Re: OT Funny thing happened at the Apple shop today..

In alt.support.diabetes on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:32:39 GMT in Msg.#
<rCzIj.6094$A87.4@trnddc06>, Wes Groleau <groleau+news@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Quentin Grady wrote:
us to use. I haven't a clue what Facebook is and/or whether it would
be a benefit to me or whether it would be something more to go wrong
on the computer.

I haven't used it, but I've seen it (and MySpace).

Can anyone tell me anything good OR bad (besides
loads of graphics) on either service that you can't
get in e-mail and Usenet?

I got onto MySpace over a year ago, or more, and never did anything with it.
Now, an old friend has begun a group over there & a blog (common interest)
so I have logged back in there a little bit very recently because of it. I
still find it user unfriendly.

I was leery of Facebook because of my experience with MySpace. But, a friend
sent me an invitation to it & my partner tried it & liked it (so far). So, I
joined it & liked it (so far). That was in the fall. We're both still on
there & still enjoy it. I suggested it to Quention specifically because of
his problems with email. For example I can email him but he can't get an
email through to me because of comcast. I've considered emailing him a few
times & haven't - because why push the frustration level of a one way
conversation? That's not even conversation! <G> That would be a monologue.

So, continuing the example, I'm on Facebook. If he joined Facebook & we
became Facebook Friends we could send messages back & forth to each other
without any impediment.

I could also send him cyber hugs, coffee, stuffed animals & play Scrabulous
with him. I'm sure that a bunch of what is on Facebook might seem silly to
people, time-wasting, etc. but it also can enable a spirit of staying in
contact with each other. And, anyone can begin a Group, or join an already
existing Group, regarding common interests. We could have a Quentin Group.
Or a Quentin's book Group.

Things like this are naturally hard to describe. Does this help?

Do you know if it really is a resource hog?

--
DonnaB shallotpeel USA
06-07-06 Diagnosis T2 HbA1c 8.1, D&E & Metformin 500mg
Current ................... HbA1c 6.3

"To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be
thought." - Tom Robbins. American novelist. b. 1936
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: NBC Some RMASERs...
    ... Is there a reason that you're not on Facebook? ... You can be my friend. ... No real reason, I suppose... ... how different is it than MySpace, ...
    (rec.music.artists.springsteen)
  • Re: OT Funny thing happened at the Apple shop today..
    ... an old friend has begun a group over there & a blog ... I was leery of Facebook because of my experience with MySpace. ... We could have a Quentin Group. ...
    (alt.support.diabetes)
  • Re: Facebook
    ... and has sent out a friend invite to pretty much everyone on the ... the only difference between Facebook any any other 'social ... card purchases or airline ticket purchases. ...
    (uk.rec.motorcycles)
  • Re: Dealing with Lulu.com
    ... what do people here think of Facebook? ... A writer I ... know just sent me an invitation to be his "friend" there, ...
    (rec.arts.sf.fandom)
  • Re: Photos (2): A favorite face (at Facebook.com)
    ... If you'd like to sign up as my friend, ... I'd like to see how Facebook works. ... I am a member but today it wouldn't accept my password, ... camera and snapped! ...
    (uk.people.silversurfers)