friendster can be fun and dangerous
I'm curious to know if anyone still does the friendster thing. I mean, has it become passe now? Same thing with myspace. I canceled my accounts a few months ago becuase of stupid people trying to add me and it just got annoying. Although it was fun for the first few weeks, it seemed to become useless b/c of everyone just adding everyone else for the sake of it.
Just a thought.
I'm just fed up with all this connectivity and linkability. Whatever happened to the good old days, of meeting up for bbq's and stuff? All this crap is still like a freegin popularity contest. Who has the most testimonials, friends, acquaintences? I bet these people never thought about the possibility of having other people look them up on friendster to see what they're really like. WEspecialy for things like job interviews, or things along those lines. I mean, what if you are associated with some shady people that you added simply because you wanted to have all those friends? And you go in for an interview at some great comapny who just happens to friendster you. They see your cohorts and don't give you the job. They don't know that you don't really know that person. Same thing with possible relationships. I mean, we all know the concept of 6 degrees of separation, but it's different when we actually see it.
For instnace when I would add friends and see who they were friends with, I was shocked that they knew my exes., and that my exes were actually friends as well. Now I'm not one to date within a circle of friends, but what are the possibilities of women I've dated over the years being friends? We're not talking about 6 degress of separate we're talking more like 3. And none of the girls i've dated lived in the same city or even county! Now that was some freaky stuff.
Now imagine what would happen if the differnet circle of friends you traveled in came together along with theirs, and theirs. Only 3 degrees down. All of a sudden you're associated with people you'd normally not associate with, maybe hang out with at a party but thats it. This kind of scenario isn't all too improbable, except in real life the association is fleeting whereas at places like friendster and myspace, or as I like to call it, myspace2myplace, the associations look solid.
Maybe I'm paranoid. But that's what I think. Really freaky stuff. With the rise of these types of sites, it's fun to see the 6 degrees of separation in action but scary to see the possible effects.
Getting laid - good
Not getting hired - bad
That's my rant and explanation for those of you who keep on asking me why i'm not on friendster or myspace anymore....in one word. paranoia. =D
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friendster
myspace
Just a thought.
I'm just fed up with all this connectivity and linkability. Whatever happened to the good old days, of meeting up for bbq's and stuff? All this crap is still like a freegin popularity contest. Who has the most testimonials, friends, acquaintences? I bet these people never thought about the possibility of having other people look them up on friendster to see what they're really like. WEspecialy for things like job interviews, or things along those lines. I mean, what if you are associated with some shady people that you added simply because you wanted to have all those friends? And you go in for an interview at some great comapny who just happens to friendster you. They see your cohorts and don't give you the job. They don't know that you don't really know that person. Same thing with possible relationships. I mean, we all know the concept of 6 degrees of separation, but it's different when we actually see it.
For instnace when I would add friends and see who they were friends with, I was shocked that they knew my exes., and that my exes were actually friends as well. Now I'm not one to date within a circle of friends, but what are the possibilities of women I've dated over the years being friends? We're not talking about 6 degress of separate we're talking more like 3. And none of the girls i've dated lived in the same city or even county! Now that was some freaky stuff.
Now imagine what would happen if the differnet circle of friends you traveled in came together along with theirs, and theirs. Only 3 degrees down. All of a sudden you're associated with people you'd normally not associate with, maybe hang out with at a party but thats it. This kind of scenario isn't all too improbable, except in real life the association is fleeting whereas at places like friendster and myspace, or as I like to call it, myspace2myplace, the associations look solid.
Maybe I'm paranoid. But that's what I think. Really freaky stuff. With the rise of these types of sites, it's fun to see the 6 degrees of separation in action but scary to see the possible effects.
Getting laid - good
Not getting hired - bad
That's my rant and explanation for those of you who keep on asking me why i'm not on friendster or myspace anymore....in one word. paranoia. =D
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friendster
myspace
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