Do your friends/girlfriend know about TR?

[IBasicallyRage]

They know about this forum, but they don't its name or whatever. They just know that I post in an Eminem forum, and that's it.

My ex knew about it... a year ago she signed up and was pretty nuts in backstage for a day, but I banned her and deleted her threads.

Smh.

Oh damn bro. I've told my girl that I post on an Eminem thread, she could give a shit less. Lol

[Notalius]

under the closet

theyre wot m8

[Hopsinshadie]

@Hopsinshadie

Population of:
China - 1,350,695,000
India - 1,210,193,422
Africa - 1,032,532,974

In China, Facebook is forbidden. In India and Africa few people have access to internet. In other poor countries it's the same. Also, look at this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_statistics

As you can see, 78% of the people in USA are internet users and 50% are facebook users. Numbers would have been much higher if it was only about young people and people who can actually afford having a computer. It's similar in other developed countries.Was it so hard for you to make a 10 min research before posting all that bullshit?

And your vocabulary being twice as rich? Haha, maybe you know more words, English is not my native language. However, I think I use it better than you and so does everyone else on this forum, for that matter.

See what I don't like about your post is you just get to cherry pick and act like China doesn't matter. Because of their strict laws, you act like it doesn't count. China has more than 1.3 billion people and you get to use that as an excuse when my point was that about 90 percent of the world doesn't use facebook. And at the end of the day, that's the real true statistic. You have to look at the bigger picture. In our world, there are more people from China than the amount of facebook users.

China is a massive nation and you just act like that ain't shit. You act like the biggest countries are not part of this world. Africa is a whole entire continent and you just get to dismiss a whole continent and only focus on the population that does use it? It doesn't work that way. And you're saying that numbers WOULD be higher if people could afford a computer. I'm not getting into hypothetical situations. I'm talking about the real actual numbers, not who would have, could have, should have. I'm not talking about solely the US or other particular countries, I'm talking about the world as a whole. I'm talking about every country and continent.

Most of the world does not have facebook. Of course people on TR do because most TR users are internet addicts. But most people (even in the US) don't spend as much of their free time on the internet as TR members do. Most people don't have 3 thousand posts on any forum. We'd like to think so just to make ourselves feel better but the truth is that most TR members are recluses and hermits who happen to be very awkward and introverted out in the real world. Most people here are real young, juvenile, and have never been employed. Some might still be in school, but the point is that most people in life (like Eminem) are far too busy to spend time on sites like TR. In the real world people have lives, wives, kids, girlfriends, boyfriends, pets, friends, jobs, and careers. Not everyone has time for TR or facebook, twitter, etc... 50 percent of the US might have joined FB, but 50 percent are not using social media every week, every day, or every second of their lives. Nobody has that kind of time. I was laid off, so I have had more time the last few months, but that is going to change soon. We are the minority and you have to realize that our ability to post here is a luxury. Like you iterated, billions of people aren't even allowed to use facebook. So don't take the internet for granted, you're very lucky. I hope that I articulated this very coherently and fluently.

[yoda you can call me]

[IBasicallyRage]

Lmfao

[IBasicallyRage]

ABANDON THREAD CHARLOTTE

[CanadaPure]

Most of the world does not have facebook. Of course people on TR do because most TR users are internet addicts.

Now there's a generalization if I've ever seen one, lol.

[IBasicallyRage]

Most of the world does not have facebook. Of course people on TR do because most TR users are internet addicts.

Now there's a generalization if I've ever seen one, lol.

Lol Damn, hopsinshadie..

[Notalius]

Most of the world does not have facebook. Of course people on TR do because most TR users are internet addicts.

Now there's a generalization if I've ever seen one, lol.

I can't believe that someone can come up with so much shit and actually believe it. I still don't know if he's trolling or not tbh

[IBasicallyRage]

Most of the world does not have facebook. Of course people on TR do because most TR users are internet addicts.

Now there's a generalization if I've ever seen one, lol.

I can't believe that someone can come up with so much shit and actually believe it. I'm still don't know if he's trolling or not tbh

Troll. He's a major troll. Reading his shit is just.. Crazy.

