[Boatanchors] Facebook

[J. Forster]

Just because it's new and entertains a bunch of shallow, ADHD 20 something
idiots, does not make it good. MySpace came and has largely disappeared.
Ditto many other fads...  Hula Hoops, Pet Rocks, Millie Vanilli, ... .

IMO, Facebook will too.

Some Groups do actually have legit functions, and they will survive.

FWIW,

-John

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> Not to worry Todd with the old buzzard attitude we won't have to worry
> about anyone wanting to continue our favorite aspect of the hobby
> The next generation won't be hearing about it
> They don't even read  newspapers no less read qst
> It's the closed minds and anger among the old doggies  that narrows ones
> humanity and shortens lives
> So be it. We will, despite them, continue to work to be relevant in a
> modern world and work to preserve the electric radios they chose to
> squander for themselves
> Heck, these are the same guys who fought computing and swore they'd never
> own one
> 73
> Warren w1gud
>
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> On Dec 21, 2010, at 11:54 AM, "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Alex Whitaker <ehscott at sbcglobal.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Does that make it a bad tool for those who use it
>>> judiciously?...no.
>>
>> There's nothing bad in any of it, it's all in how or why you use it.
>> I've found that simply reading one's Facebook comments tells volumes
>> about the person.
>>
>>> FB kind of is what you make it for yourself.  It can be
>>> a tremendous time sink and an aggressive and shameless self
>>> promoter.....or
>>> it can be another useful way to communicate.
>>
>> Precisely. You get to choose how to spend your time communicating: via
>> the WWW or via the airwaves. I've been a member of Facebook since
>> 2007. It's a very handy tool for finding old friends (social
>> networking). Beyond that, it offers me nothing that I didn't already
>> have (including ways to burn time). I have a throw-away email account
>> associated with it and have never had any issues of privacy through
>> using it. It works as designed, and as you say - it's whatcha make it.
>> (o:
>>
>> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4
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