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conedude13

04-26-2007, 01:52 PM

In addition to the TRS Fans group, I have made a TRS Facebook profile for the show. I made it a sort of petition, sign by becoming friends, to further persuade the show hosts to join Facebook instead of MySpace.

If the TRS hosts wish to take over the account I would gladly do so completely free of charge. A t-shirt or something would be cool too though. :p

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=551641198&hiq=rad%2Cshow%2Ctotally

wideawakewesley

04-26-2007, 01:56 PM

Am I the only one who's getting tired of all these social networks. A website and a forum should be everything anyone ever needs.

Wes

professio

04-26-2007, 02:38 PM

I added TRS has a friend :p

I used to be anti social networking, and i hate myspace, even though I have one, but Facebook is totally rad and for that reason alone TRS should go on facebook.

ali_pinto

04-26-2007, 04:12 PM

I'm probably the only person who thinks this, but I don't see what's so great about facebook. I signed up for it, just so I could browse it and I wasn't impressed with anything that site has to offer. I'm not saying that myspace is awesome or anything like that, I've just been it on it for so long and everyone I know is on it (it makes it easier for me to keep in touch with long distance friends).

divadawg9234

04-26-2007, 04:20 PM

Down with Facebook!!! Tom is my king!! JK, but really... ALL my friends are in Myspace! I know maybe 6 people in Facebook, most of them are also in Myspace the rest... well, to be quite honest, I'm not rushing to keep in contact with them.

conedude13

04-26-2007, 04:40 PM

I was on myspace for a long time as well, friends too. But, due to the more than frequent downtime as well as all the hacked ads i was hearing about, I decided to ditch the account. Tom is the devil too, btw.

Flash back to old Mike Myers SNL skit: "YOU'RE THE DEVIL!!"

darknessgp

04-26-2007, 04:44 PM

Am I the only one who's getting tired of all these social networks. A website and a forum should be everything anyone ever needs.

Wes

yes and no... I'm tired of groups, bands, tv shows, etc. getting profiles on the social site. Like the guy made a TRS profile. Not a group on Facebook, but a profile. The issue I have with most social site is that people never use them how they were intended, ala profiles for groups, myspace profiles being advertisements for movies, etc. Also, I hate it that people are not careful with what info they give out. On facebook, my profile is locked down and I don't let just anyone be my friend on there, but some people just have their's wide open. Which means that sites like myspace and facebook gets blamed for pedophilia, rape, murder case, and etc. When really it's just because some stupid people freely give out all their info... sorry it's sort of a sore subject for me since I really like social sites, and hate it if they were ruined by the stupid people, except myspace. I hate myspace.

ali_pinto, facebook was originally made for college only, and because of that I could see if someone wasn't in school that they'd have little reason to use it, but even then it offers enough to get by with just general contact stuff.

It's not a site like Digg that I could spend a ton of time on or anything, but it's more for just connecting people. Suddenly I can invite all my friends to this event I'm going to have. Or if I need to get in contact with someone from my class I can message over facebook and not have to worry about getting any of their RL contact info. I'd definitely say that you should give facebook more of a shot. Try to see if you can find other friends on their.

wideawakewesley

04-26-2007, 06:36 PM

Suddenly I can invite all my friends to this event I'm going to have. Or if I need to get in contact with someone from my class I can message over facebook and not have to worry about getting any of their RL contact info. I'd definitely say that you should give facebook more of a shot. Try to see if you can find other friends on their.

I have an e-mail address book, IM contact list and a phone contact list for contacting people, why do I need a profile on a social networking site when everyone uses at least one of the other three?

Wes

darknessgp

04-26-2007, 08:31 PM

I have an e-mail address book, IM contact list and a phone contact list for contacting people, why do I need a profile on a social networking site when everyone uses at least one of the other three?

Wes

It's helpful when you don't have those, and also what if I pose the situation where you need to get a hold of someone from your college class, but you don't have any contact info? Yea, that may only apply to college students, but another example is for event management. I don't need to send out a bunch of emails saying come to my event. I can set up an event, invite my friends and tell them to invite their friends if they want to. Plus, you gave 3 lists when I only really have 1. It seems you have a good amount of contact info, which is great. But also remember, not everyone does nor does everyone have any contact info (email, phone, im, etc) for someone that they might not know well.

look, I'm not trying to say facebook is the end all of social networking/contacting people, or that there are not alternative ways of doing things like how you pointed out with your IM contacts, and etc. I'm just saying that this is what facebook offers and it's great for me. yea, it might not be good for you or many others in the business world, but like I said earlier it was originally made for college students.

professio

04-26-2007, 08:35 PM

Facebook is most popular amongst college students since it was limited to college students in its conception. We all got really mad actually when they opened it up to high schoolers and even more mad when it got opened to everyone.

