myspace/facebook

[rocksteady]

are these not perfectly suited for INTJ's? All the benefits of socializing, without actually having to be around anyone! I have been able to establish and keep in contact with many people, when it used to be that I would get someone's phone number, and just never call them because I never had an urge to speak with them.

[ShaiGar]

You're forgetting OkCupid. Surely that's even better. You've the ability to write everything about yourself, but also the ability to write tests to cull the worthy from the worthless. You're also not encouraged to "friend" every single person on earth.

[INTJgal]

I'm extremely Anti-Facebook and will never sign up.

[ShaiGar]

That's what I said to myspace. I now have 4 accounts because people feel the need to make them for me. I've never checked them. Besides deleting friends or comments.

[HackerX]

I have both. I see no need to promote stereotypes for the sake of it.

[Rei]

No myspace, but I have an online journal elsewhere (first livejournal, now xanga has my allegiances). Not that I really make any public entries that tell people anything personal about me; public entries are usually random things that I notice, or brainless rants that people expect to see in a blog.

Facebook is a networking tool. I add people I went to school/club/whatever else with in case we might be useful to each other in the future. Besides, it helps keep up with REALLY old friends that you barely ever see anymore. I've long taken my personal information off the 'personal' part by now though, but I do see it as a way people could possibly find things out about me. Just that at the moment, I don't want to make it that easy for them. :thumbsup:
Facebook was ruined when they allowed high school students/people with no college affiliations. No offence to high school students... but I don't see why high school students need to network with each other... THEY have friendster and myspace for that.

I also had the stupider, brimming on online dating "Friendster", but Facebook has kicked that one out.
The amount of random people from the far reaches of the earth you have never met trying to pick up on you at those things still boggles my mind.

[rwyatt365]

I don't do either, just haven't seen the need.

[justmeiguess]

I'm on Facebook. Originally I balked at the idea but after much nagging from my friends I'm now on and I quite like it. I'm notoriously bad at keeping in touch with old friends, so Facebook has helped me keep in touch with my school friends who are now at opposite ends of the country. The other thing I like is the many levels of privacy settings on it, though with things some people post, you'd think they didn't exist.

Myspace, on the other hand, I can't stand. Firstly because the layout is absolutely awful - everything seems to be just thrown at the page in a random order and with all the bright colours, flashing lights and bad music it's just an assault on the senses. Secondly, I find it just plain weird that people actually compete to see how many "Friends" they can get and apparently complete strangers just randomly ask to "friend" you. :stunned:

[Jezebel]

I'm on myspace. I use it to keep in touch with family and friends I moved away from (I've moved around a lot and go years without visiting my hometowns). I'm terrible at keeping in touch and this is the best way I've found to do so with a large number of people with minimal effort. I don't know enough people on facebook to justify getting an account. I really don't care which one is "cool" to get these days, my interest in these sites is purely functional. I don't interact with people off my lists or use it to meet new people, so I don't care what the general population on the sites is like.

[mind_wander]

I don't do either, just haven't seen the need.

me too, the only thing is msnspace, but haven't update it yet.

[Lucid]

I don't use Facebook, but I do have a myspace account. I use it to keep in touch with my friends (we're all pretty busy and don't have a lot of time to get together) and family in other states. I also enjoy blogging.

[qwerty]

I have a facebook but that was mainly for a friend who wanted me to join. I've never been a fan of putting my details out there for the world and as such I have anagrams of all the personal details:
E.g. Address: Sad Reds

[deicruxified]

are these not perfectly suited for INTJ's? All the benefits of socializing, without actually having to be around anyone! I have been able to establish and keep in contact with many people, when it used to be that I would get someone's phone number, and just never call them because I never had an urge to speak with them.
i have multiply, myspace and facebook accounts for the purpose of keeping in contact with my friends since communication was not that easy anymore after most of us graduated college.

if you want to add me, just pm hehehehe


Myspace, on the other hand, I can't stand. Firstly because the layout is absolutely awful - everything seems to be just thrown at the page in a random order and with all the bright colours, flashing lights and bad music it's just an assault on the senses. Secondly, I find it just plain weird that people actually compete to see how many "Friends" they can get and apparently complete strangers just randomly ask to "friend" you. :stunned:
nuff zed. i got a lot of people adding me... there. i got an account in friendster before but i deleted it already... too much social loafers. as for myspace, i'm trying to convince them to move to facebook. if they do, i'll delete my account there as well. as for multiply, i'm keeping it to store photos.

[Rei]

Yeah.

I used to have accounts on so many web-based things because of friends dragging me into one or another.

One day I realized there was WAY too much information about me out there.
So I noted everyone to tell them I was leaving everything but one or two sites so they'll have to find me there if they wanted.

[Warren_Wong]

I'm extremely Anti-Facebook and will never sign up.

I have an INTJ friend with the same disposition... except I got him to sign up to develop a facebook app together :)

[BloozeGit]

Myspace is probably more useful for musicians to network and showcase, since you can put songs and videos on it. Couple of other useful features like gig listings and all but otherwise everything in the layout is a little fiddly.

Friendster is about the only one that I bothered signing up for, although I don't know why I still keep it. Everyone keeps inviting me to facebook but I can't be arsed to create yet another profile. Besides, seeing half the people hogging up PC terminals in the library on facebook when I urgently need to print an assignment pisses me off.:irked:

[Rei]

Myspace is probably more useful for musicians to network and showcase, since you can put songs and videos on it. Couple of other useful features like gig listings and all but otherwise everything in the layout is a little fiddly.

Friendster is about the only one that I bothered signing up for, although I don't know why I still keep it. Everyone keeps inviting me to facebook but I can't be arsed to create yet another profile. Besides, seeing half the people hogging up PC terminals in the library on facebook when I urgently need to print an assignment pisses me off.:irked:

I can understand musicians being on myspace, But I really don't see why other people use it =/

On the other hand. Facebook >>>>>>>>>>>> Friendster
If you can't beat'em, join'em right?
BTW, that's probably why we have several computers reserved for printing purposes ONLY with a 3 min max limit.

[Tegyrius]

I briefly used Friendster, but it was mainly depressing for some undefinable reason. Perhaps because it pointed out that, as an INTJ, I had only a small circle of close friends, and only a smaller subset of those was actually on the site too. Also, it led the obligatory ex-girlfriend to try to get back in contact with me, which was a down side.

Currently using LieJournal (sic). It's largely non-intrusive and it allows me to post the updates that friends seem to want from me without having to do too much else.

Can't stand the newer, more aggressive social networking sites. They may have some sort of benefit, but I've never been able to get past the embedded ads and godawful hyperkinetic page layouts.

- C.

[LSB]

I don't use any of these online community services - I find it creepy enough to Google my name or my online user names and see what pops up without that hanging on my shoulders as well.

[Fissiongrid]

I use Facebook exclusively, and I think my friends are closer to me for that. In person I'm very removed, but on Facebook and IM I'm very talkative and outgoing.

[Myrak]

I despise both mySpace and Facebook. I'm in high school, pretty much everyone in my year has either one or both, but I (along with my few close friends) think they're just the biggest waste of time. I've actually taken the time to trawl through some of the people's accounts (not pages, ACCOUNTS) and some of the stuff there is just absolutely mind-numbing IMO.

However I do use MSN Messenger to chat online with my select group (~15 people, compared to everyone else's e-penis mentality regarding number of contacts...).

[cielo market]

Facebook was ruined when they allowed high school students/people with no college affiliations. No offence to high school students... but I don't see why high school students need to network with each other... THEY have friendster and myspace for that.

I don't have a Facebook, but I completely agree with you on that...

[Rei]

I don't have a Facebook, but I completely agree with you on that...

Let me add that high school students can network/socialize IN SCHOOL.
They have no business meddling in our networks and making it a 'fun' thing.
GAWD... now it's just plain inefficient. All I get on my wall is "so-and-so added the such-and-such application" or "so-and-so has given such-and-such a gift."

