SoFlaJets Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Has made life for me better. I swear it can be addictive and I was actually Jonesin' for it the first few days after disabling my account. Now I'm back to where I was before I was convinced to join by an old school friend. Back to talking about football here and spending more time fixing up my music and my personal website-even Twitter now gets a lot of the attention like it used to. The other thing about FB was that competing musicians were going to my page and seeing where I was going and then trying to steal my gigs by undercutting me-that sucked and I'm glad I'm off of that site-for good. Oh yea, not to mention all of the Giants fans and (since 2000) Pats fans from NJ-well I don't have to read any more of that crap...life is better Facebook free-I swear it was kinda like a drug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Miss you there=you can always contro; ypur friends and what other people see if you want to Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeC36 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I quit two years ago jimmy. Best thing I ever did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiFtheOracle Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Facebook is the devil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFlaJets Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 Miss you there=you can always contro; ypur friends and what other people see if you want to Frank We're both Italians Frank so you will know and understand what I mean when I say that I swear to God that it felt like someone was putting the moloique (the horns) on me. I had never had a worse stretch of 'luck' in my business as I had in the year and a half while I was on Facebook...Jif saying what he did above hits my feeling pretty much dead on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryK Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I'm very good at being wrong about technologies, so take this with a grain of salt... It's a great rolodex, and I'd like to see it stick around just for that. But I don't see how Facebook becomes one's 'portal to the world', and I wouldn't buy their stock. They could just as well have called the site "did-my-old-girlfriend-get-fatbook.com". Once you've found out your old friends drink good coffee and walk their dog, what do you do with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsFanInDenver Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I never joined despite so many people asking me to. I have walked thru what they have with a friend on her facebook page and what i find appaling is the lack of any spearation between family and friends. I do not want my 12 year old niece knowing that i had a great time with a stripper last weekend. And for that matter the rest of family! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECURB Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I never joined despite so many people asking me to. I have walked thru what they have with a friend on her facebook page and what i find appaling is the lack of any spearation between family and friends. I do not want my 12 year old niece knowing that i had a great time with a stripper last weekend. And for that matter the rest of family! You choose who you want to see what... it is as seperate as you want it to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsFanInDenver Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 You choose who you want to see what... it is as seperate as you want it to be. Ok. Than i stand corrected. Not what i recall seeing. Still does not want make me want to join FaceBook. I just threw that reference in their so i could boast about my conquests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villain_the_foe Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Never had a facebook account. Congrats on quitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green DNA Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Never had a page and don't want one. Unless you are trying to get a second chance at banging some chicks from your past, I don't get the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFlaJets Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 Never had a page and don't want one. Unless you are trying to get a second chance at banging some chicks from your past, I don't get the point. what I used it mostly for Craig was business. I would tell prospective bar owners and managers that " Hire me because I'm on Facebook and I do a lot of self promoting there" It was to try and get people to come in to the places I was playing but it seemed to change...what it came down to was the people who go to a certain bar go there because they like the bar and the best that I could hope to do is to not make them all leave because I sucked...yea it seemed to work at first but then didn't..so I quit and I'm a happier person for it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 But you don't get to hear all my inner most thoughts now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFlaJets Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 But you don't get to hear all my inner most thoughts now. don't worry I'm still monitoring you over on Twitter where we get to see a whole other Maxman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNJet Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Had facebook for about 3 years, then deleted it last October. Feels like a huge weight has been lifted. Its cool because anyone you have had a bad relationship with theres no longer a worry about them trying to spy on my every move or me spying back at them. That is the shady part about facebook, you try not to spy, but thats what its for...just a nice way to stalk people. No thanks I prefer people wondering where the hell I went or what ever happened to me instead of looking me up and finding out. You actually get more female numbers this way as well. They ask."hey you got a facebook?" and I say nope, got a cell phone though. You get the idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFlaJets Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 yea Tn-it's definitely better withOUT it although our reasons couldn't be any more different as to why... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 don't worry I'm still monitoring you over on Twitter where we get to see a whole other Maxman If I had to rank my levels of boring I would say they are in this order (from most boring to least boring). 1. JetNation 2. Facebook 3. Twitter At least on Twitter I screw around with the beat reporters, that is always amusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFlaJets Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 If I had to rank my levels of boring I would say they are in this order (from most boring to least boring). 1. JetNation 2. Facebook 3. Twitter At least on Twitter I screw around with the beat reporters, that is always amusing. not trying to blow smoke up anywhere but at least here there is an exchange of ideas pretty much on a daily basis-Twitter you can't really have a football conversation with anyone for more than 2 or 3 posts back and forth. Sometimes someone will answer you a few days later and by then you have forgotten WTF you were even talking about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 not trying to blow smoke up anywhere but at least here there is an exchange of ideas pretty much on a daily basis-Twitter you can't really have a football conversation with anyone for more than 2 or 3 posts back and forth. Sometimes someone will answer you a few days later and by then you have forgotten WTF you were even talking about I agree actually. The JN Twitter account is really used to promote our content and screw with people. Me might stop promoting our content soon though, the other stuff is just too much fun. Blasted Manish Mehta the other night and got him to send a DM explaining himself. Except he doesn't follow us back so we couldn't respond to the DM. So I posted it publicly. Lots of fun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kleckineau Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I'm very good at being wrong about technologies, so take this with a grain of salt... It's a great rolodex, and I'd like to see it stick around just for that. But I don't see how Facebook becomes one's 'portal to the world', and I wouldn't buy their stock. They could just as well have called the site "did-my-old-girlfriend-get-fatbook.com". Once you've found out your old friends drink good coffee and walk their dog, what do you do with it? I agree, I also have no desire to become a facebook addict but remember this. The facebook IPO will make alot of early investors alot of cash. So.............if ya dont need any more money stay clear of it as you say you will. I think this IPO could come out at 100 and go to 800-1000 in 6 mos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsFanInDenver Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 But you don't get to hear all my inner most thoughts now. Another added reason to quit facebook or not join. