. An example might be "We're wondering how many of you out there are worried about the threat of radioactive fish? Go to Facebook and post your thoughts..." Then, later on they put up live a
    shot of their Facebook page, magnified to show the comments, and scroll through them.

    I feel a little awkward doing that kind of posting sometimes, because when you comment on something on Facebook, it shows up on your wall, and all of your friends on Facebook will be able to see it, and I wonder that some people might see such comments and think they're strange or something.. I dunno.. I suppose I feel like Facebook makes some things a little overly public, which perhaps shouldn't be so public.

    Nightfox
  • From John Guillory@VERT/MAINLINE to Dreamer on Thu Apr 7 00:47:04 2011
    Re: Re: Facebook Vs. Twitter
    By: Dreamer to Nightfox on Wed Apr 06 2011 09:47 pm

    KFDM's 6 This Morning (kfdm.com) asks their morning audience interesting questions each morning. An example might be "We're wondering how many of you out there are worried about the threat of radioactive fish? Go to Facebook and post your thoughts..." Then, later on they put up live a
    shot of their Facebook page, magnified to show the comments, and scroll through them.
    Honestly, it's not the radioactive fish I'm worried about, it's all the times I had to stick the gas tanks and open up the tank and have a rush of gas fumes hit me in the face from the over-pressured mid-grade tank as well as working right behind Connoco refinery. All the plants being caught dumping chemicals in the land just around the corner from where I used to work.... Nah, Radioactive fish just doesn't seem to scare me any more....



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  • From the doctor@VERT/QBBS to NIGHTFOX on Thu Apr 7 10:16:00 2011

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    I feel a little awkward doing that kind of posting sometimes, because when comment on something on Facebook, it shows up on your wall, and all of you friends on Facebook will be able to see it, and I wonder that some people see such comments and think they're strange or something.. I dunno.. suppose I feel like Facebook makes some things a little overly public, whi perhaps shouldn't be so public

    I always end up accidently offending some friend of a friend who is really sensitive about X.



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  • From Roalt@VERT/MMBBS1 to Digital Man on Thu Apr 7 05:55:12 2011
    Re: Facebook Vs. Twitter
    By: Digital Man to The Millionaire on Wed Apr 06 2011 12:01 pm

    Facebook is what (some) BBSes, Compuserve, AOL, all aspired to be. Finally, your grandma can interact with her family and friends online. If you want to see (or share) photos and status of anyone you (used to) know, facebook is t site to use.

    One more thing you've missed... Play games and share ideas (via comments on friends' posts) with complete strangers....

    FB and BBSing have a lot in commmon for me, with regards to the fact that I'm
    a very quiet person... But, on FB and BBSes, I don't have that much trouble opening up a bit and "talking"...

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  • From Jon Justvig@VERT/STEPPING to The Millionaire on Wed Apr 13 19:13:00 2011
    The Millionaire scribbled to All <=-

    I am thinking of starting to follow the trands with the internet and it seems like I hear a lot about these two places. What is your take on these?

    How about even a new site called TwitFace. :)

    Sincerely,
    Jon Justvig

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