Seriously, what I WANT to know, is who goes to which school for what program, and what volunteer/jobs they're getting over the summer, and who found a position at a lab on campus. I don't need to know who cyber poked who, and who wrote a note about whatever beef she has with some other biatch in her class... :irked:

[athenian200]

I have Facebook and MySpace. I talk to a few people I know on there because they asked me to, and check them only for messages (basically I use it like e-mail... but some people actually don't have or know how to use their e-mail accounts, so I'm forced to accommodate them.) I don't really try to friend people, and almost never update my profile. I do write an occasional blog, but that's about it.

[Sagacious]

Facebook. I joined when it was small and fun (after declining three invitations in one week) ... less sure if I would join it now.

It's still very useful for looking up contact information for people who have gone elsewhere ... e-mail addresses change a lot (especially when school addresses expire), so having an online Rolodex is extremely helpful.

That said, I really don't know what is keeping Facebook in business.

[athenian200]

That said, I really don't know what is keeping Facebook in business.

Sponsoring paid advertisements and promotions on the site itself, along with the fact that it's in vogue among teenagers and young adults, who spread it to their friends.

[rocksteady]

To me, the interesting thing about these sites is that they represent the integration of technology and socialization. Myspace was kind of a "right time, right place" happening, whereas facebook has positioned itself as a tool of the future. It's currently experiencing some growing pains, but I predict that in 2-5 years many of you will look at facebook (or whoever establishes market dominance) the same way you look at Google.

Think of it this way

internet - made information available
google - let people find information
facebook - integrates information and real life

I am personally looking forward to the next step, with wearable/implanted computers and bandwidth everywhere

[rwyatt365]

To me, the interesting thing about these sites is that they represent the integration of technology and socialization. Myspace was kind of a "right time, right place" happening, whereas facebook has positioned itself as a tool of the future. It's currently experiencing some growing pains, but I predict that in 2-5 years many of you will look at facebook (or whoever establishes market dominance) the same way you look at Google.

Think of it this way

internet - made information available
google - let people find information
facebook - integrates information and real life

I am personally looking forward to the next step, with wearable/implanted computers and bandwidth everywhere
Good observation!
My only comment is that I look forward to wearable, more portable computing but I draw the line there. I would hesitate at implanting technology in my body. I guess I'm not ready to become a cyborg.

[deicruxified]

I don't use any of these online community services - I find it creepy enough to Google my name or my online user names and see what pops up without that hanging on my shoulders as well.
i don't register in my real name for googling reasons.

[BloozeGit]

I am personally looking forward to the next step, with wearable/implanted computers and bandwidth everywhere

I personally am not! Imagine what all the pop ups and spam would do if it were implanted. And what if...a virus mutates and crosses over to humans? :laugh:

[banzai]

I personally am not! Imagine what all the pop ups and spam would do if it were implanted. And what if...a virus mutates and crosses over to humans? :laugh:

Greedy women would be popping out baby salesmen like no tomorrow... the horror. :stunned:

[cielo market]

For those of you with a MySpace, did you keep Tom as a friend?

[bucolic_]

For those of you with a MySpace, did you keep Tom as a friend?

I deleted Tom

[Drayakir]

I'm on facebook, and in the largest INTJ group there, I think. But yeah, like everybody said, I use it to keep in touch with friends, and plan stuff.

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[Rei]

I'm on facebook, and in the largest INTJ group there, I think. But yeah, like everybody said, I use it to keep in touch with friends, and plan stuff.

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*high five*
I'm in that group too.

[Diana]

whoooa! I joined facebook way back in the day; only a couple of my friends had even heard of it. I think I joined that INTJ group when it had about 25 people, and I just looked and realized there's now what...850+?
"Strength in numbers"!! :thumbsup:

[Intrawebs]

I've never had a need to publicly rant about myself. If I would, it would be in a focused format relevant to one of my skills where I could share my experiences with others (a blog of some sort). I do have a LinkedIn account though to represent the day job side of me.

[mielikki]

I'm on Facebook.
(I'm also in INTJ's Anonymous)

My 30 year high school reunion is coming up, and a few of my grad class joined up to keep in touch. I actually don't mind it - my kids are on it, my mother is on it...

[elsdfr]

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Never used it myself but saw this.

[Shadow]

I've made a myspace 3 times, and deleted it twice. The only reason is because my friends keep on bugging me to make one so they have more friends. I really can't be bothered deleting it a third time.

[Intrawebs]

@elsdfr
Yes, Facebook is notorious for not giving a rats ass about anyone but themselves. Zuckerberg could care less about your privacy and is the most arrogrant 20 somethings of his time. He shouldve sold to Yahoo when he had the chance.

@Shadow
Never submit to peer pressure, tell them exactly what you feel. In the long run people will respect you more for your honesty and integrity and rely on you for that vs. being one of the herd.

[Firelie]

I have a facebook and a myspace page. I don't particularly like facebook, though, so I barely use it.

I'm in that INTJ Anonymous group too, by the way.

[AnandaMeansBliss]

i think myspace is the slut of the internet. for the first 1 or 2 years facebook was cool. now it sucks.

[Intrawebs]

i think myspace is the slut of the internet. for the first 1 or 2 facebook was cool. now it sucks.

It's not just that, the Internet is turning into a slut (if it wasnt already). There are a few nooks and crannies that provide real value to people who need it and look hard enough for it. It's how I found this site, granted this site would be great if it had good content in a blog format vs. just the forums. So much T&A lately, vidoes of crap, sites that have more than 50% of your screen filled with adds and everyone hanging on eachothers latest twit about what they are doing in the next 2 minutes.

[deicruxified]

I deleted Tom

ditto

[Firelie]

Tom disappeared off my list very quickly... I have enough Toms in my life as it is (both my dad and my brother are Tom, so the name's already been taken... I don't like knowing more than one person with the same name)

[rocksteady]

It's how I found this site, granted this site would be great if it had good content in a blog format vs. just the forums. .

hmmm, what kind of site would you like this community to mimic? A news site (reddit, slashdot) or a social networking site (myspace/facebook) or something new altogether (that is INTJ specific!)? I think there is potential for both ideas, I really like the idea of applying all the brain power here towards a common goal..

[Intrawebs]

hmmm, what kind of site would you like this community to mimic? A news site (reddit, slashdot) or a social networking site (myspace/facebook) or something new altogether (that is INTJ specific!)? I think there is potential for both ideas, I really like the idea of applying all the brain power here towards a common goal..

Something new altogether. Something that gives INTJ's, or those with like minds, something to do. Everyone gets bored of their social network after awhile becuase they have to get back to the day to day real life. I honestly dont know what the magic bullet is, but, as with most things, I will probably move on from this site as well (not anytime soon).

Maybe something where I can track my progress in life, hobbies, releationships and others can pick up where I left off and take things further. We all have many things we would like to do or become or passions, but only a few we actually focus on daily. What if I could pick up where someone elses passion left off. Sort of like family tree looking goals/tasks/passions site.....................wow, rambling now. Ok, bored of this idea now....who wants to take it further.......

[Hdier]

Whats myspace and facebook?

[OneHertz]

I've always just seen facebook and such as a way for people I don't like to bother me. Never had anything like that and never will despite all the invites.

[AntimonyLegault]

"Maybe something where I can track my progress in life, hobbies, releationships and others can pick up where I left off and take things further. We all have many things we would like to do or become or passions, but only a few we actually focus on daily. What if I could pick up where someone elses passion left off. Sort of like family tree looking goals/tasks/passions site.....................wow, rambling now."

Facebook, Myspace, etc... Yes they are ways for you to track your interests, fully free of charge. That is, with the exception that the corporate owners use it as a massive database to survey and market products geared towards your interests.
I mean, as this is an intj forum, I'm wondering why nobody has brought that up. I didn't realize of this myself though, my entp teacher (who is really the best teacher I've ever had), told me of his suspicions (no he isn't paranoid). I'm sure it takes quite abit of money to run such things, and apparently it's well worth it.

