Best Alternatives To the Big Name Social Media? 451
rueger writes "Over a couple of years I have actually found Facebook pretty useful and/or entertaining. It has certainly allowed me to stay connected with a lot of people with whom I otherwise would have lost track, and for all its weaknesses it was handy for sharing links and such. This week, though, the privacy escapades have pushed me (and a lot of other people) over the edge. If Twitter's 140 characters aren't enough, LinkedIn is too business-oriented, MySpace too ugly, and Buzz — does anyone even use Buzz? What social media options are out there for all of those non-uber-techy folks?"
"Outside" (Score:5, Funny)
I hear if you visit this "Outside" you can meet other people and network with them. You can have friends, interests, conversations, etc. The whole deal.
Re:Twitter's 140 Characters (Score:3, Funny)
...Sorry for writing this long letter...
Hope he writes it slowly. I don't read very fast.
Re:tribe (Score:5, Funny)
....What..?..Stop looking at me like that!
Re:"Outside" (Score:2, Funny)
Reminds me of an old saying: "A long journey begins with the first few steps on the basement stairs."
Re:"Outside" (Score:4, Funny)
Are you kidding? "Outside" is dangerous! It's full of viruses, and spyware all around you with their parabolic microphones and telephoto lenses... And you really don't want to have to deal with the security system. Lots of false positives that can be a real pain. Take my advice. Stay "Inside" and lock the doors.
Re:AFK 4 realz (Score:4, Funny)
Just use the transporter?
I thought we agreed not to tell the non-techies about this!!
There's always FriendFace (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Big name = other people (Score:5, Funny)
Nobody uses facebook anymore, it's too crowded.
Re:Twitter's 140 Characters (Score:5, Funny)
I sure hope he's not talking about sending physical letters. I've tried it once and the lag was incredibly high.
Re:Twitter's 140 Characters (Score:4, Funny)
RFC 1149, or its contemporary, RFC 2549, would be better. Get with the times.
How on Earth has nobody mentioned this one?... (Score:5, Funny)
Slashdot.
Been around quite some time, too...or so I heard.
Multiply (Score:3, Funny)
I've heard that the founder and current CEO of Multiply has been on Slashdot forever.
Re:Twitter's 140 Characters (Score:3, Funny)
This post was a lot funnier when I thought the second part said "I tried it once when I was incredibly high."
Want more privacy? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Twitter's 140 Characters (Score:5, Funny)
Dear Son,
I'm writing this slow 'cause I know you can't read fast. We don't live
where we did when you left. Your dad read in the paper where the most
accidents happened within twenty miles of home,...so we moved.
I wont be able to send you the address as the last Arkansas family that
lived here took the numbers with them for their next house so they wouldn't have to
change their address, wish I would have thought of that.
This place has a washing machine. The first day I put four shirts in
it, pulled the chain, and haven't seen 'em since. It only rained twice this
week, three days the first time and four days the second time.
The coat you wanted me to send you, Aunt Sue said it would be a little
too heavy to send in the mail with those heavy buttons, so we cut them off and
put them in the pockets.
We got a bill from the funeral home, said if we didn't make the last
payment on Grandma's funeral bill, up she comes.
About your sister, she had a baby this morning. I haven't found out
whether it is a boy or a girl so I don't know if you are an aunt or uncle,
yet.
Your Uncle John fell in the whiskey vat. Some of the men tried to pull
him out, but he fought them off and drowned. We cremated him, and he
burned for about 3 days.
Three of your friends when off the bridge in a pickup. One was
driving, the other two were in the back. The driver got out. He rolled
down the window and swam to safety. The other two drowned. They couldn't get the
tailgate down in time.
Not much more news this time, nothing much happened.
Love, Mom.
P.S. I WAS GOING TO SEND YOU MONEY, but the envelope was already sealed.
Re:Big name = other people (Score:5, Funny)
How would a "social network" without other people even work?
It would obviously be an antisocial network [isolatr.com].
Re:IRC (Score:3, Funny)
If you want a really good example of what happens when you let the lunatics run the asylum, IRC is it
Obviously you've never visited usenet.
Re:IRC (Score:3, Funny)
Also, you have spent your entire life in the psych ward of a supermax prison, so your standards might be a tad bit skewed.
Re:tribe (Score:4, Funny)
Well, they say that on the Internet the nickname really rather is what the person wishes to be, that what he really as.
*looks at your comment*
*looks at your nickname*
You wish!! ;)
Re:Twitter's 140 Characters (Score:3, Funny)
I miss the days when everyone just wrote their own web pages, then put it in their .sig, or just pointed people to it while chatting in IRC or posting to usenet. Web forums are so much worse at maintining information than usenet was. You had one place to go to find any topic you were interested in. Then just jumped on IRC if you wanted to chat live with a community or in private. Oh well.