What is the Purpose of Facebook?

[The True Adonis]

"It's going to destroy it all. I use what I call my bathroom metaphor. If two people live in an apartment, and there are two bathrooms, then both have what I call freedom of the bathroom, go to the bathroom any time you want, and stay as long as you want to for whatever you need. And this to my way is ideal. And everyone believes in the freedom of the bathroom. It should be right there in the Constitution. But if you have 20 people in the apartment and two bathrooms, no matter how much every person believes in freedom of the bathroom, there is no such thing. You have to set up, you have to set up times for each person, you have to bang at the door, aren't you through yet, and so on. And in the same way, democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people onto the world, the value of life not only declines, but it disappears. It doesn't matter if someone dies."
-Isaac Asimov

[JasonH]

It is a gimmick to obtain information.  A small hint is how hard it was pushed by the media.  I think MySpace was set to be one as well but failed.  

Just think, if the people as a whole knew the gov't or Cia etc was trying to compile a database it would cause a lot of shit.  Now, if it's setup as something for the people to use to congregate amongst one another and find their old friends etc.  In other words, a tool to benefit them, they (the people) will gladly give up their info and post their pics up because it satisfies their own personal interests.  Just look at how hard of a time the gov't has with the census.  But as long as the sheeple have a common interest or self interest in this, they will gladly play along.

The whole Zuckerburg movie and story could be one big propaganda piece.  I'm sure he went to harvard (most gov't officials and cia officers do), and I'm sure he created the software.  But still, that doesn't mean this is not Facebook's true purpose.  I'm sure if any of us were in Zuckerburg's position and the CIA or Gov't approached us, I'm sure we'd play ball.  Imagine the power they give him back in return.  I'm sure Bill Gates is getting the same treatment.  Seriously, with internet providers now providing all this internet service and Gates creating the software, there's no telling how much info we unknowingly give the gov't.  Remember all the "backdoor" fiasco going on with Microsoft?  That's probably nothing compared to what really goes on behind the scenes.

There's a documentary somewhere on youtube about a "secret room" in AT&T that the gov't has set up.  The actual employees of the place are not allowed near it.  They did however provide pics of it and of some of the people walking in and out.  But it's def the gov't.  They're supposedly monitoring all of the American peoples usage through that office.  

Just think, if you were Zuckerburg, Gates, Comcast or Xfinity now, At&T, etc.  You're telling me you wouldn't help the gov't?  This means your business is pretty much guaranteed to succeed.  The gov't will make sure of it because your playing ball for them and keeping their hands clean.

Facebook is literally a gov't database.  They have something they've never had before.  Before the most updated info they had was your drivers license.  On that was one awful picture, your addy, social, and so forth.  Ever so often people might get a new shitty pic taken for that.  But now, they have your updated pics, who your married to or currently dating.  Where you work, your updated phone numbers, your political thoughts, your tastes in tv, music, your personality can be determined by your posts and messages.  They have everything now and the funny thing is we're updating it for them.

Another trend i'm starting to see is on police or cop shows...now the detectives are going straight to facebook to find the criminal.  Facebook is a modern day Trojan Horse.

Fcuking great post.  

I don't use Facebook anymore - left it last year due to a combination of many things - being stalked by "friends", watching people self-destruct with their idiotic ramblings, my desire not to attract attention to myslef, the attention whoring from others etc - I've never seen so much mental illness as I've seen on Facebook. It's an accident waiting to happen and it'll be very interesting to see where we are with it in five or ten years.

[garebear]

Humans should curtail their birth rate no matter where they come from.

When will you display some intellectual integrity?

You can start anytime.

[garebear]

Fcuking great post.  

I don't use Facebook anymore - left it last year due to a combination of many things - being stalked by "friends", watching people self-destruct with their idiotic ramblings, my desire not to attract attention to myslef, the attention whoring from others etc - I've never seen so much mental illness as I've seen on Facebook. It's an accident waiting to happen and it'll be very interesting to see where we are with it in five or ten years.

