# For Those of Us Who Just Aren't Into Social-Networking Websites **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 16, 2009, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-us-who-just-arent-into-social-networking-websites/503215 "2009-07-16T13:12:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-us-who-just-arent-into-social-networking-websites/503215/21 "2009-07-17T02:24:38Z")
What if you wanted to talk to people on the other side of the planet? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-us-who-just-arent-into-social-networking-websites/503215/22 "2009-07-17T04:00:14Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Don’t give **De La Rue** too much credit, as **Smeghead** already pointed out, he/she blatantly ripped off Conan O’Brien, but what’s worse is he/she screwed up the joke. It’s **YouTube** (not MySpace), Twitter, and Facebook. > > -12 (grumble grumble) I was wondering where I heard that…and somehow MySpace slipped in there. I give myself -1000. In terms of original (but not likely unique) jokes, I have tried to spread the idea that the kind of people who use Twitter can be described by the first four letters of the name. ---
**Author:** ![Casserole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b77776/32.png) [@Casserole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casserole)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-us-who-just-arent-into-social-networking-websites/503215/23 "2009-07-17T04:34:25Z")
[Twitter? How about Flutter?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeLZCy-_m3s) ---
**Author:** ![PetW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@PetW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PetW)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-us-who-just-arent-into-social-networking-websites/503215/24 "2009-07-18T00:30:55Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > (grumble grumble) > > I was wondering where I heard that…and somehow MySpace slipped in there. I give myself -1000. > > In terms of original (but not likely unique) jokes, I have tried to spread the idea that the kind of people who use Twitter can be described by the first four letters of the name. Reminds me of a [funny shirt](http://www.tshirthell.com/funny-shirts/youtube-myspace-and-ill-google-your-yahoo/) from T-shirt Hell ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-us-who-just-arent-into-social-networking-websites/503215/25 "2009-07-18T02:15:41Z")
> [@otorophile](#): > > Every time something cool is happening and someone mentions “I can’t wait to put this on facebook” as opposed to just enjoying the moment, that person goes down in my estimation. > > Note: I’m in college. Please tell me people in the real world don’t do this. [XKCD.](http://xkcd.com/77/) ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-us-who-just-arent-into-social-networking-websites/503215/26 "2009-07-18T02:20:14Z")
I dunno, I like to think of myself as still pretty young, but these things are beyond me. The closest I’ve ever gotten to “social networking” on the interweb is, uh, the SDMB. [Staring at my computer at 10:30 on a Friday night …] I miss DopeFests. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-us-who-just-arent-into-social-networking-websites/503215/27 "2009-07-18T02:25:13Z")
[quote=“1920s Style “Death Ray”, post:17, topic:503215”] It’s no different from saying “this is awesome, I can’t wait to tell my friends about it.” [/QUOTE] Except that one involves actual social interaction with other human beings in meatspace. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-us-who-just-arent-into-social-networking-websites/503215/28 "2009-07-18T05:37:47Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Except that one involves actual social interaction with other human beings in meatspace. And the other involves actual social interaction with other human beings on the internet. Talking, phoning, writing, emailing, texting, blogging, status updates, MSN, Skype; they’re all legitimate forms of communication that are appropriate in different circumstances. Thinking that you can’t wait to post something on facebook is functionally identical to thinking you’d love to tell your mates over a beer at the pub and it is ignorant to look down on someone for doing so. Just because some people are unwilling to see the value of one form of communication does not mean that it is of less value than other forms of communication. I’ll go a bit further and say that communicating with family and friends on Facebook is far more valuable than discussing the subject with a bunch of strangers on a message board. ---
**Author:** ![AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-us-who-just-arent-into-social-networking-websites/503215/29 "2009-07-18T07:26:18Z")
_snort_ …I am a HUGE Facebook fan, but mostly to keep in touch with old camp friends and organization friends too… I too don’t understand the point of Twitter … Myspace seems filled with spammers. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Awesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Captain\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Awesome)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-us-who-just-arent-into-social-networking-websites/503215/30 "2009-07-18T10:28:59Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Apparently, MySpace, Twitter, and Facebook are soon to be combined into one single social-networking website. Wouldn’t this mean I’d end up inviting some poorly acquainted, near-strangers to come on MyFaceTwit? Social networking is somewhat similar to business networking, only instead of pretending to like people you don’t in order to get a job, it’s to get some action. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-us-who-just-arent-into-social-networking-websites/503215/31 "2009-07-18T10:44:51Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > It will be called YouTwitFace. I heard it was going to be called “Flick My Face You Twit” ---
**Author:** ![Flipshod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f19dbf/32.png) [@Flipshod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipshod)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-us-who-just-arent-into-social-networking-websites/503215/32 "2009-07-18T15:17:13Z")
My favorite girl is 33 and I’m 42. She likes most of the social networks and thinks my reading sdmb is weird. I tell her that I’d rather be able to choose an interesting topic and discuss it with strangers than gossip and fight with a few people I know/hate. She then rolls her eyes at me. It’s a generational thing that only takes 9 years to develop. Future Shock was right. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-us-who-just-arent-into-social-networking-websites/503215/33 "2009-07-18T15:23:56Z")
> [@niblet\_head](#): > > My Facebook “friends” make me feel inadequate. You and me both. The class nerd from 1982 just wrote back surprised I was still single. (She’s not.) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-us-who-just-arent-into-social-networking-websites/503215/34 "2009-07-19T15:50:21Z")
[quote=“1920s Style “Death Ray”, post:28, topic:503215”] And the other involves actual social interaction with other human beings on the internet. Talking, phoning, writing, emailing, texting, blogging, status updates, MSN, Skype; they’re all legitimate forms of communication that are appropriate in different circumstances. Thinking that you can’t wait to post something on facebook is functionally identical to thinking you’d love to tell your mates over a beer at the pub and it is ignorant to look down on someone for doing so. Just because some people are unwilling to see the value of one form of communication does not mean that it is of less value than other forms of communication. I’ll go a bit further and say that communicating with family and friends on Facebook is far more valuable than discussing the subject with a bunch of strangers on a message board. [/QUOTE] Way to incorrectly identify which way the sarcasm was pointing, dude. Or does “meatspace” actually have a positive connotation to you? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-us-who-just-arent-into-social-networking-websites/503215/35 "2009-07-19T17:09:27Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Way to incorrectly identify which way the sarcasm was pointing, dude. > > Or does “meatspace” actually have a positive connotation to you? IRL, your tone of voice of voice would have told us you were being sarcastic. Online, it is standard practice to take statements at face value unless you are told otherwise. Meatspace has a bit of a negative connotation, but how are we supposed to know you aren’t using it ironically? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-us-who-just-arent-into-social-networking-websites/503215.md?page=1)