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Division Marduk Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I never got the idea of Facebook - it's a stalker's paradise. If people want to get in contact with me, they have my address, email address, or phone. If they don't it's because I don't want anything to do with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsFanInDenver Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 If I had to rank my levels of boring I would say they are in this order (from most boring to least boring). 1. JetNation 2. Facebook 3. Twitter At least on Twitter I screw around with the beat reporters, that is always amusing. JN is very addictive. Its like getting caught in a world with a majority of JETS fans. Thats a world i like living in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFlaJets Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 I never got the idea of Facebook - it's a stalker's paradise. If people want to get in contact with me, they have my address, email address, or phone. If they don't it's because I don't want anything to do with them. and that right there is another reason i was OK with breaking my FB addiction-anybody I REALLY want or HAVE wanted to stay in touch with I had been able to anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garb Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Call me nuts, or just unfriendly...LOL I joined facebook to stalk my niece and nephew. Now I use it to play Words with Friends. I think I've posted a status a total of five times. My best usage of facebook is booking hair appointments with my hair girl and facials with my skin girl. I've responded to some posts - mostly to bust gg's chops . Anyway, I don't have many friends there and most of my real friends think Facebook is stupid....but, I need to know....is it really possible to have 679 friends? There appear to people out there that have hundreds of friends. Are these real friends? What is the definition of friend now anyway? Maybe I just suck at being a friend? Also, why do people think other folks are interested in their work out regime, what's for dinner, how much weight they lost, their kid lost a tooth, what airport terminal they are in, what a jerk their ex-hisband is, how wonderful their current husband is, they bought a new car, a shopping cart dinged their car, they have a headache, God has blessed them, their dog is being crate trained. You see, my guess is that a "real" friend picks up the phone and chats with you about the mundane things that true friends can appreciate. Otherwise, I find it to be a cry for attention. It's always the same people that post over and over....are they certain that people actually give a sh*t that they can't sleep? Or that it's raining? Or that nothing is on tv? Seriously, get over yourself. Sigh...so, I'm either old school or unfriendly. Maybe a little of both. That said, if your are going to use a medium to satisfy for narcisstic side - may as well do it in 140 characters or less .....or vent at Jetnation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 I have never stumbled upon a whiter discussion in my entire life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garb Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 I have never stumbled upon a whiter discussion in my entire life. LOL! older and whiter.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 LOL! older and whiter.... It just cracks me up that people jump to be a cynic towards it. It's one of the most remarkable pieces of software ever created, yet people still bitch. Was saying in some other thread that I had a class full of undergrads a few weeks back coordinate an international project with students in Pretoria and Belfast through it, including video conferences and believe it or not they even incorporated some sh*t in Spotify through Facebook; I must say it was pretty damn cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garb Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 It just cracks me up that people jump to be a cynic towards it. It's one of the most remarkable pieces of software ever created, yet people still bitch. Was saying in some other thread that I had a class full of undergrads a few weeks back coordinate an international project with students in Pretoria and Belfast through it, including video conferences and believe it or not they even incorporated some sh*t in Spotify through Facebook; I must say it was pretty damn cool. old white people tend to be cynical I get your point though....still think it's too bad a bunch of old farts ruined it for the rest of you. Sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFlaJets Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 It just cracks me up that people jump to be a cynic towards it. It's one of the most remarkable pieces of software ever created, yet people still bitch. Was saying in some other thread that I had a class full of undergrads a few weeks back coordinate an international project with students in Pretoria and Belfast through it, including video conferences and believe it or not they even incorporated some sh*t in Spotify through Facebook; I must say it was pretty damn cool. miss the original point of the thread much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 miss the original point of the thread much? Not at all. Have you maybe considered that the remarkable piece of technology that enables you to keep in touch with the entire world via several mediums and market yourself for free isn't the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 old white people tend to be cynical I get your point though....still think it's too bad a bunch of old farts ruined it for the rest of you. Sorry! Zuckerberg's about to come close to having Buffet-levels of worth. I don't think you guys ruined it much. I do find it funny seeing older people tell each other they wish they could keep in touch more as they haul giant photo albums into restaurants to explain what they're up to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0mShane Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Love me some Facebook. I get to wish my dickhole cousins happy birthday without actually speaking to them, and I can keep track of which aging hot chicks are about to become embittered, lonely divorcees. It's like NORAD for my genitals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsFanInDenver Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 I am neither old or white. It comes down to privacy concerns and the potential of having to stay in touch with people I flew 10000 miles away from to avoid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Love me some Facebook. I get to wish my dickhole cousins happy birthday without actually speaking to them, and I can keep track of which aging hot chicks are about to become embittered, lonely divorcees. It's like NORAD for my genitals. I have that sh*t down to a science btw. Give it a few days once the relationship status changes, then start randomly liking a few statuses and photos, (but not photos that are too old, don't want to come off like a stalker), then once she starts clicking on some of your stuff, send her the "hey what r u up to?" message. sh*t is surgical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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