People used to show actual personalities on MySpace. You could tell a slut from a goth from a super uptight religious person from a gamer, etc. If you knew HTML, multimedia, etc you could have a profile that was cooler than anyone elses! It was like everyone's little webpage, so fun, so wholesome.
You could also just meet random people. Search topic, filter by age, some people were down to chat, some weren't, but it was always fun.
Then Facebook came, first with the exclusivity, "college students only" then "college students and graduates" only, then EVERYONE....but it changed the internet for the worse. Web 2.0 began and the magic of the internet ended. Personality was replaced by white and blue sterility. My online "identity" was worthless now, replaced by First and Last name invasions of privacy that I was not willing to partake in.
With this social media went from something that could help a loner or someone struggling to something very condemning and filled with peer pressure. "You don't have enough friends" "No one liked your picture" "You're not attractive enough"
Web 1.0 was magical, I have some stories if anyone ever wanted to hear them. I spent my youth on USENET, IRC, then AOL/ICQ, then MySpace and other forum/message boards. The amount of not just chat and banter, but research, brainstorming, and creativity happening on the internet back then was nothing short of life changing
Farmville was pretty harmless for some, but all the "surveys" and "who is like a potato games were just data gathering by blowing smoke up peoples butt and friends dragged friends into it-never did but one.. and I saw thousands...
As to DARPA /FB, I saw this info 2-3 years ago and it totally made sense...
It seems from my short few years on FB that it was primarily women/girls/females that were on there. Some men/boys/guys, but it seemed more women. I got tired of the "food postings" and the general nastiness re: politics so I just left. Decided I was still working and didn't need any more crap in my life.
Pretty sure the two above were being extremely sarcastic. No one here condones "re-education" camps. Freedom of choice, thought and deed is what brought us all here. As long as you aren't harming or violating the rights of others, I don't care what you think, say or do.
People used to show actual personalities on MySpace. You could tell a slut from a goth from a super uptight religious person from a gamer, etc. If you knew HTML, multimedia, etc you could have a profile that was cooler than anyone elses! It was like everyone's little webpage, so fun, so wholesome.
You could also just meet random people. Search topic, filter by age, some people were down to chat, some weren't, but it was always fun.
Then Facebook came, first with the exclusivity, "college students only" then "college students and graduates" only, then EVERYONE....but it changed the internet for the worse. Web 2.0 began and the magic of the internet ended. Personality was replaced by white and blue sterility. My online "identity" was worthless now, replaced by First and Last name invasions of privacy that I was not willing to partake in.
With this social media went from something that could help a loner or someone struggling to something very condemning and filled with peer pressure. "You don't have enough friends" "No one liked your picture" "You're not attractive enough"
Web 1.0 was magical, I have some stories if anyone ever wanted to hear them. I spent my youth on USENET, IRC, then AOL/ICQ, then MySpace and other forum/message boards. The amount of not just chat and banter, but research, brainstorming, and creativity happening on the internet back then was nothing short of life changing
Who really bothers to read the "ads" or "promo's" or "trends" on social media? Really, I just scrolled past them and never bother with them.
Farmville had me for a while
Farmville was pretty harmless for some, but all the "surveys" and "who is like a potato games were just data gathering by blowing smoke up peoples butt and friends dragged friends into it-never did but one.. and I saw thousands...
As to DARPA /FB, I saw this info 2-3 years ago and it totally made sense...
we need to build re education camps for those who are brainwashed.
completely voluntary of course.
There's so many though, we'd probably have to load them into freight trains to get them there efficiently.
can i bee camp counsler
It seems from my short few years on FB that it was primarily women/girls/females that were on there. Some men/boys/guys, but it seemed more women. I got tired of the "food postings" and the general nastiness re: politics so I just left. Decided I was still working and didn't need any more crap in my life.
Pretty sure the two above were being extremely sarcastic. No one here condones "re-education" camps. Freedom of choice, thought and deed is what brought us all here. As long as you aren't harming or violating the rights of others, I don't care what you think, say or do.