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10-23-2011, 02:45 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Hell, it's other people & both of them are you
Posts: 1,001
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Social Networking Type Thingies
Do you use Twitter, Facebook or some other social networking site?
What do you think of them? Why do you use them?
Who do you follow? Friends? Family? Famous types?
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10-23-2011, 02:54 AM
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#2
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Hell, it's other people & both of them are you
Posts: 1,001
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I use Facebook with a personal account, I also have a group that I admin for the Queer Collective at my Uni. I have a page for my blog writing as well.
I enjoy using it because it lets me keep in touch with people who I've met at conferences but who live in other states (I do a lot of queer activism) and to keep an idea of what is going on around the country.
I did have some of my relatives linked on my Facebook account, but had to ban them for making anti-queer comments about things that my friends would post.
I also have a Twitter account with which I follow friends who are in a Babygirl group with me - it allows us to keep tabs on each other during the day and to encourage and inspire each other. I also follow a couple of comedians, writers and musicians.
I love the way that my friends tweets can help with my mood during the day.
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10-23-2011, 03:09 AM
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#3
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 3,812
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Spacebook. I made it with intention of following bands for me as an advance warning if they are playing in my area.Though I mostly use it to stalk Saya and occasionally talk to a few friends from home.
It turns out that I'm not very social.
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Woke up with fifty enemies plottin' my death
All fifty seein' visions of me shot in the chest
Couldn't rest, nah nigga I was stressed
Had me creepin' 'round corners, homie sleepin' in my vest.
-Breathin, Tupac.
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10-23-2011, 08:26 AM
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#4
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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Facebook, for stalking Versus (he's pretty lame though, not much to stalk), keeping in touch with friends who moved or are too busy now, and of course for networking, I keep in touch with the people I volunteer with (since our listserv crashed we've been using a Facebook closed group.), and with other activists I've met, like women I met at the Rebelles gathering and Occupy Newfoundland relies pretty heavily on Facebook to organize. Other organizations I have a crush on like our school's LGBT group, I follow along with their events.
I have a Twitter account but already I feel like I follow too many people who don't really have many interesting things to say and its hard to keep up. Not many people I know use it.
I also love Tumblr hardcore.
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10-23-2011, 10:35 AM
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#5
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Posts: 7
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Facebook for staying in contact with high school friends. Myspace for my music. and Vampirefreaks just for fun.
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10-23-2011, 02:37 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: colorado USA
Posts: 1,254
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Do you use Twitter, Facebook or some other social networking site?
I am a regular on FB. Have a twitter account but I don't tweet regularly any more.
What do you think of them? Why do you use them?
I used to really like FB but with all the changes they're making lately I'm starting to get annoyed and turned off. I do like being able to see what my old friends are up to. I was never really fond of twitter because it was hard to keep track of replies.
Who do you follow? Friends? Family? Famous types?
I have friends and family in my news feed. I have friended businesses, bands, etc but have them hidden in my feed and just check up on them if there's something I need to know about them.
I wish more people from here would friend me 
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For the tree of life is growing where the spirit never dies
And the bright light of salvation up in dark and empty skies
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10-23-2011, 04:45 PM
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#7
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Hell, it's other people & both of them are you
Posts: 1,001
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Originally Posted by Saya
I also love Tumblr hardcore.
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Ooh.. I forgot Tumblr, I always forget Tumblr. I also heart it, but I keep forgetting to check it. I love the FuckYeah pages... just the titles make me giggle.
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10-25-2011, 06:58 PM
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#8
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 272
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I have found that I am generally not great at social networking sites. I don't follow/"friend" casual acquaintances or people I used to work with or that dude I once did shots with at that party that one time - just people I am genuinely interested in. Which apparently makes me antisocial.
I quit FaceBook. I have twitter, but I write more @ replies than I do actual tweets. I also use way more exclamation points on twitter than I do anywhere else. Maybe because I have fewer characters in which I can convey my excitement about things?
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10-25-2011, 08:50 PM
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#9
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Texas
Posts: 2,271
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I do forums. That's it.
