Facebook and Progarchives.com
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Topic: Facebook and Progarchives.com
Posted By: M@X
Subject: Facebook and Progarchives.com
Date Posted: March 11 2009 at 16:18
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For people on Facebook -- you can find me using my email : [email protected] or visiting my Facebook preview profile page http://www.facebook.com/privacy/#/people/Maxime-Roy/546882990 - http://www.facebook.com/privacy/#/people/Maxime-Roy/546882990 And hopefully , you can BECOME A FAN of the page : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Progarchivescom/56822568842 - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Progarchivescom/56822568842 You can also follow me on TWITTER http://twitter.com/maximeroy77 - http://twitter.com/maximeroy77 See you in the social media clouds !  ------------- Prog On ! |
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: March 11 2009 at 16:20
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PA is selling to the the crowd! PA is going POP!!  |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: March 11 2009 at 16:24
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Friend request sent. And I'm already in the PA group. I'm even an "officer", but I totally forgot what that means. ------------- 
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 11 2009 at 16:30
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what is facebook?.. is that like the site where older guys try to hook up with underage girls? ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: March 11 2009 at 16:32
| ^something like that, yes. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 11 2009 at 16:36
oh man.. just saw your signature Pablo.. you rock brother.  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: March 11 2009 at 16:40
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^hahhaha, thanks dad! You rock too, you know!
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 11 2009 at 16:42
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so do you Pablo.. you're ace! seriously.. on back on topic.. never have checked out facebook.. taking a looksie.. (see previous post in collab zone about keeping certain things away from me) ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 11 2009 at 16:47
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awesome... got a Facebook account now.. cool..
------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 11 2009 at 16:55
I have a facebook - I have to admit I do not understand it, haven't got a clue how to use it or the desire to learn. It just looks so crap and totally naff - there is no flair, imagination or talent in a facebook page - they have no personality - you are a prawn, you have no will of your own, you will be bland and grey and look like everyone else - I guess that's not the point, and therefore I simply don't get it. (I'm begining to sound like someone my age  )------------- What? |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 11 2009 at 17:07
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yeah... my facebook page looks like hell. Don't really care for it... though I must admit. I do look hotter than hell, expect to get lots of older men trying to hook up with me. Besides probably would go the way of my myspace page. Like the child at heart I am.. fun to play with for a few days.. then to be tossed into the corner when I found new instruments of destruction.
------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: March 11 2009 at 17:40
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on facebook but I'd rather befriend everyone on Last FM (is music related after all)
http://www.last.fm/user/manofmystery - http://www.last.fm/user/manofmystery
by the way, if you are reading this and haven't joined the 1st ever ProgArchives Fantasy Baseball League (link in sig) then I am officially calling out your manhood and insulting yo momma -------------  Time always wins. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: March 11 2009 at 17:47
So do I, then .... I do have an account, since a couple of people I know invited me, but I'm not interested in the thing in the least. Not that I am a fan of either, but I find MySpace much better. |
Dean wrote:Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: March 11 2009 at 17:49
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was going to join the Prog Archives facebook group but I can't take the picture, sorry ------------- Time always wins. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 11 2009 at 17:51
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I knew there was a reason I dug M@X.. look at that pic of his... a kitty and a beer (though I suspected you'd drink better beer than that hahhaha) ... what more can a man want from life
------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: M@X
Date Posted: March 11 2009 at 17:56
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You forgot to mention SARAH CONNOR on the TV! No you are right -- what more can a man want from life - Bud - Pet dog - HDTV : Terminator - Sarah Connor - Asian food with chopsticks Missing ? Maybe a nude babe , dancing around ! ------------- Prog On ! |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 11 2009 at 18:01
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*umm... ... hahahha... can I substitute one beautiful Italian woman for those bevy of buxom babes* ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: March 11 2009 at 18:54
You forgot to put weekly visits to music festivals there. Man those things kick ass! That also indirectly incorporates the dancing nude babe as well. There's always one. ------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: Plankowner
Date Posted: March 11 2009 at 22:35
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I found facebook very annoying for some reason, never visit, forgotten my password.. I only have a myspace account so I can contact bands if I need to..
I do however love last.fm, really keeps me up to date on shows, and people I know...
