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Sid wrote:What the hell happened? I left because of one member a few years ago. This used to be a pretty happening place. Now, 5 responses to all the threads today in general.

Hey all to everyone that remember me, how ya all doing? I see Cat and Roundeye are still around.

Philip wrote:Hey Sid,

What type of "internet videos", like Flash/YouTube ?
http://download.cnet.com/Free-YouTube-D ... 19434.html

RoundEye wrote:

Sid wrote: Yeah, I know, guns and politics isn't a good match sometimes.

David wrote:Social forums took a hit from facebook. Of course Sid, there are many like yourself who simply found other pastimes.

Good to hear from you.

namaste,
david

Sava700 wrote:This isn't a social forum... this is a hardware/software forum for the most part - specializing in broadband which is what lead me here. The things taking the toll on the site as a whole is advancements in operating systems and auto tuning. You don't need to search for ways to Optimize no more as it's already done. Back about 10-12 years ago we were all trying to find every way possible to squeeze the most out of our connections and computers which is what lead me here myself..

Sava700 wrote:This isn't a social forum... this is a hardware/software forum for the most part - specializing in broadband which is what lead me here. The things taking the toll on the site as a whole is advancements in operating systems and auto tuning. You don't need to search for ways to Optimize no more as it's already done. Back about 10-12 years ago we were all trying to find every way possible to squeeze the most out of our connections and computers which is what lead me here myself.

Facebook is hurting just people in general, there is a big lack of social gathering now cause of it. You don't have the real interaction like you used to have cause of the ability it has givin mostly youth a lazy way to do things.

YeOldeStonecat wrote:The original intent of the site drew people to the site, but some of the crowd found the "general" forum and that became the social forum of the site. Same thing with many..many other forums out there, that have a "general/BS" subforum.

Beginning with myspace, and continuing with facebook...lots of people relocated their "social" forum activity to those venues...which originated with "social" as a purpose.

The "big lack of social gathering" happened waaaay way way before facebook, if people wanted to sit in front of the glow of their computer and pale like a mushroom all night...they were doing it anyways, before facebook. Facebook just had a lot of people relocate their virtual hangouts....from various forums, to it.

The same migration of social activity has occurred in many other forums that I frequent....their general/bs forums have slowed tremendously.

YeOldeStonecat wrote:The original intent of the site drew people to the site, but some of the crowd found the "general" forum and that became the social forum of the site. Same thing with many..many other forums out there, that have a "general/BS" subforum.

Beginning with myspace, and continuing with facebook...lots of people relocated their "social" forum activity to those venues...which originated with "social" as a purpose.

The "big lack of social gathering" happened waaaay way way before facebook, if people wanted to sit in front of the glow of their computer and pale like a mushroom all night...they were doing it anyways, before facebook. Facebook just had a lot of people relocate their virtual hangouts....from various forums, to it.

The same migration of social activity has occurred in many other forums that I frequent....their general/bs forums have slowed tremendously.

Debbie wrote:I couldn't have said it better. Thank you YOSC. Years ago before MySpace and Facebook, there was AOL Chat rooms, Paltalk, etc.

Sava700 wrote:I've talked to many current HS students in the recent months and pretty much all agree that Facebook for the most part sucks up a big part of their life now to be in the "IN" crowd.

YeOldeStonecat wrote:"HS kids"..yeah. But I'm talking overall, everyone, across the board. Suddenly HS kids is a smaller percentage.

With more than 350 million active users worldwide, the social networking site Facebook has become a household name. But some households are pulling the plug.

For Michigan 10th grader Neeka Salmasi, chatting and messaging with her friends on Facebook had become a huge problem.

In the beginning, she said she'd be online for as little as 20 minutes a day, but then those minutes grew into a couple of hours on weekdays and sometimes as long as six hours on the weekend.

She wasn't doing other tasks, and her grades were slipping.

"It's like an addiction," the teen said. "You look up one moment and it's day and you look up another moment and it's night."

Like so many teenagers across the country, the girls were struggling to find a balance between social media and their everyday lives.

Sherry Turkle, a professor of psychology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said people are now dropping in and out of Facebook, and learning how to integrate it into their lives in better ways.

"We're not going to be taking away the Internet," she said. "It's more a question of living with these devices that so compel us, in a way that serves our human purposes."

Salmasi seems to have found the right balance.

"(The) first week was hard," she said. "My friends didn't know how I could do it but my studying habits improved."

Internet safety expert Parry Aftab says that a teen's Internet use rises to the level of addiction when "things are out of balance."

"They aren't doing things offline," she said, or they don't have any friends offline. "They're all-consumed."

If you suspect your teen has a problem, she recommends looking at their page. "How often are they posting? If it gets really bad you can use monitoring software," she said. "You have to determine whether they like it a lot, they're obsessed, or they really are addicted."

Parents have to recognize that "the kids don't see it as a site, they see it as life," she said. "It's how they live, and what we need to do is find balance."

Sava700 wrote:
Kids today is where we need to start to limit usage - but sites like Facebook are increasing how they interact with each other and it's like a bully factor.. If you don't have a Facebook then you are left out etc etc.

Philip wrote:As to social networks... They do not provide the same type of experience, and do not cater to discussions around specific areas of interest. I don't see them as a complete replacement for forums.

MadDoctor wrote:Hi Sid!!!!!!!!!

YeOldeStonecat wrote:Wow..look who the cat dragged in!!!

Seven pygmy goats were stolen from their pen on January 5. "This has just been devastating," Kathy Dean told news sources, fighting back tears. Dean and her daughter Tara described how the animals would always run up to the gate to greet them—the pair fear that their animals will wind up slaughtered. "They're not livestock," Dean insisted. "They're family members!" A pair of dark gloves and one white sneaker were found at the scene. Police have yet to make any arrests in connection with the theft of these animals. That's why PETA is offering up to $1,000 for information leading to safe return of the goats and the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for their theft.

"The Deans' goats need to be back in the care of the people who know and love them," says PETA Director Martin Mersereau. "We hope that someone will find the animals so that they can be reunited with their family."

MadDoctor wrote:Hi Sid!!!!!!!!!