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#1 donald

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Posted 03 June 2010 - 01:17 PM

First there was email :)

So back in the day, it was cool when they had IRC and you could talk dirty with random women who were probably middle aged dudes and life was good.

Then AOL had (along with instant messenger and email) their Chatroom which brought all the crazies together who weren't as nerdy or intelligent and things got a little whacky.

I remember having an orkut account for like a month and never got into it, and then later got myspace.

I know I'm missing alot of other stuff out there, like Messageboards, Bulletin Board Services, etc, but I am just laying down that there has always been some sort of "Social" networking going on since the beginning of Internet.

Nowadays, there is Facebook, Twitter, linkedin, Buzz, I think yahoo and MSN have Myspace knockoff that nobody pays attention to, and the latest one I have come upon is foursquare.

I am all about social networking and everything BUT DAMN!!!!


Anyways, I guess I'm just wondering if there is stuff out there I didn't list and what your thoughts are on each of them.

(I purposely didn't include games like WOW and secondlife which are very social indeed but aren't really used through a web browser like everything else previously mentioned)
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Posted 03 June 2010 - 01:28 PM

Foursquare is pretty lame but in theory it can be cool, much more than "yo i'm so drunk lol" type social networking.

I barely keep up with Facebook anymore because half the people on my friends list don't even show in my news feed, and most of them are the people I care to keep up with the most. I couldn't tell you the last time I logged into MySpace. I kept it mostly to keep up with bands but it never really proved useful for that as much as I thought it would.

I still log into AIM but only because most chat programs do many protocols and I chat on gChat a good bit.

Don't forget Google Wave. Did that ever really take off? I haven't used it since a few weeks after it was unveiled.

People rag on Twitter but with it's API and integration with things like Foursquare and other social networking "apps" I think it is by far the best. It could use some work with lists and stuff but oh well it's leagues better than Facebook. The perfect level of being connected but not having a damn Matrix tube stuck in the back of your head.
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Posted 03 June 2010 - 01:34 PM

I like stumbleupon.
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Posted 03 June 2010 - 01:35 PM

You missed IRC.




umm, IRC is the second thing I stated :)
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Posted 03 June 2010 - 01:37 PM

I like stumbleupon.


I have heard of stumbleupon but haven't used it. Is it like Digg?
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Posted 03 June 2010 - 01:40 PM


You missed IRC.




umm, IRC is the second thing I stated :)

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Posted 03 June 2010 - 01:41 PM

Way to go raub...pfft. you guys should fight.

I used to hang in IRC all the time in my younger years. That was the first e-method of booking a tour.(Remember getting a persons number a calling him on the phone?!)

I was big in the #Propaghandi room.

Remember the rooms that were full of bots that would send you pics of naked girls if you typed the right command in the chat room? Sinners.
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Posted 03 June 2010 - 01:43 PM


I like stumbleupon.


I have heard of stumbleupon but haven't used it. Is it like Digg?


haven't used digg. probably though. You stumble the nets and share what you like and don't like. Stumbleupon video while you hook it through your tv is a fun way to be a couch potato.

My favorite videos are from that dude that used to be a cop, instructs you how to be a marijuana smoker and not get caught by the law. informative.
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Posted 03 June 2010 - 01:53 PM

Well, there was/is/has been the journaling sites. i.e., livejournal, insanejournal, deadjournal, ujournal, etc.

There are also sites like tumblr that do the social networking thing, but with less convo, more picture sharing, music sharing, etc.
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Posted 03 June 2010 - 01:56 PM

i don't think i've logged into twitter in quite a while. i occasionally check our band myspace to see if there are any unread mails in there (that aren't random spam show invites). and facebook... meh. i just don't give a shit.

evidently i'd rather post here.
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Posted 03 June 2010 - 02:00 PM

My favorite videos are from that dude that used to be a cop, instructs you how to be a marijuana smoker and not get caught by the law. informative.

You happen to have a link for this?
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Posted 03 June 2010 - 02:06 PM

I have a myspace - don't ever use it except to store a freakin' bajillion old photos.
I use facebook a lot
I used my lj but it's private and only a handful of friends can read it
stumbleupon is on my toolbar
I am my amazon account daily. I read a crapton so I'm always on the hunt for new material. My sister is on there and we share recommendations w/ each other
I will post on this board but I just lurk on a few others (book authors and fiction matter I like)
I am on lifehacker a lot too. I don't post there but I get a lot of ideas from people who do and the content as well as etsy
I have a blogspot that is in need of new posts - but I won't post anything on there until I feel confident I want people to read it. I only have like two followers anyways. haha

I can't think of anything else I use that has a social side to it that I would even bother w/. (like zune or netflix - too much work)
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Posted 03 June 2010 - 02:09 PM


My favorite videos are from that dude that used to be a cop, instructs you how to be a marijuana smoker and not get caught by the law. informative.

You happen to have a link for this?


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Posted 03 June 2010 - 02:11 PM



My favorite videos are from that dude that used to be a cop, instructs you how to be a marijuana smoker and not get caught by the law. informative.

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Posted 03 June 2010 - 02:16 PM

Watch the clip when he was on fox news. I love how he handles himself. I hate fox news.
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