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Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: March 12 2009 at 00:26
I had my second thoughts because of that too, but in the end I joined. Don't really know what for. I like Facebook because it's an easy way of keeping contact with some friends and family and it keeps a list of the books I read. I can't understand the people who develop it into some addiction. ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=42652" rel="nofollow - It's on PA! 
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Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: March 12 2009 at 00:42
Ditto. |
Posted By: Plankowner
Date Posted: March 12 2009 at 03:38
Yeah I've seen fights over friends placements.. and heaven forbid a deletion  
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Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: March 12 2009 at 03:42
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I still haven't caved in and gotten a Facebook account. Yes, I must be in the 2 per cent of all 20 year olds in the world without a Facebook account. ------------- 
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: March 12 2009 at 04:16
Prove it - send me a 'friend' request... lemme see  ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: March 12 2009 at 05:49
Send me, too.  -------------
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: March 12 2009 at 16:50
You should be proud of yourself |
Posted By: OpethGuitarist
Date Posted: March 12 2009 at 22:53
you guys gotta lighten up - that picture is a classic brings back so many great memories @ Max, if you want- i'll hand the group over to you, if you want to make it all, official and stuff, you know ------------- back from the dead, i will begin posting reviews again and musing through the forums |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: March 13 2009 at 03:33
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Absolutely - I wonder how many people know who the two fine chaps in that picture are?? -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: March 13 2009 at 08:02
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I think it's worth mentioning that would-be employers check applicants' Facebook pages all of the time.
I wouldn't use it (zero interest -- seems a kid/girly thing to me. I say that as the father of a FB using teen girl.), but current and potential users should be aware of that basic fact of life in the Internet age. Your personal information can be stolen from there, as well -- this has happened.
Another thing we see at work is college students using their personal email accounts for official correspondence: communication with profs, applying for work practice placements, etc. This is not so good if your email address is something like "sexbunny" "luv69" or mailto:[email protected]. - [email protected].
Duuuh!
 Basically, don't put anything on the web you wouldn't want your boss/mother/wife/the cops/the Russian mafia to read!  ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: March 13 2009 at 09:47
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I`ve been told to avoid social networking sites such as facebook and myspace. I only have gmail and yahoo acounts plus a free website and this site. The net is just becoming too crazy as we can see from the many sexual predator incidents as well as most recently what happened in Germany. You don``t know what to take seriously. People go to these and think that they actually know the people they communicate with or meet in this fashion. What happened to the old days of pen pals? Just my take. Don`t come down on me like a load of bricks. ------------- |
Posted By: easytargets
Date Posted: March 13 2009 at 12:35
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IŽve just joined the group a few minutes ago.
Facebook is like This strange engine for me,but
IŽll try to learn how it works.It doesnŽt seem quite
complicated,maybe too many options ------------- The water rushes over all cities crash in the mighty wave; the final man is very small, plunging in for his final bathe |
Posted By: OzzProg
Date Posted: March 13 2009 at 14:47
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I am 17, and I'm having a good laugh at reading all these posts on how Facebook is the ROOT OF ALL EVIL. Facebook is essentially 4 things in one, and you can choose to use as little or as many as the features you want. Here are some notes for all you OLD GEEZERS (hahaha, I'm reckless and young!), and ANTI-FACEBOOK ADVOCATES 1. Facebook serves a profile on who you are; pictures, information on yourself, you beliefs etc... 2. Facebook it counts as a glorified E-Mail in-box, notoriously split into two parts. The first type called simply "Messages", are private to you, or anyone else the message was sent to. The second type consists of messages that can be displayed on your "Wall", which is just a public inbox essentially, great for sharing plans etc... 3. Facebook has an instant messaging service, which works very well, so can make the need for MSN, AIM, or Yahoo! messanger null. 4. You can add all sorts of crap to your profile (games, popularity contests, IQ tests etc...), and these are the things that generally turn off the older generations. People will "invite" you to start using an application, and many just mindlessly accept, and then can't figure out why their profile is cluttered. (so don't accept) =============================================================================== Back on topic, I joined the PA group and its all very well, but I would suggest that M@X create a "Page", rather than a group. A Page is much nicer looking, and you can do a lot more with it. For example, I am one of the Admins for the Yes Page on Facebook. (its unofficial, due to certain circumstances with the manager's of Yes), which has 11 477 fans. With a page, you can add applications like "Discographie", which allow you to add all the albums / info with a certain sleekness to it. I realize PA wouldn't have a discographie, but maybe you could put the top 100 albums or something like that, not to mention other usefull apps. p.s. if anyone would like to join the Yes page, here is the FB link http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Yes/15526452289 EDIT: the Yes page link only works if you have a Facebook account, and are logged in (i think) -------------  |
Posted By: M@X
Date Posted: March 13 2009 at 14:57
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Thanks OzzProg for the suggestion !!!!!