[Ytterbium]

My old friends form school laughed at me and said to me to get a facebook. I did and I liked it. I joined a couple of groups discussing various stuff, "INTJ" amongst others. Then it might be a place to meet females too and that's a bonus! :smug:

[uberosity]

I was finally persuaded after months of peer pressure to get a facebook account. My friends convinced me with a few glasses of wine and the promise that I could befriend the TA I had a mad crush on. Surprisingly, I have come to enjoy it as a great way to keep in touch. I still refuse to get on MySpace, though.

[Hdier]

I have a general idea of what they are now, and I was told that employers will look at myspace pages for prospective employees. Just a word of warning.

[Pinkie]

I have a general idea of what they are now, and I was told that employers will look at myspace pages for prospective employees. Just a word of warning.


Ha! I'd love to see any potential employer of mine looking at my Facebook profile. They'd probably reject me on the grounds that I'd be too tedious to work with!

[helices]

I have thus far resisted the online networking craze, and I don't expect I shall yield to it anytime soon.

I used to get automated emails from aquaintainces suggesting that I join facebook/bebo etc so we could keep in touch. I wondered, "If they had my email and wanted to keep in touch why didn't they just drop me a personal email saying 'Hello.'?"

Of course the whole purpose (from the end user point of view) is to keep in touch without any effort on either side. Just a quick browse and you can find out who is moving house/pregnant/getting married/changing jobs etc. I prefer to make the effort and keep in touch personally with my few close friends without feeling I need to be up to date on the situation of everyone I ever went to school/worked/etc with.

As mentioned, the other purpose (from the provider's point of view) is that there is lots and lots of money to be made with minimal effort, and I don't desire to have any part in that.



helices.

[Des]

Ack I hate myspace. Don't know much about facebook but would probably hate it too. I do LOVE Live Journal. I have three accounts there. Although it bugs me that I updatet hat more than my own website.

[MrEPenguin]

I LOVE myspace... I don't really care for Facebook though because it is rather boring.

[elsdfr]

"Why don't you have Facebook?... I insist on pushing narcissistic tendencies onto you... OMGWFTTB check out the pic I took of an EMU!"

[iMiki]

I have a myspace. I just like making layouts, you know the HTML/CSS stuff. It's fun. I don't really talk to my friends.
I signed up for facebook and never used it again.

[Mozzes]

I have a facebook just because it seems like everyone excepts me to. I don't use it very often though. The whole "Youtube generation" aspect of it drives me bonkers.

I mean, seriously, nobody has 537 friends. Hell, I don't think I can even remember the names of that many people I've met.

[True Rune]

I have a facebook. I think it's neat. I even joined an INTJ group on there. Don't have many friends though. PM me if you want to add or something, more INTJ friends would be totally awesome. (Aren't I a wussy? XD)

[Uberfuhrer]

I loved the spoof that Grand Theft Auto IV did on MySpace. I was laughing.

I've also got a Tickle account, which was around long before MySpace (although it was called eMode when I registered for it). I never really used it for friends, though.

[ThunderPrincess]

I had a myspace...but had no friends..I rejected everyone..lol..no just kidding..I had 4 friends..LOL





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I have a facebook just because it seems like everyone excepts me to. I don't use it very often though. The whole "Youtube generation" aspect of it drives me bonkers.

I mean, seriously, nobody has 537 friends. Hell, I don't think I can even remember the names of that many people I've met.


Yeah the myspace people and all those space thingys are too unrealistic ..no logical person has time nor the energy to be friends with more than 20 people let alone 500...but then again most of those people are looking for others to validate them..I do not need validated ;D

[Erika Redmark]

I have Facebook because it allows me to be casually in touch with people I knew in high school…I have less than 50 friends, and half of them are just people from my dorm who friended me and I never talk to them. XD I feel less inhibited whimsically posting something on someone's wall than I would talking to them, or writing out a whole email. I don't do that very much, but I observe that that's what people do, so if I want to initiate a conversation with someone, I'll do so that way.

Plus, my school's quizbowl club posts announcements on their Facebook group.

[Big Grizzle]

I have Facebook and MySpace. I talk to a few people I know on there because they asked me to, and check them only for messages (basically I use it like e-mail... but some people actually don't have or know how to use their e-mail accounts, so I'm forced to accommodate them.) I don't really try to friend people, and almost never update my profile. I do write an occasional blog, but that's about it.

LOL...that is exactly why I have it. Certain people I know use it as their primary email account. I don't know why as there is no rich text formatting which takes a lot of the fun out of emailing people through FB.

[cha071c0rd3r]

I am anti-myspace, but I have a facebook to keep track of the people I know in college and keep in touch with the people I knew from highschool, of which there isn't that many. Facebook>Myspace because Facebook isn't as cluttered as myspace is and less idiots use facebook than do myspace.

[nikewong]

i've facebook, but i don't waste time on it except contacting some long-lost friends.

[Rek]

I made a facebook account on a whim. I've never tried myspace, I don't think it would suit me. I have 12 "friends" on facebook, 7 of whom I know solely from online, that I rarely talk to and never see in real life. I don't add acquaintances or other people that I barely know unless they request me as a friend, and even then I might not add them. I don't feel as though I belong on facebook but it is nice to have the possibility of being contacted by someone. I can't even seem to manage to keep in touch with the few people that I like there unless they decide to take the initiative to talk to me.

The thing I find most annoying about facebook is, with my friends at least, the amount of pointless applications people like to fill their pages with. I only have three applications and they all have relatively practical uses.

[Motor Jax]

i have MySpace, no Facebook

i'm all like, "dude, just check out my MySpace" or "she's on my MySpace" or "man, did you see the Manbearpig video on MySpace?"

oh, and YouTube for accordian demos and other music

[Cuivienen]

I`m not a member of either, and have so far successfully resisted all attempts of people trying to talk me into joining. I don`t see a point of it for myself and find it too *public*.

Four months ago a good similarly-inclined (INTP-)friend offered me a bet, that within the next year I will have joined myspace or at least one other similar website (he was talked into joining). So now whenever someone bugs me with it, I just tell them about the bet and can deter a lot of the unwanted attention ;D.

[Serket]

I have both, though MySpace latsed about a week. Most people I know ae on Facebook. And all my friends are actually people I know.

[gogurtdynasty]

I love them... i don't understand how anyone can dislike such a common and easy way to communicate with friends... i think they're just joking themselves to look anti-trendy

[Antares]

I use Facebook exclusively. I just can't stand the brightness of MySpace. Too flashy.

[Vertigo]

Facebook lets to many people into my personal space, I like the forums a lot but I don't want my life which I guard from everyone around me to be advertised on facebook for everyone to see. I do have a facebook account but I stopped using it after adding 5 or 6 people.

[ssrprotege]

I use facebook, even though I am an anti-facebook person; I somehow have to keep in touch with my friends, as I do not make effort to keep in touch with other people. But I make sure that I set up the privacy level very high so that I don't have too many acquaintances in my facebook.

[schwartzie]

fb lets me keep in touch w people scattered around the country and globe, and love sharing pics.

[Synamon]

I'm on Facebook after being nagged by friends to join. I have a grand total of 12 'Friends' and rarely ever log on to it. I've never even joined a single group on there. I cruise by and look at my friends profiles and pictures but that's it. I have no interest in the vast community on there. Only one person from way back in High School has hunted me down, that was pretty cool actually, I can see how it would be useful to get in touch with people from the past.

[replicant]

For the longest time I rejected using MySpace and Facebook. I was content with messageboards, IM, Blogger, Gmail, and Multiply. I been with Multiply since it started. It wasn't until I actually made a connection with a group of people and artsy pal that I joined both. I frequent MySpace more than Facebook. I don't really post anything on my pages. I just use it for some messaging. I use my Multiply and Blogger accounts more.





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I find MySpace more useful than Facebook. MySpace is mostly appealing because of wider access to music acts. I love music so I love finding new things to listen to.

[Ool]

I'm extremely Anti-Facebook and will never sign up.

Facebook lets you play Scrabble with people, though…

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[schwartzie]

Facebook lets you play Scrabble with people, though…

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ool--maybe start a fb scrabble thread this weekend?

