Comments on: Facebook for fun and marketing

By: MaryWitzl

MaryWitzl — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:27:57 +0000

I am mystified by the games myself — I don't need any more ways to waste time. Was it Aldous Huxley or George Orwell who predicted we'd end up living lives absorbed in mindless trivia? Worrying really.

By: Victoria Dixon

Victoria Dixon — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:02:38 +0000

The games drive me nuts, but so do the folks who try to friend you just to gain followers, not because they're interested in you.

By: Judith Mercado

Judith Mercado — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:46:22 +0000

It used to drive me crazy to have to scroll down the page past animals being sold and crops being grown. Then I found out that Facebook allows one to eliminate Farmland etc. feed. Just go to the upper right hand corner of your friend's comment, where Hide will emerge, click, and you will be given the option to eliminate all feed or just the type that irritates.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:22:40 +0000

I think the courtesy should be that if someone takes the time to read and comment on your update that you should return the favor. I understand if it's a fan page, but if it's a personal page then you should interact with your "friends".

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:19:02 +0000

NOT interested in the games Facebook has to offer. My time is valuable and when I visit sites like Twitter or Facebook I want to connect with somebody or find out some interesting news or such, not see a rundown of their extracurricular activities!

By: Alli

Alli — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:30:00 +0000

Oh, those Mafia and Farmland (or whatever it is) and the gardening one... I'm not interested in those at all, and I block requests from people asking me to help them feed their goat, etc.

There are a few authors I've "friended" on FB and they do this social networking really, really well. They post writing related tidbits (a few are working on series) and then a little personal thing here or there (but nothing too personal). It's interesting and they give their followers an insight to their lives without overdoing it. It's a fine line, and it can be followed if the author is savvy.

By: Cid

Cid — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:09:46 +0000

The games can be annoying – but I'm guilty of playing one (and only one!) myself. The games can at least be disabled by people who don't want to get those notifications, so that's handy. I know some of the people who I am more of an acquaintance with have remarked, maybe the one time we ever actually speak either via facebook, comment or message, say I update mine too much – but the people I actually know like my updates. (My twitter updates my facebook …and I think myspace) I don't find it annoying to those who also have twitter update their facebooks – because the honest truth is that I don't have to read it if I don't have the time or inclination to.

Of the things that annoy me – the gifts – if I wanted to send that friend of mine a gift – I would stick a giftcard in an envelope and send it to them. Messages that are addressed to one or more people about something I cannot attend or don't care to know about; anytime someone replies the message is sent to everyone and there is not yet a way to get your name off that list. I think that's it. 😀

By: buildingalife

buildingalife — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:37:03 +0000

I find it insanely irritating when I get updates on my facebook page on the progress of the games people are playing that I'm not involved in (which are all of them). I'd suggest if you're marketing your book and playing games during the days you hit your word count quota early to turn that notification off.