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A few years ago when I was new to this city and began trying to meet people (girls) around the local booze-strip I'd often get asked or told "what's your name on Facebook?" and "find me on Facebook". I'm one of the many millennials who remember the insane popularity of "myspace" (my profile was sick just saying) and were the first users of Facebook. I think, statistically, anyone who is on this forum and reading this now is likely also part of that group. At the very least, anyone my age (29), hopefully understands what I mean when I say that meeting someone who does not have a Facebook profile is considered "odd". I deactivated my Facebook profile for several-month stretches a few times previously, but I quit it altogether around when my daughter was born because I absolutely hated the way some of my peers cataloged their children's lives on social media. It's absolutely true when you hear people say that having children is the best thing in the world, but I don't need a goddamn recording of my child doing *things a child does* every day of her life, let alone post that poo poo and then expect someone else to want to see what I personally will never look back at. Anyway, fact is Facebook became nearly meaningless to me because A) I couldn't give a gently caress about anyone's purposely uploaded pictures of their new haircut today or x decades from now; and B) it's just a personal soapbox for you to rant on under the assumption that you fully control who can and cannot see the content, while Facebook's feed is meant to only show your bullshit based on the (algorithmic) "popularity" of that bullshit and (algorithmic) "relevance" to people who might've clicked anything to do with you in the past, on top of the filters you set. Your mother is the only person who views, at the most, 90% of your poo poo... INCLUDING the stuff she willfully ignores. Kind of like forum members reading this thread except my mom isn't a member. TL;DR Right, so, aside from my rant against social media, point is not having a Facebook profile makes you looks weird and get laid less and also probably keeps you from getting a job for exactly the same reasons. LiterallyAnything fucked around with this message at 11:48 on Feb 14, 2018 |
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TL:DR (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Feb 14, 2018 11:47
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I gave you a TL;DR.
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Feb 14, 2018 11:48
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Oh okay, then you probably should have a garbage facebook account that you never login to or update. But as long as you don't have a Facebook page that is a giant rant about how illegals are raping our flag or something, I don't think anyone cares.
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Feb 14, 2018 11:51
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Yeah its annoying everyone wants to be on there. I try not to launch into huge rants when I get asked about it but it's hard.
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Feb 14, 2018 11:52
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Next time don't ask me about it then.
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Feb 14, 2018 11:54
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For some reason FB is really convinced my fake name account wants to be friends with black portuguese women and gay eastern european men. I'm not saying it's wrong, just wondering how it came to this conclusion. Haven't really noticed any effects on getting laid or employed. If anything people have been on the "ugh facebook" train for several years now.
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Feb 14, 2018 12:01
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just operate a facebook account and log into it grudgingly every few days op
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Feb 14, 2018 12:07
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abandoned it completely after that poo poo with the blue and gold dress or whatever tf
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Feb 14, 2018 12:09
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Have one, don't use it, and if people ask you about it say you barely even get on it because you are too busy and it's often full of negativity. You'll fool them into thinking you're well adjusted in no time!
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Feb 14, 2018 12:14
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I mean sure if you don't have any actual employable skills I could see why whether or not you're on facebook might be as good a method as any to determine your employability
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Feb 14, 2018 12:22
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get a job at myspace, problem solved 
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Feb 14, 2018 12:30
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I'll answer seriously. Your post mentions nothing about employability until the last sentence and is all about getting laid but you just had a kid so unless you got some random person pregnant than why are you worried about it. Yes I would agree not having a Facebook makes it socially harder to develop friendships but no for one time hookups. As for employability not having a Facebook is a net positive. All hiring managers are going to Google your name and you want your first impression to be your resume/interview, not a picture of you drinking or your political/religious views. A LinkedIn account that is just a more detailed copy of your resume is fine.
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Feb 14, 2018 12:34
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Don't companies want your Facebook account so they can spy on you?  I got rid of mine when I realized a month into using my account... people just share dumbass recycled 4chan memes and cat photos. Facebook is the garbage catch all for anything the internet farts out. Then people hotbox that fart by resharing images/chain letters/other copy pasta. I'm sure the same fuckery is going on but probably just different images now.
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Feb 14, 2018 12:38
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Not sure about Facebook. I've heard some employers use it to screen out people who seem like a hiring risk. I'm with the person who said to have one but update it rarely. And keep it apolitical. For the purpose of job hunting, LinkedIn is probably more meaningful because your former co-workers can vouch for you in specific skills, you can do job searches right on the site, etc. The feeling that you have to be on social media or else annoys me and I can't believe I just put in a plug for LinkedIn!