[trousers]

Not on facebook for a variety of reasons:

1. If someone wants to speak to me then you have my phone number, txt me and I'll meet you for a beer, if you don't have my number then you don't need to speak to me

2. I'm not a big picture taker

3. I know how easy it is to get addicted to things on the internet and lose perspective of how meaningless it can get so I stay away so as not to get addicted

4. I don't want to stalk people

5. I'm afraid it will make my social skills more sloppy and they need to get much better not worse

6. At the end of the day it is a pile of shit

[Uberfuhrer]

I find MySpace more useful than Facebook. MySpace is mostly appealing because of wider access to music acts. I love music so I love finding new things to listen to.

The problem with many of those indie bands is that you can understand why they're indie.

[phantasma]

I've got a facebook, but just so I can keep in touch with friends I don't see anymore.

[Zadoc]

I hate social networking sites, especially MySpace. I do have a MySpace, but it's just for the proliferation of my own propaganda.

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[Grizzly]

That said, I really don't know what is keeping Facebook in business.

Market research, Facebook sells different types of product pruchase and habit data to companies all over the world. For example you can easily track the amount of discussion traffic about a product, all seperated by region, age group, income level plus a whole bevy of other statistical information.

Though I used to call facebook a tool for narcissistic masterbation, I have since become entirely addicted to it. I check it at least 4 times daily, and track my friends updates. I even use it for finding clients and organizing events.

I found it especially usefull at first for just experimenting with different social interactions. but also in finding like minded people, or at least ones with similar interests/habits.

[SevenOfSpades]

I use Facebook because I can keep in contact with friends without having to sign onto MSN or AIM and receive messages from 10-15 people at once who I don't want to talk to immediately. Of course, Facebook's new IM feature changes this and I'll have the occasional person commence small talk when I plan on browsing the internet briefly and then playing a game.

MySpace, I can't stand. Everything is incoherently squeezed into one page. Amusingly enough, it tries to imitate Facebook in some respects in an attempt to prevent the migration of its largely hormonal userbase. :|

[bricklayer]

What's the point?

Build your own website, it's more rewarding.

[emanon]

I found a hilarious book while browsing at Borders last night: The Facebook Book (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.).

[ssrprotege]

I found a hilarious book while browsing at Borders last night: The Facebook Book (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.).

;D

[png1977]

No to both - too invasive and glib. I have one myspace page at the request of a friend, strictly to teach her the travel basics of a foreign language before her honeymoon to that locale. She took the trip a year ago, and that's the last time I used the site.

[the human iPod]

I have both a myspace and a facebook. At first I was pumped at the idea of keeping in touch with my friends without having to call them and all of that nonsense, then I realized that my friends are, for the most part, worthless. I seriously need new ones. >_>

[Specto nex]

Other then to maybe get in touch with someone i normally wouldn't (perhaps another player from an MMORPG) i feel Myspace is a new low point for social standards. its not what it was, its what it's become. A festering pit of jealousy, stupidity, and unnesessary "drama" that people seem to thrive on......at least, thats what i've experienced.

[AliciaS2R]

I have both Facebook and MySpace accounts. I could get all highbrow and say it's because someone asked me to, ;) but I'll be honest and say that I wanted a page to keep an eye on what my daughter was up to. It also gives me an opportunity to learn and practice html and css. I enjoy taking pictures and this gives me an opportunity to showcase a selection of them and get some feedback. There are many worthwhile pages on myspace (if you care to look), many promoting worthy causes of various types. If all you see is crap, maybe you are searching for the wrong thing.

If you care to look


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[Scorne]

I have a Facebook account that I used to check pretty regularly, but nowadays I just delete people that have randomly added me and the odd comment. I can't stand all those little applications people keep sending me, just a load of rubbish.

[Homini Lupus]

I just created a Facebook account. I was curious and already knew some colleagues who used it. Besides, there are some people really difficult to find with other means. If I ever start to hate it, I can always cancel my account. And I used fake name and warped pic/some personal info so that only my friends can understand who I am.

p.s. Anybody ever tried DeviantArt? Just curious if it's worth my time.

[Scorne]

I just created a Facebook account. I was curious and already knew some colleagues who used it. Besides, there are some people really difficult to find with other means. If I ever start to hate it, I can always cancel my account. And I used fake name and warped pic/some personal info so that only my friends can understand who I am.

p.s. Anybody ever tried DeviantArt? Just curious if it's worth my time.

DeviantArt is more visually appealing, plus it comes with artistic inspiration for free! I'll be making one soon once I start to pump out my artwork and professionalize it.

[Max]

I'm extremely Anti-Facebook and will never sign up.

Same. I have a Myspace but I refuse to use Facebook. Dunno why....



p.s. Anybody ever tried DeviantArt? Just curious if it's worth my time.
deviantART is amazing.

[SevenOfSpades]

I just created a Facebook account. I was curious and already knew some colleagues who used it. Besides, there are some people really difficult to find with other means. If I ever start to hate it, I can always cancel my account. And I used fake name and warped pic/some personal info so that only my friends can understand who I am.

p.s. Anybody ever tried DeviantArt? Just curious if it's worth my time.
DeviantArt's not so bad, but people who churn out digital fanart and fan-comics get a lot more general attention than somebody who sticks to traditional art techniques and mediums, and many original artists. It's my fanart, which I don't draw all that often, which receives the most 'favourites' from other users, for months and sometimes years after I uploaded them.

[enfpchick]

Hey if anyone wants another friend on facebook just look up Damiana Met

[Eye_In_TiPi]

I'm on Facebook and MySpace. I don't really use the Facebook account much at all. I signed up on that one because I was doing a group project and needed an easy way to contact the other members. MySpace is sort of useful. I've gotten in touch with some old friends from high school.

[Deadgod]

Facebook. I believe myspace has more creeps and parasites on their site and I wish to not be part of that. Facebook has its advantages because it puts you in networks where you're likely to know people and not have random people try to add or harass you.

[Seppuku Savant]

I use Facebook exclusively, and I think my friends are closer to me for that. In person I'm very removed, but on Facebook and IM I'm very talkative and outgoing.

I have Myspace and AIM for this very reason. In fact, almost all of my friends behave in the same way. Through the medium of thoughts alone, we are closer because we can say more to each other than we would in person. We do still occasionally 'hang out' in person. lt usually involves gaming/anime and a lot of alcohol. ^.~

[enfpchick]

Hey if anyone wants another friend on facebook just look up Damiana Met

Ok make that Damyana Met :)

[Mjannie]

I have facebook to keep in touch some old friends................... It's fun...

[Deraj0100]

I have a hard time keeping up with the "commitment" MySpace and Facebook require. In my meandering I came across Flork.com - it's extremely casual and, interestingly, doesn't consist of United States based users. I've met quite a few interesting people.

[Cality]

I have an INTJ friend with the same disposition... except I got him to sign up to develop a facebook app together :)


which one?

[Shakyamuni]

I am a Luddite. No facebook, no myspace, no cell phone, no blackberry. If you want to get in touch with me send me an email or leave a voice mail message.

[Deraj0100]

...isn't voice mail associated with cellphones? Or, is this speaking of a network-based telephone system that utilizes a voice mail system? Or...are you referring to your answering machine on a land-line? Either way you seem to be pretty rare as far as my experience goes - there is even a poll (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) with strong results pointing to people's "Down with Voicemail" desires. I'm often amazed at people who don't have mobile communications. Well, actually, I think there is some envy in there, too. Power to ya!

[Shakyamuni]

I was referring to my land-line voice mail. When I go traveling I'll use a cell phone, but otherwise I just find them bothersome distractions on a day to day basis.

[Vertigo]

Today I was trying it out, adding people from my old high school and public school, it was actually kinda fun seeing people from 25 years ago, whether they remember me or want to add me as friends, we'll see hopefully I was as nice as I think I was back then lol

[Santana28]

i love myspace and facebook. use them every day :) myspace.com/santana28

[blckprljinju]

i have facebook because all of my closest friends either live in another state, or in another country, and it's an easy way to keep in contact... plus the new chat function makes it a lot more entertaining during boring clases.

[ScurvyRose]

I have both but really haven't done anything with them. I figure if someone wants to find me, those two places provide a contact point.

