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no longer works for them 
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G+ seemed promising, in many ways it's actually better than FB, and it's certainly easier to set up how you share things. The problem is critical mass. When G+ came out, I had probably 300 or 400 FB "friends" and I think I have 30 or 40 people on G+. There was never a mass migration. But I have a G+ profile so I have a little picture on the one google hangout I use. Or would use, except google hangouts is the only thing blocked at work.
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Originally Posted by vtecmom' timestamp='1452117981' post='23845342
[quote name='WestSideBilly' timestamp='1452111299' post='23845238']
Yeah, you need to nerf the G+ link from Gmail. G+ is crap anyway. It's like Facebook but with nobody on it.
Yeah, you need to nerf the G+ link from Gmail. G+ is crap anyway. It's like Facebook but with nobody on it.
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's butt yeah prolly due to them just having the + dealio 
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your input / explaining it to this 
mom 
I guess I just DON'T get the ( Friend ) counting thing 
seems wAy 2 fake to me and again thats just my prolly
view on this new age I still feel if someone is your FRIEND your talking to them not just counting them.
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That's usually why I call them "friends" ... most are acquaintances or people I play hockey with or whatever. I have a list of about 40 people that I actually care about so I can quickly see what they're up to.
Of course 90% of it is pictures of pets or kids. I care about some of those.
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I am not a social media fan for a number of reasons. I use it sparingly for a few people I just never hear from otherwise due to them living on opposite sides of the globe, and our autosports club schedules some events using fb. Otherwise I rarely go onto it, or any of the others excluding LinkedIn, but that is a professional thing.
I am a firm believer that some of the issues we are seeing today are amplified by the constant flow of everything through social media. If a kid does something dumb, the whole world knows about it in a second, including their actual few friends and the 1000 fake fb friends they have. Its getting too close to Wall-E for my tastes
kids talk through social media rather than getting up and going to see someone. They rarely even talk on the phone even. Now its getting worse, trying to work with some of the young folks (I am in my 30's still ... but I am old to them!) we hire now is painful. The drop in communication skills is startling, they will only communicate through email, etc. Its sad. I am all for using email where it makes sense, but some people act like they are scared to pick up a phone or drive over and talk to someone!
And I get people sending me "news" they saw on fb all the time. And so far about 90% of it is fake (News8Now is a big one) through and through, but they believe it cause their trusted friends shared it on fb!
And anyways, even for my best friends, I dont care what you are making for dinner, what it looks like, when the last time your kid pooped his diaper was, that you and your bf/gf are having hard times (and I doubt they want that publicized either!), etc. We all think our own pet is the cutest thing in the world and take too many pictures of them... but everyone else does not need to see 15 pics a day of them
And the getting made because you havent liked their latest post thing ... that kinda tops it. Social media in reality is about as low on the priority ladder as it can be, yet folks act more and more like it is their top priority.
Plus, I spend my days co-ordinating large projects, answering probably 100 emails a day, talking on the phone, sitting in meetings, etc. I rarely even check my personal email more than once a day any more. When I get home, I want to disconnect, not connect even more
In the summer, I drive home from work, pick up my wife and off we go with the top down.. playing disc golf, going places, etc. In the winter, its off to snowboard, road tripping, etc. Not sitting at home in front of a screen answering facebook messages Maybe I am just getting closer to the old side of things mentally ... but I am fine with that in this case!
I am a firm believer that some of the issues we are seeing today are amplified by the constant flow of everything through social media. If a kid does something dumb, the whole world knows about it in a second, including their actual few friends and the 1000 fake fb friends they have. Its getting too close to Wall-E for my tastes
kids talk through social media rather than getting up and going to see someone. They rarely even talk on the phone even. Now its getting worse, trying to work with some of the young folks (I am in my 30's still ... but I am old to them!) we hire now is painful. The drop in communication skills is startling, they will only communicate through email, etc. Its sad. I am all for using email where it makes sense, but some people act like they are scared to pick up a phone or drive over and talk to someone! And I get people sending me "news" they saw on fb all the time. And so far about 90% of it is fake (News8Now is a big one) through and through, but they believe it cause their trusted friends shared it on fb!
And anyways, even for my best friends, I dont care what you are making for dinner, what it looks like, when the last time your kid pooped his diaper was, that you and your bf/gf are having hard times (and I doubt they want that publicized either!), etc. We all think our own pet is the cutest thing in the world and take too many pictures of them... but everyone else does not need to see 15 pics a day of them
And the getting made because you havent liked their latest post thing ... that kinda tops it. Social media in reality is about as low on the priority ladder as it can be, yet folks act more and more like it is their top priority.