I like facebook over myspace because of no annoying ads, no music in profiles, no profile layouts. just a nice, clean, standardized page. oh and no dramatic top 8 crap to deal with. and the news feed, gotta love the news feed, perfect way to spy on people :P

masherscf

04-26-2007, 08:55 PM

Why would you create a face-book profile for TRS? Are you a huge poser? I don't mean to be rude, but it seems a little crazy...

angel1573

04-26-2007, 09:15 PM

Facebook is most popular amongst college students since it was limited to college students in its conception. We all got really mad actually when they opened it up to high schoolers and even more mad when it got opened to everyone.

I like facebook over myspace because of no annoying ads, no music in profiles, no profile layouts. just a nice, clean, standardized page. oh and no dramatic top 8 crap to deal with. and the news feed, gotta love the news feed, perfect way to spy on people :P

I totally agree! Also, one of my favourite things about facebook that I love is that you're less likely to find profiles of group-related things. That's why there's groups to begin with! So while I recognize your support for the show conedude13, please keep the group/fanbased stuff for groups--that's what they're made for. We don't need another myspace.

radmax

04-26-2007, 09:18 PM

angel1573

04-26-2007, 09:24 PM

Why get mad when the opened it up to non-college ppl?

This is what would have went down if not.

One day you will graduate and you can no longer be a part of FaceBook, right? Then you and all your friends on FaceBook will have to migrate to MySpace.

FaceBook made a smart call.

I realize that now, but at the time I was really upset. The reason why people were freaking is because they were worried it would degrade into Myspace all over again, and so many people came to Facebook to get away from Myspace (not to mention how much more superior it is in design and appearance). As far as graduation, even when Facebook was exclusive, you could maintain your Facebook status as an alumni, so that's not really a valid arguement. However, I don't think if I was ever forced to leave Facebook, that myspace would become my main outlet. I have one now, and I barely use it. It is the most confusing, poorly designed, ad obsessed, pool of I don't even know what. I'd rather seek out another social networking site than resort to myspace as a main way to contact people. Oh and hey, there's always AIM and MSN, or you know, the phone and real life :S.

radmax

04-26-2007, 09:33 PM

I realize that now, but at the time I was really upset. The reason why people were freaking is because they were worried it would degrade into Myspace all over again, and so many people came to Facebook to get away from Myspace (not to mention how much more superior it is in design and appearance). As far as graduation, even when Facebook was exclusive, you could maintain your Facebook status as an alumni, so that's not really a valid arguement. However, I don't think if I was ever forced to leave Facebook, that myspace would become my main outlet. I have one now, and I barely use it. It is the most confusing, poorly designed, ad obsessed, pool of I don't even know what. I'd rather seek out another social networking site than resort to myspace as a main way to contact people. Oh and hey, there's always AIM and MSN, or you know, the phone and real life :S.

didn't realize you could stay on as an alumni.

that is kind of weird though...couldn't anyone sign up if they were an alumni?

i remember when i first heard of FaceBook I wanted to join, but I graduated college.

guess you couldn't be grand-fathered in.

angel1573

04-26-2007, 09:36 PM

didn't realize you could stay on as an alumni.

that is kind of weird though...couldn't anyone sign up if they were an alumni?

i remember when i first heard of FaceBook I wanted to join, but I graduated college.

guess you couldn't be grand-fathered in.

Yeah. Not really--you still need to have an active account. ((just like I can't go sign up for my high school I went to, because I don't have an email with them anymore)) So the idea is, if you have an alumni email account that's active, you could have signed up (my university does that). If not, you were SOL, or you had to be a student first, then graduated and set your status to Alumni.

conedude13

04-27-2007, 02:24 AM

Is this official? http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2266399708

Just found it out right now.

professio

04-27-2007, 03:08 AM

Is this official? http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2266399708

Just found it out right now.

Nah, that was just created by some dude, no official thing from what i can tell.

ali_pinto

04-27-2007, 04:01 AM

ali_pinto, facebook was originally made for college only, and because of that I could see if someone wasn't in school that they'd have little reason to use it, but even then it offers enough to get by with just general contact stuff.

...Suddenly I can invite all my friends to this event I'm going to have.

I know. Actually, until recently I thought it was still for college students, which is why I never signed up for it (I've been out of college for a while now). When I heard that anyone can join, I signed up to check it out, but again... I wasn't that impressed with anything on that site. Also, you do realize that you can send event invites to all your friends on myspace. People love to hate on myspace, but I've been on myspace for about 3 years and I've never really had any problems with it (but watch now that I've said that I'll probably be hacked) ;)

sugarsickness

04-27-2007, 05:10 AM

Facebook is most popular amongst college students since it was limited to college students in its conception. We all got really mad actually when they opened it up to high schoolers and even more mad when it got opened to everyone.I was never upset because of anything Facebook has changed because there was never any reason to get upset over anything. When they added the minifeed and newsfeed it was simply another way to see what people are doing. So many got their panties twisted and called it a "stalker tool" and crap even though the feeds are only viewable by people you set as friends and show only, aside from few exceptions, the same things you could see if you just clicked the "Recently Updated Friends" button (And those few exceptions, things people posted on other people's wall, only show up if you are friends with each person anyway). :\ And when the allowed anyone to join their privacy settings did not become any less strict, I wasn't automatically joined into the appropriate regional networks or anything. People are just paranoid.

