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
@Dara Moghaddam: Bullshit. XP is far superior to Vista. It's the responsibility of the user to keep their computer virus-free. Install a firewall and anti-virus and for the love of god don't use IE.
since this is a post about spam, I'm sure even one particularly vocal member of the Gizmodo community will not mind me adding a little link to this post - it is about Japanese Gummy candy, and lots of it [all those little displays lined up in boxes reminded me of the tons of candy available in Japan - very tasty].
As a response to one of my comments [where I included a link to one of my own posts], it was respectfully suggested by the aforementioned member that I not flog my blog in this forum. May I suggest that this impression might have been formed due to the fact that Gizmodo does not show full links in comments, but abbreviated versions only, which makes the links seem less pertinent, if at all [pertinent], at first glance.
Rest assured, flogging my blog is not something I particularly enjoy. I'm simply sharing what I know of good design, photography and snippets of interesting goings-on in the world around us. As always, if you feel my adding a link is inappropriate, please do not feel compelled to click on it. As for the others, enjoy!
mostly people get miffed if you use a URL as a signature on your comments. as long as it's an on-topic link no one's going to bust your balls for it. on the other hand, on topic or not, if you flog it all the time you can be banned.
@thinkmore: As someone who flogs his site whenever possible, I must agree this was a complete non-sequitor. As for full links, YOUR URLs only contain numbers, which is how you title your blog entries, no no amount of full URL posting would matter, despite what you say.
I am from internet too. To me it is to upset me reading you to insult this limited time offer. Many from the internet are accustomed to be writing in this style. It is to be difficult these days and times to be communicating with those around the world. We are now depending on the programs that drive the internet and that are the ones that do the translating.
There are many of those that could find this exciting offer to be of indisposable use. You are the one who is making light of these dangerous times in which we are living. On the behalf of the peoples of the internets I am to ask you to stop insulting the hard work of those that are to do the translating from the one language to the another language and to act now on this exciting offer.
It is not of the often that one is to hear about an opportunity to import and to manufacture the bullet-proof car. The bullet-proof vest is not to be the subject of the insults.
Please to refrain from the insulting of the bullet-proof merchandise. We welcome to hear from you to inquiry of us. Your response will be of appreciation.
10/30/09
...Collecting is everything. #facebook
10/30/09
(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
10/30/09
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
10/30/09
10/30/09
/head asplode #facebook
10/30/09
it doesn't get automatically emailed to you though! #facebook
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Anyone still using IE should be used to this and deserve to get a virus.
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07/06/09
I'm sorry but anyone using IE 6 or 7 is an idiot. IE8 is the way to go.
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06/25/09
[thinkmoreinc.wordpress.com]
As a response to one of my comments [where I included a link to one of my own posts], it was respectfully suggested by the aforementioned member that I not flog my blog in this forum. May I suggest that this impression might have been formed due to the fact that Gizmodo does not show full links in comments, but abbreviated versions only, which makes the links seem less pertinent, if at all [pertinent], at first glance.
Rest assured, flogging my blog is not something I particularly enjoy. I'm simply sharing what I know of good design, photography and snippets of interesting goings-on in the world around us. As always, if you feel my adding a link is inappropriate, please do not feel compelled to click on it. As for the others, enjoy!
06/25/09
mostly people get miffed if you use a URL as a signature on your comments. as long as it's an on-topic link no one's going to bust your balls for it. on the other hand, on topic or not, if you flog it all the time you can be banned.
06/25/09
I know you have done this before, and I myself have called you out on it: Thinkmore posts a link to his blog about Sony products in a post about LG TV's
This appears to be your 2nd strike, and I would caution against a 3rd, as you could very well get banned.
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Who wants to take bets how long it will take for this to show up on a JPEG containing cats?
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And whatever you do, dont fall asleep.
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I am from internet too. To me it is to upset me reading you to insult this limited time offer. Many from the internet are accustomed to be writing in this style. It is to be difficult these days and times to be communicating with those around the world. We are now depending on the programs that drive the internet and that are the ones that do the translating.
There are many of those that could find this exciting offer to be of indisposable use. You are the one who is making light of these dangerous times in which we are living. On the behalf of the peoples of the internets I am to ask you to stop insulting the hard work of those that are to do the translating from the one language to the another language and to act now on this exciting offer.
It is not of the often that one is to hear about an opportunity to import and to manufacture the bullet-proof car. The bullet-proof vest is not to be the subject of the insults.
Please to refrain from the insulting of the bullet-proof merchandise. We welcome to hear from you to inquiry of us. Your response will be of appreciation.
Email:bulletproof-unicorn@omg-ponies.com
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