Whats the best Social Network Service??

[Burchadinger]

I like Facebook, but its only because I don't have MySpace etc.

[Pure Metal]

used Myspace, but didn't see much of a point... unless you like waiting days for other people's hideous, malformed pages full of shitty animated graphics and embedded videos to load. it was like stepping back into the internet of the 90's again.

Twitter seems pretty useless to me, as i don't have an inflated sense of self-importance enough to think my everyday life is interesting to anyone else. plus i don't "follow" celebrities at all

Facebook is great though. it offers some of the microblogging shit offered by Twitter, but is only relevant to my friends and family, can organise events, keep up to date with people, share photos, has games and shit when you're bored, and everyone i know (apart from my parents and grandmother) is on there. i see no point in using anything else

never used Friendster.

[EvilDarkMagicians]

Facebook...like twitter but with lots of extra features.
RESTRAUNT CITY FTW.

[Hairless Kitten II]

Why would one use a SNS? If you have mail, irc and a webpage then you're having the same.

Besides, I have friends.

[Virtud Tierra]

I use myspace to keep in touch with my obscure extended family members and friends that are scattered across the country. The sort that you don't really have reason to call on a frequent basis but would still like to know whats going on with them every 6 months or so.

[Heronfield]

I have a myspace, but I've forgotten my password, and I have a facebook but I only go on once every 6 months or so. I don't really like These sites.

[Land of the Trolls]

Facebook. I've never tried MySpace or Friendster, and only birds "tweet".

[Saint Jade IV]

I use Facebook to keep up with friends and family in the city now that I am in the country. I like it. It's great to have that instant communication with them as it makes the tyranny of distance that much easier (I'm 10 hours away from my hometown at the moment, for the next 3 years of my life). So I really appreciate and understand the benefits of social networking. Without it, I wouldn't be up to date with my friends and we would probably have grown apart within months. As it is, when we do see each other, its not like we have been apart for months. I've seen all their photos, their videos and have kept up to date with changes in their lives and careers that without Facebook may not have been communicated.

That's not to say that I don't involve myself in the rural community that I currently reside in. I am active in a range of community events, I am a Girl Guide Leader, and have made a few really good friends. But it's not the same as the place I left, and I really miss the hustle and bustle of the city, and the life I had.

So I find comments like yours, Hairless Kitten II quite offensive. Some people have truly valid reasons for using social networking, and to imply that those who use these services need friends is judgmental and ignores the variety of reasons that people have for utilising these types of services and the incalculable benefits they provide in keeping people connected, regardless of their circumstance.

[Buffett and Colbert]

Facebook...like twitter but with lots of extra features.
RESTRAUNT CITY FTW.

I love Geo-Challenge too...

[Hairless Kitten II]

I use Facebook to keep up with friends and family in the city now that I am in the country. I like it. It's great to have that instant communication with them as it makes the tyranny of distance that much easier (I'm 10 hours away from my hometown at the moment, for the next 3 years of my life). So I really appreciate and understand the benefits of social networking. Without it, I wouldn't be up to date with my friends and we would probably have grown apart within months. As it is, when we do see each other, its not like we have been apart for months. I've seen all their photos, their videos and have kept up to date with changes in their lives and careers that without Facebook may not have been communicated.

That's not to say that I don't involve myself in the rural community that I currently reside in. I am active in a range of community events, I am a Girl Guide Leader, and have made a few really good friends. But it's not the same as the place I left, and I really miss the hustle and bustle of the city, and the life I had.

So I find comments like yours, Hairless Kitten II quite offensive. Some people have truly valid reasons for using social networking, and to imply that those who use these services need friends is judgmental and ignores the variety of reasons that people have for utilising these types of services and the incalculable benefits they provide in keeping people connected, regardless of their circumstance.

Some do yes. But most don't. They just follow the hype.

Why don't you use a simple mail? You can attach pictures & sounds. And if your news is that important you could have a look at the CC line for expressing your feelings to all your friends.

