FACEBOOK: the end of the world as we knew it...

[chanteuseCarey]

I just got the family Thanksgiving invite of whose house its at this year, etc.- from a Facebook message of a sibling... and this sibling literally lives five minutes from me.

 

[Miss Neecerie]

ultimate irony that you rushed over here......to post about the digital invite on a *cough* digital forum......

 

[BellyTank]

Face-less... book...


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[chanteuseCarey]

ain't it the truth...

ultimate irony that you rushed over here......to post about the digital invite on a *cough* digital forum......

 

[Feraud]

What's the gripe?

 

[Paisley]

Was your sibling supposed to deliver the invitation in person?

 

[Cap'n Spaulding]

As much as I love the interwebs, it really has changed things. For example, I work in an office with five other people and we all use instant messenger to communicate, even though our offices are a few feet apart.

 

[LocktownDog]

As someone who gets NO invitations to dinner ANYWHERE, I'd be glad to take your place. Have them PM me.

 

[Paisley]

I wish my favorite brother were still around to invite me over. I'm with Feraud--I don't see what the problem is.

 

[Miss Neecerie]

And to -see- a facebook invite...one has to have a facebook account.


so if facebook is not how one wants to approach social interactions....best either not to have the account at all.

 

[C-dot]

so if facebook is not how one wants to approach social interactions....best either not to have the account at all.

:eusa_clap

 

[Foofoogal]

My little sister was not amused when i showed her facebook page on Google to her with her pixs and her pals pixs I keep telling her to be safe online. I seriously think these places have some responsibility to teach people how to be safe online.
I have no problem with the new fangled gadgets online if used properly.
One rule to know is not to put your childrens photos. Bad people out there. fftopic:

 

[ThesFlishThngs]

The Mr. and I enjoy sitting side by side, sharing a bottle of wine, winding up each other and our pals on fb. But of course, I also take great pleasure in using real stamps to send real letters written by real hand.

 

[Alexi]

My little sister was not amused when i showed her facebook page on Google to her with her pixs and her pals pixs I keep telling her to be safe online. I seriously think these places have some responsibility to teach people how to be safe online.
I have no problem with the new fangled gadgets online if used properly.
One rule to know is not to put your childrens photos. Bad people out there. fftopic:

To respectively disagree. It's parents responsibility to monitor their children's actions and safety.

 

[C-dot]

To respectively disagree. It's parents responsibility to monitor their children's actions and safety.

You're very right - It's something parents don't do much of anymore. Although, I interpreted that as a parent posting their child's picture on their own Facebook, which people do a lot of too.

fftopic: It reminds me of a CSI episode where a postpartum psychotic, who lost her baby, took photos of a boy from another family's website and created the fantasy that he was really her child. In today's world, its very possible.

 

[AmateisGal]

As much as I love the interwebs, it really has changed things. For example, I work in an office with five other people and we all use instant messenger to communicate, even though our offices are a few feet apart.

Same here. It's rather pathetic when you think about it.

 

[fortworthgal]

I'm not a fan of facebook, twitter, texting, evites, or any of that other new-fangled stuff. lol My personal opinion is that it has created a socially-inept generation, where interactions consist of emails, blog or facebook posts, and text messages, rather than face-to-face exchanges or conversations. It has done away with so many social niceties. There was a day when people spoke to one another, picked up the telephone, or sent letters. Now I watch couples sitting next to one another in a restaurant - each turned away from each other and furiously texting. Many people seem to be unable to cope without the electronic security blanket; such as the day Facebook was down and the entire planet ground to a halt because people couldn't update their status. I find it troubling, which is why I choose to avoid all of the above, and only sometimes participate in online discussion forums.

So Carey, I understand what you're saying. I feel it too.

 

[Quigley Brown]

I don't have a cell phone...

I use Facebook a lot. It's connected me to some long lost friends I probably would never had been able to find otherwise.

 

[Matt Deckard]

Neighbors online are closer to those next door.

 

[Paisley]

I'm not a fan of facebook, twitter, texting, evites, or any of that other new-fangled stuff. lol My personal opinion is that it has created a socially-inept generation, where interactions consist of emails, blog or facebook posts, and text messages, rather than face-to-face exchanges or conversations. It has done away with so many social niceties. There was a day when people spoke to one another, picked up the telephone, or sent letters. Now I watch couples sitting next to one another in a restaurant - each turned away from each other and furiously texting. Many people seem to be unable to cope without the electronic security blanket; such as the day Facebook was down and the entire planet ground to a halt because people couldn't update their status. I find it troubling, which is why I choose to avoid all of the above, and only sometimes participate in online discussion forums.

You could say the same thing about TV or any other distraction. A major cause of being socially inept is not getting enough practice socializing, regardless of the cause and regardless of which generation a person belongs to.

ETA: There are serious occasions when only a letter or visit will do. I don't see a family turkey-fest as being in the same category as a wedding or a condolence visit.