Socializing on the Net

I use myspace primarily for dating and facebook for family and close friends. I absolutely hate twitter though...the idea of constantly updating what I am doing is not appealing to me.

Thank you for saying that about Twitter, Douglas! I shut it down after one week. The final post that I received that inspired me to close it: "Eating glorious spinach salad at ___. As we look around, its very sad, no one talks to each other anymore, everyone has a device in their hands and is typing away"
UHHH, Duhhhh??! Look in mirror? :roll:

This was preceded by thousands of "Tomato sandwich for lunch", "Listening to Abba", "Be nimble in business" and "Playing Mariocart" type posts received during the busy workday. Ugh.

I'm sure it works for many people. I just choose to post my dribble elsewhere. Enjoying new Facebook account, but wish I'd been more selective in adding friends...

I've never tweeted, most likely never will. Isn't Facebook somewhat similar, just longer version of "I'm doing so and so..." Though Myspace is starting to be passe, at least it sort of starts with questions "How are you? Where do you live? What are you wearing? (Just Joking!!! FTLOC)

What are you wearing? (Just Joking!!! FTLOC)

pants on fire. no, you're not.

How much is that doggie in the window?????

Thank you for saying that about Twitter, Douglas! I shut it down after one week. The final post that I received that inspired me to close it: "Eating glorious spinach salad at ___. As we look around, its very sad, no one talks to each other anymore, everyone has a device in their hands and is typing away"
UHHH, Duhhhh??! Look in mirror? :roll:

This was preceded by thousands of "Tomato sandwich for lunch", "Listening to Abba", "Be nimble in business" and "Playing Mariocart" type posts received during the busy workday. Ugh.

I'm sure it works for many people. I just choose to post my dribble elsewhere. Enjoying new Facebook account, but wish I'd been more selective in adding friends...

There is a de-select button. I've had to use it once.

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There is a de-select button. I've had to use it once.

Uh-oh, sharkbait? I've just been hiding their useless posts, so off I go play with the de-select button, thanks! Kindof hoping Facebook offers a juicy selection of "thanks but no thanks" notes to choose from.......ha

okay...three have been de-selected............

I like Facebook for keeping up with family and finding old friends. I also use tripadvisor.com for other locations outside of sowal.

tripadvisor - I need to check that out, but is it a msg. board?

Lynnie, not sure if this type of thing is what you're looking for, but you can find terrific Blogspot blogs and create your own (for free I believe) as well. Here's one of my favorites for example: All Minxed Up

Reviews of vacations, hotels, resorts, vacation and travel packages - TripAdvisor has hotel, restaurant rankings with reviews, basic info about areas, articles written by travelers about areas as well as a forum for writing trip reports, asking questions or posting travel related info (like the forum here but not organized). I go in it several times/week for Key West and New Orleans since we frequent both as well as Fort Worth where I'm a destination expert. Destination experts are id'd by the people at tripadvisor (TA) and they answer lots of vacation/planning and general info questions.

I had to se-select that stripper man type on FB. That was a funny situation!

Other than that, I don't de-friend.

I belong to a goup on Yahoo. They have 100's of groups (http://groups.yahoo.com/groups) for whatever. I have many friends all over the world that grew up with Roy Rogers as a hero. (Those under 30 don't ask). A few have written books on many old western TV Cowboys, and I'll see them from time to time all over the USA at different Western events. The Stars that come to the events are not celebrities, they're Stars of yesterday. I'll see many of them at the Western Legends Roundup at the end of this month in Kanab, UT. And believe it or not we never talk politics.;-)

I had to se-select that stripper man type on FB. That was a funny situation!

Other than that, I don't de-friend.

How did you deduce that he was a stripper? Did he post photos? Was "se-select" a Freudian typo?

I asked him how I knew him and he posted a link stating that either I or a GF had gone to the site. I was initially red-flagged when all of the pics of himself were half or more nekked.

se-select is a typo - not sure if it's Freudian or not, but one never knows around here these days.

How did you deduce that he was a stripper? Did he post photos? Was "se-select" a Freudian typo?

I believe Lynnie didn't figure out he was a stripper until after putting the 5th dollar bill in his garter! hehe! j/k *ducks and runs*

I believe Lynnie didn't figure out he was a stripper until after putting the 5th dollar bill in his garter! hehe! j/k *ducks and runs*

You better run! Do man type strippers wear garters?

I just do SoWal. It's difficult enough to keep up with it. I have a Facebook account, but I have chosen so many security features on it that it isn't fun anymore. I probably look at it once a month.

I enjoy SoWal.com because we are bonded by a love of this beautiful place, plus there are a lot of funn, intelligent, and informative people on this board.

You better run! Do man type strippers wear garters?

I am not sure...I had to grasp at straws for where you would stick a dollar bill on a male stripper....his loincloth?! lol *keeps running just in case!* hehe ;-)

This may shock all y'all, but sowal.com was my first "social" network, although I found it looking for info. I will never abandon* this place, as it has brought so many wonderul, new people into my life. I have a fb account, but don't use it to keep up with folks. If I want to keep up with you, I will either call or email you.

*...there are times I have to take a mini break from sowal.com. That has more to do with my mood and how I let some posts/topics/posters get under my fur. ;-) It never lasts very long and more times than not, I learn something about myself and the poster.

I am not sure...I had to grasp at straws for where you would stick a dollar bill on a male stripper....his loincloth?! lol *keeps running just in case!* hehe ;-)

I was a sprinter - I hope you're fast!

I'm on facebook ~ helps me keep up with long distance friends and meet up with local ones.

I also like GoodReads & BlogSpot

What message boards do I participate in and why?

SoWal because I love the community, and I'm talking people and place. I talk to the people I know as wonderful, living, breathing human beings and to the ones I hope to meet and become friends with one day. SoWal the message board is what connects me to SoWal the place when I'm not there. If I weren't interested in the latter I wouldn't bother hanging around the former; what would be the point?

Facebook though not so much as some, but that's just me. Like the Kitty, the phone is always going to be #1 on my list as a means of keeping up with family and friends. But for checking in on all the various unconnected people in my life (by "unconnected" I mean family people, college people, neighbor people: the people who know me but not each other) FB is a marvelous invention. It's like one-stop shopping!

TripAdvisor because I rely on it so much for reviews, and I figure if you take something of value from a board, you really ought to offer something of value in return. I always try to get my hotel and sightseeing reviews up. Lynnie--there is a forum on TA for travel-specific questions. I believe Beachbum Aggie answered a question a year or two ago on the condo complex where we own (Aggie is that you talking about Hidden Beach Villas?).

Lynnie if you're looking for others boards, this is one I'm looking at now too.

Political Forum - US & World Politics Forum