tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483780718090566890.post4460956571871713151..comments2013-12-01T21:18:26.012-05:00Comments on Mellow Whine and Sassy Spirits: "Welcome To Crackbook"Audrey Knerlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021734394380262308noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483780718090566890.post-72919117297196834742013-10-13T08:54:44.937-04:002013-10-13T08:54:44.937-04:00Thank you so much for taking the time to comment o...Thank you so much for taking the time to comment on my post Valarie. You sound like a great FB friend with your videos and sense of humor. We need more of that! Your comment also articulated many of my feelings about FB. The hateful posts and comments that I sometimes see repulse me as well. I found this to be especially true during the last presidential election, which is one reason Gregg and I decided to leave politics out of our venue. It seems to bring out the worst in people! You also bring up a good point about the ‘timeline journal.’ What we write on FB is in some ways part of our legacy. It’s funny how people feel a sort of anonymity when they post things that they might never say to someone’s face. And you’re right about kids. I did not allow my daughter on FB until she was thirteen and even then I insisted on having her log-in and password. She is also on Instagram and Twitter. She often reads me that hateful comments that she receives in response to her posts, but she is mature enough and has enough self-respect to handle it. My addiction to FB is fueled by the fact that I can keep in touch with family and friends that time would not allow me to if I had to depend on phone calls and letters. So, like you, I am not willing to give it up! Thanks again for commenting!Audrey Knerlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021734394380262308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483780718090566890.post-85654355012366355562013-10-11T21:04:19.541-04:002013-10-11T21:04:19.541-04:00I have a love/hate relationship with Facebook. I ...I have a love/hate relationship with Facebook. I love the fact that I can catch up with old friends, reconnect with family who live out of state and share my happy moments with others. I love to post pictures of my family, outings with friends, new places I visit or interesting things I come across. I like to think I have a great sense of humor, sometimes more raunchy in person but I do share videos that make people laugh. Looking at my time line is like a personal journal that I am not worried about locking up and hiding the key. So you may think that with all the positive features I pointed out with Facebook that there would be no reason to hate it. My crack addiction to Facebook is the result. I hate (and I rarely use this word) seeing pictures of abused children, deformed children & adults, obvious adult bullying, children under the facebook required age of 13 using social networking. I've had many talks with my sister about my 11 year old nephew using Facebook. So far this week I have called him out on a video of a kid being bullied losing his cool & clearly body slammed the kid & hurt him. Not that I don't agree with sticking up for yourself, its the fact that violence was used to band-aid a bigger problem. The second post I responded to was a picture of Ronald McDonald with his hand in the air & a caption that said "I will slap the McShit out of you." Not only did he post this once but it showed up three times in a row. Must have really wanted to share that with his friends.... The disrespect that Crack Book brings out in people makes me hate it. The constant complaints from grown adults as well as their posts of them trying to relive their youth while their children are at home networking with the world and not an ounce of care of what their timeline "journal" will store for years. Im not saying that all parents do this or for the fact that I mentioned my nephews posts that this relates to my sister. I've seen so many things that I dont like, but my personal addiction keeps me from deleting my account. Similar to an addict I have an idea of when I got hooked (6 years ago when I had my youngest daughter), just not willing to give it up... Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05632847864867353561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483780718090566890.post-22931589969350394772013-10-08T06:56:56.160-04:002013-10-08T06:56:56.160-04:00Thank you for commenting, sweetie.Thank you for commenting, sweetie.Audrey Knerlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021734394380262308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483780718090566890.post-38342177621644363532013-10-07T17:41:28.691-04:002013-10-07T17:41:28.691-04:00I love FB and your blog:)I love FB and your blog:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483780718090566890.post-49332412010425472972013-10-07T17:26:37.188-04:002013-10-07T17:26:37.188-04:00Mr. Travis,
First, thank you for posting such a t...Mr. Travis,<br /><br />First, thank you for posting such a thoughtful and insightful comment. How exciting it <br />must have been to been on FB when it was actually cool. Especially when you had a circle of intelligent friends with something to say. It was also very astute of you to point out the difference between how we, ahem!..older Face-bookers use the site as opposed to the younger set. I do enjoy my FB and I’m afraid that you are right about my picture posting. My FB friends are subject to pics of me with my daughters, my friends and my family. If you ever found yourself in that unfortunate position, you would probably unsubscribe-me in a New-York minute. lol.. But I wouldn't blame you and you <br />wouldn't be the first. (I also push my vegan and animal rights agenda, which does not <br />endear me to many.) But how wonderful that your wife posts pictures of your son! I'm with her and I say, "It's our FB and we'll post if we want to! :)<br /><br />Btw, I do have a Twitter account, but I don't think I have more than a handful of followers, so I have not been subject to the haters. I have heard that they are a ruthless bunch. True to form, I'll probably become an avid Tweeter in a few years, when it's no longer cool. Or will Twitter be un-cool in a few minutes? I can’t keep up. I’m old.<br />Thanks again for sharing your insights!<br />Audrey Knerlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021734394380262308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483780718090566890.post-81311267271340799292013-10-07T15:33:03.712-04:002013-10-07T15:33:03.712-04:00Ms. Audrey I can't say that I share the same b...Ms. Audrey I can't say that I share the same beginning stages of facebook as you did. I joined facebook while I was in college. I was the hottest thing going around. It was different than myspace because it was supposed to be kid free in the beginning. You had to have a college email to join. It was different for me. I was young and most of the people that I knew was from college and high school so the aspect of reconnecting with people was not there. But what was interesting was how it was used. Almost like how people text and call folk when they are in the same house....we would send messages to people, while we were both in the library lol. But it was fun, new, and exciting. But your insight on validation and rejection is spot on. When I was a junior in college (2006-07) a few friends and I would take turns writing notes on facebook. Since I went to a HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) we felt like we were writing some of the most clever and thought provoking things that anyone had wrote or read. But we would get so few comments and/or likes. We knew the notes were hits because we would talk about them in the cafe, class, on the yard...but people did not comment. I mean we got a lot of "nice", "good job", "very good" comments. But no one took the time to provide their thoughts. We thought we were failures. Even now, like you, I put some clever things/statuses on facebook and will get no notification on my phone. I just chalk it up to only dumb people scrolled their timeline that day lol. But if you think facebook is bad, twitter is way, way worse. I guess the good thing about twitter is you can be very selective on who it is that you follow and who you allow to follow you. But people on twitter are very, very ruthless and relentless. They dont care about your feelings and they dont care about your reaction. Its like they know you dont really know them and will probably never meet them, so they say whatever and purposely try to hurt your feelings. Its a cruel world out there. But I can tell that you enjoy your facebook, as you should. But it sounds like you may be one of the facebookers that as I scroll my timeline I think to myself "another picture" ;~)<br /><br />Dont feel bad, I do the same thing to my wife when she posts pics of our son!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10381524184551772664noreply@blogger.com