tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166420489614987889.post6245453242559759286..comments2023-04-01T16:25:50.899-07:00Comments on BLOGORRHEA: About FaceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166420489614987889.post-1536649760879438122008-02-24T10:17:00.000-08:002008-02-24T10:17:00.000-08:00Oh, yes. There are many such articles out there. T...Oh, yes. There are many such articles out there. This Stanford piece is the only one that doesn't sound shrill to me, and I think it's because the writer joined Facebook with one set of assumptions and then it morphed. <BR/><BR/>For more recent members, I can only think: what did you expect? It's a market-driven internet tool, paid by for advertisers (which is why it's "free"); hence privacy became an antique concept when you created your password. That's the price of admission. <BR/><BR/>There's an E-Z rule of thumb for the Internet if you're wondering when things are truly private. The answer is: NEVER. And it's rarer than never with a "social facility" like Facebook. With Facebook, mySpace, blogging etc etc, you should never commit anything to virtual print you're not willing for the whole world to see.<BR/><BR/>Fortunately, unless you're a politician or a celeb, most people really aren't interested. But as George Bernard Shaw put it (along with my proleptic cousin), "you just never know....."Meadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02157076523366054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166420489614987889.post-55908270616859469432008-02-24T02:46:00.000-08:002008-02-24T02:46:00.000-08:00I got an invitation to be on Facebook but I looked...I got an invitation to be on Facebook but I looked it up and found concerns like this:<BR/>http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2006/9/25/facebookPrivacy<BR/>and so I decided it's too Hotel California for me personally. Which is why I'm glad I get to cozy up to reading blogs like this one, instead. Succulent, yet baroque.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166420489614987889.post-32146552543580767872008-02-21T21:28:00.000-08:002008-02-21T21:28:00.000-08:00Facebook and it's MySpace cousin are huge time suc...Facebook and it's MySpace cousin are huge time sucks and almost as addictive as internet porn. Yet, both have the potential to be potent marketing tools. Who knows what the future will bring.Marc Acitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05308790905794774874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166420489614987889.post-91472563261138404152008-02-19T12:17:00.000-08:002008-02-19T12:17:00.000-08:00Oh man--did you know I'm in love with the Civilian...Oh man--did you know I'm in love with the Civilians? since seeing their Gone Missing last summer. And now of all groovy things, one of my last-year graduates who got into the ATL apprentice company auditioned for and was cast in the ensemble of their new one premiering in Humana! I am excited and proud and actually thinking about going to Louisville for a long weekend in March . . .Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03936938538022341139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166420489614987889.post-17099736215284731912008-02-18T11:32:00.000-08:002008-02-18T11:32:00.000-08:00Fuck, Mead, the main reason I joined Facebook in t...Fuck, Mead, the main reason I joined Facebook in the first place was to play Scrabble. At one time I would have like 30 games going on. It was INSANE. So I stopped, thank god.Prince Gomolvilashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09379935946319015969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166420489614987889.post-70184615124314168752008-02-18T11:21:00.000-08:002008-02-18T11:21:00.000-08:00You're a wise man, PG. Resist the siren calls, one...You're a wise man, PG. Resist the siren calls, one and all. Even I have to admit that I never met an "application" I didn't regret downloading.<BR/><BR/>Except for Scrabulous. Up for the challenge??Meadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02157076523366054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166420489614987889.post-20133904440075623522008-02-18T11:15:00.000-08:002008-02-18T11:15:00.000-08:00Mead keeps sending me invites to implement new Fac...Mead keeps sending me invites to implement new Facebook applications and such, but I will not buy into his evil ways. I WILL NOT.Prince Gomolvilashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09379935946319015969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166420489614987889.post-87563690427808605522008-02-17T15:06:00.000-08:002008-02-17T15:06:00.000-08:00Current update on the Kristan: I am watching him p...Current update on the Kristan: I am watching him play guitar hero in between reading scripts. His skills improve everyday but he will never catch me!Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00062663133134023110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166420489614987889.post-33934201950949214612008-02-16T13:23:00.000-08:002008-02-16T13:23:00.000-08:00Mead...we're not talking about...the Tijuana Brass...Mead...we're not talking about...the Tijuana Brass? Please tell me we're not. (Though I have to admit an unexplainable weakness for Petula Clark and Jimmy Webb.)<BR/><BR/>Funny. MySpace had a brief mindlock on me for awhile, but I just haven't clicked with Facebook. Not sure why, but so far I've resisted its charms. Maybe because doing a real blog has proved so much more fun.<BR/><BR/>P.S.: The audience looks great for tonight, and I think we're going to finish strong. It's been fun, but I think I'll be ready to go back to being a mild-mannered, ink-stained playwright.Steve Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14588201067230147903noreply@blogger.com