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Re: Ostensibly Hoops

Post by Jungle Rat » Fri Jun 22, 2012 9:17 pm

I will believe what I want to believe whether you believe it too or not.

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Re: Ostensibly Hoops

Post by Bklyn » Fri Jun 22, 2012 9:24 pm

Yeah, I don't FB. I just spoke to Westdawg (old WX buddy) and he's trying to convince me to...but it ain't happening. I have no digital footprint...Google me, Bing me...won't find me.
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Re: Ostensibly Hoops

Post by Jungle Rat » Fri Jun 22, 2012 9:30 pm

10 years ago I would have accepted that challenge

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Re: Ostensibly Hoops

Post by Bklyn » Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:01 pm

Heh, well the basic shit is there...name, age and address, but otherwise you'll have to be an internet maestro to find anything that officially ties my name, my face and any writings together. I did have a MySpace way back in day for a bit with pics and whatnot...but even that I set on fire like Keyser Sose did that village in Turkey.
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Re: Ostensibly Hoops

Post by T Dot O Dot » Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:28 pm

I'm good on facebook

Jamaican cat, but my name is so anglicized you'd have to search through 20-30 pages to find me on facebook
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Post by hedge » Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:28 pm

Somebody is going to come up with a program that will create a false identity for people. Instead of seeing pictures of you doing keg stands at bonfires, colleges will see a Facebook profile of "you" doing volunteer work and studying. It will work for anybody at any age. Shouldn't be that difficult. Call it the Internet Obfuscator....
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Re: Ostensibly Hoops

Post by Bklyn » Sat Jun 23, 2012 4:58 pm

aTm
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Post by eCat » Sun Jun 24, 2012 2:40 pm

UK should spend that money on football facilties.

Basketball ticket prices went up for next year. I think they are like $40-$50 per ticket now to sit on bleachers.

Student tickets are still the cheapest in the SEC so thats a nice touch
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Post by DooKSucks » Sun Jun 24, 2012 5:14 pm

Until 5 or 6, I was a "State fan" as much as any kid could be at such a young age, but I still followed mom's lead and pulled for Carolina when they were playing. Thankfully, my mom won the fight for my soul, and my father and his Wuffie ways lost out. Thank God.
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Re: Ostensibly Hoops

Post by Jungle Rat » Sun Jun 24, 2012 5:56 pm

Michael Irving says thanks.

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Re: Ostensibly Hoops

Post by Owlman » Sun Jun 24, 2012 10:17 pm

June 22 AA?

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Re: Ostensibly Hoops

Post by AlabamAlum » Sun Jun 24, 2012 10:34 pm

Yes.

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Re: Ostensibly Hoops

Post by crashcourse » Mon Jun 25, 2012 12:58 pm

I dont have a facebook account either

facebook craze should die off one of these days I imagine

key is to come up with whatever would replace it

I send internet cards now though to my mom and dad for variuos shit

why pay 4 bucks for card and stamp for at best a dust collector and more likely a quick trip to the garbage after 2-3 days

key is not to let the missus catch you throwing away her cards after 2 or 3 days of having them out in the open

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Re: Ostensibly Hoops

Post by AlabamAlum » Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:32 pm

I apparently have an account. I do not know my password and never go there. I started it, hated it, and never went back.
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Re: Ostensibly Hoops

Post by hedge » Mon Jun 25, 2012 3:07 pm

Facebook ain't going anywhere. The kids love it too much...
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Re: Ostensibly Hoops

Post by aTm » Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:08 pm

Almost everybody my age and younger has an account, and certainly almost all of those within desirable marketing demographics.
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Re: Ostensibly Hoops

Post by Jungle Rat » Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:48 pm

AlabamAlum wrote:I apparently have an account. I do not know my password and never go there. I started it, hated it, and never went back.
Told ya. Liar

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Re: Ostensibly Hoops

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Re: Ostensibly Hoops

Post by AlabamAlum » Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:14 pm

I did not lie. I have no Facebook friends and I do not "Facebook" - unless you call having a page that I created out of curiosity, many years back, and abandoned after 15 minutes, "Facebooking". If you do, I still did not lie; rather, my definition of "Facebooking" and yours are different. Further, I do not plan to adopt your definition because my definition is correct. To recap: I. Do. Not. Facebook. Period.

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Re: Ostensibly Hoops

Post by Bklyn » Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:18 pm

hedge wrote:Facebook ain't going anywhere. The kids love it too much...
aTm wrote:Almost everybody my age and younger has an account, and certainly almost all of those within desirable marketing demographics.

It's not the concept that will go away, per se (IMO), it's the platform. What separates FB from MySpace? From Friendster? The only separation is the 1 billion users. Now, that's nothing to sneeze at, but it doesn't necessarily make it stickier. My thought is that FB will run into something else that kids think is cooler because all of the 30 and younger people will have it and very soon will be seen as the old farts place to hang out.

Personally, I had my doubts on FB when I heard that China already had their version of it. If you're basically frozen out of China, your future prospects are not as bright.
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