[aparkedcar]

I'm on facebook. I like how clean the interface is compared to myspace. I had a myspace before, but I rarely check it anymore. I find facebook useful for coordination and such, as well as a communication tool (so I don't have to talk on the phone as much)

[xeeeej]

I was always skeptical about myspace and facebook. But then I joined facebook, and I really enjoy it. It always me to keep up with a small group of friends/family that I care about on my own schedule. Honestly, I just don't have time to call or email everyone all the time.

Plus, I enjoy the applications that facebook has. Kicking my friends' asses at Scrabble and other word games provides a nice ego boost.....I mean, it's all for fun.....

[iuniperus]

I enjoy using facebook, it's an introvert's playground.

[Jughead]

I never used my MySpace, and I'm growing increasingly disgusted with Facebook.

[jikin]

I never had an interest in either until my friends were making them on Facebook and decided to make one up for me. I do enjoy it and have found a few people I had wondered what happened to. Mostly I just play with the applications, though.

[zibber]

I signed up for Facebook because some Myspace friends recommended it, but it seems like it's just about stupid "apps". ("Who's sexier? Who would you date??!?!") Myspace is my original online profile, and I've gotten to know some pretty cool people through it. (I'm at slash jrv; it's extremely hard to read, but legibility is overrated.)

[allenlam]

I signed up on facebook recently because I am interested in playing with its OpenAPI to develop applications. Programming is my hobby.

I get the bonus of discovering some old friends.

[zibber]

I signed up on facebook recently because I am interested in playing with its OpenAPI to develop applications. Programming is my hobby.

Cool, let me know if you come up with some cool stuff.

(Anything's better than deciding which of two random friends is "sexiest".)

[ssrprotege]

I have been wondering how people create Facebook apps. So, I should download OpenAPI to create the application?

[Tim]

I primarily use MySpace to drive traffic to my personal website. According to AWStats, over 50% of my visitors come from there. So it does have its uses.

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It's a site devoted to recently deceased MySpace users.

[ArchonAlarion]

I hate both with a passion

[allenlam]

I have been wondering how people create Facebook apps. So, I should download OpenAPI to create the application?
The API is not for downloading. It is a protocol of web services open to developers to access facebook data. You can optionally download a set of libraries in php or java to make programming easier.

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[Fej]

I have Myspace, which I use to stalk people, 0 friends on it.

I have Facebook and I only have 3 acquaintances as "friends" on it.

[Wuchak]

I use Facebook in the same way that I once used e-mail, mainly as a means of staying available to the cyber-suckled Gen-Y and some Gen-X contacts. There is a very good chance that among most of the people I know:

1) Anyone under the age of 25 will contact me via Facebook or text msg. (and never send me e-mail)
2) Most under 35 will contact me via Facebook
3) Over 35 will probably send me an e-mail

Social networking sites are becoming the "e-mail" of web 2.0.

But the applications / invitation / manipulation nonsense drives me over the brink.

[aok]

I was into Myspace for a bit...but just got creatively competitive and avaricious...I basically wasted alot of time on there. I never really got involved w/ Facebook...I got freaked out/overwhelmed when I saw alot of my old high school friends communicating. Who I was then...is not the person I am now (even though my personality type has been consistent)....people change- and I don't want to ruin a memory. Its a bit awkward for me to talk to someone via email that I haven't talked to in 12 years.

[Jesseh]

I like myspace to keep up with the bands/comedians i like, even to communicate with old friends.

[Jrrd]

One of my female friends forced me to get a Myspace a few years ago. I have since deleted it and moved on to Facebook.

Facebook is a hell of a lot cleaner (although all those apps on people's pages are annoying), and it is the best social networking site for people in college.

[Airius]

I like Myspace and I use Facebook, both for keeping in touch with friends.
Myspace is great for music. Facebook is just... annoying in my opinion. Everytime I log in I have hundreds of 'pokes' and application invites.

[wunderkind]

I am not big fan of social network sites but I have profile at MySpace (although log rarely). But I am more interested in other kind of the network sites that are focused on business. I am member of Plaxo Pulse and there is also similar LinkedIn. I am still exploring (plaxo) - it seems to be promising...

[Monte314]

It seems to be getting harder to get onto FACEBOOK. Are they falling behind the service load, or is it just my ISP?

[misterSM]

MySpace gives me a chance to explore a little role playing and multiple personalities. Which I find can be quite fun, to personify different aspects of the self and send them out to interact with the oblivious.

Suddenly that sounds arrogant, oh well it's fun!

[CaptainA]

I Really do not want to be on Facebook or Myspace. Anyone who needs to contact me can do so by email (2 accounts) or by phone/text. I only keep the 2nd email account for situations that may expose me to Spam. Or of course here by PM.

Part of this is due to privacy concerns.

[Onotheo]

I'm in both but with no friends, yet. :D

I created the account sometime ago, as a side effect of what some bloggers would tinker around the net.

[Autoptic]

Facebook, no friends, I'm about 5 years older than graduating undergrads, and I don't do friendly. I was just bored and fiddled with it and admittedly wanted to see if any attractive females have promising profiles as a shot in the dark. There are only half a dozen single atheist females listed. Counting the agnostics too, there are 6 attractive single females that aren't specifically listed looking from friendship, and one just turned 18 though it's a commuter school, and facebook hasn't caught on too well.

I have realized that if I so much as let INTJ be shown in my profile, anyone googling the university's name and it would easily find this place and my posts which employers probably aren't going to like, so I'm debating whether to disarm the matter explosively as it were.

[Mozzes]

Facebook, no friends, I'm about 5 years older than graduating undergrads, and I don't do friendly. I was just bored and fiddled with it and admittedly wanted to see if any attractive females have promising profiles as a shot in the dark. There are only half a dozen single atheist females listed. Counting the agnostics too, there are 6 attractive single females that aren't specifically listed looking from friendship, and one just turned 18 though it's a commuter school, and facebook hasn't caught on too well.

I have realized that if I so much as let INTJ be shown in my profile, anyone googling the university's name and it would easily find this place and my posts which employers probably aren't going to like, so I'm debating whether to disarm the matter explosively as it were.

You could just limit access to your profile.

[Autoptic]

Some alumini work for companies now and would still have access. Though it occurs to me, they work at the banks which I don't wanna. Actually the Vanguard Group has a number of alumni who can see it now. Lovely, this is rigged. I'm opening most of it. If they can see this, hi, guys.

[graciela224]

yeah, I use my facebook to keep in touch with old friends rather than calling anyone on the phone.

[intjguy593]

Rather than asking for facebooks...

Does anyone even use it?

[Wapiti]

Bill or was it Dave, no no John Smith. Word up dude.

[Airius]

It seems to be getting harder to get onto FACEBOOK. Are they falling behind the service load, or is it just my ISP?


I reckon it's your ISP, but I don't know if it's changed at all for you since you made this post. I hope so!

[Firebrand]

One of my female friends forced me to get a Myspace a few years ago. I have since deleted it and moved on to Facebook.

Facebook is a hell of a lot cleaner (although all those apps on people's pages are annoying), and it is the best social networking site for people in college.

Facebook also gives you significantly less ability to customize it (social-trend-tracking apps do not count), abuses you, the end-user, for data-mining, does not normally even allow you to flat-out delete your account if you want (though there is a link to do this if you search for it since their way of going through and deleting each and every post you've ever made is purely ridiculous and bordering on criminal), and is not set up to drive and coerce social communications by having their apps send your friends communications whether you asked them to or not.

Myspace can be easily customized via plain vanilla HTML, is much better for the Introvert (since in 1 setting you can see very little of the profile and you do not have to enter your real name), is much more conducive to creative types such as bands and artists, has a built-in music player now, and does not need a overblown java app that pegs the CPU and sucks up 100+MB of RAM while the stupid photo-upload tool runs (*cough Facebook! *cough*).

I just deleted my Facebook account. Good fucking riddance! I will never miss that ever!





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are these not perfectly suited for INTJ's? All the benefits of socializing, without actually having to be around anyone! I have been able to establish and keep in contact with many people, when it used to be that I would get someone's phone number, and just never call them because I never had an urge to speak with them.

