re Facebook

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: SJ Manning <sjmanning () fymc com>
> Date: December 21, 2009 2:08:44 PM EST
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Re: [IP] re Facebook
> Reply-To: sjmanning () fymc com

> Hello Dave.
>
> For IP if you wish.
>
> Two thoughts on social networking...  beyond my amazement of this  
> cataclysmic game changer in interpersonal relationships.  I  
> [reluctantly] admit to know otherwise seemingly "normal" people who  
> live on Facebook.  It is there where they essentially aggregate  
> their lives.  Including the active communication with their spouses  
> and children.
>
> I chose my words with purpose.  I "know" them rather than have them  
> as friends.  Real or pathetically imagined ones.
>
> First a definition  - not original but apropos.:  More often than  
> not, social networking communities are a pathetic attempt to fulfill  
> the needs of the inter-socially challenged.  People fearful of face- 
> to-face communication.'
>
> Second....  In our agency business, another agency head asked us to  
> pre-pay for some media we were securing for a client.  Of course, we  
> said a very resounding NO to that young man, who was new to us and  
> we had never heard of him.  They asked because "[they] needed the  
> money now" rather then in due course of business.  One of my people  
> gave me some background on him, which included a significant  
> presence on Facebook.
>
> In a moment of great lucidity and relying on our very significant  
> presence in and knowledge of the online space, I suggested to my guy  
> that the other "dude" reach out to his 698 friends and hit them up  
> for a loan.  Just before calling on family,  both those who like and  
> hate him.
>
> The truth, Dave, is that I have only one issue with Facebook:  I did  
> not invent it!
>
> Best regards.
>
> Steve.
>
> David Farber wrote:
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > From: George Barnett <george () alink co za>
> > Date: December 19, 2009 6:24:00 PM EST
> > To: dave () farber net
> > Subject: Re: [IP] re Facebook
> >
> > Dr Farber,
> >
> > I'm not certain the accounts are even deleted correctly.  A  
> > colleague recently wrote about his experiences with Facebook and in  
> > order to check some facts, re-created a Facebook account (after  
> > deleting it).  The article is a great read, but the last line it  
> > the real kicker.
> >
> > http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/i-killed-myself-on-facebook-and-lived-to-tell-the-tale/
> >
> > George
> >
> >
> > Archives        
>
> --
> Steven J. Manning
>
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