[Saint Jade IV]

I use Facebook to keep up with friends and family in the city now that I am in the country. I like it. It's great to have that instant communication with them as it makes the tyranny of distance that much easier (I'm 10 hours away from my hometown at the moment, for the next 3 years of my life). So I really appreciate and understand the benefits of social networking. Without it, I wouldn't be up to date with my friends and we would probably have grown apart within months. As it is, when we do see each other, its not like we have been apart for months. I've seen all their photos, their videos and have kept up to date with changes in their lives and careers that without Facebook may not have been communicated.

That's not to say that I don't involve myself in the rural community that I currently reside in. I am active in a range of community events, I am a Girl Guide Leader, and have made a few really good friends. But it's not the same as the place I left, and I really miss the hustle and bustle of the city, and the life I had.

So I find comments like yours, Hairless Kitten II quite offensive. Some people have truly valid reasons for using social networking, and to imply that those who use these services need friends is judgmental and ignores the variety of reasons that people have for utilising these types of services and the incalculable benefits they provide in keeping people connected, regardless of their circumstance.

Some do yes. But most don't. They just follow the hype.

Why don't you use a simple mail? You can attach pictures & sounds. And if your news is that important you could have a look at the CC line for expressing your feelings to all your friends.

Because I don't choose to. Because I find it far easier to simply login to Facebook and see what my friends have been up to over the past few days and replying to them. I like the chat function, which means that if a friend is online, I can chat to them without running up my phone bill. I have a lot of reasons.

Furthermore, unless you have surveyed a statistically significant proportion of Facebook users or can provide surveys proving that "most are only doing it to follow the hype" I'll conclude that you are talking out of your arse and judging the motivations of users of these sites based on your own prejudices, and not on facts.

[SD_Film Artists]

Deviant Art.

[Kanabia]

used Myspace, but didn't see much of a point... unless you like waiting days for other people's hideous, malformed pages full of shitty animated graphics and embedded videos to load. it was like stepping back into the internet of the 90's again.

Yeah, ugh.

[Ryuugu]

None. I find social networking to be incredibly invasive.

[RoI2]

MyFace.

[Smunkeeville]

Why would one use a SNS? If you have mail, irc and a webpage then you're having the same.

Besides, I have friends.

The great thing about facebook is I can tier my friends/associates as to what they have access to. My professional associates can see certain photo albums but not others, they can't see what my friend write on my wall, they can't see my notes. My family can see my kid's photo albums but not ones of my friends and some of my friends can't see the photo albums containing my kids. Some of my friends can write on my wall and others can't (you know the ones who would write stupid shit aren't allowed to) and it's all in one nifty little web space. I don't have to worry about giving my contact out, I know that if I want them to see it I have to approve them, and when I do that I change their settings to my comfort level, it's very "set it and forget it".....

When I meet new people they say "do you have facebook?" and I do, I use it to network with old friends, new friends, prospective clients, current clients, former work contacts and people who might be able to help me gain opportunities in the future.

I'm big on networking, it's served me well both personally and professionally.

[Smunkeeville]

Why don't you use a simple mail? You can attach pictures & sounds. And if your news is that important you could have a look at the CC line for expressing your feelings to all your friends.

That's great if you have unlimited time and/or about 3 friends. I have hundreds of people I'm trying to stay in contact with. Each of them on a different relational level, it's much easier to group them, post what I want and let them choose if they want to see it or not.

I loathe people who spam my inbox with "my pics from vacation", bullshit, I don't fucking care. I get on average 4500 emails a day, I have to respond to about 60% of them ASAP and at least another 20% within the week they are sent. It's SO much easier to spend 20 minutes on facebook catching up than it would be to read/download files/respond to individual emails. (not to mention most people also don't have time to send them, so I would lose touch with many people I need to keep in touch with)

[Behaved]

Facebook I don't use the others.

[Meciene]

I'd say Facebook.

Myspace was, well.. full of shitty animated graphics and music that sometimes make pages load slowly. Friendster is almost just the same thing.

Twitter was boring, and I seriously dont know how the 'Trendy Topics' sidebar works, and there's nothing else to do except to write a simple message in less than 130 characters (spacebar included).

Facebook has a microblogging facility, which deems Twitter useless. It also has no graphics that might ruin a very bad internet connection. It also has different applications, quizzes and games. (<3 Geo Challenge!) Everything is pretty much organised, and you don't even need to go to your friends home page to see what they had posted! (I usually post on the news feed)