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I'd rather label myself than have a million other people do it for me. ~ Pathogen
...I've been accused of folly by a fool. ~Antigone
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10-25-2011, 10:49 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Hell, it's other people & both of them are you
Posts: 1,001
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wolf moon
I have found that I am generally not great at social networking sites. I don't follow/"friend" casual acquaintances or people I used to work with or that dude I once did shots with at that party that one time - just people I am genuinely interested in. Which apparently makes me antisocial.
I quit FaceBook. I have twitter, but I write more @ replies than I do actual tweets. I also use way more exclamation points on twitter than I do anywhere else. Maybe because I have fewer characters in which I can convey my excitement about things?
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People tell me that I'm anti-social as well because I only have 60-ish Facebook contacts... I also don't like adding people for the sake of just adding them. The people I have as contacts are people who I know and love and want in my life.
I find Twitter interesting because of the way it forces you to be succinct with what you are saying. I use that like a bit of a game.
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10-26-2011, 12:01 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Cali
Posts: 8,030
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I use facebook, mostly just to keep in touch with some friends who work very different hours than I do, especially trying to figure out when we actually have the same days off and can see each other once in a blue moon.
Also for attention whoring when my self esteem is lacking.
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10-26-2011, 02:29 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: A ship called Dignity
Posts: 1,919
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I have a facebook and I come here. Oh, I did sign up for google+ just to see what it was about but it's empty so I never go on it. I don't get out much so I use facebook to keep up to date with what's going on with my friends.
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10-26-2011, 05:17 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 272
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Miss Absynthe
People tell me that I'm anti-social as well because I only have 60-ish Facebook contacts... I also don't like adding people for the sake of just adding them. The people I have as contacts are people who I know and love and want in my life.
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I would go through periodically and delete anyone I didn't recognize or wasn't interested in. It was never a huge number of people, but they'd get upset and demand an explanation for why I didn't want to be internet besties anymore. I just found the whole process silly - the internet isn't real life.
Ha! Google+ is so boring I forgot I have it. I do. I was an early adopter, but have still only posted 3 times. I go extended periods of time without remembering it's a thing.
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10-26-2011, 06:12 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 3,812
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wolf moon
I would go through periodically and delete anyone I didn't recognize or wasn't interested in. It was never a huge number of people, but they'd get upset and demand an explanation for why I didn't want to be internet besties anymore. I just found the whole process silly - the internet isn't real life.
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Me too. I think I have less then 20 contacts on facebook.
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Woke up with fifty enemies plottin' my death
All fifty seein' visions of me shot in the chest
Couldn't rest, nah nigga I was stressed
Had me creepin' 'round corners, homie sleepin' in my vest.
-Breathin, Tupac.
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11-17-2011, 07:58 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: New Zealand
Posts: 2,126
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Originally Posted by Grausamkeit
I do forums. That's it.
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Lies. I clearly remember you having a Myspace page, and being on it.
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Everyone has a ghost...a phantom behind us which slows and drags us down.. This ghost or spectral has a name..."Regret".
"I've never regretted anything..." - Light Yagami
Life is a shit sandwich. Unfortunately, it's always lunchtime. How much bread you have goes a long way toward determining how easy it is to swallow.
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11-17-2011, 08:12 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: New Zealand
Posts: 2,126
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I also just posted on your Myspace page JUST to prove a point, good madam. >=)
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Everyone has a ghost...a phantom behind us which slows and drags us down.. This ghost or spectral has a name..."Regret".
"I've never regretted anything..." - Light Yagami
Life is a shit sandwich. Unfortunately, it's always lunchtime. How much bread you have goes a long way toward determining how easy it is to swallow.
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11-17-2011, 08:28 PM
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#17
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Texas
Posts: 2,271
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Why are you calling me 'sir'?
As if you don't even know me....
*sniff*
You are on my emospace page, cuz you're special. 
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I'd rather label myself than have a million other people do it for me. ~ Pathogen
...I've been accused of folly by a fool. ~Antigone
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11-18-2011, 03:34 PM
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#18
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Cimmeria
Posts: 7,162
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I have a Myspace page and thats it, and I check it every now and then !!!. 
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For in each delve and greenwood,
far wiser creatures play,
and in their veins and sinews,
live the gods of yesterday.
