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    Image of yet i yet i
    10/21/09

    when i edit a post, the formatting gets screwy and it automatically adds a hashtag.
    anyone else having this problem?

    #tech
    #groupthink
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    linnyt is a walking cliché promoted this comment yet i was starred yet i was unstarred
    Image of linnyt is a walking cliché linnyt is a walking cliché
    10/27/09

    @yet i: Yes. I don't know where they come from.

    #groupthink
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    Image of Jack_Burton Jack_Burton
    07/20/09

    In reply to Facebook Tell-All "Big Juicy Fun," Filled With Sexism, Assholes
    OMG! Geniouz creates another Walled Garden on the Internet! Stop the presses!

    Everything on the Internet is just a tool: it's never been about the tools' "founders" - it's ALWAYS about how the adopters use it.

    Livejournal and Blogger did many things in 2001 better than Myspace and Facebook have nearly a decade later. What they got right was the automation of presenting connected people with suggested and explicit relationships. AOL, MSN, Prodigy, you name it - they too were social networks, albeit essentially "self-serve" in the sense that you didn't have all of these relationships tossed in your lap all the time. God forbid you venture to the edge of the map...

    Personally, it pisses me off that there is so much buzz about what hasn't ostensibly changed. I like the idea of the Web as a vast terrain that I can explore under my own control. Facebook and all of the other portals feel like fucking cruise ships. Screw that.

    / oldguy rant

    Now get off my lawn!
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    Image of AvgElitist AvgElitist
    07/20/09

    In reply to Facebook Tell-All "Big Juicy Fun," Filled With Sexism, Assholes
    I bet Tom of MySpace feels pretty left out about now.
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    morninggloria promoted this comment AvgElitist was starred AvgElitist was unstarred
    Image of Katxyz Katxyz
    07/20/09

    @AvgElitist:

    If that's the Facebook crew, I don't want to imagine the seedy debauchery Myspace founders get into.
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    Image of Slumdog_Mamabear Slumdog_Mamabear
    07/20/09

    In reply to Facebook Tell-All "Big Juicy Fun," Filled With Sexism, Assholes
    I think the Iranian Revolution really highlighted the way that media has been changing and that mediums intended for entertainment have now become major forms of communication and even intelligence.
    I believe the guy who founded Twitter made some horrible, asshat comment about the Iranian people ruining something that was supposed to be purely shallow.
    The founders of these types of media might be douchenozzles. They might have intended to make purely infantile networking sites that appeal to our baser nature.
    But in the midst of all the narcisism the users of this media have changed it's purpose and made it bigger. Used it to connect to long lost loves, to family we never knew. People are finding love and righting wrongs and all sorts of beautiful things. They are even fighting revolutions.
    So this guy might be a horrible pig, but he can not take credit for the beautiful part of his creation. That happened DESPITE him.
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    Image of so5minutesago so5minutesago
    07/20/09

    In reply to Facebook Tell-All "Big Juicy Fun," Filled With Sexism, Assholes
    Eh, this country was founded by a bunch of racist, sexist, slave-owning assholes, and, while it still has problems, I like it well enough. Founders only give a starting point: the users are responsible for the evolution.
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    Slumdog_Mamabear promoted this comment so5minutesago was starred so5minutesago was unstarred
    Image of Slumdog_Mamabear Slumdog_Mamabear
    07/20/09

    @so5minutesago: You just made my point with far more brevity than I was capable of.
    This guy is not responsible for the redeemable aspects of his creation.
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    Image of Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon. Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon.
    07/20/09

    @so5minutesago: Well said- there´s always one more influential giant to dig up a dark side on, y´know? It seems like if we tune out everything that was founded, written, painted, invented by a bigoted drunken asshat, we don´t even have a culture.
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    07/20/09

    In reply to Facebook Tell-All "Big Juicy Fun," Filled With Sexism, Assholes
    This article ignores the true beneficiaries of Facebook's technology: borderline creepy stalker types who want to check up on their ex boyfriend's new girlfriend's birthday party photos.
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    Image of Scout Scout
    07/20/09

    @morninggloria: so THAT was YOU??!!!
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    Image of ElleL ElleL
    07/20/09

    In reply to Facebook Tell-All "Big Juicy Fun," Filled With Sexism, Assholes
    Also, facebook became the bain of my existence when my MOTHER joined and then my entire extended family. My Mom thinks it her "style" to write in all caps, and use 10 commas instead of one.

