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Is facebook pretty much worthless now? I would say definitely, yes…

A few years back, I signed on to facebook, so I can personally interact with friends, people I went to school with, family members, local musicians around the scene, etc. Just to keep in touch with people I know and see what they’re up to and all that stuff. That is what facebook was originally used for. I hate the way facebook is now. Facebook was originally supposed to be an online community where people can get together, but it’s not like that anymore. Today all we get is nothing but baby photos, pics of people’s pets, facebook is loaded with stupid memes and inspirational quotes, that’s it’s almost pointless to use facebook now.

Don’t get the wrong idea, that I like to add random people and try to get as many friends as possible in facebook. I’m not that desperate for popularity as that is not what I use facebook for. I try not to add random people, but sometimes it can’t be helped, since my web presence is slightly popular still.

In my facebook personal page, I try not to post too much memes and inspirational quotes. I only post something that I like once in a blue moon if it catches my attention and if I agree with. I don’t obsess with the memes too much. My goal on my facebook page is to entertain people the best I can just like I do on here for this site. On my facebook, I like to talk about a variety of topics. I do my best to keep my personal life out of things, although, once in a while, I’ll write in to tell everyone what I’m up to, where I’m going, and once in a while I’ll post a rant about my life off the computer, sure.

I know how to use facebook pretty carefully. I’m starting to dislike facebook now. It is also not the best marketing tool for bands & musicians either, and I’ll have another post about that soon.

This is why I like twitter way better. A lot of people like to shit talk twitter, on how it’s boring and they don’t understand it, but they think like that about twitter ’cause they don’t get much followers and not many people are paying attention to them, even though they have a lot of followers on facebook. Twitter is better for a lot of reasons. I’ll have another post to explain why too. It’s facebook that is bad, that is just my opinion.

People are horrible at using facebook. There are way too many illiterate people around and they’re just irresponsible using social networking sites. Falling for fake “re-share” this giveaway contests, too many accounts has been fished or hacked, people posting way too much drama stuff, etc.

Is it always a good idea to rant about how much life sucks or how much you’re having a bad day? There maybe freedom of speech and you can speak how you please, but in reality, ranting about your personal life which I see people do everyday, is NOT a good idea at all. You can ruin friendships and your family life, get fired from your jobs, all kinds of bad karma will come out of it. I try to stay out of people’s personal business and soap opera stuff when they put that stuff up publicly.

I just want my facebook page positive and entertaining.

Kev

Look like Morgan Freeman has another hoax in facebook…

First, Morgan Freeman had a death hoax in facebook, and next, he has a hoax about the Newton, Conn. shootings. In facebook today, there’s an image of Morgan Freeman with him quoting where he explains that he blames the media for the shootings that goes on, and he tells people to turn off the news. You gotta love how people quickly fall for things in Facebook. Even though I don’t believe that Morgan Freeman has said those things, I still agree with it that the news media is partly responsible for gun shootings in America.

Why is Morgan Freeman such a target for hoax’s in facebook lately?

Yes, he’s a great actor and he seems like a good dude. That’s why they start hoax’s on him. He’s a likeable and lovable guy, and people will do anything to get attention off of him. He’s an icon in Hollywood, so people will start stuff on him, so they can get a lot of shares and likes.

This thing has been going around facebook, so I had to respond my thoughts.

As soon as Morgan denies that he said that stuff about the Conn. shooting, somebody in facebook will try to come up with a different hoax on him. People in facebook are crazy and messed up. No wonder some leave the site and no wonder some try to avoid the social network site like the plague.

I know how to use facebook carefully and responsibly. I don’t re-share things too much from other people. I will sometimes though, only if it’s worth it. It’s never cool to make stuff up about someone. They just do it hoping to get their 15 minutes of fame.

Kev

The new myspace redesign is only trying to destroy Facebook…

Mark Zuckerberg, must be a little pissed off now. He should be scared, ’cause Myspace just announced they’re making a huge comeback. Rebuilding myspace with a new site, starting from scratch. Ever since Tom Anderson left Myspace, the social networking site that was once a hot site, went down the shitter. Myspace has been shit for the last several years now. Not only that, it’s just that the previous myspace look, had way too many virus attacks, and the site was full of spam. Adding friends at random was never cool either. I haven’t used myspace in years for that reason. Obviously, most everyone wasn’t happy with myspace, so they all left and now Facebook is a hot social networking site. The new myspace design which should be launched this Fall, is obviously competing with facebook, hoping to get all their old users back.

I saw the new design of myspace and still not crazy about it. I’m sure they’ll clean the site with no virus attacks and spam, sure, but I don’t think I’ll go back to myspace, not sure. I think I’ll stick with facebook. Who knows, when the new myspace design is launched, and if I like it enough, maybe I will get back to using it, but if everyone decides to leave facebook for the new myspace, I guess there’s no choice but to move back there myself.

See the new myspace site, here.

Kev

Edit to add: The reason for new re-design is ’cause the site is no longer owned by News Corp. It was News Corp that made the site shit, myspace has new owners now.

