Do you twitter or facebook?

Just been on the OS and another competition is just for twitter and facebook users. Is that the way the world is going?

I have to admit to being on LinkedIn, but I hardly ever use it.

I use facebook to keep up with distant relatives.  I used to do more with it years ago, but nowadays it's a dull stream of mildly amusing memes interspersed with moans about trams and weather.

I joined Twitter to get a free day pass for Sky Sports and I joined LinkedIn because the company I work for suggested it as a good thing to do.  I don't use either of them.

Frankly, social media isn't working, there's just too many knobs spoiling it for everyone else, which is probably why they're turning to organisations to keep them relevant.

Don't use either and quite frankly never will.

The Mrs uses facebook but rarely replies to anything her mates put on. She tells me some of the things they've put on and it makes me fuckin shudder....things like:

"In Bar n Grill havin a meal"
"Just booked to see Michael Buble, can't wait"
"Paul scored a goal today, i'm so proud"
"Havin my nails n hair done in a minute, so excited"

FUCK OFF AND GET A FUCKING LIFE!!!!!!!!!!

The other reason I got facebook is to keep an eye on the kids, but they don't use it any more, they're all using snapchat and instagram.  Don't ask...  I work in IT and I've not got a clue...

I use all 3 for my business.

Detest "social media", it's full of anti-social people.
Don't sit typing about life, just go out and fucking live it.

agree with all of the above I left the uk to get away from relatives & people not tell the world where I am

But the club insist on it. Not that it makes much difference about the competitions, but why insist on these methods only? Can't vote on stuff or enter comps. Fucking stupid.

get in the 21st century guys...i don't use them to post stupid comments like where i am etc...and i agree, i detest all that nonsense.

but if the club insist that's the only way to do it...just set up an account so you can enter......or don't bother entering and then complain about it.
#getwithit!

   

The club is reaching out to 'new' fans and forgetting about the 'old' ones...

Mrs BB lives her life on facebook.  I'm on both but mainly in a lurker.  I only post to take the piss of the Mrs and the Kids, but there is far too much bollux posted.

The day I post "just had beans for my tea" is the day you can all finally shoot me.

No comment.

Jordan wrote:No comment.

#goodfella

Topdawg wrote:The club is reaching out to 'new' fans and forgetting about the 'old' ones...

Oh, behave Dawg!

There's no upper limit on a facebook or twitter account, neither cost you any money and nobody is saying you have to use either of them.  Hell, like I said before, I signed up to twitter just to get a free access code for Sky Sports, I don't bother with it other than that.

The club isn't forgetting you.  You're the one choosing to be left out.

Why can't I just post my entry in?

Topdawg wrote:Why can't I just post my entry in?

You can.....it just won't be accepted and thrown in the bin...

Topdawg wrote:Why can't I just post my entry in?

Well, sure you can, sport!  Just invent a time machine and go back to 1993  

Honestly, we're fourteen years into the 21st century!  The only reason the postal service exists at all these days is so you can get your hands on the crap you ordered off of ebay or Amazon.

I'm managing the implementation of a new CRM system and 'Paperless Office' in Dunlop....you lot sound like the culture here.

It's amazingly difficult trying to change the culture of a business that have done things the same way since 1996. I'm stepping on a few toes and they aren't happy. People just don't like change...unless you're a PM evidently.

This is how I feel...

Embrace change....change is good...that's why we are here debating all kinds of shit...over the Internet...would you rather pen a letter? How much would that cost to write all your posts?????

Change is good...


“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” Apple Inc.



“The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.”



“Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.”



“Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.”

Come on people....social networking serves it's purpose...

Good luck with the paperless office, Jordan!  The company I work for has been pushing it for seven years, we've already burned through LiveLink, which is a big steaming pile of crap, and we're now pushing SharePoint very hard, which is less crap, but still suffers from the usual foibles of, why does it refuse to sometimes check documents out, or why won't it update the version of a file when it's got the same filename, or the real biggie, where the hell is the document I'm looking for?

We're now on a Zero Email trip, so everyone who hates Instant Messaging is now being forced to embrace it.  And Dawg would particularly hate working here, because we have our own collaboration centre which is a rip-off of facebook.