    God help us.
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    Image of cuteasabutton cuteasabutton
    07/20/09

    @ElleL: Kanye is your Mom?
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    Edited by cuteasabutton at 07/20/09 5:44 PM cuteasabutton was starred cuteasabutton was unstarred
    Image of girl.of.your.dreams girl.of.your.dreams
    07/20/09

    @ElleL: http://myparentsjoinedfacebook.com/
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    Image of ElleL ElleL
    07/20/09

    @girl.of.your.dreams: Genius! Thank you!
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    Image of whats_in_a_name whats_in_a_name
    07/20/09

    In reply to Facebook Tell-All "Big Juicy Fun," Filled With Sexism, Assholes
    Did we really expect anything better from a site that could just as well be named www.narcissism.com?
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    Image of ElleL ElleL
    07/20/09

    @whats_in_a_name: MySpace already jumped on that shit.
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    ElleL was starred ElleL was unstarred
    Image of ElleL ElleL
    07/20/09

    In reply to Facebook Tell-All "Big Juicy Fun," Filled With Sexism, Assholes
    Hasn't Zuckerberg had the same girlfriend for about 5 years now? I thought it was pretty clear the sex in bathroom stalls and VS model stuff was just fluff.
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    Image of BeckySharper BeckySharper
    07/20/09

    In reply to Facebook Tell-All "Big Juicy Fun," Filled With Sexism, Assholes
    Are there Harvard computerboy wunderkinds who AREN'T misogynist assholes?
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    Image of mipsy6 mipsy6
    07/20/09

    @BeckySharper: Seriously. I have had the misfortune to date several graduates of Harvard, and their understanding of and respect for women left MUCH to be desired. And these guys weren't even tech nerds. People who don't know a lot of nerdy dudes tend to see them as sweet, picked-on, sensitive guys who just want a girl to hold their hand. Those of us who spent time with nerdy dudes all our lives know that many (but not all) of them are extremely bitter about their past rejections and, often, just as shallow as popular dudes. In my experience, Harvard attracts this kind of bitter nerd more than most places.
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    inabook promoted this comment mipsy6 was starred mipsy6 was unstarred
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    07/20/09

    @mipsy6: As much as I hate to defend Harvard, the Harvard guys I know are actually very cool. Like everywhere, there's a mix of good and bad.
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    Image of mipsy6 mipsy6
    07/20/09

    @inabook: Yea, I know a few nice ones. I just have a particularly bad track record with dudes from that school. Maybe it's just Harvard dudes + LA = brutal combination.
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    Image of MizJenkins MizJenkins
    07/20/09

    In reply to Facebook Tell-All "Big Juicy Fun," Filled With Sexism, Assholes
    All I know is I saw the words "big...juicy...filled" and saw that flesh-colored knob on the side of his face and thought it was a giant pustule. EWWWWWW!!!

    And that's what Facebook is to me. A humongous pus-filled growth that is unwelcome, unavoidable and too big to eliminate without serious repercussions.
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    Image of Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon. Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon.
    07/20/09

    @MizJenkins: At first I thought this would be a post about horrible facial growths.
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    Image of Madlenka Madlenka
    07/20/09

    In reply to Facebook Tell-All "Big Juicy Fun," Filled With Sexism, Assholes
    WHAT? Assholes are associated with social networking?!?!?!?!!1! This, I cannot believe!
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    Image of ammre ammre
    07/20/09

    In reply to Facebook Tell-All "Big Juicy Fun," Filled With Sexism, Assholes
    I'll just gift a little green patch in his name, and make up a witty mean bumpersticker about him and it will all be ok.
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    SunburnedCounsel promoted this comment ammre was starred ammre was unstarred
    Image of Penny Penny
    07/20/09

    In reply to Facebook Tell-All "Big Juicy Fun," Filled With Sexism, Assholes
    You want to know what's sad? None of that is in the least bit surprising. Sometimes people are just so.....typical.

    Also, I kind of assume 75% of companies whose products/services I use are run by (or have been founded by) assholes.
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    Image of lonewolfer lonewolfer
    07/20/09

    @Penny: I hear the Nutri-Grain guy is a real asshole.
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    hellosunshine promoted this comment lonewolfer was starred lonewolfer was unstarred
    Image of Madlenka Madlenka
    07/20/09

    @lonewolfer: You know he started that company just so he could start using pick up lines involving his "breakfast bar."
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    Image of rhymeswithfeather rhymeswithfeather
    07/20/09

    In reply to Facebook Tell-All "Big Juicy Fun," Filled With Sexism, Assholes
    I KNEW I boycotted Facebook for a reason. Now I can just say "it's against my feminist leanings" instead of "I am antisocial." Convenient indeed!
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    Image of SarahMC SarahMC
    07/20/09

    @heatherwritesstuff: If you're anti-social you should be spending all your time on FB.
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    Image of rhymeswithfeather rhymeswithfeather
    07/20/09

    @SarahMC: I'm doing this!: Actually, it should be World of Warcraft. Jokez!

    But seriously, Facebook invited awkward interactions with people I'm too wussy to un-friend. So I guess I'm not anti-social; I just hate everyone I went to high school with... aka I am a normal human being.
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