tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16768201.post1181530016393067271..comments2023-09-13T06:17:38.045-05:00Comments on Try Reason!: Face it, its facebook timeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03560477246248417263noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16768201.post-20356973582906345372009-01-11T09:42:00.000-06:002009-01-11T09:42:00.000-06:00I understand what you are saying. When I first jo...I understand what you are saying. When I first joined Facebook, I accidentally was logged in to my wife's account when I asked some people to be my friends, but since my wife was logged in it went from her account. I was amazed that a number of them agreed to be friends with my wife, especially considering most of them do not know my wife. Asked one of them about it and he said he accepts all invitations for friends. My thoughts were "Huh? What could your purpose be?" It didn't make any sense.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03560477246248417263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16768201.post-38738467303289497682009-01-09T07:41:00.000-06:002009-01-09T07:41:00.000-06:00> "I've made a conscious decision to ....> "I've made a conscious decision to . . ."<BR/><BR/>You have identified exactly the right approach to a tool such as Facebook: specifying ahead of time what your purposeful use of it will be. That prevents the phenomenon I have seen in disintegtrated people who simply respond to every friend request and sign up for every cause. Then they whine: "I can't keep track of all this!"<BR/><BR/>With two special exceptions, I use Facebook's "Friend" function as a way to contacting members of the Seattle-Portland Objectivist Network. (We have a private page; and I am the coordinator of the Portland end of the network.) <BR/><BR/>I do also join a few causes as a show of support. And recently I have begun commenting on news feed items from SPON friends where there is a thread including a variety of viewpoints from non-Objectivists (that is, outside my small network). It is a low-key way of being a philosophical or intellectual activist.Burgess Laughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865479709475171678noreply@blogger.com