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If you use Twitter or Facebook or Instagram, everybody already knows everything there is to know about you. That sailing trip you took? Liked. Breaking up with your girlfriend? Replied to on Twitter. All these over-sharing, always-on social networks create situations where there’s nothing left to talk about! [Shoebox Blog via Neatorama]
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“Twitter or Facebook or Instagram”
I bare use FB and don’t intend to sign up or ever use the other two. I use FB mainly to play some games and occasional catch-up with mates and old friends. I know I am not using it to its full potential and I am damn proud!
“bare use” please explain. Do you use it naked?
Barely, excuse the typo.
I use Facebook randomly, I tend to use twitter more, i dont tweet much but follow some funny users, its streamlined and i’d recommend giving it a go (I was sceptical at first but i use it alot more than fb)
The problem isn’t so much whether or not you use these things, rather how much others do.
In my office, I sit between two people who talk non-stop about their FB and Twitter conversations. I have no idea what they’re on about.
Sounds like you have problems dude.
Myself an the rest of the Gizmodo G+ group have a long running conversation going using G+ messenger. This in no way damages our conversation when we meet up.
Aye
I would go as far as to say that, far from damaging it, the messenger chat and extended g+ charing actually enhances conversation.
but how often do you actually meet up?
I guess the cartoon was talking about people you see regularly not having anything to chat about because they’re ‘socialed up’.
We meet up about once a month, though those who work in London are regularly going out for evening drinks. However the chat goes on almost constantly via messenger
did not know that, assumed it was a lot less frequent.
Not as frequent as we would like and obviously the northern members don’t get to come. If Kat would stop eating cookies and stroking her Nexus 4 and arrange a new OFFICIAL Giz meetup though, I’m sure that would be enough to get them down south.
Yes, an official meet up, this is proving to be as elusive as the edit button.
i keep forgetting about that
Members of the City of London crew meet up at least once a week, sometimes more often for after-work beers and discussion. The Messenger conversation has a life of its own and pretty much runs 24hrs a day.
why are you telling me this?
Because I’ve been using G+ Messenger so much I’ve forgotten how to succesfully haunt Giz!
So this is where we’ll hear from you when O2 finally win!
“Twitter or Facebook or Instagram” all of them outdated. Lots to talk about on G+ and much more interesting. You also get theGiz UK circle which is awesome.
I think Mr Chan is just inviting us to mention the rather popular and vibrant G+ circle of like-minded individuals spawned as a result of their interests in this site. A circle that, it’s worth noting in the context of this article, certainly doesn’t run out of things to talk about in person!
Find one of us on G+ (how did that link get there?) and we can add you!
Don’t be shy, come in. It’s not just tech talk though, it’s anything that comes to mind that you want to just throw out there.
Just because your friends and family aren’t on G+, doesn’t mean there is nothing interesting to read.
Android/Apple, Star Wars/Star Trek, incandescant/CFL/LED, satsuma/clementine, Tottenham/Arsenal. we don’t care about your affiliations. If you like a good chat or distraction, come on in.
Lurk a while, flit in/out, jabber constantly, whatever you want.
It’s an open invite to all commenters (starred or not), and readers of Giz.
(Please note, there is no official affiliation with Gizmodo UK, Gawker Media or Future Publishing. It’s just a group of people with an appreciation of all things GizUK, and the hope that GizUK will start to see the merits of G+, and that Kat will start to post there regularly like she already does with Twitter and Facebook!)
We also do irregular meet ups involving alcohol and food (and good honest talking). The next meetup is slated for 30th November.
Now, back to your regular programming.
Sorry, since when do we allow clementines? I was under the impression it was a satsuma only group!
More importantly, since when did we allow Arsenal fans?!
If we’re allowing for Elves at Helms Deep, we have to allow for other representations.
As far as I’m concerned, satsumas and clementines are just mandarins, and Arsenal and Tottenham are just over paid, infantile poor role models for our children (who are our future!). I just make sure I’m not in the same room as my wife when her team loses, and she finds out I bought clementines instead of satsumas…
PS. If you hate Arsenal, stand up! (in case my wife is watching. Love you honey!)
This is why I’ll watch the Premier League if it’s on TV, but I’ll actually pay to see international rugby (Union, not the rubbish that’s played within a 10 mile radius of the M62!).
Oi!
Is that to your football or rugby allegiance?
It was for the Arsenal comment above, but more of a joke since I am not a big supporter of any football team because of the reasons Alfred mentioned.
Ok then, think I have sent a message to the correct person to get access if you will have me.
For the sake of clarity
Rugby Union is the only real version of Rugby.
Springboks for the win this weekend and then England against anyone else.
Football hmm meh….
Will I fit in ?
Only if you pass the initiation (which is to survive and contribute to my Graveyard Shift – this tends to run any time from about 11pm-5am)
Of course we’ll have you, though I can’t seem to find your message…
https://plus.google.com/111281976472439509813/posts
Hmm thats odd sent you another one and posted under the Android event cancellation image
Did you just post a test one. “Test – Giz UK”
Indeed I did
You don’t appear to have shown up in the chat despite the invite, do you have the G+ app installed?
The issues are as follows:
Those who keep glancing at or responding to notifications on their devices during a physical meetup (drink at the pub, work, party etc) are therefore are not really ‘there’, but elsewhere. Glancing down at your device every time there is a notification – and worse, responding to it, is rude and I don’t hire or befriend people who do that. One has to draw the line in the sand somewhere. I have cut off all social and professional relationships with those who do not answer the phone and instead use social media (such as Twitter Direct Messages etc) to communicate. This has left me with the very same true friends and professionals that I befriended before the advent of social media. We share the same values which is probably why we have never even needed to discuss the etiquette of communications.
There are positive uses of ‘social’ media, such as interest groups on G+ and even better, Quora, which is probably the most intelligent and enlightening web service out there.
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