Facebook and Myspace share some features and each have some exclusive ones. On Myspace I don't think there is any way to see what friends have recently altered their profile, I don't think it has any easy way to let you list the classes you are taking, or a lot of other features Facebook has. Also, Facebook profiles don't crash my browser because it is trying to load too many embedded videos.

Also, because I can see who my friends add as friends I have found a lot of highschool classmates (And even my old friends from middle school who moved away) very easily. People who I wouldn't have thought to search for specifically. I like Facebook ^.^

I am apart of the Diggnation Group ~_~

comhcinc

04-27-2007, 05:36 AM

i have never been to facebook(always heard it was for highschoolers) and i can't stand myspace.

i'm loving virb. it's very cool they are constantly adding new things and there is a little button on the top of the page to remove the customization so no crashes.

you all should give it a try

chevmalfet

04-27-2007, 07:53 AM

I'm torn on this issue. While MySpace is essentially the ghetto of the internet—having effectively replaced GeoCities—Facebook seems to get in the way of itself a lot; more by ignorance than intention as with MySpace, but still.

Virb is prettier and works better I find, but I can't see such a large mass of people migrating based on technical advantages they couldn't care less to understand. (It may be chic to be geek, but only on the surface).

wideawakewesley

04-27-2007, 08:58 AM

Ahhh Geocities, those were the days.

Wes

darknessgp

04-27-2007, 05:14 PM

...Also, you do realize that you can send event invites to all your friends on myspace. People love to hate on myspace, but I've been on myspace for about 3 years and I've never really had any problems with it (but watch now that I've said that I'll probably be hacked) ;)

True, however I don't know anyone that uses myspace anymore, everyone is on facebook. Like at my college, everyone checks facebook in the computer labs and you might see 1 or 2 people actually doing myspace.

rabid_pancake

04-27-2007, 06:48 PM

This (http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,127116-page,7-c,sites/article.html) pretty much sums up why I hate MySpace.

With more than 90 million users, MySpace is now more popular than Elvis, "American Idol," and ice cream. But the Web's most visited destination is also its most poorly designed and counterproductive.

The ease with which anyone of any age can create a page, upload photos, share deeply personal details of their lives, and make new "friends" quickly turned MySpace into a one-stop shopping mall for online predators. That in turn has made the site an easy target for politicians who pander for votes by playing on parental fears. In an era when the basic tenets of the Net are under attack by both Ma Bell and Uncle Sam, MySpace is a headache we don't need.

But let's put all that aside for a moment. Graphically, many MySpace pages look like a teenager's bedroom after a tornado--a swirl of clashing backgrounds, boxes stacked inside other boxes, massive photos, and sonic disturbance. Try loading a few of those pages at once and watch what happens to your CPU. Watch out for spyware, too, since it turns out that MySpace has become a popular distribution vector for drive-by downloads and other exploits. And in a place where "U are soooooooo hot!!!" passes for wit, MySpace isn't doing much to elevate the level of social discourse.

In response to a public backlash and some well-publicized lawsuits, MySpace has begun modifying its policies--for example, limiting adults' ability to contact minors. That's hardly enough. Requiring some kind of authentication from MySpacers--or their parents--to validate their ages and identities would go a long way toward scaring off the creeps and making the site a kinder, gentler social network.

Is MySpace totally bad? Not at all. Are we old farts? Yeah, probably. But the Web's most popular site needs a serious security reboot. And probably a makeover. Until then, MySpace won't ever be OurSpace.

professio

04-27-2007, 07:06 PM

With the growing popularity of Facebook and Virb it amazes me that Myspace has not had a redesign, ever.

Eventually it will detract people from their site.

kowgod

04-27-2007, 08:10 PM

Do you know how long it took me to actually bother to fill out my myspace? I cannot be bothered to switch over to some other crappy stalker network!

xibalba

04-27-2007, 08:18 PM

conedude13

05-05-2007, 02:42 AM

Alas, everything must come to an end. And with a total of 34 (last time i was able to check) the TRS facebook page has been baned by the facebook peeps. Something to do with nicknames aren't allowed as names.

So, sorry to those of you that have signed up after last tuesday and didn't make it to the friends list; i was locked out at that time and it is now compleatly gone. I feel that i did make a positive 'college try' because Mr. Dan Trachtenberg himself joined in on the list. Ah well, i'm done for now. Burrito time.

olpol

05-05-2007, 09:44 AM

Am I the only one who's getting tired of all these social networks. A website and a forum should be everything anyone ever needs.

Wes I agree with you mate. I've never got into any of those myspace sites.

magunwarrior

05-05-2007, 09:47 AM

Well there's always the TRS VIRB group. (http://www.virb.com/groups/72067906)

muffins

05-05-2007, 05:17 PM

Am I the only one who's getting tired of all these social networks. A website and a forum should be everything anyone ever needs.

Wes

Probably not but I love them. I've met so many freakin' people on them and even found people to hang out with that are into the same things in my area. Maybe you just don't need anymore friends? I know I do.