[IBasicallyRage]

He doesn't even know who Christina Aguilera is..

WHAT. Her lips are sexy btw.

[Notalius]

He doesn't even know who Christina Aguilera is..

offtopic .. but is that you in your avy ?

[Hopsinshadie]

Lmao. EVERYONE I know has social media and a smartphone on which they can check Twitter/FB/Instagram/WhatsApp just to stay in touch with their friends & keep them updated. I don't know if you ever go OUTSIDE but you know, people use social media next to their "busy" life. No one's life's busy enough to not check FB every once in a while, lmao.

But yeah, you're probably 45 years old but who am I kidding, even my parents know how to use FB, do you ever leave your house I wonder..? You probably stalk your "ex-gf" on her social sites all day..

Who is everyone? Using the word ''everyone'' is also very exemplary of generalization. Especially from someone who admittedly said, ''Yes, I have no life'' when trying to dig up old and irrelevant postings of mine. You too, like many on here are probably very green in the real world. And lots of people quit FB. Keep up with the times. FB is so 2009.

Read this article below.... http://fusion.net/abc_univision/story/q ... book-11338

Quitting Facebook and Why Everyone is Doing IT

If you haven't noticed, there's currently a mass exodus from Facebook taking place. In the past three months there's been a drop among users in the United States, and an even more considerable dip among users in the United Kingdom.

And the herds that are deviating from the most popular social networking website don't fall into one particular demographic either. It's not just adults leaving, but teens as well. If teens don't find the site cool anymore, you know there's an issue.

Facebook has taken note, warning investors in its annual report of teens' new preference for Instagram, which Facebook owns but still derives no revenue from. But otherwise it seems unconcerned. The biggest change rolling out in the next week is a new look for the newsfeed, set to debut on March 7.

As of this story's publication, it's been more than three months since I deactivated my own Facebook account. I did it on January 1st, and at the time it wasn't to make some grand gesture but simply because I'd grown tired of it.

Then I realized I wasn't alone. For some reason several of my friends and acquaintances used the start of 2013 as a new beginning.

But why now?

The shift toward a Facebook-free life has been mounting gradually. Perhaps it began when the once private company went public last spring. Some speculated the move would lead to an overhaul of the entire site: more updates, more ads, new regulations.

Then there are the privacy clauses, which are constantly changing.

But the reasons people are fleeing the social network may go deeper than that. Facebook, it turns out, has a strong effect on its users' lives and emotions.

Facebook makes us feel badly about ourselves.

A new study conducted by University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Catalina Toma and Cornell University professor Jeffrey Hancock examined social networks. Facebook, they found, "is not just about checking out photos and updates from friends, but more about checking up on how others view you."

What we want when others view us, they learned, is praise. It's gratifying when people "Like" and/or comment on your new profile photo. The problem is that, when they don't grace you with "Likes" or comments, it makes you feel less valuable.

Facebook makes us envious.

Reuters reporter Belinda Goldsmith published a story regarding a study conducted by two German universities that concluded Facebook makes us want what others have. As a result, we feel less content with our own lives. "Researchers found that one in three people felt worse after visiting the site and more dissatisfied with their lives, while people who browsed without contributing were affected the most," Goldsmith said.

"We were surprised by how many people have a negative experience from Facebook, with envy leaving them feeling lonely, frustrated or angry," researcher Hanna Krasnova from the Institute of Information Systems at Berlin's Humboldt University told Reuters.

Facebook makes us sad.

Because Facebook users project a perfectly crafted image of what they think their life should be, others viewing those nicely cropped photos of happiness end up overestimating how good the lives of others really are. Their own lives don't measure up as a result.

In 2011, Stanford University conducted a study led by Alex Jordan, who was at the time a Ph.D. student in Stanford's psychology department. The study, titled "Misery Has More Company Than People Think: Underestimating the Prevalence of Others' Negative Emotions," found that "subjects consistently underestimated how dejected others were–and likely wound up feeling more dejected as a result."

"They were convinced that everyone else was leading a perfect life," Jordan told Slate.

Facebook is a tedious distraction.

More often than not, Facebook acts as a distraction and not a tool to "reconnect." In fact, it's estimated to be costing the U.S. economy billions.

