Well, I've never heard of that happening, but I will say that doing that kind of thing over Facebook is much easier.
Facebook annoyence
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i missed out on lots of shit because i don't have a fucking facebook, the dude sending you the invite is just thick, plain and simple
Dude...just get a facebook. its so freaking annoying when trying to contact people via various mediums, as you propose. Like, why call when email gets everyone at once, and doing it on facebook allows for better event management than email....yeah just get a facebook
there are 28 ways to contact you, but your just being stubborn. I wouldnt contact you...not unless we were really close. I mean, back when none of my friends had facebook it was different, but its a major pain to go out of your way for one person who could make one in five seconds. your already a member of 28 useless networking/forums/god knows what sitesWOPR said:
Okay, I'm going to take this one with some seriousness, so that when you see my lay the hate on Facebook, you know where I'm coming from.WOPR said:
I do not use Facebook. It doesn't look like any fun, worth my time, or even any good. There is nothing, but nothing, you can tell me that would make it seem like something I should get into. Connecting with others online? Already do that. Showing stuff off? That's why I go to forums! Funny videos? YOUTUBE! Facebook is overrated, and the more I hear about it, the less I will ever have the desire to get on it. It's the Jack Thompson Effect. Shout long enough and nobody listens.
So basically, Facebook and all of its numerous clones can go to hell. I'm not saying the users of it can go to hell. Just it in particular for ever being a bother in the first place. And as to the story in mind here, WOPR, your friend should've probably made use of one of the many other venues in which to contact you rather than relying on his network. How could he NOT KNOW that you didn't get a message from him? He'd have to look up the Facebook page you don't have to send it! That should've been the tip-off and he receives a fail for not realizing it.
Do not get Facebook.
Alright I'll throw my hands up you've got me thereTankichi said:
SORT OF!
normally I'm way to busy for anything, but I have this whole week off (thanksgiving break)
so in theory I could have time this week for one, but most of the rest of the year I wouldn't and I'd have to sift through the spam and ignore people telling me to get on facebook more often just to get things done (normally)
but yes, vacation = bored out of mind
haven't played D&D in years anyways
haven't been to an airsoft war either sense this past summer... and I ROCKED!
Yeah I've had that happen before. I have a Facebook but I don't go on that much. I've had people send me party invites, friend invites, and personal messages and after a while they tell me, "what the hell? why do you keep ignoring us?" I have to tell them that if they want to talk to me online they have to do it over youtube since none of them know the escapist exists.
I only have my facebook to retain some kind of contact with the few people I care about at school, and to troll everyone else.
Unlike most people, I don't game on facebook, don't have billions of addons, don't take the billions of stupid surveys, and generally don't use facebook except as another place to troll.
I have no problem with people that don't have facebook, just like I have no problem with people who don't have a youtube account, myspace account, etc., etc.
What you do on the internet is your own business
Unlike most people, I don't game on facebook, don't have billions of addons, don't take the billions of stupid surveys, and generally don't use facebook except as another place to troll.
I have no problem with people that don't have facebook, just like I have no problem with people who don't have a youtube account, myspace account, etc., etc.
What you do on the internet is your own business
While I'm not a fan of the interface of Facebook or its nasty habit of promoting a total non-private environment; I need it to communicate. I just think of it as a more advanced style of email. Post status of what is going on with me. Done. Message people who cannot be reached by any other means than Facebook. Done. Close the Facebook tab.
I've long since detached myself from Facebook. It is a timesink if you let it but if you simply stop and use it like a tool (instead of installing a bunch of shitty games and wasting your life answering the endless amounts of quizzes out there) it can be useful.
I never use the chat anymore, Skype is better and doesn't crash every seven minutes.
As for you OP, I don't know. How committed are you to not using the site. I think it is valuable as a communication tool even though I hate Mark Zuckerburg. Its up to you.
I've long since detached myself from Facebook. It is a timesink if you let it but if you simply stop and use it like a tool (instead of installing a bunch of shitty games and wasting your life answering the endless amounts of quizzes out there) it can be useful.
I never use the chat anymore, Skype is better and doesn't crash every seven minutes.