I don't mind people as long as they're the right people. That aspect is very important and can not be overstated. This does not change for me between face-to-face vs online. I actually think they can be worse for Introverts since you're still communicating with people and now people can contact you more! Oh wonderful! That's just more time-sink to take away from the time to work on meaningful projects... Screw that!





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I'm extremely Anti-Facebook and will never sign up.
Good for you! Conformity is for pansies who are too stupid to find their own way and think their own thoughts...





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That said, I really don't know what is keeping Facebook in business.

Two words. Data-mining.





Firebrand9 added to this post, 4 minutes and 27 seconds later...

To me, the interesting thing about these sites is that they represent the integration of technology and socialization. Myspace was kind of a "right time, right place" happening, whereas facebook has positioned itself as a tool of the future. It's currently experiencing some growing pains, but I predict that in 2-5 years many of you will look at facebook (or whoever establishes market dominance) the same way you look at Google.

Think of it this way

internet - made information available
google - let people find information
facebook - integrates information and real life

I am personally looking forward to the next step, with wearable/implanted computers and bandwidth everywhere

At the expense of your and everyone on it's privacy. You don't think they're using your information and socializing on it for purposes of examining social trends? Think again! Read that service agreement carefully and if you want to see something intersting to think about, try going to one of your apps in Facebook and turning off it's communications with other people (or whatever it's called, I don't recall the exact title). The options will be greyed out for that with a nice little link below it saying something like "Why are these greyed-out/unavailable?". Click it and read the message and consider the implications of it.





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For those of you with a MySpace, did you keep Tom as a friend?
Yes for when/if I need to verbally trounce him for something stupid in Myspace. Though the one time I went to do that it said he had too many comments or whatever that day and to wait until tomorrow. <shakes head>





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I'm on facebook, and in the largest INTJ group there, I think.
What's the point when you just come here to talk to INTJ's?

[idem]

I have neither, and have no desire to have either, although everyone keeps telling me to get one. My reasoning:

1. I'm in high school. I can talk to these people every single day. Why do I need to talk to them when I'm not in school as well?

2. I do not want a million people I barely know asking me to be their friend.

3. I like privacy. I know you can limit the amount of people who see your profile, etc., but I don't like the idea of any personal information about myself being on the internet.

4. I have no desire to converse with a bunch of people who don't even bother to capitalize the first letter of their sentences.

5. Why do I care that so-and-so is going out with so-and-so, or that so-and-so is doing their homework?

Although it is extremely annoying that no one answers emails anymore, I refuse to get a facebook, no matter how much I am nagged.

(Besides, it's kind of fun to be the last holdout.)

[Firebrand]

I don't like knowing more than one person with the same name)
hahahahaha!~ How's this working out for you?





Firebrand9 added to this post, 2 minutes and 50 seconds later...

granted this site would be great if it had good content in a blog format vs. just the forums.
Just make a LiveJounal account and put the link on your account here. Done.





Firebrand9 added to this post, 3 minutes and 1 seconds later...

Something new altogether. Something that gives INTJ's, or those with like minds, something to do. What?!?! lol Figure this out on your own. Though, if you're good a C/C++ programming, I'll give you something to do if you're bored...





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Facebook, Myspace, etc... Yes they are ways for you to track your interests, fully free of charge. That is, with the exception that the corporate owners use it as a massive database to survey and market products geared towards your interests.
I mean, as this is an intj forum, I'm wondering why nobody has brought that up. I didn't realize of this myself though, my entp teacher (who is really the best teacher I've ever had), told me of his suspicions (no he isn't paranoid). I'm sure it takes quite abit of money to run such things, and apparently it's well worth it.

Yup, again, look up what data-mining is. It's extremely profitable as you sell both statistics on social trends (which impacts business trends based on what people use/do), and ad-space which is also profitable (look into Google-ads). Also, consider the sheer volume of people logging onto Facebook at one time (thousands if not millions) and how underpowered your pc feels for your own needs, let alone the needs of the mass-public. They probably have a room of rack-mount servers, each running anywhere between 10 and 30 computers, (look at prices for just a rack mount frame) and cooled by high-powered AC units. Each of those rack-mounts probably costs over $10,000. Multiply that by dozens. And someone needs to maintain all these. Those people cost over $40k per year. Each. Do the math. It's expensive to do all this. And chances are, they're making a killing profit off it. Think about it...





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I am anti-myspace, but I have a facebook to keep track of the people I know in college and keep in touch with the people I knew from highschool, of which there isn't that many. Facebook>Myspace because Facebook isn't as cluttered as myspace is and less idiots use facebook than do myspace.

That's not true. Facebook is highly friendly to Extroverts and tre-hip trendy people (most of whom I consider to be idiots).

[Nikita]

I used to like Myspace a lot, but then I finally got my layout designed how I like it and never go on there anymore. It was really just an experience to learn html. I made my own div overlay. :)

I'm rarely on Facebook, but there are a few people I keep in touch with solely through that, so I pop on from time to time. It's pretty boring overall.

[Firebrand]

Four months ago a good similarly-inclined (INTP-)friend offered me a bet, that within the next year I will have joined myspace or at least one other similar website (he was talked into joining). So now whenever someone bugs me with it, I just tell them about the bet and can deter a lot of the unwanted attention ;D.

Hahaha! Good strategy...





Firebrand9 added to this post, 8 minutes and 29 seconds later...

I love them... i don't understand how anyone can dislike such a common and easy way to communicate with friends... i think they're just joking themselves to look anti-trendy

Or maybe they actually aren't trendy... As far as easy way to communicate with friends, in 1875 Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone (highly efficient unless you only have 1 sentence to say. Most people can speak faster than they can type and have the added benefit of annunciating words to generate certain effects in the listener) and email does the same thing in a more generic way (I do not need like 15 frickin' email accounts. The more ways people have of contacting me, the more annoying people I have to filter). We even have text messages. So there's many common generic ways that do not involve creating yet another account who's only true benefit is to set up yet another means of communication.





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Facebook lets you play Scrabble with people, though…

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So does Scrabble. If you invite a few good friends over.





Firebrand9 added to this post, 1 minutes and 33 seconds later...

The problem with many of those indie bands is that you can understand why they're indie.

But people may still like that. Indie does not mean bad.





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What's the point?

Build your own website, it's more rewarding.
Myspace, Facebook, and Livejournal have killed the personal web site. Social networking sites are basically Web Sites For Dummies.





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p.s. Anybody ever tried DeviantArt? Just curious if it's worth my time.

I do. It's pretty good though it does have a lot of the social-networking "toppings" like friends, journals, and comments. Of course, you have zero obligation to use any of these features. A few people I know through there went over to Storm Artists since DA became more ad-driven about a year or so ago.





Firebrand9 added to this post, 6 minutes and 6 seconds later...

Facebook. I believe myspace has more creeps and parasites on their site and I wish to not be part of that. Facebook has its advantages because it puts you in networks where you're likely to know people and not have random people try to add or harass you.

I prefer to have the wide net open with it coming down to who I choose to interact with. Plus, I've met some of the coolest people I know by stretching out and talking to random people. Typically, it goes nowhere, but sometimes it ends up with me knowing another cool person. I can meet friends of friends by just attending the occasional party (a few times a year this is tolerable to me).





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...isn't voice mail associated with cellphones? Or, is this speaking of a network-based telephone system that utilizes a voice mail system? Or...are you referring to your answering machine on a land-line? Either way you seem to be pretty rare as far as my experience goes - there is even a poll (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) with strong results pointing to people's "Down with Voicemail" desires. I'm often amazed at people who don't have mobile communications. Well, actually, I think there is some envy in there, too. Power to ya!

I have a cell phone but most of the time, I leave it home. It allows me to focus on whatever I'm doing that's outside of my home. Plus, if I'm out with someone already then I'm already busy so why should I be inconsiderate to my friend by taking a phone call while I'm with them? I also think cellphone usage has created a lot of rudeness in society from the compulsive need to communicate (Hmm Extroverts?). I actually got my cell phone to do "market research" on cell phone games as I planned to program some.





