Social networking sites

[hardcorecubfan]

I got this question on my Harris poll today

 

Which social site have you used or signed up for?

[CubbieBum]

I've signed up for all three. I however used Myspace before it blew up to compete against my brother in games (it was before they redid the whole site). Twitter I signed up for a year ago and have updated my status maybe 5 times. Facebook I use every day.

[hardcorecubfan]

I've signed up for all three. I however used Myspace before it blew up to compete against my brother in games (it was before they redid the whole site). Twitter I signed up for a year ago and have updated my status maybe 5 times. Facebook I use every day.

 

When I posed this question to my students they had a similar response, they signed up for all of them but only use the ones with the best games. (Majority are male)

[laurens]

I signed up for all 3, but I've kinda neglected my Myspace (I haven't logged in for a year now, I think). I use facebook daily and check twitter, but don't tweet anything.

[Skyballer]

I have a twitter, cause a friend told me to. I've never used it. I don't have a Facebook. I have myspace and its mainly just for talking to people from out of town. I don't do any of the games.

[TruffleShuffle]

i still have a myspace page, but i'm not really sure why. i never update it any more; all i use is facebook. i feel like myspace is mostly for high school kids and pedos at this point.

[Tracer Bullet]

not far off, truffle

 

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/10/13/social.networking.class/index.html

[Derwood]

myspace has always been creepy. the only thing I use it for anymore is to listen to music on band pages.

[TruffleShuffle]

not far off, truffle

 

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/10/13/social.networking.class/index.html

 

this made me laugh:

 

Ethnographer danah boyd, who does not capitalize her name,

 

wtf???

[cubsfan1947]

I have a Facebook account. I currently am working hard to ignore it. The friend requests and such are too intrusive.

 

Some requests have come from people I have never met. WTF?

 

There's also the problem that I have been "found" by people I would rather have not ever heard from again. When some of you are a bit older, you will come to understand how this can be a problem.

 

While I know that many people who are older than Fred have started digging social networking sites, I guess I am atypical because I cannot stand them. So I am a dinosaur; maybe the next comet strike will kill me off.

 

EDIT: I just found out how to delete an account. :)

[Ding Dong Johnson]

There's also the problem that I have been "found" by people I would rather have not ever heard from again. When some of you are a bit older, you will come to understand how this can be a problem.

Who are you, Gert B. Frobe?