Comments on: Friends List Suckage

By: Mari Adkins

Mari Adkins — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:02:38 +0000

I ticked off a woman I don’t even know the other day when I cut my Twitter follow list down from 250 people to 88. First, I dumped people I had no idea who they were. Then I dumped people who hadn’t updated in the past week, followed by people who hadn’t updated in the past month. News outlets and I had no use for. And so on and so forth. It’s my Twitterspace, and I need it to be sureful for me, not for Joe Blow Aroundtheblock.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:14:56 +0000

Seriously,

Everyone is all eeeeee! Facebook!!!!

I find it to be ugly and overly complicated by default.

It’s also different every time I do my mandatory monthly login to see if anything interesting is actually there.

There never is. I delete a bunch of crap application invites, because if you want to block them…….they get to access all your data anyway.

Can I post a bulletin to my friends? Apparently not, I tried two different ways and neither worked.

I like my Myspace better. I hope they don’t get too caught up in becoming just like FB.

Dan

By: andrew korf

andrew korf — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:13:09 +0000

I am with you the general worthlessness of facebook – I find it kid of cool to see what my friends in London are up to – when I check it occasionally but other than that… Personally I’d say it’s the most overhyped internet property of the decade. Twitter on the other hand is pretty cool – I just wish more genuinely interesting people used it – Artists,writers,revolutionaries,professional humans, Dian Fossey types … a little variety mixed in with the the San Francisco digerati echo chamber.

By: DavePress

DavePress — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:58:41 +0000

I mean, I agree, and yes there are moments where I add people on Twitter, and I have never met but I ground that in the basis that I like what I’ve read by them, like you for instance. The rest of my friends on Twitter are with that in mind or I’ve actually met them. I’m pretty close to deleting myspace, because when the proprietor of the site starts spamming you with messages for Viagra, I think its time to eject it. So I use Facebook for people I actually know and met but Myspace, really, for networking I guess. Does this sound objectionable?

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By: Kath

Kath — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:20:55 +0000

For clarification. Yes, I follow Obama. Yes, I hope to meet him this year when he comes to Denver for the DNC

By: Kath

Kath — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:19:51 +0000

Are you reading my mind?? You must be!

I killed MySpace Sunday night due to way too much spam. Facebook I may update once or twice a month. I use the ignore button most of all.

As for Twitter, I have 24 people I follow. Most of them are local Denverites that I personally know or know thru friends. The several remote Twitter friends are friends I have met in the past or will meet this year.

Have decided not to have more than 25 on my Twitter list. Not to sound like a snob but I feel the quality will suffer if I follow more than 25.

In the beginning I did feel a tad guilty about saying no to follow requests. Don’t feel guilty about it anymore, tho.

It’s all about the quality! And really, I am so not a snob

By: Michelle S.

Michelle S. — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:21:44 +0000

For me, it’s a mixed bag.

On MySpace, I usually accept requests from people I’ve never met if I’m intrigued by their profile…and I’m glad I did because a friend I lost contact with after high school found me via him being a “friend” of someone who I approved because I liked their profile. But I don’t automatically approve everyone, and I know there are people I’ve put in “friend” requests to just because I found their profile interesting, and for whatever reason they never added me. And that’s ok.

Same with Twitter. I’m flattered when someone follows me, and I’ll follow them for a bit, but if it’s too many senseless twitters, I won’t hesitate to stop following them.

I’ve found a lot of benefits to memberships in these various social networks, but it can easily become a information overload situation. So I don’t get bent out of shape if somebody doesn’t follow me. Like I follow you on Twitter because I blog for MB, but I don’t think you follow me. Whatever…we move in different circles and have different needs out of our social networking. The whole point is to use these tools like Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, etc. in ways that work for us as individuals. We can’t be worried that someone else might get bent out of shape about it.