Plus, I spend my days co-ordinating large projects, answering probably 100 emails a day, talking on the phone, sitting in meetings, etc. I rarely even check my personal email more than once a day any more. When I get home, I want to disconnect, not connect even more
In the summer, I drive home from work, pick up my wife and off we go with the top down.. playing disc golf, going places, etc. In the winter, its off to snowboard, road tripping, etc. Not sitting at home in front of a screen answering facebook messages Maybe I am just getting closer to the old side of things mentally ... but I am fine with that in this case!
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I am not a social media fan for a number of reasons. I use it sparingly for a few people I just never hear from otherwise due to them living on opposite sides of the globe, and our autosports club schedules some events using fb. Otherwise I rarely go onto it, or any of the others excluding LinkedIn, but that is a professional thing.
I am a firm believer that some of the issues we are seeing today are amplified by the constant flow of everything through social media. If a kid does something dumb, the whole world knows about it in a second, including their actual few friends and the 1000 fake fb friends they have. Its getting too close to Wall-E for my tastes kids talk through social media rather than getting up and going to see someone. They rarely even talk on the phone even. Now its getting worse, trying to work with some of the young folks (I am in my 30's still ... but I am old to them!) we hire now is painful. The drop in communication skills is startling, they will only communicate through email, etc. Its sad. I am all for using email where it makes sense, but some people act like they are scared to pick up a phone or drive over and talk to someone!
And I get people sending me "news" they saw on fb all the time. And so far about 90% of it is fake (News8Now is a big one) through and through, but they believe it cause their trusted friends shared it on fb!
And anyways, even for my best friends, I dont care what you are making for dinner, what it looks like, when the last time your kid pooped his diaper was, that you and your bf/gf are having hard times (and I doubt they want that publicized either!), etc. We all think our own pet is the cutest thing in the world and take too many pictures of them... but everyone else does not need to see 15 pics a day of them
And the getting made because you havent liked their latest post thing ... that kinda tops it. Social media in reality is about as low on the priority ladder as it can be, yet folks act more and more like it is their top priority.
Plus, I spend my days co-ordinating large projects, answering probably 100 emails a day, talking on the phone, sitting in meetings, etc. I rarely even check my personal email more than once a day any more. When I get home, I want to disconnect, not connect even more In the summer, I drive home from work, pick up my wife and off we go with the top down.. playing disc golf, going places, etc. In the winter, its off to snowboard, road tripping, etc. Not sitting at home in front of a screen answering facebook messages Maybe I am just getting closer to the old side of things mentally ... but I am fine with that in this case!
I am a firm believer that some of the issues we are seeing today are amplified by the constant flow of everything through social media. If a kid does something dumb, the whole world knows about it in a second, including their actual few friends and the 1000 fake fb friends they have. Its getting too close to Wall-E for my tastes
kids talk through social media rather than getting up and going to see someone. They rarely even talk on the phone even. Now its getting worse, trying to work with some of the young folks (I am in my 30's still ... but I am old to them!) we hire now is painful. The drop in communication skills is startling, they will only communicate through email, etc. Its sad. I am all for using email where it makes sense, but some people act like they are scared to pick up a phone or drive over and talk to someone! And I get people sending me "news" they saw on fb all the time. And so far about 90% of it is fake (News8Now is a big one) through and through, but they believe it cause their trusted friends shared it on fb!
And anyways, even for my best friends, I dont care what you are making for dinner, what it looks like, when the last time your kid pooped his diaper was, that you and your bf/gf are having hard times (and I doubt they want that publicized either!), etc. We all think our own pet is the cutest thing in the world and take too many pictures of them... but everyone else does not need to see 15 pics a day of them
And the getting made because you havent liked their latest post thing ... that kinda tops it. Social media in reality is about as low on the priority ladder as it can be, yet folks act more and more like it is their top priority.
Plus, I spend my days co-ordinating large projects, answering probably 100 emails a day, talking on the phone, sitting in meetings, etc. I rarely even check my personal email more than once a day any more. When I get home, I want to disconnect, not connect even more
In the summer, I drive home from work, pick up my wife and off we go with the top down.. playing disc golf, going places, etc. In the winter, its off to snowboard, road tripping, etc. Not sitting at home in front of a screen answering facebook messages Maybe I am just getting closer to the old side of things mentally ... but I am fine with that in this case!Welcome to The Corner. Rule 0: there are no rules, but there are rules. They're here.
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That's usually why I call them "friends" ... most are acquaintances or people I play hockey with or whatever. I have a list of about 40 people that I actually care about so I can quickly see what they're up to.
Of course 90% of it is pictures of pets or kids. I care about some of those.