I'm just glad I don't have to push this lot on people any more.  Email was a hard enough sell back in the day...

It was just so easy and straightforward when you just used your email and password to enter competitions or they had voting buttons for POTM etc.

The only reason for the current requirement (retweet or like on facebook) is to pretend there is a bigger following than there actually is. It's all plastic bollocks.

Come on Dawg....even in aviation, the majority of our pilot community now have EFB - Electronic Flight Bags. It reduces clutter, makes instant data available when needed and free's up time to concentrate on more pressing matters.

I've got over 1400 LinkedIn connections and I guess that 25% of my business connections/contracts have started from this medium.

Yes, to use these mediums can provide individuals with a forum to promote absolute bollocks that 'most' people couldn't be bothered to read...but it does serve an important purpose for progress.

So as the saying goes..."catch up, or get left behind".

blueboy wrote:Embrace change....change is good...that's why we are here debating all kinds of shit...over the Internet...would you rather pen a letter? How much would that cost to write all your posts?????

....social networking serves it's purpose...

Sorry for hacking your post to shreds Bluey, but I needed to get to the salient points.  You're totally right, all change is good, even if we don't see it at first.  If we didn't push boundaries and try new things, we'd all be running around butt-naked, scratching the earth with the arse bone of a giraffe, with no concept of things like language or music.  Or football.  How shit would that be?

The problem with facebook is that it's original intentions have been lost.  It was supposed to replace the forum and be a place for like minded people to meet, but instead it just became a free version of Friends Reunited.  And because of the security issues, everyone locks down their profile and ignore requests from people they don't know.

I don't think we've ever found a decent replacement for a well-run forum.

I don't think we've ever found a decent replacement for a well-run forum.
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How very dare you!!!!










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To annoy others.....if you own an IPhone....go to the apps and download Genie.

I've just spent 20 minutes with my family trying to fool it.

Guess the name of any person.....and within 20 guesses it will get it....we tried:

Barry Chuckle
Sandra Bullock
Grant Mitchell
Alex Turner
Sven

just to name a few....Dawg, it'll pass 10 minutes if you're bored of FB or Twitter.

Topdawg wrote:It was just so easy and straightforward when you just used your email and password to enter competitions or they had voting buttons for POTM etc.

The only reason for the current requirement (retweet or like on facebook) is to pretend there is a bigger following than there actually is. It's all plastic bollocks.

But it's just as easy on facebook!  You log on with your email and password and then enter competitions and click on poll votes for whatever.  How is that any harder than doing it on the OS?

But for those who run the OS, it's easier to use facebook as it has all the pre-programmed widgets in a basic format style.  They don't need to program a poll widget to match the look and feel of the OS, they don't need to configure back-end databases to handle the data and they don't need to build, run and maintain a massive infrastructure to handle the million-odd user accounts.  Facebook already provides all these facilities, for free.  Plus, facebook already has 85% of City fans already registered!  It's a quick win.

As for plastic bollocks, they buy merch, and merch keeps the big bad FFP wolf from the door.

Look, we knew this would happen eventually.  It's part and parcel of the success we're driving for.

blueboy wrote:How very dare you!!!!

What are you saying?

"Just had beans for me tea ! and stroked the cat"




Oh shit wrong site, thought I was still on facebook.

Bollocks to facebook and twitter, i have seen so much grief caused by both.
These advances would no doubt be wonderful, if only they weren't the domain of all the scum-sucking mouth breathers in society.
I don't give a rat's arse if you call me a dinosaur or a luddite, whenever i hear the word twitter I just get camel face's image in my mind.
And I still enjoy writing and receiving letters.
Each to their own, I say.
But, for your information, I think you'll find that I am completely right in my view, and anyone that disagrees is wrong.

Don't do twitter,linkedin or Facebook 
Really don't like the intrusive nature of Facebook,I don't want anyone to know my business.However the mrs is a serious devotee to this bullshit so I get people asking me things like "how was your meal at such a place?" which really pisses me off

I know how you feel PPLF, I hate going to work and people telling me how pissed I was on a night out, and I have never been on the bloody site!
My life is not for other people's approval.
As soon as a camera phone comes out in the pub, I'm off.

