Facebook?

[VX KAT]

I finally surrendered when two good friends joined and seemed to abandon "traditional" email.... So yeah, I've joined, but I can't stand it, don't check it often, and can't understand why anybody wants to waste their time reading stuff like "watcha doin tonight?" or "that's so cool" or "I just went and pee'd"...these are 3 actual posts I've seen....

Two friends from jr high & high school contacted me which was kinda neat, but that was it. I'm with Dub here (you know "the weird-O up nort..." )
...if I didn't like them in H.S. I sure don't have any interest in them know, just a waste of my precious time. I've tried and tried and I just can't understand the need, desire or obsession to be "constantly connected" and instantly accessible for mundane things like most of the comments seem to be.

Maybe I'm a anti-social or counter culture....or just annutter Weird-O.....but I fought having to carry a beeper at work, (successful for many years), then fought the Blackberry - and won!), then had to carry a business cell phone (but only gave out the # to a handful of people).....all the while being a total techno-geek/computer geek/gadget geek/apple geek......now that stuff is fun!
Nope, facebook isn't for me.....and don't even get me started on Twitter or even speaketh the word "tweet"...cuz "what's been heard can never be unheard"! :

[VX crazy]

I am on facebook, but I agree with the dub and kat on the social networking part, I just went to my 20 yr reunion and consider it a waste of makeup and gas (not me, the vx) because it was just to check out how ugly the cheerleaders turned out! I wasnt friends than and why would I be now? I also tighten up my features on fb so people can not find me if they search, cant see my photo or my list of friends.....some people just never need to find me! LOL

[CrnCnn]

I am on Facebook. Clint Nelson. My VX is my profile pic. I didnt realize there was a VX group. I knew about the Myspace one, not Facebook. RIP Tone Monday is one of the few other VX things i'm involved in there. I keep a look out.

[WormGod]

Funny you say that KAT. I only signed up because many of my friends stopped with the email cause they used FB more often. I only just joined about 2 weeks ago or so. Now, I find myself using less email. Much easier keeping tabs on the folks you care to keep tabs on, all at once. My fear was that people would find me there and ask to be "friends" and that was the last thing I wanted.... but "Ignore" works great.

[tom4bren]

Rekin I'll have to lean the same way as Lbud & Katt. I'm already WAY too connected to bother with facebook or myspace. I got a personal cell so wife & kids can reach me. I got a BB with cell so the boss can reach me. I got a laptop so I can do the email thang as long as I can find wifi. I got fios at home so I can visit here any time I want (if wifey lets me). Yup, I'm too connected already.

As far as HS reunions ... I went to a couple early on. Twin bro & his wife & her sisters were the socialites & drug me along. I wouldn't lose any sleep if I didn't make any more reunions (missed the 30 last year). Maybe I'll do the 50th just to see who's still around.

[don moore]

well hell.. i joined the face book group of vehicrossers that had the most peps

[tom4bren]

"I just went and pee'd":

ROFL. Some folks even take pix (gotta look at the photo title).

Edit:

Oops. It would help if I included the link to the photo. Sorry.

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/sh...626/ppuser/122

[Gussie2000]

Ok,so let's drop in here our nicknames to add friends

[Riff Raff]

Ok,so let's drop in here our nicknames to add friends

Gussie2000--- It's super easy to specifically request certain friends on FACEBOOK that are also members here on Vehicross.Info.

All you have to do is look at a VX member's profile on this blog/forum and find out their exact "E-Mail Address". Then, re-visit FACEBOOK and do a search for that exact "E-Mail Address". If the VX member is also on FACEBOOK, his/her name will pop-up from the "E-Mail Address" search.

Afterwhich, you simply send a request to be friends (along with a Message in the request that you're part of the VX blog/forum gang, so you don't frighten them).

[VX KAT]

I finally surrendered when two good friends joined and seemed to abandon "traditional" email.... So yeah, I've joined, but I can't stand it, don't check it often, and can't understand why anybody wants to waste their time reading stuff like "watcha doin tonight?" or "that's so cool" or "I just went and pee'd"...these are 3 actual posts I've seen....

Nope, facebook isn't for me.....and don't even get me started on Twitter or even speaketh the word "tweet"...cuz "what's been heard can never be unheard"! :

Anybody catch comedian Jim Norton on Jay Leno last week???....I knew I wasn't alone....
http://www.thejaylenoshow.com/video/...guest/1170908/

[Cobrajet]

I did see that, and I can relate...

I belong to a forum where they post every Twitter update for the forum host. It get's so annoying sometimes. Here are a couple posted up TODAY (names changed to protect the innnocent)...

*host*: ###### jus secretly farted n people r askin wht the smell is! Ha. She said she dnt kno. Liar!

*###*: just farted n it went down my throat! -quote from family guy.

Puleeeeze!! Give me a break. The whole thing seems rediculous anyway, but to tell all your "followers" that your friend just farted?? Occassionally there is a worthy piece of information posted, but it's not worth sifting through the crap to find it. Hopefully Twitter will just be a fad, like email...