I feel like an old man -- Twitter? Facebook friends with celebrities ??

[Andy]

I getting ready to dump a couple of facebook friends that I've known since kindegarten.  they seem to think every video on youtube is worthy of posting.  angry video game nerd?  post them all.  mike tyson's greatest one hit ko's?  post that shit.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

dump them.  just dont dump me.

[ericluxury]

The Facebook or not debate has gone on a number of times on this board, but I have a new reason to be distrustful of it.
A bunch of my friends have had their relationships undermined (or their dignity post-breakup undermined) by the way information flows through these things. I know people were at times mistrustful in the age before social networking but a constant flow of information had unlocked the ability to track people and I think that has some pretty horrible implications when it comes to dating. People when they hear that think stalking but more common is just the way it fosters obsession and allows people to not get over things easily. Thankfully, the lady I am seeing isn't on any social networks. I am glad.

That said, twitter is great because its doesn't have most of those features.

[Matthew_S]

Hmm.  anyone using this:

http://monitter.com/

[hugman]

so is Twitter supposed to be like a chat? Or just a continual status update? Because I just got a Twitter and I feel guilty for "replying" to someone else' because I get this weird fear that I'm annoying them. And I would like to talk to them, but am not sure if that is what Twitter is "meant" for. I have a feeling that I will continue with this for a month or less, then give up completely.

Like gilly said, you get what you want out of it, but to answer your question, yes, ideally it's a CONVERSATION.

[Julie]

I just dumped all of the high school friends who came out of the woodwork from facebook when one of them posted some kind of neo-nazi sounding bullshit. And I was tired of Missy the Martyr, who always "really needs a drink" and has to tell the world. And I remember why I didn't keep in touch with them. Now I'm working up the courage to dump the a few other people, like the girl who I thought was my friend but who slept on a couch with my husband the night I moved out. And most of my family. I want to dump them, too.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

oddly, my mother's friends have wanted to add me on facebook.  when she told she was getting a facebook account herself, i told her not to add me, admitting i just cant deal with my mom being "my friend" online. 

julie, you can sleep on my couch anytime.

[Julie]

Thank you, Ma'am! And you can sleep on my couch!

The family problem is that I want to keep one of my brothers as a friend because he has a similar bad sense of humor. The rest of them can pick up the phone and call me if they want to really be in touch. But they don't and so it's kind of irritating to see them on facebook. You did the right thing by saying no.

[Pastor Josh]

When I was in college, an RA keyed into my room and threw away an anti-religion t-shirt I owned that offended her.  She is now on Facebook, and every couple of months or so I get a friend request from her.  I'm not still angry or bitter about the shirt.  But we weren;t friends then.  Our sole interaction was something that should have gotten her fired.  Why on earth would I want to be her friend now?

[Martin]

I deleted my last.fm account yesterday, it felt great! I think LinkedIn is up next. What a snooze that is!

Facebook and twitter still going strong.

[Chris L]

When I was in college, an RA keyed into my room and threw away an anti-religion t-shirt I owned that offended her.

I'm beginning to think Pastor Josh is Bill Maher.

[Pastor Josh]

When I was in college, an RA keyed into my room and threw away an anti-religion t-shirt I owned that offended her.

I'm beginning to think Pastor Josh is Bill Maher.

Now my cover is blown.  Darn.