The mrs just thinks I'm a miserable cantankerous old bastard

Paulpowersleftfoot wrote:The mrs just thinks I'm a miserable cantankerous old bastard

Point proven.

Look, I don't use these forums to socialise, per se and agree with the whole pointless nonsense that is written about; where people are, what they had for dinner, etc.....but it has it's place in society...just as this forum does...  you know, a forum that allows people to talk about various subjects!!

leopold wrote:

blueboy wrote:How very dare you!!!!

What are you saying?

I don't think we've ever found a decent replacement for a well-run forum.

I was pointing out that this is a well-run forum....isn't it? 

blueboy wrote:

Paulpowersleftfoot wrote:The mrs just thinks I'm a miserable cantankerous old bastard

Point proven.

Look, I don't use these forums to socialise, per se and agree with the whole pointless nonsense that is written about; where people are, what they had for dinner, etc.....but it has it's place in society...just as this forum does...  you know, a forum that allows people to talk about various subjects!!

Do you not see this type of forum as the antithesis of Facebook and the like?
The anonymity of it is half the appeal

This is the main forum I use these days. I do a little bit on a couple of non footy sites.

Yes, I knew the club would have to attract new fans. The oldies would stick around pretty much whatever. I saw it in the price for a trackie top in the club shop at £90.

Doesn't mean that it's right and that progress is always for the best. The atomic bomb being an example where many would believe that the progress wasn't worth it.

The OS had POTM by voting in the past. I really don't see why they can't just change the names on a template to set up the next months.

I avoided a mobile phone for many years until my business required that I be contactable at all hours. I'll do the same with facebook and twitter. I'll only get into them when business necessitates.

Paulpowersleftfoot wrote:

blueboy wrote:

Paulpowersleftfoot wrote:The mrs just thinks I'm a miserable cantankerous old bastard

Point proven.

Look, I don't use these forums to socialise, per se and agree with the whole pointless nonsense that is written about; where people are, what they had for dinner, etc.....but it has it's place in society...just as this forum does...  you know, a forum that allows people to talk about various subjects!!

Do you not see this type of forum as the antithesis of Facebook and the like?
The anonymity of it is half the appeal

The anonymity of it is half the appeal?

Some of you have had meet ups or refer to each other by their first name...some post pictures of themselves...others their food ( )....anonymity isn't abundant on here...

Some of us prefer to wear dark glasses disguised as a fecking chimp
How much more anonymous do you want?

And I've disguised myself as a fat bloated bar fly!
Oh, hang on.....

true....    

We are "encouraged" to use Linkedin (forcibly is the word I would use).  I think it probably works for a lot of people - who seriously network.  Can't be bothered with Facebook - but some people are so addicted.  Come to think of it I was seriously addicted to the old 606 - but think it's a lot to do with living here but wanting to be back there - if you know what I mean.

blueboy wrote:I don't think we've ever found a decent replacement for a well-run forum.

I was pointing out that this is a well-run forum....isn't it? 

Oh, right.  I thought you were suggesting this forum ran itself and I was some sort of charlatan for taking credit for it whilst doing bugger all...  erm...  Guilty conscience, me?  

Topdawg wrote:Doesn't mean that it's right and that progress is always for the best. The atomic bomb being an example where many would believe that the progress wasn't worth it.

I hardly think we can compare facebook to a nuclear warhead, Dawg.  Does facebook cause misery to millions thanks to a small number of narcissists who simply don't know when to back off?  Does facebook spread itself over as wide an area as possible, inflicting itself on everyone even if they try and hide from it?  Oh, wait, it does both of those things...

But to be more serious for a mo, the atomic bomb isn't considered progress, it was an abuse of the discovery of nuclear fission in an effort to control the world by fear.  Fission itself was the progress made, and as to whether it was worth it, I guess we'll find out when the oil runs out if we have an alternative to nuclear energy.

leopold wrote:

Topdawg wrote:Doesn't mean that it's right and that progress is always for the best. The atomic bomb being an example where many would believe that the progress wasn't worth it.

I hardly think we can compare facebook to a nuclear warhead, Dawg. 

Absolutely brilliant leo          

skyblueoz wrote:....I left the uk to get away from relatives & people not tell the world where I am

Sounds like "social" media is not up your street there mate, anti-social media sounds a better fit