You're superior. Way above the rest.

[James28]

One good thing about all these sites like Facebook, twitter, myspace etc is that they make it very easy to look someone up before you meet them, like a date for example. This one chick I went on a date with a week ago I already knew in a way before I even met her. All I needed was her dating username and her real first name and I could dig up all kinds of stuff:

- Works at a theater for kids
- Studying to become a kindergarten teacher
- Just broke up with her bf two months ago
- Her new shoes were fucking up her feet
- Studies at *********
- Likes/dislikes this and that

etc etc

One thing I've learned over the years is to never use the same profile name for different websites and don't give away too many clues that people could use to google you up.

I never had to learn that, I knew it straight off the bat. I even use different email addresses to sign up to different forums. My user names usually contain an obvious name so people would think that's my name. I also use a number so the more clued up people would think that's either my age, or birthday. Saying that, I never invite trouble like that SMM pedophile since I don't really feel the need to lie through my teeth about my whole life.

But yea, people that use the same username everywhere are about as dumb as SMM. That's saying a lot.

[garebear]

Super superiority thread. I wish I could have grown up around you guys. I would have been so much better.

WOW!!!!

[garebear]

Can you guys tell me about your accomplishments?

I'm writing a diary and all.

[garebear]

Wait, don't just give me all the accomplishments. Please give me your secrets behind them.

I'm in awe.

[Papper]

You're superior. Way above the rest.

Lol'd!

[King Shizzo]

Gaybear is rapidly climbing up my worst poster list.

[garebear]

Gaybear is rapidly climbing up my worst poster list.

Glad to hear it, fuckface/ gimmick.

[garebear]

Gaybear is rapidly climbing up my worst poster list.

I got chunks of guys like you in my shit.

You think you're tough because you live your life on the internet.

But you don't know the guts and blood and dirt and grime.

You're lightweight, TA. You haven't been where I've been, so fuck you.

[Shockwave]

I got chunks of guys like you in my shit.

You think you're tough because you live your life on the internet.

But you don't know the guts and blood and dirt and grime.

You're lightweight, TA. You haven't been where I've been, so fuck you.

How the fuck did you wind up in China anyway?

[King Shizzo]

I got chunks of guys like you in my shit.

You think you're tough because you live your life on the internet.

But you don't know the guts and blood and dirt and grime.

You're lightweight, TA. You haven't been where I've been, so fuck you.

Only a moron would think that I am a gimmick/TA at this point.  Nice meltdown by the way  

[King Shizzo]

How the fuck did you wind up in China anyway?

Gaybears like Pandas.

[garebear]

Only a moron would think that I am a gimmick/TA at this point.  Nice meltdown by the way  

Whassa matter? Daddy's mansion not big enough?

[King Shizzo]

Whassa matter? Daddy's mansion not big enough?

Time to put down the Saki.

[garebear]

Time to put down the Saki.

Perhaps it's time to learn some geography.

[King Shizzo]

Perhaps it's time to learn some geography.

China, Japan, Korea, It's all the same.

[garebear]

China, Japan, Korea, It's all the same.

Right. Canada, US, Mexico. All the same thing. Good point.

That the best you could come up with?

[JasonH]

You're superior. Way above the rest.

What, am I not allowed to have an opinion on something that differs from your own?

My opinions are based on my own real life experiences and Facebook has brought me nothing but trouble so I stay away from it - through no fault of my own it has wrecked more relationships that it's benefited.

[phreak]

Right. Canada, US, Mexico. All the same thing.

All descendants of western European immigrants, so actually, yes.

[Tito24]

i have over 500 friends now and use too have only a few before i took facebook, my life has meaning again

[chunkramwell]

[FitnessFrenzy]

When will you display some intellectual integrity?

You can start anytime.

Adonis is a little spoiled brat with nothing else to contribute to Getbig than meaningless inquiries and common sense nutrition and training advice.