Constantly checking Facebook is an addictive habit, and one that is hard to break. We check our smart-phones every six-and-a-half minutes, and part of the reason why is that we're always refreshing our Facebook pages.

It's hard to overestimate the site's addictiveness. Alexia Tate, a friend of a friend who I'm connected to on Facebook, took a break from the site for 40 days during Lent last year. When she came back, she noticed that she'd become more of a Facebook fiend than ever. "Kind of like smoking," she wrote in an email.

On Facebook, we are no longer just users, we are data.

Author and CNN contributor Douglas Rushkoff recently terminated his Facebook account because he felt the site was turning him into a commodity.

"Facebook has never been merely a social platform. Rather, it exploits our social interactions the way a Tupperware party does. Facebook does not exist to help us make friends, but to turn our network of connections, brand preferences and activities over time -- our 'social graphs' -- into money for others," Rushkoff said.

Not only does Facebook see us as dollar bills, it may even be charging us to make the content we share visible. New York Times writer Nick Bilton wrote this week about a puzzling drop in "likes" and "shares" of his work among his Facebook followers. When he experimented with Facebook's feature that allows people to promote articles if they pay a couple of bucks, he realized what the issue was.

"To my surprise, I saw a 1,000 percent increase in the interaction on a link I posted, which had 130 likes and 30 reshares in just a few hours. It seems as if Facebook is not only promoting my links on news feeds when I pay for them, but also possibly suppressing the ones I do not pay for," Bilton wrote.

Another off-putting concept is Facebook's new "Graph Search," which it plans to launch in the near future. The feature, as Search Engine Watch states, is supposed to let "users search for data on more than 1 billion Facebook users. However, Facebook wants to leverage all the data they have on all their members to help you find more connections."

Having all of our data easily searchable and sorted (what we watch, read, where we live, where we want to travel, what gym we go to, etc, etc) makes us even easier targets for advertisers. It's like a very detailed census of all Facebook users. In other words, Facebook is figuring out how to better exploit its users' online lives.

And what if this data were compromised? Someone(s) hacked Facebook just last month. Imagine if all of your most precious memories and photos were instantly exposed in ways you didn't want them exposed—that is, in some manner beyond the exhibitionism of the site. Or what if they were just erased.

Facebook may create more connections, but they're shallow connections.

What's the point of being connected with people we normally wouldn't be connected with, like friends from elementary school, the dude at Trader Joe's, fellow zombie enthusiasts? These Facebook "friends" aren't even really friends. Neither does Facebook create more genuine friendships. A study released in 2011 found that, in the past 25 years, Americans have become more isolated. Despite having large quantities of Facebook "friends," people in fact have fewer close friends in real life.

At first the idea behind reconnecting was fun. Reuniting with people from the past was a great thrill. You catch up, exchange stories, relive old times. And then what? Then they're just there, looking at your every move, "Liking" every moment of your life. (Or not "Liking" them and making you feel depressed about it.)

There are friends of friends that I've met once, and yet I know what they do all day. I know what they had for lunch because they checked in at Chili's. I know they were at Target because they shared a 20 percent discount coupon to Tide detergent.

Sure you can hide these people from your newsfeed. So why add them in the first place? You'll end up hiding almost all of your contacts.

Facebook encourages oversharing.

The site makes it effortless to put everything out there, so we constantly overshare. Some users don't bother (or perhaps don't care) about who sees what, or if friends of friends see their wedding photos or baby sonograms. But sharing what should be special moments with people we've never met, or barely know, diminishes the event itself and could perhaps even damage relationships.

Ultimately, Facebook is changing the human race. People think, speak and live in status updates. We have become short spurts of witty commentary. It's becoming increasingly difficult to truly connect with a person, rather than just their online character. We are all becoming narcissists.

"We've become accustomed to a new way of being 'alone together'…We have gotten used to the idea of being in a tribe of one, loyal to our own party," wrote M.I.T. professor and psychologist Sherry Turkle in the New York Times.

Since leaving Facebook, I actually speak to people on the subway platform or at the coffee shop instead of commenting online to a digital proxy of a person that may or may not exist.

