Comments on: November 2009 Issue

By: Sammy Peyatt

Sammy Peyatt — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:02:23 +0000

The first version of the FBook app was much better. When they relaunched it a few weeks ago?it has all sorts of problems. Doesn?t remember your login. Hangs up. Doesn?t let you scroll down more than about 8 status updates. I hate. I deleted it. Trouble is I can?t find any other app that did as good a job with uploading mobile photos. I may have to reinstall it just for that.

By: WB

WB — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:11:58 +0000

…side note- The part about paypal was a joke…hope you caught that. I imagine you did.

By: WB

WB — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:09:54 +0000

First, I’d Like to thank you Mr.Admin! LOL =P( Sorry, I just had to). Only recently did I “hear” of your site “The Word Detective”, and have spent some time reading in here. I plan on becoming a “member” and contribute as soon as gainful employment can be found…Hopefully by then you’ll have paypal set up.

As for the squabbling, er, I mean Debate,I believe it isn’t much different than any other form of expression or communication in life. As well, keep in mind the internet social community, is still in it’s early years. No one could reasonably argue that Social applications have a *LOT* of growing up to do.

I use facebook to keep in touch with friends and family that are scattered around the world..or the next street over. I also play a game, It’s a lot of fun and a great stress reliever to have laughs with old friends, while doing the same thing. Similar to going to the “pool hall”, except this pool hall connects people from thousands of miles apart. I’ve learned a tremendous amount, about more things than I ever thought would be interesting….and some that aren’t.

Thanks for tolerating my two cents plus tax…BTW..a “friend” passed your link to me…via FaceBook…

May the Holidays treat you Well,

Cheers!

By: admin

admin — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:31:26 +0000

Yeah, that’s a WordPress plugin. It’s at the foot of every post, but to my knowledge no one’s ever used it.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:54:43 +0000

Irony: at the end of the article, there is an invitation to “Share…!” it using Facebook (among other things).

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:22:20 +0000

I didn’t think I’d care much for Facebook, and in fact I didn’t even visit it for a few months after I initially joined. The thing is, though, that I eventually went back to figure it out and discovered that it’s far more enjoyable than I had anticipated. I have hooked up with some old school friends who now live far away (and a few still in town), and I like being able to see what’s going in their lives. There are scads of lousy games that people play, but it’s easy to disable those posts from coming up, so all I ever see is the stuff I’m interested in.

As a lifelong introvert, it came as a bit of a surprise to me to find out that I like it.

By: Chelle

Chelle — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:32:58 +0000

Have gone through a few phases with facebook.
1. Reluctant
2. Encouraged by the progress I made contacting distant relatives
3. Rabid user
4. QUIT cold turkey after a misunderstanding that can only take place in print as opposed to tone of voice
5. Reluctantly rejoined but have not “friended” anyone I’m related to. I have minimal information available and mostly use it as a social networking presence for my struggling photography business

And reluctant I shall stay. I don’t WANT to use it but understand it is the cost of doing business. Argh.

By: SK

SK — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:15:10 +0000

I have to say that the reasons you are not on Facebook are all valid, and I agree with them. I finally did get on MySpace a few years ago at the urging of my siblings. About the time I got used to it they all switched to FB. So I waited about a year and finally got on there just so I can “talk” to them once in a while. Sad. And it’s not nearly as nice as MySpace since you can’t personalize the backgrounds, etc. It’s just blah. And I don’t like to get on there very often because most of what they’re doing (mafia wars, farmville, etc) I could care less about. So, I am on there, but don’t particularly enjoy it. Oh well…

One more note to “David” above – if this site is so lame, why are you even looking at it, much less posting anything. I love this site and was very glad to find it!

By: David

David — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:29:49 +0000

facebook is better than this lame site plus you can meet new people

By: Steve C

Steve C — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:58:28 +0000

I have been reading this newsletter [the "mooch" version] for awhile now and enjoy the humor therein. Sorry, Evan, that your health is not good and sometimes very bad.

I am not a “fan” of facebook but I do have a page. I first joined while searching for a long lost daughter [long story--not here, sorry] and discovered that she had a page. I haven’t seen her in person since she was two years old and she just turned 28 in July.

Anyway, for the longest time she was my only “friend”. I now have about two dozen, including two granddaughters. They, like Herb above, post pictures there instead of sending them to their doting grandparents half a continent away. We don’t even get e-mails or texts from them [and I know they text!]. So Grandma and I decided that the only way to find out what’s going on with them [sometimes it's too much information] is to be “friends” with them.

Having said all this, I also agree in principle with most of Evan’s feelings about the site. The thing is, I’m not hooked! I don’t play games or take polls or send virtual gifts or any of the other “fun stuff” that is fraught with cyber-danger. I am hooked on other sites in a sit-there-till-your-butt’s-sore way but facebook does not attract me like that. Perhaps “passive-agrinchive” would be an appropriate description of my “friend”-ship with facebook. Now about that “unofficial” Word-Detective page that Debra mentioned….

Steve

By: OwenKL

OwenKL — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:10:34 +0000

I “joined” Facebook (and MySpace, and Twitter, etc.[I almost wrote "and etc.", but realized just in time that that would be a redundant redundancy, like using my personal PIN number at an automatic ATM machine]). Anyway, my reason was just to ‘mark my territory’. I have just the basics on my profiles, limit friending or other contacts as much as possible, and just generally appear as a misanthropic curmudgeon. But there have been a couple occasions when information I wanted had been available there and nowheres else (rare, admittedly, but the times they are a-changin’). Being a member already sometimes lets me look at stuff I wouldn’t see if just browsing. I don’t use Facebook per se, but if situations change, I can jump in in a few years, claim status as an old timer, and use my own name without worrying that someone else has already claimed it.

By: Debra Beller

Debra Beller — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:48:22 +0000

Dude, you are already on Facebook. There is a Word Detective fan page. I just joined. Personally, I love Facebook and have a lot of fun with it.