As for you OP, I don't know. How committed are you to not using the site. I think it is valuable as a communication tool even though I hate Mark Zuckerburg. Its up to you.
sometime back some friends of mine made a facebook account for me for laughs, they handed it to me when people they didn't know started adding me and I, seeing no use to it, immediately "suspended it" (since you can't bloody delete them for some stupid reason.)
But Luckily for me, my friends know me enough and have enough respect for me to take their time to actually send me an email, call or even a short message for events like parties, even though they admit it to be just a bit of a hassle.
If anyone don't want to warn me about events just because I don't have facebook, then I'm obviously not worth their time, and thus, they are even less worth mine.
And just to make it clear to some people, I don't care whether it take me 2 secs to re-activate my "old account." The fact remains that I have no interest in joining a network where people share pictures, and status-s (stati ?)It's not an idea that appeals to me, thus does not garner my interest. Although I might eventually cave in just to regulate what kind of pictures of me are going around, and only for that sake.
But Luckily for me, my friends know me enough and have enough respect for me to take their time to actually send me an email, call or even a short message for events like parties, even though they admit it to be just a bit of a hassle.
If anyone don't want to warn me about events just because I don't have facebook, then I'm obviously not worth their time, and thus, they are even less worth mine.
And just to make it clear to some people, I don't care whether it take me 2 secs to re-activate my "old account." The fact remains that I have no interest in joining a network where people share pictures, and status-s (stati ?)It's not an idea that appeals to me, thus does not garner my interest. Although I might eventually cave in just to regulate what kind of pictures of me are going around, and only for that sake.
Sadly I share all of your struggles.
I always seem to get hit up last because my douchebag friends all got Facebook long ago without me realizing it and they announced all of their plans first there.
I don't care what anyone says, I pretty much was forced to get a Facebook, I even made a thread about it asking other people if they fell in this situation as well.
I always seem to get hit up last because my douchebag friends all got Facebook long ago without me realizing it and they announced all of their plans first there.
I don't care what anyone says, I pretty much was forced to get a Facebook, I even made a thread about it asking other people if they fell in this situation as well.
Yes actually I would, being that I can't afford one and my home-phone is dirt cheap.Wicky_42 said:
they can't be bothered to call, instead they pull the "well I wasn't able to text you"
like the suddenly wanted to throw away money (texting cost more then talking here- last I checked) and lost their ability to talk.
EDIT: also my NOT having a cell phone caused me to fail geo science 2 years ago (long story... I'll PM you if you're interested)
Setting up a Facebook account takes all of about five minutes. When someone sends out an event invite to members of their friends list, those friends receive an email. I've just quoted you in saying that you asked your friend to send you an email. So since you have time to check email, take five minutes out of your life to set up an account and whenever someone sends you an event invite you will receive an email.WOPR said:
Claiming not to have time for Facebook while in the same breath claiming to have time for a D&D party makes not one ounce of sense. You seem to be complaining just for the sake of complaining.
I got my facebook page 3 days ago.
Well a few month ago most people i cared about were on myspace so its not that i am just a cool guy swimming against the stream.
And yes there were back then a few events that have been only announced over myspace. nothing huge, but stuff like "hey i am bored, my roomates out, whoever wanna come come join me. and bring booze". Well so no real big parties but nice fun sit ins at friends places.
If you are inviting to a real party you are doing it at least in a way you know everyone gets it. (if it has to be online that would be ICQ, or posts on the personal profiles or whatever.)
Well a few month ago most people i cared about were on myspace so its not that i am just a cool guy swimming against the stream
. And yes there were back then a few events that have been only announced over myspace. nothing huge, but stuff like "hey i am bored, my roomates out, whoever wanna come come join me. and bring booze". Well so no real big parties but nice fun sit ins at friends places.
If you are inviting to a real party you are doing it at least in a way you know everyone gets it. (if it has to be online that would be ICQ, or posts on the personal profiles or whatever.)
I've got one but I hardly ever use it. I had my birthday recently and decided to check my facebook to see if anyone wished me well. Everyone had commented twice, but the comments they left were for last year's birthday.
I've already explained the D&D partThe Arbiter of Cool said:
I'm on vacation this week
but all that time I'm NOT on vacation facebook would cause many problems and hastles (mainly people bugging me to go online more often because they don't understand the concept of the word "WORK")
*sigh* 3 people I've had to explain it to
I'm adding that note to the original post!