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Kevin C. has his own fan page on facebook :-)
Well, I'm a new member. How bout you?
Yes all signed up!
I don't have a Facebook account, I wonder where this came from.
Since I now have "Fans" and my family has been after me to get one I'll have to do it.
Oh the price of fame......
Are we sure this fan page is talking about the right KevinC? I know at least one other person that uses that "screen name" online, although in an entirely different community.
Hi Jim,
Are you getting some rough weather in your part of the world?
It's certainly our president Kevin.C for sure. Wow must be nice to have a fan club!
Cheers,
John.B
Oh, yeah, the weather's been lovely [insert sound of dripping sarcasm]. Luckily my job is such that I've been able to work from home, as there's been several days lately when we couldn't get away from the house due to road conditions.
The upside is there is some fun to be had. We're looking at heading over to a friend's house tonight to do some sledding. He's got a hilly area in the back of his property with a nice sled run set up, including a motorized rope tow to get back up the hill.
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to my friends in facebook after getting a friend request.
Scott
Hey, I never knew that. Where is it? (Mistaken or not.) He certainly is a fan right here as out President. :-)
Olde.
I'm digging my heels in and resisting joining Facebook for as long as I can possibly hold out.... Of course, I did exactly the same with owning a cell phone, changing over from 8-tracks and tape cassettes over to CDs and DVDs, as well as didn't even own or know how to operate a computer until after my 50th birthday.
In other words, I'm a stubborn old geezer of a mule, -- until something or other suddenly changes my mind about it, in which case, tomorrow I might suddenly feel that I "HAVE TO!" (lol)....
- Ken
Your talking to a man who has used the same mobile phone for 10 years.
I know what you mean! I said the same thing and look what
happened to me. It's like invasion of the body snatchers,
there's a giant pea pod out their with your name on it.
So just curious do you still have the old Victrola?
Kevin
LOL, yes, my old Victrola is now playing a scratchy rendition of a stormy Tango tune, as I blow the dust off more of my vintage vinyl, stored right next to my favorite black & white TV! Too bad Jim-Bob didn't chop enough wood for the Franklin stove to keep us warm and enable us to cook the skinned possum tonight; but at least we have enough wax candles for me to read my own typing as I reply to you here (LOL)!!
- Ken
I've seen too many large corporate social networking sites come and go to hitch my star to any of them. You can make a page there, set privacy preferences there, and two days later it all will have changed at THEIR command. Or they may have dumped your stuff altogether. Their aim is just to sell ads and merchandise, and they don't care what they will do against your wishes if it furthers that aim.
As an older guy, unlike for a younger guy, I have had many different groups of friends throughout my life. Few of them would have any interest in hearing about the others. Hell, I myself have little interest in hearing what is going with someone I last saw in 1957.
Therefore, for me, what works is to have my own web site, where I can put as much on it as I wish, where it will look today just like it looked yesterday, where no one will shut it off, and where there will be no advertising on it. My web site is now twice as old as FaceBook, and anyone who wants to find me need only visit Google.
I do join smaller social networking sites such as this one, that are primarily if not wholly non-commercial, and that are all about a specific interest I have. I think it is important that we support such sites, otherwise the Internet will someday just be run by the mega-corporations. As for large corporate sites, I may join them just so I can have access to their material, but I never go there to look for mail, nor do I ever put my stuff there. That is what my web site is for.
MLHH, by the way, is now 13 years old, also twice as old as FaceBook. May MLHH live long and prosper!
Bill
Hi Bill,
Reading your reply certainly makes me think much differently about Facebook and other such sites of that calibre.I admit having a Facebook account but have next to nothing on it.I only joined because other relatives are on it and post a lot.It's kind of funny seeing what they are willing to tell others and possibly the world.That site actually doesn't even appeal to me and I think that Yoville thing is kind of ridiculous.I do prefer sites like mlhh more because I can get to REALLY know its members instead of creating an endless list of friends that can go into the hundreds and even thousands.How can anyone keep in contact with that many friends!LOL.Get real.Great reply Bill as it really made me think regarding the value of such sites.
Mark
Amen, Bill!
I also enjoyed reading what Mark said in his reply to you.... It certainly makes you think twice about the value of joining Facebook!
I have several friends and relatives who had joined Facebook a few years ago -- and more and more people I know seem to be added every year! But, hey, just write or call me if you want to keep in touch... I guess that's "difficult" to do nowadays, though (LOL)!!
I was the same way for a long time. I finally joined Facebook after being asked by friends for the hundredth or so time and was surprised how many old friends I ended up reconnecting with. The only uncomfortable moment was when my wife and one of my old high school girlfriends started talking and became friends. Oh, the stories they traded... :S
I think there's a group for dyslexics on there...
- Oren
I can't say anything bad about MySpace or Facebook, I have both.
On MySpace I was able to connect to the local high school and motivate the kids to speak out about the haircut policy.
On Facebook I was able to reconnect with a lot of high school peers and be invited to the next class reunion.
I have also been able to have tons of fun on those stupid "pages" being witness to the atrocious attitudes there. Hehe.
Paul
I was persuaded to join Facebook by a 'girl' I knew in high school and found again via another web site. The inverted commas are because we are both 52 now. Not an old GF, just a friend. No, my wife still hasn't joined Facebook, but my mother has! Mothers like to connect with their offspring on Facebook I've noticed, and sometimes it can be embarassing. So for instance, I've wondered what my mother thinks when a woman other than my wife sends me virtual teddy bears and the like? Thankfully, she has never commented about it.
Since then, I've connected with all manner of old friends on Facebook. One guy that I knew in high school told me that another guy that I went to both high school and university with had died some time ago, whereas all I knew was that I had stopped getting Xmas cards from him. Even then, I don't know how he died. Sad, but without Facebook I wouldn't even know what I do.
Another awkward experience concerns my oldest friend (as in friend I've known longest), also female, someone I've known since we were born, who agreed to friend me but doesn't actually communicate, i.e. doesn't reply to messages. I feel a bit hurt by that, but perhaps her new husband is a jealous type? I've never actually met him in RL, although I met her first husband.
There are social pitfalls with Facebook, but then that's true of RL as well.