Thought: Why Facebook is the place for famous bands to announce big news…

A certain reader on this site was making claims, famous bands don’t use facebook to announce big news. This reader also claims that if a famous band were to announce breaking news, they would do more. Not true. You see, bands use facebook to announce huge breaking news is not only most national bands have around 6 million to 10 million fans or way more following their page, another reason bands use facebook for exclusive news is ’cause of the media. The Entertainment news media is always on facebook looking for exclusive things to report.

Before the Rolling Stones announced their greatest hits album, they were doing similar teasers in facebook, then Led Zeppelin did it. After both bands announced their big news, the media were all over it. The media loves to look for official news from bands. Famous bands don’t need to do more when announcing big official news, ’cause all they have to do is post it on facebook, and everyone will be all over it. Facebook seems to be a huge marketing tool for famous national bands in major labels. It’s where everyone looks at these days, and like I said before, no one looks at their official “(name band here).com” sites anymore. Fans do look at the bands official sites still yes, but it’s most likely their longtime die hard fans that mostly like to look at them. If a band wants to draw more people to their sites, they would post a link their facebook pages.

Just the other day, Neil Young just exclusively announced in facebook that he’s releasing a new album with Crazy Horse called, “Psychedellic Pill” (I didn’t see him post about it in his website yet), and next thing you know, I’ve seen the news media doing articles about it. Ac/Dc also announced today FACEBOOK exclusive that they are releasing their first live album in 20 years, “Live At River Plate”, sure enough, the media started publishing articles about it. I believe Bob Dylan announced his new album “Tempest” in facebook as well, before everything else got to it. Lady Gaga used facebook to announce her next album, “ArtPop”. If I remember correctly, Metallica used facebook to announce their own Orion festival.

The entertainment news and media are all about social media. Facebook is a huge part of this world now. It seems that’s where everyone lives on. The facebook band “like” pages has millions and millions of fans, that’s why the media concentrates on them. Facebook seems to be the only way for fans to see what their favorite bands are up to. Why do famous national bands use facebook for big news? Well, it’s a quicker way to get the news out. Instead of wasting time posting it on their official sites or doing marketing else where, all you need is a post in facebook, the world would be all over it in a second.

That’s the way social media works and that’s how facebook is changing the music industry. It’s called technology. Get with it.

Kev

Report: Bono, “…this boy is not a billionaire, or going to be richer than any Beatle”…

Bono is quick to respond to today’s reports on him getting part of a share from Facebook’s IPO, filing. Reports went all over the news that Bono could be the richest rock star on the planet. The reason is, his company Elevation Partners, owns 2.3 % of Facebook, and the company gets part of the share of IPO. Today, it was discovered that Bono doesn’t really own, Elevation Partners, he is only part of the company. He claims he’ll be getting paid but not as much as people would like them to believe. Elevation Partners, is a company that helps invest in media, entertainment, and technology.

More on the story, here.

I think he’s full of it and lying. What do you think?

Kev

Brock calls out this Megadeth facebook fanpage that does guitar giveaways…

There is this Megadeth facebook fanpage floating around, and it’s getting popularity pretty fast. How? The site claims it does guitar giveaways.

It’ll show a picture of the guitar this page is giving away and then it’ll ask you to like it, and share it, you’ve entered the contest. It’s giving away all kinds of expensive musical equipment, not just guitars.

Check it out, here.

WARNING!!!!!!!! DO NOT TRUST IT!!!!

The page is stepping way over the legal line. The contests aren’t legit. Those pics of those guitars and other musical equipment they are claiming to give away, they stole those pics from other instrument websites, just random google photos.

For example that Gibson Les Paul 1969 custom pic was stolen from this site, here.

The page says it isn’t official, but there are tons of copyright infringement stuff on there, with the Megadeth band name and the RoadRunnerRecords name. Plus, the site is disrespecting the band Megadeth, itself.

A lot of people fell for that site, and thinking the giveaways are real, but they pick you as a winner and if they ask you for your address, you’ve made a huge mistake there. Don’t give out your address to people you don’t know.

That page is getting popular and it should be taken off of facebook. The band, Megadeth, themselves haven’t picked up on that page yet, but I’m sure it will get to their attention soon. The owner behind that page, should get a “cease and desist” letter by the Megadeth attorney. I hope they do.

Just kind of proves my point that people don’t use facebook carefully. People are NOT smart using facebook. I almost fell for the giveaways myself, but then I immediately realized that site is out to fool people. Even if you get picked as a winner, you won’t get anything delivered at your home, I’m sure.

Don’t like that page.

Kev

Report: Facebook buys Instagram for 1 billion…

I don’t use Instagram like most people ’cause I don’t take a lot of photos. I also don’t have a mobile phone yet. I don’t think I’ll ever get one. I do have a cell phone and an Ipad, that’s all the gadgets I need.

If I see something interesting when I’m out, I’ll take a pic using the cell phone. Not sure if the regular cell phone accepts the Instagram app, I’ll have to find out.

Mark Zuckerbrrg purchases, Instagram, the popular photo sharing site.

