@lostarchitect: That's a phishing attempt, not a scam actually originating on Facebook itself. I don't think there is much Facebook can do to combat that. #scams
why does everyone here fail to mention that you can close the ads on facebook and also report them as "whatever" it is. now, if facebook does anything with that is anyone's guess. #scams
@Nick: Yeah, they really get that notice you're sending them! It goes straight into their spam folder and is deleted immediately. FB has no idea what's goin on in their world. #scams
The problem with social networking sites is that once they solidify their revenue stream they seem to degenerate rapidly. I stopped using Facebook because the overwhelming annoyance of pokes, app spam, broken apps and relentless phishing began to outweigh the (potential) usefulness. A social network is fine, but I don't want floods of inanity, useless ephemera and ads that overwhelmingly seem as legitimate as a guy in a dark alley hawking anything at 2am.
(It also occurred to me that I probably "lost contact" with many of these people for a reason... do I really need to know what these erstwhile friends just had for lunch, or that they are a fan of clicking pens, or flipping the pillow over to the cool side?) #facebook
@met2art: Yeah, I've still to add a single app to my profile. I don't understand why I'd just want to fucking [b]sit on facebook[/b] and do shit when I'm on my COMPUTER, and there's clearly far better places to, you know, listen to music and play connect four. Or perhaps I'll even, I don't know, go meet someone in real life.
anyway yeah, these "so and so is a pirate!" and "zombie munch munch" notifications are stupidly ridiculous, though since I've started removing friends who constantly spam we with shit no one gives a fuck about, my incoming spam has drastically lessened!
Here's a fun story: Two of my high school friends married. One of them owns and insurance company (or works for the family company or whatever). The other one just kept spamming her entire friends list with a request to become a friend with her husbands insurance thing. I kept rejecting and asking her to stop. She sent one or two more so I just defriended her! Problem solved and, apparently, I didn't want to be their friend anyway, since anyone who is that fucking obnoxious and willing to try to sell everyone they know some random shit probably makes a poor friend.
It's like when your buddy started selling cutco knives and now wants to meet with you. It's like Bro. I don't want to buy your shit. #facebook
Except I think you left out the bit on that #Peek for #twits that this model does Twitter. And only Twitter. Making it doubly useless. But hey, 4 days battery life they say.
Also, are Wired kicking themselves in the ass for Gearing the Peek yet?
So why does the picture show a late-model Crackberry next to a first-gen iPhone running jailbroken OS 1 with no service? Is that a fair comparison? Yeah, I thought so, too. #gizmodoremainders
@Ginsu: Does that even matter?! It's not even about specific iPhones or BlackBerrys in question. I guess the point went right over your head. #gizmodoremainders
I never got around to testing it, but I was told, once upon a time, that any time you are at the standard text entry screen on the XBOX 360, any standard USB keyboard plugged into the xbox will work properly. No need for the chatpad thing.
@blindtreefrog: Yeah, any USB keyboard will work, but some problems may occur.
My keyboard layout is ABNT2 (brazilian portuguese) and some keys are misplaced, but nothing reeeealy bad, just a bit annoying. #xbox
@fsusmithc2: Don't have/want to use facebook/twitter on your 360? Simple... use a computer in the other room. For bonus points, make that a notebook propped up in your lap. Problem solved.
In all seriousness though... what's the advantage of tweeting/facestalking on your xbox? slower, worse interface, unnatural to type... and it's not like you can just pause your game to tweet "headshot! LOLz" or something real quick. You'd have to exit to dashboard, fire up twitter, tweet, restart the game, etc. If it were like a real onscreen widget, like from the pause menu, that might be useful. but otherwise.... why?
edit: Also meant to mention... good point on the USB/wirelessUSB keyboard. Even the chatpad is awkward to use at times, and it's too annoying to leave attached to my controller. A wireless USB keyboard sitting around wouldn't be a bad idea for when you need quick text entry.
@brobot - star unworthy: Yeah, having a keyboard handy definately makes the few times you need to input text in various places so much quicker. That and if you play say, FFXI, the game is downright painful with anything less than a keyboard (the game was released to the 360 a good while before the chatpad too). #xbox
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...Collecting is everything. #facebook
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(It also occurred to me that I probably "lost contact" with many of these people for a reason... do I really need to know what these erstwhile friends just had for lunch, or that they are a fan of clicking pens, or flipping the pillow over to the cool side?) #facebook
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anyway yeah, these "so and so is a pirate!" and "zombie munch munch" notifications are stupidly ridiculous, though since I've started removing friends who constantly spam we with shit no one gives a fuck about, my incoming spam has drastically lessened!
Here's a fun story: Two of my high school friends married. One of them owns and insurance company (or works for the family company or whatever). The other one just kept spamming her entire friends list with a request to become a friend with her husbands insurance thing. I kept rejecting and asking her to stop. She sent one or two more so I just defriended her! Problem solved and, apparently, I didn't want to be their friend anyway, since anyone who is that fucking obnoxious and willing to try to sell everyone they know some random shit probably makes a poor friend.
It's like when your buddy started selling cutco knives and now wants to meet with you. It's like Bro. I don't want to buy your shit. #facebook
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it doesn't get automatically emailed to you though! #facebook
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Also, are Wired kicking themselves in the ass for Gearing the Peek yet?
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My keyboard layout is ABNT2 (brazilian portuguese) and some keys are misplaced, but nothing reeeealy bad, just a bit annoying. #xbox
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In all seriousness though... what's the advantage of tweeting/facestalking on your xbox? slower, worse interface, unnatural to type... and it's not like you can just pause your game to tweet "headshot! LOLz" or something real quick. You'd have to exit to dashboard, fire up twitter, tweet, restart the game, etc. If it were like a real onscreen widget, like from the pause menu, that might be useful. but otherwise.... why?
edit: Also meant to mention... good point on the USB/wirelessUSB keyboard. Even the chatpad is awkward to use at times, and it's too annoying to leave attached to my controller. A wireless USB keyboard sitting around wouldn't be a bad idea for when you need quick text entry.
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