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Is Facebook too self-promoting?

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January 04, 2013, 20:33
Kalleh
Is Facebook too self-promoting?
Meghan Daum wrote a good article on the self promotion aspect of Facebook. I hadn't thought about it before, but I so agree with her.
quote:
There's the travel brag, in which someone in an exotic locale mentions his whereabouts with a casualness that lets everyone know it's so not a big deal. "Can anyone recommend a bar in the Maroseyka district section of Moscow? My old haunt is closed!" (A corollary is sharing a travel itinerary by way of nothing more than coy airport codes — LAX-NRT, JFK-PRG — because your life is such a whirlwind of globe-trotting that you barely have time to spell out your coordinates before the airplane wheels leave the tarmac.)
Isn't it the truth?
January 05, 2013, 04:08
Geoff
Since its inception I've felt that Facebook was really about the opposite end of the spine from the face.


It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti
January 05, 2013, 08:44
zmježd
One of the first apps on FB that I enjoyed, installed, and used was one that mapped all the countries you've been to on a huge world map. Lots of fun. I've never quite understood the animosity to FB. I use it mainly now for tracking peoples' birthdays.


—Ceci n'est pas un seing.
January 05, 2013, 10:47
bethree5
My advice to columnists who decry the remarks on their "news feed": block a few of those so-called friends. My feed is restricted to actual friends & relatives, most of whom I don't get to see often. We exchange news, photos, & trivia that helps us stay in touch.
January 05, 2013, 12:28
arnie
When I started on FB I signed up to play a Zynga online game, which more or less demanded I be FB 'friends' with all sorts of people, to most of whom I wouldn't give the time of day normally. I realise that sounds snobby, but it meant that my feed was filled with all sorts of drivel.

Since coming to my senses and giving up playing the game I tend to ignore my main feed and concentrate on the lists I've created of family and 'real friends'.


Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
January 05, 2013, 13:30
bethree5
Oh, horrors! I use a FB link to do my favorite word game (JustWords at games.com), fortunately, no friending required. On the other hand, these things can easily go wrong. A new singing pal insisted I friend her to watch a video of our singing group. The link didn't work, & I am finding she posts racist sort of jokes, yecch.
January 06, 2013, 09:46
Kalleh
I only use Facebook in a very limited way, so my opinion should be taken lightly. However, I also only use Facebook for relatives and friends, and I can kinda see what she means. It's not a big deal for me, though, since I hardly use Facebook.