tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919889744528028610.post178804441140858985..comments2024-01-26T00:47:28.825-08:00Comments on Vintage Thirty: Twitter the Gateway Drug and its Hardcore Addiction Cousin: FacebookTootsie Farklepantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18336671002327112885noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919889744528028610.post-48133873587451393102010-02-03T02:21:19.739-08:002010-02-03T02:21:19.739-08:00Oh, and I tried Twitter but I didn't inhaleOh, and I tried Twitter but I didn't inhalepoosemommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01831041071109831330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919889744528028610.post-78132609462167740042010-02-03T02:20:26.369-08:002010-02-03T02:20:26.369-08:00Crackbook is so addictive I actually have TWO page...Crackbook is so addictive I actually have TWO pages - the one for me with my real name that my family and friends can be friends with, and the one I set up (why I don't remember) that publishes my blog posts. And yes, they are friends with each other. And both addicted to Farmville.<br />Interesting how many people will invite you to be a friend when they don't know you at all. Like people who I am sure never read any blogs, much less mine but friended me with my Jane Doeadeer persona (the one with the orange cat if you wanna be besties on FB). Suprising actually...poosemommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01831041071109831330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919889744528028610.post-77952710413162346172010-01-29T13:11:47.892-08:002010-01-29T13:11:47.892-08:00I completely agree with you -- it was Twitter and ...I completely agree with you -- it was Twitter and FB that killed my blog (though I have revived it). It was just so much easier to update everybody that way. <br /><br />My problem with FB is that many of the people I went to high school with are on a completely different page than I am, politically speaking, and their status updates make me feel stabby. And un-friend-y.Leandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14288957174941346923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919889744528028610.post-72070869660073778222010-01-28T21:12:42.515-08:002010-01-28T21:12:42.515-08:00Dude! I was wondering what happened to you...faceb...Dude! I was wondering what happened to you...facebook and twitter, they're EVIL. (I'm thinking of dropping off the face of facebook.) <br /><br />My blogging is practically nonexistent these days because of facebook. I wonder- is there anyone left reading blogs these days?cactus petuniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16114194541917210679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919889744528028610.post-15423158378108446892010-01-28T11:45:56.690-08:002010-01-28T11:45:56.690-08:00A guy I work with says
"Facebook; Christmas...A guy I work with says <br /><br />"Facebook; Christmas card depth relationships, year round"<br /><br />Twitter reminds me of the nut-job guy on the corner shouting random things...<br /><br />-StuStuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513685850378958611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919889744528028610.post-50377011288236189492010-01-27T20:45:08.453-08:002010-01-27T20:45:08.453-08:00I just to the games there. Want to be my friend? I...I just to the games there. Want to be my friend? I could use another neighbor to reach that next level. . .JoeinVegashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05613274657685121948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919889744528028610.post-64490605529012846792010-01-27T08:28:25.632-08:002010-01-27T08:28:25.632-08:00I KNOW! I had a huge discussion with one of my be...I KNOW! I had a huge discussion with one of my best friends about the evil of facebook. I rarely post anything on it anymore because I don't want everyone on God's Green Earth to know what I'm up to!calicobebophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00276066197431903215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919889744528028610.post-89075297025539699372010-01-27T05:38:59.598-08:002010-01-27T05:38:59.598-08:00I refuse to touch Twitter because I hear you'r...I refuse to touch Twitter because I hear you're hooked after the first hit.<br /><br />As for the politics of Facebook, I must admit there is juvenile pleasure in "ignoring" the homecoming queen.Hula Girl at Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818235856941945733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919889744528028610.post-36269412904765082192010-01-26T19:34:54.077-08:002010-01-26T19:34:54.077-08:00I think you either have to be addicted or never us...I think you either have to be addicted or never use it. Yes, like crack, I suppose. I have a FB account but am almost never there. It's the only way to limit the addiction. And also, I have bloglandia to keep my busy during all my frittering time.MommyTimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12860003098383600806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919889744528028610.post-60719551253945442322010-01-26T14:36:28.454-08:002010-01-26T14:36:28.454-08:00I'm a total FB addict but I too try to limit i...I'm a total FB addict but I too try to limit it to amusing and/or relevant (at least to me). <br /><br />The ones that really bug me are the people who status important things like "join my Mafia!" or "barn-raising on Farmville". <br /><br />I don't have a life either but at least I don't advertise it. Oh. Wait. I do.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12146877657168991115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919889744528028610.post-81313445921148495102010-01-26T09:02:27.627-08:002010-01-26T09:02:27.627-08:00see, it's really the politics of it that keeps...see, it's really the politics of it that keeps me away from FB.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919889744528028610.post-10136117572172892612010-01-26T06:21:38.046-08:002010-01-26T06:21:38.046-08:00dude, we need to hook up on facebook. i don't...dude, we need to hook up on facebook. i don't have an addiction either. and I have NO amazing stories of reconnecting with people who I would never have found in the whole wide world (son of dad's 2nd wife who was 5 when they divorced and is now a hip advertising art director and wickedly funny)were it not for the facebook machine. look me up: marti priest nelsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919889744528028610.post-58579553784557146132010-01-26T05:26:17.897-08:002010-01-26T05:26:17.897-08:00I just did a major slash and burn on my friends li...I just did a major slash and burn on my friends list. It was a novelty. I don't need to know what the people I went to school with twenty years ago but haven't spoken to since are doing on a daily basis.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120774715331922926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919889744528028610.post-46499672496168609152010-01-26T03:53:31.822-08:002010-01-26T03:53:31.822-08:00I go through the same thought process about "...I go through the same thought process about "accepting friend request", Di I REALLY want them to know what I'm thinking, doing on a regular basis?<br /><br />Love the analogy to the wedding. :-)<br /><br />I never signed up for Twitter. It didn't seem to have the depth/choices that FB has. It is too 1 dimensional.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com