buck Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 I disagree (not about your celebration, about becoming insular). It's Friday right, so let me think back. I taught my jitsu class yesterday evening and then went to the pub for a pint with them. Today I've seen details on FB about the grading they will attend tomorrow. This includes where and when they are meeting, where they are going, etc... Wednesday I went to my parents and called at one of my mates, I shared a photo of my parents dog on FB and several friends commented on how he looked. These friends will most likely never meet the dog in question as he's my parents dog. On Tuesday (it was a BH) we went into town for a bit of shopping and I posted a humorous photo of my wife with a huge Costa cup. A few friends from all over the country commented on it. Emailing all my friends with that photo would have just been weird. On Monday I spent most of the day out with various friends running, climbing and swimming, I probably posted something about my speed/time or climbing level. Today I'm working, but I've managed to share a link about a telegraph story and have a brief conversation with a few friends about it. Couldn't really do that face to face, what with them being spread all over the country and it being a work day. And soon I'll be meeting another group of friends for a weekend away. Facebook makes it easier for me to keep in touch in a casual way with lots of friends, it keeps the friendships fresh when they're people I might not see for months. There is no awkward bit when I do see them, I know what they've been up to, we've exchanged comments and seen photos of each other recently. So, no, I disagree, FB in no way makes me insular, I use it whilst I am forced to be sat at my computer for work, but it certainly doesn't stop me meeting my friends face to face. Maybe this is a generational thing though. You are clearly much busier than I, which is fortunate, and I am sorry if you were offended. But the problem is not necessarily generational to the elderly. I too had a very active life as a professional system engineer till my 70s. I raced bicycles till my early 60s, and was president and coach of the Yankee Racing Team. I coached 12 year olds at soccer for a time and remain coach of an adult recreational soccer team called the Shamrocks as I have for the past 12 years. But I am concerned about my grandchildren aged from 11 to 4 who spend all their leisure hours in front of a laptop screen or an Ibox or whatever, and two adult grandchildren who are even worse. My excuse for myself is that I don't move around too well any more. I enjoy using a flight simulator. Its a lot cheaper and safer than the real thing since I lost my medical certificate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 If you've lived in various cities around the country, and your friends have also moved to other cities as well, Facebook is fantastic in helping to stay in touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 If you've lived in various cities around the country, and your friends have also moved to other cities as well, Facebook is fantastic in helping to stay in touch. So why is that not true of e-mail generally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddywolf Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Underwriters held the price up yesterday according to the FT. Of course it not worth it, its just like the last dot.com boom, companies/financiers advise potential future profits and these are exaggerated by the so-called experts. Bet this is trading at $25 within 6 months and half of that within 2 years. Your not wrong on the first bit, after hours trading at $24. Those who purchased just after the float will have a fair while (if ever) to see a profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leah-Lacie Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Whooopsy http://news.sky.com/story/965655/facebooks-100m-loss-sends-shares-plummeting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buck Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I know what you mean Does he actually make MONEY though, a lot of it, or is it just the site VALUE? He's losing money now, facebook is tanking on the market, and advertizers are pulling their accounts out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leah-Lacie Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 He's losing money now, facebook is tanking on the market, and advertizers are pulling their accounts out. I was just wondering like, they say Facebook is worth this "$104b" A lot of people would assume this means that Zuckerberg bloke is super rich, splashing the cash. Does he actually have very much at all though, or will he have to sell the site to make anything close to millions from it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 He's a multi billionaire. How much cash does he actually need before you class him as super rich? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leah-Lacie Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 He's a multi billionaire. How much cash does he actually need before you class him as super rich? But is he, or is it all on paper? I know people who say they're millionaires, but its all tied up into a business or assets and they don't actually have any hard cash until they sell up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 He owned Facebook He sold (some of) Facebook and was paid money. Real Money. He can do what he likes with that real money. He is rich. The people who bought shares in Facebook are now part-owners of the company. If he had sold all the shares of Facebook and if the shares subsequently became worthless, it wouldn't make any difference to him. - He's already got his money. If he kept some of the shares and if the value of those shares on the secondary market fell, then he - like any other shareholder - would take a loss if he sold the shares at that lower price. Neither he -nor any of the other shareholders - wold lose a penny until they sold the shares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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