I didn't leave Facebook because I hate my Facebook contacts. But I would rather hug them in person than "Poke" them. I prefer to laugh out loud than LOL. I'm happier emailing someone directly instead of commenting on their status update.

I already spend too much time on the internet working, paying bills, shopping, downloading.

Will I go back to Facebook? Who knows, but the odds actually aren't in my favor. According to the Pew Research Center, 61 percent of those who take a break from the site end up going back. I, however, intend to be in that strong minority that, once gone, stays gone.

And read this article.... http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/everyo ... g-facebook

Everyone's Quitting Facebook

By Alec Liu

On a day when Wall Street darling Apple hit new highs, making it the most valuable company ever (not adjusted for inflation), ex-darling Facebook continues to reach record lows. After its controversial IPO, Mark Zuckerberg has been unable to convince investors of a brighter future. It’s not just Wall Street that remains flocking to the exits, the company has been leaking high-level execs since it went public. The site is also shedding users. Despite robust international growth, Facebook lost 6 million U.S. users in May.

Now, with the three-month investor lock-up period over — the period in which pre-IPO shareholders are barred from selling a certain chunk of their shares — the company is losing one of its largest and most notable shareholders. PayPal co-founder and early Facebook investor (he famously paid $500,000 in 2004 for a 10.2 percent stake) Peter Thiel on Monday sold another 20 million shares, nearly his entire stake. Along with the proceeds of the initial IPO, Thiel has netted himself a tidy $1 billion for his troubles.

That investors are cashing out after one of the most hyped IPOs in history is only natural but the velocity of the selling belies a lack of confidence in Zuckerberg to fulfill Facebook’s lofty promises. Thiel isn’t just any old investor. He sits on the board and has privileged insight into the future of the company. As he must understand by now, this is only beginning for Facebook’s Wall Street woes. It faces three more “lock-up” expirations by year end with the biggest in November, when a further 1.32 billion shares could flood the market eclipsing many times over last week’s paltry 271 million share window.

“We don’t build services to make money,” Zuckerberg wrote half a year ago in Facebook’s IPO prospectus, hinting at the company’s inherent identity crisis. The site was never designed to make money, it was crafted to suck users in and keep them within the confines of Facebook’s world. Zuckerberg, perhaps unwittingly, admitted the central paradox to this agreement: “People want to use services from companies that believe in something beyond simply maximizing profits.” But by going public at the valuation that they did, around $100 billion, Zuckerberg and company signed a pact with the devil. That number doesn’t represent real value. It’s a promise that would conceivably be delivered down the line, essentially a public declaration that profits will indeed be maximized.

Those profits have yet to materialize as Zuckerberg now tries to toe that fine line between making people happy — or rather, keeping them hooked — while sucking them dry along the way. In trying to please all, the users (the site has the lowest customer satisfaction rating among its peers), its partners (who complain about robot infestations), and Wall Street (the stock is down nearly 50 percent since it went public), Zuckerberg has only succeeded in disappointing everyone

Facebook’s drastic fall from grace isn’t just a Zuckerberg screw-up, it’s indicative of a broader trend. Many of the startups expected to fuel new web economy are floundering. Zynga’s stock continues to tank and even Groupon’s staunchest supporters are starting to give up hope. In short, the race for users hasn’t proved as fruitful as most would have hoped.

A new wave of startups are taking notice. With the website plus users formula for success and instant riches breaking down, entrepreneurs are going the Apple route. Thanks to the rise of sites like Kickstarter that have “democratized entrepreneurship” for hardware makers, techie founders are shifting towards actually making stuff, reports the Wall Street Journal. For tech’s next generation, the Facebook model is becoming unfashionable, says Brian O’Malley, a venture capitalist at Battery Ventures. “With what’s happened to daily-deals companies and social companies, people are realizing that a barrier to entry [with hardware] is a good thing.”

[CanadaPure]

Just because people are leaving facebook, doesn't mean they aren't using some sort of social media. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Hopsinshadie]

Just because people are leaving facebook, doesn't mean they aren't using some sort of social media. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Here's an idea. Why not go meet someone for a cup of coffee instead of trying to backup social media so hard? It's just a trend anyways.