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Feb 14, 2018 12:41
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face book? brother, i dont even own a tv. i dont even have a face, let alone a book, much less a pair of trousers. my fingers arent my own; i cast no shadow. thumbless, i dissolve in sunlight
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Feb 14, 2018 12:43
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The Man Without a Facebook
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Feb 14, 2018 12:49
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I post about my son every day on Facebook and the memories feature is great I get to look at his little toothless grin and compare it to that day's amount of teeth now
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Feb 14, 2018 12:56
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Uncle at Nintendo posted:The Man Without a Facebook The Boy with an Arse for a Facebook
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Feb 14, 2018 12:58
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Hammerite posted:The Boy with an Arse for a Facebook Lol
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Feb 14, 2018 12:58
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LiterallyAnything posted:Your mother is the only person who views, at the most, 90% of your poo poo... INCLUDING the stuff she willfully ignores. Kind of like forum members reading this thread except my mom isn't a member. You should get your mom an account here.
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Feb 14, 2018 13:44
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Feb 14, 2018 13:48
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if you ever had a chance with those girls you could have just gotten their number, hth
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Feb 14, 2018 13:52
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You are supposed to have a Facebook and only post the most boring poo poo imaginable to it. never politics
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There was this dude that worked for me and he'd have serious problems following rules. Like not showing up at work or calling for days at a time. We eventually let him go but for shits and giggles I looked for him on Facebook. He has a publicly viewable account with tons of shared stuff about smoking pot.
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Feb 14, 2018 13:55
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I have Facebook to use the groupchat with my friends where cellphones are too cumbersome, too many of my friends are split between WeChat or WhatsApp, Facebook lets me have them all in one spot. To get rid of the garbage I use an extension for Chrome called "News Feed Eradicator for Facebook", it deletes the homepage and just limits me to the chat
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Feb 14, 2018 13:56
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Maybe you only think that you don't use facebook. Maybe there is some site you post on that you think isn't facebook, but it actually is.
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Feb 14, 2018 14:15
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it's all about the linkedin no one cares about facebook except seeing if you are unemployable
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Feb 14, 2018 14:26
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Who the hell says "look me up on Facebook"? No thanks, Jane, I'm full up on wine memes and horseshit
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Feb 14, 2018 14:51
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John_A_Tallon posted:You should get your mom an account here. shes usually otherwise occupied
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I can't even remember the last time I used the internet
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Feb 14, 2018 14:52
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my friend's a swim coach and once he started moving up and becoming well known within his circles his higher-ups told him he needed to make a social media account or else parents would think he the reason he was trying to move up professionally was to molest kids
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Feb 14, 2018 15:00
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Kazak posted:wine memes and horseshit Mods plz
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Feb 14, 2018 15:04
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I rarely agree with an OP as much as I do with yours lol. While I personally haven't deactivated mine, I *basically* stopped using it over 10 years ago. I mean literally once a year I might log in to find someone specific. Its so old now its outright funny to look at. But I have to... keep up appearances with it? Probably a better way to put that but I tread lightly and rarely actually explain that I dont give a gently caress about Facebook. Yes I have a Facebook! Sorry I haven't logged in though! I have friend requests spanning years and years. I was one of the originals too back when it was explicitly for college students. I was actually required to make a Facebook account for college in 2005, not as if that was weird or anything then because that was ultimately its purpose but its pretty funny to think about now. Now I haven't personally run into any job issues and if I even remotely thought that I would I'd fluff that poo poo up and make it """""active""""" in half an hour. But I can easily see that being the case as well, at least on a practical level. Also would anybody mind giving me a few Propz on my last Xanga post? I feel like it has a really unique spin on the Bush situation also if youre one of the mindless dickheads scrolling down 9000 posts from people you dont even loving know all the time every day just stop doing that you rear end in a top hat
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Feb 14, 2018 16:08
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LiterallyAnything posted:millennials ... "myspace" [ walks in the thread ] Heh [ crooked grin breaks out ] Heh heh heh... [ grin reaches ear to ear ] I was born in 1999....
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Feb 14, 2018 16:40
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I just have Facebook to use tinder. Someday one of those girls will at least talk to me. Conversations usually die and I have to pull out the big guns by writing “please respond” in all caps
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Feb 14, 2018 17:12
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HELLBITCH posted:[ walks in the thread ] what's it like not knowing a time before america collectively lost its goddamn minds
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Feb 14, 2018 17:25
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LMFAO if you didn't get your job via Facebook buy/sell groups. I'm a proud MINION at STAY @ HOME DAD and I owe it all to the Zuck!
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Feb 14, 2018 17:28
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Kuato posted:I just have Facebook to use tinder. Someday one of those girls will at least talk to me. Conversations usually die and I have to pull out the big guns by writing “please respond” in all caps My loins are burning a hole through my desk chair
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I think it should be up to individuals how much they want to expose of themselves online. At the same time, media creation is the easiest it has ever been, and I think documenting our lives for future generations provides value. He who does not know history is doomed to repeat it and all that. Admittedly I don't know how that translates to babies first steps on facebook.
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