Kev

The only questionable thing about that “Spotify” app…

While facebook’s “Spotify” is pretty nice, it’s a little questionable. Enjoy it while you can, because it’s only a matter of time, the music industry and other bands will complain about it. Then the site could get turned into a pay site or they could shut it down. Not sure if that site is considered piracy or copyright infringement or not. Probabloy not, the people behind “Spotify” probably got a deal with most of the major labels, which is how most everything in the music world is on there.

I’m listening to Megadeth’s classic “Rust In Peace” album as I’m typing this. Yep, that’s my genre. While I like all kinds of music, rock & metal is it for me. I may not look like a metalhead, but I don’t need to look like one to enjoy the music. I love heavy metal. Loved the genre ever since I was a child.

Kev

15 Things That White Guys Love to Do On Facebook…

There is this blogger in wordpress that came up with this interesting post in which she titled it, “15 Things That Girls Love to Do On Facebook“. That post is becoming a bit of an internet sensation as it’s becoming pretty popular. Well, I think I’m going to challenge that blogger and try to compete with her a bit, by listing 15 things that white guys like to do in facebook.

Here’s what I can come up with:

  1. They love to talk about politics – This is the most  popular thing that goes on with guys in facebook. There are political discussions all over. I try not to get into politics discussion as much as I used to, I think I’m finally starting to get bored of it.
  2. They love to talk about the sports they’re watching on TV – Whether it’s NFL football, baseball or UFC, they would put up status’s announcing what they’re watching and rooting who they’re going to win. They also like to make fun of sport athletes who sucks and all that stuff.
  3. They take shirtless pics of themselves and throw it on facebook – I’m kind of guilty on this one, I’ll admit it. I need feedback on my progress photos, that’s why I do it.
  4. They put up status’s full of profanity, ranting about how they’re having a bad day – I see this everyday.
  5. They love to give women positive feedback on their sexy photos – When women post up photos showing their cleavages or if they’re in a bikini, the guys would be all over it. Nothing wrong with that, ’cause I do it too.
  6. They love to express their love publicly to their significant others – To the guys that have wives or girlfriends, I see this everyday. Men putting up romantic status’s aimed at their partners. Seeing all that is making me wish, I have a girlfriend.
  7. They post up drunk status’s during or after a party, or even worse, they post up photos of them holding up a beer – You see this on a regular basis as well. Just wait until the New Year’s Eve comes.
  8. They love to post Youtube videos of their favorite songs – Guys like music. Rock & metal is the most popular genre being posted by them though. Sometimes I’ll see them post rap and other genres.
  9. They love to joke around with their friends – A lot of them like to make fun of each other just for laughs, it gets the women going.
  10. When women get a divorce or go single after a relationship, the guys will start hitting on her – You see this all the time in facebook as well. I believe when guys try to become friends with a woman who is already in a relationship or married, that means they have a secret crush on her, so they wait for her to go single. Usually when the women go single after a relationship, it’ll get the guys talking.
  11. They love to bash famous musicians & celebrities they hate – Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Nickelback, Justin Bieber, Jersey Shore cast, etc. You get the deal here.
  12. They love to talk about going to the gym – Before they hit the gym, they put up stuff, like “Going to the gym”. They know they have no reason to post that stuff up there, they do it ’cause they love the attention around people being proud of them. I’m guilty of this myself.
  13. They love to talk about everything they do in their lives – Whatever they’re doing throughout the day, they’ll post everything they’re doing. Whether they’re going shopping, partying or just for a ride, they’ll put it up there.
  14. They rant about how terrible women are in relationships or complain they don’t have a girlfriend yet – You see this with single guys pretty often.
  15. They complain how they have insomnia and can’t sleep – What’s with all the “can’t sleep” posts lately? I sleep every night, so I certainly don’t have insomnia, lol.

I hope I covered everything, feel free to add to the list if you come up with anything.

Kev

New Facebook design thoughts…

Seems like facebook changes the site around like once a year, and they seem to be doing it around this time. Adding a few new features like putting the “Recent stories”, being at the top of the news feed. Plus, when other people “like”, “comment” and “friend” other people instead of that stuff being in the news feed, they put it in a box in the upper right hand corner. Plus, when the fan pages that you “like” when they make a new status, you can also see it in that new box. Which is better that way , in my opinion.

Of course, most people are mad at this design. People are whining, complaining, and bitching about it like usual when Facebook make new changes. Why do people complain? I’m not sure. Maybe it’s like, “haters are gonna hate”. They just complain for the attention of themselves, so they can feel part of their crowd with their friends. Another reason, people are not used to the new look. Well, they’re gonna have to get used to it.

I find this new design useful and helpful. I have no problem with it at all. If you don’t like it, then why are people still on facebook? It’s not hard to delete your account and stay off the site, if you don’t like how they do things.

Aren’t there better things to complain about in life? It’s only facebook. It’s called technology. They all look to improve, change and get better.

People in facebook are assholes today. They’ve been complaining about the new design. They make some of the harshest rants I’ve ever seen complaining about the site. Like I said if you don’t like the new Facebook design, get the fuck off the site. Mark Zuckerberg can’t please everybody.

Kev