Reply to: What is facebook and myspace all about?

[Moscow Mule]

Boiler room, auto-dailler. It hangs up is there is no sales person to take the call.

I love wasting these guys time - most enjoyable.

[alreadypacked]

I've got an automated thingie ringing me up at the moment...

I pick the phone up, it waits a while & asks me to hold (in an American accent), then hangs up.

I did get to growl at what may have been a human being the other day, but he rang off.... Hisssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss...

Boiler room, auto-dailler. It hangs up is there is no sales person to take the call.

[SallyAnne]

I have discovered something even better, it's called the mobile telephone, soon everyone will have to have one

No, I fear telephones these days.
Since the invention of email/texting, I find anyone who calls out of the blue very rude!! (Much like people just turning up at your door). Its like they're saying "I'm going to speak to you now, whether you like it or not!"

I know its me who has the problem there, and I know I've spent far too much with computers, but that's just the way it is.

[King Cnvt]

What a strange world we live in.

[Bagpuss]

Regarding facebook...When I was working away, I logged in a couple of times a day and my other half and all my mates would have updated their status telling me what they did last night, or how they were feeling right now, or they'd send me little messages, or prezzies, or photos. I never really felt like I was away.

I have discovered something even better, it's called the mobile telephone, soon everyone will have to have one

[Jog On]

I like the Shakesperian insult generator

[HarryPearce]

Social networking

Even the CIA have been given their own social networking site a la Facebook (see http://www.politicsonline.com/blog/a...cia_socnet.php).

I wouldn't say though that SA was about having your website hosted for cheap. The content you can post is way too constrained, but it does give a wonderfully easy means of constructing sites that are engaging socially by aggregating your content and experiences with other peoples.

MySpace though is glued together by music, and just about anything is available . Dame Shirley Bassey's my favourite, http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...endid=79959328 esp. since she agreed to be my friend and left a comment on my page .

Facebook has a more mature professional profile drawing a lot of young professionals or students. It seems very popular for freshers at Uni to make contact before they arrive with other freshers.

If you fancy setting up your own site try using Elgg to build your own social networking site. It's neat and easy to install if you have a LAMP patform available.

Nick

[SallyAnne]

what is it about these sites that has made them so damn popular?

though personally i am getting bored of facebook now its obviously a massive success as a piece of software

what are the core points that make facebook/myspace so popular?

Regarding facebook...When I was working away, I logged in a couple of times a day and my other half and all my mates would have updated their status telling me what they did last night, or how they were feeling right now, or they'd send me little messages, or prezzies, or photos. I never really felt like I was away.

It kind of mixes email, friendsreunited, games, etc all together really. Its really cool, and an excellent way of really keppign in contact with people who you dont see all the time.

[realityhack]

what are the core points that make facebook/myspace so popular?

I'm not a fan of Myspace, but it enables users to have their own 'website' (h optional) without the hassle of registering a domain, setting up hosting etc.
Facebook?
1. Simple and easy to use.
2. The UI is consistent, meaning the information takes priority, and comes to the fore.
3. Lots of people are already on it, so you're more likely to find people you know.
4. Unlike Friends Reunited, it's interactive and involving.
5. It fills the gap in the market: Linkedin is too formal, Bebo too young, Myspace too chaotic, Orkut poorly designed.

[Moscow Mule]

what is it about these sites that has made them so damn popular?

though personally i am getting bored of facebook now its obviously a massive success as a piece of software

what are the core points that make facebook/myspace so popular?

Appealing to tech-savvy kids. Only a few of these ever go mass-market.

Friends reunited was a similar phenom, but I think that's got terminal pnuemonia now.

[Mr Crosby]

Join CUK slackers, I'll send you a link to the Texas Hold'um application, you install it, I get 500 chips free

Where's the link?

[brownie74]

seriously though...

what is it about these sites that has made them so damn popular?

though personally i am getting bored of facebook now its obviously a massive success as a piece of software

what are the core points that make facebook/myspace so popular?

[BoredBloke]

No we will be going somewhere - probably the lakes. Not staying at home as that would be rubbish

[ChimpMaster]

I tell you what would be lovely...you can order caterrers in these days. They come to your home, meal semi prepared, set up your table for you, and provide a the full 5 star treatment for you in your own home!
(And no dishes!!)

I think I'd find that a bit weird myself!! I mean yeah it's nice to go out and be served in a nice restaurant etc but having these guys come over and take over the house, serve u in ur own plates on ur own table, would just be awkward. I mean what r they gonna do while ur eating... go watch TV in the lounge?

[SallyAnne]

"Did you decide where to go on your anniversary Tony?"

Err no! I'd forgot one crucial factor. She is still not allowed out of the country because of her transplant. Good job I hadn't booked anywhere.

I thought it was a bit quick for travel like Ahhh, at least the thought was there!

I tell you what would be lovely...you can order caterrers in these days. They come to your home, meal semi prepared, set up your table for you, and provide a the full 5 star treatment for you in your own home!
Along with a massive bunch of flowers, I fail to see how any woman wouldn't be absolutely overwhelmed by that - so thoughtful.
(And no dishes!!)