Firebrand9 added to this post, 5 minutes and 31 seconds later...

Honestly, I just don't have time to call or email everyone all the time.
Isn't the amount of time the same to sign into a web site and send a message? You can also call people and talk for a few minutes, set up plans, and then say "I've gotta split. See you later!". I think we Introverts forget we have control over our own lives and time...





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I enjoy using facebook, it's an introvert's playground.

If by playground, you mean a place where you can play all those silly Facebook games, then yes, otherwise I could not disagree more. Everyone I know who is crazy over Facebook is an Extrovert. All the Introverts I know aren't even on it.





Firebrand9 added to this post, 1 minutes and 40 seconds later...

I signed up for Facebook because some Myspace friends recommended it, but it seems like it's just about stupid "apps". ("Who's sexier? Who would you date??!?!") Myspace is my original online profile, and I've gotten to know some pretty cool people through it. (I'm at slash jrv; it's extremely hard to read, but legibility is overrated.)

Same with me. I find the Facebook games pointless wastes of time. I have game systems for that purpose.





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I don't do friendly.

Hahahha! That cracked me up!

[Hatsumomo1]

are these not perfectly suited for INTJ's? All the benefits of socializing, without actually having to be around anyone! I have been able to establish and keep in contact with many people, when it used to be that I would get someone's phone number, and just never call them because I never had an urge to speak with them.


Too bad I don't use mine for socializing. I just like the pretty pictures and widgets. :cheesy:

[dalidaisy]

I have nothing to hide. Go ahead & look.

Those sites are the easiest way to keep people at a distance & only communicate when I feel like it. I rarely check in (I've aready logged more time here than all my time on those sites put together, hehe). I don't tend to get random people asking to be my friend. Maybe it's because I do not fill out my profile like I'm looking for a date. They are also great for my job, as I'm in marketing.

I guess I don't understand why people have such disdain for them. If you don't like them, don't use them. Why crucify those of us that use it for whatever purpose it is we use it for? I, personally, hate to talk on the phone.

I actually find it entertaining to look through old high school friends' photo albums & see what they've done with their time since I've seen them last. Sue me...

[ClydeB]

I have 2 myspace accounts simply so I can go in and see other peoples stuff that they send to me. Which I think has happened twice to date. Didn't bother to remember the password for the first account.

No, I went and got my name as a dot com site back in the mid 90's when the internet and the world wide web was starting to go mainstream. My site is exactly the way I want it. No extra bells and whistles like facebook and myspace seem to force upon you.

Of course, I never update it.:smartass:

[Harmony]

I have a myspace and a facebook. I check myspace more often just to keep in touch with a few friends that moved away. And I really don't check facebook all that much anymore.

However, both of my profiles are set to private...

[MrDoom]

I don't like MySpace, because every idiot who can use copy/paste can have their own poorly formatted, eye-bleedingly jarring, sluggish web page with bad music.

FaceBook, on the other hand, is cleaner and simpler, and allows more tactile control over privacy. Plus, I've gotten in touch with an old elementary school classmate that I liked before she moved away and am somewhat enamored with now (pretty, intelligent, and extremely well-read), bless Zuckerberg.

[Sunshine]

Nice to see many people with the same feelings I have towards these two SOCIAL MONSTROSITIES.

I don't need facebook or myspace to "keep in contact with old friends". If I want to keep in contact with anyone, I'll use email, thank you very much (and no, not phone...email).

It's also funny how many of my family members and old friends try to get me to join. Most end up being offended when I call them out on their retardedly social behavior and the misconception that you can't stay in touch if you don't join these two sheeple playgrounds.

(I actually don't hold any disdain for people who enjoy these two places or disrespect their choice to partake in nonsense, I just hold disdain for extraneous social behavior in general. Well, more social than mine ; )

On edit: I do actually think Facebook is useful for getting in contact with people from your past and hold an account JUST for that reason. I do not use it to make or maintain friendships though.

[Synapse]

Facebook s--ks seriously. I hate Facebook, I had an account and deactivated it. It encourages weak and shallow relationships with multiple people as well as sharing either worthless information/pictures or stuff that can truly get you in trouble. People also thinks you aren't cool if you don't have tons of apps that can steal your personal information or lots of friends that don't really do anything. I would much rather talk to people in real life or email than ever meet up on Facebook.

I absolutely hate Facebook and don't sign up. In my opinion, it is not right for INTJs at all.

[Drienne]

facebook for family, friends & classmates
myspace for fun

[Jenniflower]

I have a facebook. I used to have a myspace but it got boring. I like facebook simply because I have limited time. I find it easier to stay in contact through facebook.

[Harmony]

So there was an article in our paper.... Apparently you can be "served" on Facebook now. Just what I want everyone to see that someone is suing me....

[Jinxu]

I have facebook. Does anyone want to be Facebook friends? Seriously, I have only about 50 people on my friends list. I only befriends people I know and like apparently.

[Zhen]

are these not perfectly suited for INTJ's? All the benefits of socializing, without actually having to be around anyone! I have been able to establish and keep in contact with many people, when it used to be that I would get someone's phone number, and just never call them because I never had an urge to speak with them.


facebook is handy to keep in touch with people especially with those overseas and travellers but all in all, a huge invasion of privacy...I prefer email any day.

[rahdam]

I used facebook in college, but I've since stopped. The connections feel so artificial; if you want to know me more, talk to me. If you want to talk to me, talk to me. For the same reason, I stopped using instant messaging programs. I need real communciation to feel connection.

[RoseRock]

i had a facebook for ages and then it turned out to be a place where my exes and high school friends felt the need to "poke" me every single day. I don't need people I don't really want anything to do with anymore "poking" me on facebook. :| I've had a myspace since 04 and keep it to real life friends, acquaintances, bands and various interesting people I meet on the few forums I frequent.

[NovemberRain]

I used to join social networking sites such as Friendster/Hi5/Facebook/etc.

But these interests are always short-lived.
I've deleted (and recreated) my friendster account at least five times.

I was once addicted to the 'status updates comment system' in Facebook, but now I find it meaningless to do such things. I don't understand why people would upload their photo album for the world, or change their profile picture oh-so-frequently.

Now I seldom log in to social networking sites, perhaps, only if I have a friend request to confirm.
:D

[floramacivor]

Those sites are the easiest way to keep people at a distance & only communicate when I feel like it. I rarely check in (I've aready logged more time here than all my time on those sites put together, hehe). I don't tend to get random people asking to be my friend. Maybe it's because I do not fill out my profile like I'm looking for a date.

I, personally, hate to talk on the phone.

I actually find it entertaining to look through old high school friends' photo albums & see what they've done with their time since I've seen them last. Sue me...

Those are the reasons I like Facebook. It's a way to keep in touch from a comfortable distance and without having to talk on the phone, I don't like MySpace, though - it hurts my eyes.

[elsdfr]

I like people who are on FacePlace because I can log onto their computer and check out where I was and what I was doing it, it's comforting.

[Cairech]

I signed up for MySpace first, then was dragged into LiveJournal. I joined FaceBook when I learned it had a book review program.

I wanted MyS in order to keep in touch with people. It's lousy; it's heavily entertainment and video-oriented, it takes forever to load, and what I want most, the blog function, is the hardest to use. So, MySpace is seriously stinky, in my opinion. I keep it to keep track of obscure bands that I like and a few likewise obscure friends.

I joined LiveJournal to keep up with a spiritual group I'd joined and LOVE IT. It's easy to make private, easy to keep up with the people you like. The only thing that irritates me are all the YouTube links people post. LJ interprets it as a photo, so it makes the friend page take longer to load. And then it tries to drag the video through my dial-up, which simply does not fit.

I joined FB for the book function, and am now lightly in touch with many old high school friends. That's nice, but I really see it as a tool by which I can eventually take over the world.

[schmidt]

I have both; MySpace is my latest addition mainly to keep up friends who have bands. so I can listen to their new music.
Facebook is slowly becoming a bit to much, I've already had one "clean up" among the friends when I realized that around 33% was people I didn't talk to any more, great tool for spreading propaganda though, we do almost all our club advertising on facebook :)

[MrCynical]

Myspace was good 3+ years ago, back then you could have decent conversations with people.

