Facebook... Definately for fucktards!

Interesting article in today's Washington Post about how many social networks, particularly Facebook, are mining shitload's of very personal information about users who are dumb fucking stupid enough to give away all kinds of valuable stuff to these criminals, just so they can send a fellow cretin a "Virtual Martini." Why don't they actually go to a fucking bar and buy someone a real one? I guarantee you, it'll taste a whole lot better than the virtual kind, and you might even get laid later in the evening. But, if you are fucked up enough to think virtual sex is better than the real thing, get your arse over to Second Life... There's enough weirdos over their to fulfil all your virtual wet dreams. By the way, did you know there's over 25,000 of these apps up on Facebook already, with hundreds more being added daily. Jesus, no wonder this country is getting more fucked up by the day... Or should I say app?

How about fucking crazy?

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[popgoestheweasel]

I have a short, non widget Facebook thingy. A good friend in Blighty suggested it as a way of remaining in touch. Fine. No one else in the UK knows who the fuck I am anyway. But then, not too many months ago, there's this poke or prod or whatever the fuck it is from some geezer I shared a house with for a year when I was a student back in the fucking stone age. Wants to get back in touch. So, being the jolly nice person I am I replied to his prod and said "Hello, hope you're happy and living a nice life. I'm fine too, thanks for asking, toodle-oo." Now, every few weeks, he sends some piece of lame shit that frankly, I don't care about. How much do I not care? I'd rather spend an evening platting snot with a crack whore. I tell you, Facebook pisses me off no end.
So, Mr. Facebook, be off with you!

[Dabitch]

Exactly why I deleted my facebook account. The whole CIA connection and advertising scraping was already bothering me, but then every idiot that I've lost touch with (ON PURPOSE) started poking me, argh, and then all these ad-sites/blogs that send out releases began sending them to facebook instead of the contact addy on adland (where they used to send stuff) - so I deleted my account right there.

I HAVE EMAIL thank you very much.

[Dabitch]

Oh, and for the record George, the email I use when making comments on sites (like typepad) is a throwaway mail, because I don't like Typepad and the likes to have my real email. You have it though. Dabitch.net has not changed. ;)

[Wisey]

apparently, so I'm told, my brother invented the word 'fucktard'

[Christian]

I think it was around Miaocheng that I caught my first glimpse of the THE GREAT WALL. WOW, I murmured to myself it really does exist. As we neared the gates at Badaling the scale of it all really hit me.

I'd heard about this WONDER of the world my whole life and now I was touring, touching and trekking it. However I was immediately harangued by hordes of hawkers, hounding me to buy their trinkets and t-shirts.

Most of these toothless and tattered elderly Chinese women were shilling and beseeching me with chants of "CHEAPER FOR YOU" and other tried and trite sell lines. It kind of soured and commercialized an idealized great experience.

I make a living by making advertising. The more of it, and the more venues it can applied to, then all the better for me, right? Yet I'm also a consumer and that part of me is utterly disgusted at how pervasive advertising is. There is no longer any WHITE SPACE in our lives. I'm cynical about any and all new inventions as I surmise they're all TROJAN HORSES. It's all a ruse to hit me with a sell.

I understand and accept the bargain of the :30 commercial. I get free programming in exchange for these commercial pods. Yet when I'm online your message and your pursuit of me (no matter how noble you deem it)is greatly resented. Unlike television it's an uninvited intrusion.

That's a long-winded retort as to why I detest and opted out of FACEBOOK et al.

[George Parker]

Wisey...
Don't make shit up. We all know your brother is illiterate and couldn't even spell "FuckTard." I invented it just after "Douchenozzle!"

[Clemenza]

George,

You should go work for Landor Associates. Clearly, your naming skills are vastly superior!

[Wisey]

I swear to God. He has been saying it for years. This is actually the second time it's come up this week.
The first was when my dickhead flatmate asked me if she was the person who 'introduced' me to Craig's List. To which I responded:
"No. That's like my brother thinking he invented the word fucktard"

[Victor Rangles]

You're all a bunch of old, crusty, dried up silver back gorillas. You breath probably stints like Walter Mattheau's taint.

[Tom Buchok]

George,

I believe you'll have an aneurysm when I let you in on this little secret:

The two companies most-responsible for these super-sweet-totally-awesome-OMG! widgets are valued north of $400 million each.

Slide, http://tinyurl.com/5zb7vc
and
RockYou, http://tinyurl.com/5a8wm7

[David Burn]

I'm with DaBitch. I "deactivated" my account. Is that the same as "delete"? I hope so, but something tells me my data is still up in that cranny.

[the lower depths]

doubtfu,l victor...Sliverbacks are noble creatures, the kings of their domains...pushed to near extinction by a cruel and uncaring humanity.

we are well paid advertising hacks. a different species altogether. we breath the same air as you, but expel something quite different.

the main difference between us that while you apparently drink mothers milk, we nurse on 20 year old brandy.

[Dabitch]

I only drink brandy that's older than me.

David Burn, they let you 'delete' your account properly now, just email them - see here;
http://www.facebook.com/help/contact_generic.php

[the lower depths]

well then, i suppose it's great that blogging pays so well...

LOL :)

[Ludophile]

Much as I loathe Facebook, it's still better - on the whole - than people who can't be bothered to distinguish between there and their.