Be excellent to one another !!!.
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11-19-2011, 01:58 AM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: New Zealand
Posts: 2,126
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Currently preparing myself for jolly ol' Deutschland. Over there manners are quite explicitly shown through your use of pronouns + verb form. Somehow this practice is starting to slip into my use of English. I've been using sir/madam quite a lot lately for no obvious reason other than this...
Which reminds me; do you have a grasp of German or have you just pulled up that word for your title for giggles & the like?
Your on my Myspazz page because of old special times. ^_^ I believe I haven't used that webpage for over a year or so.
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Everyone has a ghost...a phantom behind us which slows and drags us down.. This ghost or spectral has a name..."Regret".
"I've never regretted anything..." - Light Yagami
Life is a shit sandwich. Unfortunately, it's always lunchtime. How much bread you have goes a long way toward determining how easy it is to swallow.
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11-19-2011, 06:25 AM
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Texas
Posts: 2,271
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Corpsey
Currently preparing myself for jolly ol' Deutschland. Over there manners are quite explicitly shown through your use of pronouns + verb form. Somehow this practice is starting to slip into my use of English. I've been using sir/madam quite a lot lately for no obvious reason other than this...
Which reminds me; do you have a grasp of German or have you just pulled up that word for your title for giggles & the like?
Your on my Myspazz page because of old special times. ^_^ I believe I haven't used that webpage for over a year or so.
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It's mostly because I listen to some German bands(Lacrimosa, Sopor Aeternus, Rammstein, Das Ich, Xmal Deutschland...etc). I more than likely couldn't speak it worth a shit IRL because Germans talk fast. I can imagine the hilarity that would ensue...."What was that sentence after 'ich'...hm....could you slow that down a bit more, please?? One more time..." And so on...
I nicked my current username from Tanz Der Grausamkeit(dance of cruelty) ~ Sopor Aeternus. Ich Tote Mich is a great album.
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I'd rather label myself than have a million other people do it for me. ~ Pathogen
...I've been accused of folly by a fool. ~Antigone
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11-19-2011, 10:42 AM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: New Zealand
Posts: 2,126
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Ha, I remember when I was younger I used to listen to Lacrimosa like there was no tomorrow. Same with Ramnstein, although I can't listen to them anymore....The lyrics are painful once you know what they are saying.
It's not just that they speak it fast, it is that they have various dialects. I have no idea which dialect to expect when I go over there, so I hope it's one without too many nuances.
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Everyone has a ghost...a phantom behind us which slows and drags us down.. This ghost or spectral has a name..."Regret".
"I've never regretted anything..." - Light Yagami
Life is a shit sandwich. Unfortunately, it's always lunchtime. How much bread you have goes a long way toward determining how easy it is to swallow.
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11-19-2011, 10:52 AM
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Texas
Posts: 2,271
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Originally Posted by Corpsey
Ha, I remember when I was younger I used to listen to Lacrimosa like there was no tomorrow. Same with Ramnstein, although I can't listen to them anymore....The lyrics are painful once you know what they are saying.
It's not just that they speak it fast, it is that they have various dialects. I have no idea which dialect to expect when I go over there, so I hope it's one without too many nuances.
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Do you mean 'painful' in a 'I can't believe I listened to that crap' way or 'the subject of those lyrics are painful to think about'?
For me it's the latter. I like to know what lyrics mean before I can say "Yeah, I like this band/song."
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I'd rather label myself than have a million other people do it for me. ~ Pathogen
...I've been accused of folly by a fool. ~Antigone
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11-19-2011, 11:51 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Somewhere
Posts: 97
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I find its better just not to know. Then when someone tells me, I get to make a fake surprised face and then tell them I don't particularly care.
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11-19-2011, 05:25 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Hell, it's other people & both of them are you
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Isn't not bothering about what the lyrics say in a song akin to reading a book because you think the pages are a pretty colour?
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11-19-2011, 06:22 PM
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Texas
Posts: 2,271
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Miss Absynthe
Isn't not bothering about what the lyrics say in a song akin to reading a book because you think the pages are a pretty colour?
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Yep. How can you enjoy something like music if you don't understand it?
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