Last few years it just became too superficial, everyone with 50 pics of themselves and half the internet on their pages. Once the masses get involved all intelligent conversations die.

I quit myspace about a year ago.

Facebook isn't private enough. Once i get my brother's gf and my cousin contacting me I deleted it.

I dont need everyone in my life knowing everyone in my life.

[pocohauntus]

I dont need everyone in my life knowing everyone in my life.
Apparently that happens regardless.





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On edit: I do actually think Facebook is useful for getting in contact with people from your past and hold an account JUST for that reason. I do not use it to make or maintain friendships though.
If that guy in your avatar is on either of those websites, I'll join. :)

(please don't ban me, I'm only trying to be friendly)

[Sylar]

I used facebook in college, but I've since stopped. The connections feel so artificial; if you want to know me more, talk to me. If you want to talk to me, talk to me. For the same reason, I stopped using instant messaging programs. I need real communciation to feel connection.

While I am also a fan of Facebook and AIM/Yahoo!, I wholeheartedly agree, and would prefer a face-to-face conversation any day (don't like the phone much). A girl I know never used to talk to me that much in person, yet the second I signed on would spam me with messages (ESFP believe it or not, and she still doesn't talk to me that much but that's just her..). Seems like were going backwards in terms of communication, at least where I live.

[Isolation]

I have both FB and MS... but on both I have very few "friends" (people I keep in touch with from class/school.) But the sad thing is, I see very little action involving me and wonder what the point of having it is. It just feels like I'm talking to myself. I deleted my FB for about 4 months and came back and everyone greeted me... but that all faded away too. So it's pretty much like real life.

[probity]

I have both a Facebook and a Myspace. Myspace is for my friends in California and Facebook is for my friends in Texas. As I'm currently in California I'm using Facebook more often. I can see my friends in California anytime I want.

[Isolation]

update: I just wish people would email more often, as apposed to use social networking sites. E-mailing can be fun and it can make you feel better when you get a message randomly from a friend. Like awww you thought of me, because on MS or FB, it really just makes me feel really bad about myself. Like I'm completely invisible. I only keep it (honestly) for the few people who don't have my # or email and vica versa.

[Ender]

I use facebook, but only for people I know (ie: family and friends). The only exception to that rule is if someone from college, who is in a class with me and I see all the time, adds me, I'm probably going to add them. Even if we're not "friends", and I have a very strict view of who I consider a real "friend", I'll probably add them, with the thought that I may know them better in the future, so for now, why not?

[walden]

Not being on myspace or facebook makes me feel so disconnected and free. I can't stand the idea of a website displaying all of the people I know. If I want people to know about me then I'll tell them in real life. If they don't know things about me then there's probably a good reason. No need for social networking sites, ever.

The next step is trashing the cell phone and throwing my computer down a hill. I'll be sure to post after I do that.

[charolastra]

update: I just wish people would email more often, as apposed to use social networking sites. E-mailing can be fun and it can make you feel better when you get a message randomly from a friend. Like awww you thought of me, because on MS or FB, it really just makes me feel really bad about myself. Like I'm completely invisible. I only keep it (honestly) for the few people who don't have my # or email and vica versa.

I can't remember the last time I got an email unrelated to a specific request or an alert to a Facebook message. High school, at least. None of my friends have my email address and I have none of theirs- which is sad really.

I have to keep my Facebook updated or else people think I'm dead. At least now that I'm abroad, people won't call.

I do rather enjoy OKCupid, like any good INTJ.

[Rho1334]

I am on myspace...use it to keep in touch with friends and family that have moved away and since i hate calling people typing the a message works out just fine.

[uncon]

I went to facebook and found one of my childhood friends (probably an ESFP - no surprise there that he'd be on facebook) that I drifted away from and then I saw that he had all of these people as his friends. Past girlfriends (ugh!) of mine, acquaintances and high school people. I took a virtual walk down memory lane looking at all of these profiles and remembering - but I started remembering why I had forgotten those people in the first place. I don't like them. I started having a wash of remembered negative feelings. The khaki golf pants wearing slimeball who is now a financial advisor. The jock who became a personal trainer. The floozy who remained a floozy (is that even still a word?) and turned being single into a lifestyle. The popular crowd who ruled the school - they just look like morons. Greasy, yuppie morons exuding false confidence.

Why were those people popular anyway? Was is b/c they were all extroverts? If you say you're popular and join in a group with other similar people does that create reality? Is it a coincidence that not a one of them was lower than middle class? I used to loathe those people out of envy and now I just marvel that I actually gave a crap at all back then.

Then I found a high school alumni group at some other social networking site and, of course, all of the "popular" same ES types were all over that site too. Not one person that I liked was there - but then again I like IN types and they generally don't join social groups.

I realized that the last thing I wanted to do was be connected virtually with any of these people. The funny thing is that the few friends that I still keep in contact with from my youth don't have a facebook or myspace page either.

I have my own domain for music and blogging anyway and myspace reminds me of the internet of yesteryear when I coded websites in a textbox at geocities. Gaudy, blinking text, my eyes! Autoplaying music and custom cursors - NO! Oh well, maybe that's what everyone does when they first get a website.

To conclude my too lengthy post - I started noticing last year that none of the old sites I haunted were being updated. Then I noticed that all of these people were twittering - I had this bagel today - I'm going to sleep now - blah blah. Then I saw an article stating that the homepage is dying and I could only grin in amazement at the shortsightedness of people and their penchant to believe that in a few years everyone will still be doing the hula hoop or wearing leg warmers and parachute pants. The staples will remain - the fads will come and go. Websites and Forums are what the internet actually is. The homepage is not dead - just in limbo but it will be revived when the high of "connecting" with people that you actually never liked in the first place wears off.

Sorry to ramble :embarassed:

[IslandHead]

are these not perfectly suited for INTJ's? All the benefits of socializing, without actually having to be around anyone! I have been able to establish and keep in contact with many people, when it used to be that I would get someone's phone number, and just never call them because I never had an urge to speak with them.
Yep! I owe my entire social life to Facebook. It makes it so much easier!

[Night Runner]

In my opinion, myspace is becoming less popular and losing the traffic to facebook, which constantly reinvents itself with new features. The best thing gong for facebook is the uniformity of its design and the lack of customizable HTML code. In other words, your computer wouldn't be assaulted by the overabundance of scripts, loud music and flashing lights that are all too common on myspace.

For the record, I have accounts on both networks. Facebook is great for passive networking. Go to an event/party, meet like-minded people, give them your cards and add them. It's mutually beneficial, and a large network of friends can prove invaluable if you need advice or assistance. The site's design makes it easier to keep track of some people. (How does the saying go? "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer?")

As for myspace, I mostly use it for blogging and listening to my favorite music. Why pay for an album or download special software when you can just open a myspace page? I have been blogging on myspace for, let's see, almost four years now. It's a great way to vent, let off some steam, brag about the accomplishments, write notes to self, and simply write - when the chaotic force of creativity possesses me and doesn't let go. Over the years, I have developed a small but faithful following who seem to understand my thought process and my self (that, or they are *very* good at pretending).

[pocohauntus]

I hate Facebook, I had an account and deactivated it.
Me too. I was actually looking for the sheeple aspect of it (how un INTJ of me) but found it to be just like everything else in my life, i.e., not sheeple.

[Kele-De]

I just joined facebook for practical reasons. My aunt moved into town and my brother just got married to a woman with three sisters. So there are five new (thankfully cool) very social women in my life and I was beginning to struggle with the anticipation of social exhaustion. If I was a guy I might be able to get away with staying in my cave, but I am an INTJ female. I hope facebook can keep me in the loop with the new female family members... though I still don't understand the logic of facebook. It is just another nightmare of meaningless distractions and invasions of privacy.

[Night Runner]

The floozy who remained a floozy (is that even still a word?) and turned being single into a lifestyle.

Could you elaborate on that, please? Being single has a lot of allure to it, but I've never heard it described like that. :)