Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Facebook Blues


When asked why he had signed up on Facebook, the suspect replied: "Curiosity".

When asked why he had so many friends on Facebook, the suspect replied: "It was peer pressure, honest".

"So if all your friends decided to jump down a hole you'd follow them, would you?", scolded the officer.

"What, like that girl who followed the rabbit, you mean? I don't know anybody called Alice."

Outside the street made the sounds of traffic and light rain.

"And what's with all this make up and that stupid hat you're wearing?", the officer asked again.

6 comments:

m06orama said...

Problems encountered on FB include:-

Michael Cook
Trying to figure out what this Facebook thing is about.
Yesterday at 1:14am · Like · Comment
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Michael Cook Not sure why when I add a web site to "My Links" it also shows up here under "Top News".
5 hours ago · Like
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Michael Cook ‎2011-01-19 03:49 CST space.com "could not validate"
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Michael Cook Under "My Links" it says:-
You have not posted anything yet. Paste an address on the left to post videos, songs, or anything else on the web to your profile.
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Michael Cook This link keeps reappearing here (under FB News feed), even tho' it's not a News feed .. http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fm06orama.blogspot.com%2F&h=93f18
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m06orama said...

Continuing from comment #1 ...

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Michael Cook The feed link required is feed://m06orama.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
about an hour ago · Like
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Michael Cook Facebook won't let you edit comments?
7 minutes ago · Like
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Michael Cook I found the interface to add Jobs and Ed. "somewhat counter-intuitive". But then I had started with Employer "NO" and College "NO". Uh-oh! User error!
3 minutes ago · Like
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When editing Profile: 1) - text in Languages is lost if you change (turn on) a checkbox. 2) Can't add languages at all?
+I found out the difference between Like and Recommend. Who knew?

m06orama said...

..and continuing further to track the vagaries of FB:
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Michael Cook Actually you can only see the "Liked" and "Recommended" content items in "News Feed" under "Most Recent" (i.e NOT under "Top News"), and the "Recommended" item only shows up under "My Links". Isn't that interesting?

m06orama said...

....And now comment #4 on the dreaded Facebook "illusion of usefulness" usability train wreck....

Michael Cook Jan 20 12:02
Why do I get to see so much unnecessary detail about Friend's actions in my "News Feed"? Like why do I need to see that Ronnie likes Sting? Why does that show up here as an event?
Thursday at 12:02am · Like · Comment
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Niko Pupella its due to the changes with the new layout. i hate it myself honestly. It never used to be that way
Thursday at 12:07am · Like
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Michael Cook Thanks Niko. That also arrived as a phone text 'cos I set it up. Meantime I figured out I could just go to my Profile or Wall and not see all that detail stuff. I still haven't figured out the difference between "Top News" and "Most Recent" feeds. I know I can filter the feeds but this only seems to working by excluding a Friend altogether, which seems to defeat the whole point of the exercise.
Thursday at 12:17am · Like
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Niko Pupella Ah I see. Its after 1am here so I am off to bed. Have a good one.
Thursday at 12:20am · Like .. CONTINUED IN #5...

m06orama said...

..COMMENT #5

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Ronnie C Graham I was updating some info on my profile there yesterday. I'm just wondering if all those updates were issued to your wall that would be totally whacked. Since I've made those changes I am now getting information and comments from many of them including Joe Bonamassa talking about working a new angle with his music and talking about visiting his mom if you can believe it.
Thursday at 9:46am · Like
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Michael Cook Well, today Thurs Jan 20 at 15:38 CST on my FB "News Feeds" (not on my "Wall") I have the following from you. Niko's comment above seems to indicate this is something new that's happening since the recent profile update. I can't say as I understand it myself.

In "Most Recent":-

-Ronnie C Graham likes John Mayer and 109 other pages
2 hours ago
Top 3 Tips to help you sing better
20 hours ago
-Ronnie C Graham added Texas Hold'em Poker and 9 other pages to his interests.
Yesterday at 3:32pm · Like · Comment
-Ronnie C Graham added Adult Education '96 to his education.
Yesterday at 1:24pm · Like · Comment
-Ronnie C Graham added Martin Luther King, Jr. and 3 other pages to his list of inspirational people.
Yesterday at 1:17pm

In "Top News":-

-Ronnie C Graham commented on Tim Elias's status.
Tim Elias Just got booked for the Coney Island Music festival July 24 near Kenora!!! Yaya!!
3 hours ago · Like · Comment
-Ronnie C Graham and 7 others like this.
-Ronnie C Graham Good on ya mate!
3 hours ago · Like
-Ronnie C Graham likes A i r & A i r.
A i r & A i r
"Air & Air", founded in 2006 and active since 2010, is an Instrumental Rock band comprised of five musicians from different circles in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The heart of the band, guitar soloist Zubair Bin Shahjahan, has had many years experience of playing ...
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2 hours ago
-Ronnie C Graham commented on Serena Copenace's status.
Serena Copenace making a mistake does not mean your bad....i tell my son that all the time...just saying...food for thought...
4 hours ago · Like · Comment
-Ronnie C Graham and 4 others like this.
-Ronnie C Graham Good on ya Serena. Although society in her screwy way will try to counter that message over time, it's good to know they've heard the TRUTH from you. It took me many years to rediscover that truth for myself and I have to say it has been li...
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-Ronnie C Graham And others too I suppose! ;-)
4 hours ago · Like
-Ronnie C Graham commented on Tim Elias's status.
Tim Elias I just realized I spent almost 4 hours in a bar last night and didn't have a single drink!! (that hasn't happened since ESB days....)
3 hours ago · Like · Comment
5 people like this.
-Ronnie C Graham Where is this Academy/ba
3 hours ago · Like
-Ronnie C Graham Academy/bar
3 hours ago · Like
-Ronnie C Graham likes Joe Bonamassa's status.
Joe Bonamassa Last couple of days of the most exciting fun recording experience of my life.. All five of us have really turned into a classic rock making machine. Very inspirational stuff. Lots of work left, Kevin the most, Glenn and I have vocals to do. Gonna be a great one.. Off to Sterling Ball's event this weekend then three days with the parental units.. Gotta get the house in order before mom see's it.
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m06orama said...

...#6 - LAST COMMENT
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Ronnie C Graham That is totally messed up! Sorry bud! Way too much information!!
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Michael Cook Meh facebook who cares
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Michael Cook RANT ALERT! - PART 1

What's on my mind? Well, as I look at "Facebook Home / Top News" today Sat 22 Jan 2011 17:36 CST, it says "There are no more posts to show right now". This is exactly what I want to see FOREVER. When I click on "Edit Op...
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Michael Cook RANT ALERT! - PART 2

After throwing up, I have to admit I don't really "get" Facebook. Like, if someone wants a web site, they should set up a freakin' web site already. No offense intended, but - no - I do not care what musicians/movies/TV shows/etc. anybody else likes, and I am surprised if they think I might. As well as which I think we should treat the Internet more as a precious resource. How about everybody not using the Internet at least one day a week?

I know, I know. They all laughed at Christopher Columbus too. RASPBERRIES TO YOU!
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Michael Cook Jan 22 2011 18:24 CST
TAKE BACK INDOLENCE! DECLARE SUNDAY 23RD JANUARY 2011 WORLD'S FIRST DO NOT USE THE INTERNET DAY!