Comments on: Cheap Friends

By: Nikki

Nikki — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:59:10 +0000

I originally started using Facebook and MySpace solely to find my college friends (some international) that I had lost touch with. I'm not sure why I still have the accounts. I guess I feel like I'm missing out if I don't have them. Besides, it's a guilty pleasure to get a sneak peak into others' lives

By: Bionic Beauty

Bionic Beauty — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:12:04 +0000

As you know, Erin, I'm on all those sites. I use my FB and MySpace to market Bionic Beauty. I post tidbits of articles and links on both profiles to draw people over to my blog. Especially useful for giveaways (getting entrants in) and cross-promotion for articles you'd like to get a bit extra attention. I actually get quite a bit of traffic from FB.

I also Twitter daily. And love it. At first it baffled even a computer geek like me, but now I see it's usefulness, although it can sometimes work against you. But I can ask a question or for help on there and get instant answers. Much faster than IM'ing 20 million people or sending emails. Plus I use it to promote BB too.

Then there's Plurk (like Twitter) which is where everyone from Twitter has moved on to. lol It's hard to keep up…

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:02:25 +0000

A few nice things about facebook:

You can post random little things in your "status" that might not be worth sending an e-mail or even post a blog post. These are fun things to know about friends and makes you feel like you're hanging out with them even if they're across the country.

You can play scrabble and other addicting games with friends. And do ridiculously silly things like "superpoke" each other.

It's a nice place for sharing and commenting on photos.

By: Missy @ Marketing Mama

Missy @ Marketing Mama — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:21:06 +0000

I don't use either of these – too much work for me… I have a hard enough time keeping up with my blog these days. I just sent you an e-mail before I read this post – anyhow, I'm on Linked In, too – you'll see my info in your e-mail.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:12:48 +0000

I work in IT and Facebook is like yesterday's news to my peers. They have now moved to Twitter. I assume that everyone will catch up to Twitter in the next year or so.

By: Meg

Meg — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:49:25 +0000

I'm already on the computer too much so I've avoided MySpace and Facebook so as not to feed my addiction. But I hear you can throw granny panties at your friends on Facebook:)

By: Tashi

Tashi — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:19:27 +0000

I've never used either MySpace or Facebook, but I've seen someone use FB once. I recently got invited to be someone's Friend. It was very nice, albeit, a teensy awkward, as nary a soul has ever just "walked" up to me and asked me to be their friend. Since I've no clue how to use these sites (I'm a fogie too), I'll have to ask a teenager at the library for help.

By: mia

mia — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:31:50 +0000

I recently started using Facebook to keep in touch with a few friends after I moved. I never joined Myspace since all the video and music and animated stuff people put on their myspace profiles slows down and crashes my (already slow) computer.