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Posted By: MrEdifus
Date Posted: March 14 2009 at 12:29
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I joined the group yesterday, Alex showed it to me. And I think a group is better for PA than a page, since PA itself is a group of people. ------------- 
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Posted By: OzzProg
Date Posted: March 14 2009 at 13:14
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^ You make a valid point, but that's not really the point. Pages are much more dynamic, allowing you to do so much more than a group. In a group you have a "Wall", and "Discussion" topics. In a page you have all of those + any amount of other apps you want, and some would be extremely fun / useful to have with a PA page. ------------- |
Posted By: MrEdifus
Date Posted: March 14 2009 at 13:18
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Perhaps, but I don't see us needed a use for half the apps out there.... (Then again, sometimes I don't see ANYONE needing half the apps out there...) And assuming that the "Music" section of the profile would be all the bands on PA.... Can you imagine having to fill that out? lol Whatever M@X wants to do is of course cool with me though. -------------
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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: March 16 2009 at 09:12
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Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 00:36
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have received several friend requests on Last FM since I put a link to my profile in this thread which is nice but I don't know who you are unless your name on Last FM matches the one you use here. So if you've sent me a request please message me on here or send me your Prog Archives name along with your friend request. thank you ------------- Time always wins. |
Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 02:47
------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 10:16
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I guess I`m an old geezer but no offence to anyone but I think these people who go to these social networking sites don`t get out too much. I mean, I`m Mr. Anti-social himself but I do participate in social activities with live people such as a Sherlock Holmes Club which meets every week at the local library. We talk and read Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.I have a radio show and mingle with other people at the station even if they are reggae freaks or Indie freaks. We talk ( and argue ) music. I also know people from the dog park when running my dogs. We talk dogs. I sometimes play the drums on a local open stage. Where I play anything. I go to the odd party when my wife twists my arm where I talk s***. I was even hesitant to put up my picture on my profile here, but I said what the hey let them see how ugly I am. The only people I chat with on my email are people I know. It`s cheaper than a long distance phone call to Australia or the UK. I dunno I just don`t know where the future is going anymore. C`mon Duke let`s go out on the porch and debate fate vs destiny. ------------- |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 11:53
The younger one, no, but the older one... oh yes. -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: M@X
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 15:14
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I've open a discussion on the Facebook Group to animate things a bit http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2244930602&topic=8878 - http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2244930602&topic=8878 The Subject is : Progarchives.com and Facebook, integrations ideas ? Let's brainstorm... ------------- Prog On ! |
Posted By: Conor Fynes
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 16:25
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I have a FB account. Just search my name, I'm in the Vancouver network. |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 17:58
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cool, i dont use that facebook frequently, but i will join the group ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: M@X
Date Posted: March 18 2009 at 13:47
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Hello Progarchives.com Group members, Thanks for joining. Just a quick message to let you know that the new official Facebook presence for www.progarchives.com will be the "Official Facebook Page" available here http://www.facebook.com/pages/Progarchivescom/56822568842 - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Progarchivescom/56822568842 . This is where future updates and features will be added and if you "Become a Fan" you'll start receiving updates and the popular Weekly PA Feed every week. Prog On M@X www.progarchives.com ------------- Prog On ! |
Posted By: OzzProg
Date Posted: March 18 2009 at 19:30
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I'm thrilled that you decided to make an Official page (as well as the group? Or will it be shut down?). I asked a question about the weekly PA feed on the page, but I'll re-post it here; How will we be receiving the weekly PA feed you said we will get if we are a fan of the page? Because it would be annoying to get it twice a week, once on FB, and once in my E-Mail registered with this account... Anyways, good stuff... ------------- |
Posted By: M@X
Date Posted: March 18 2009 at 21:02
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Thanks for the suggestion OzzProg about the page @ facebook ! As a developper mind, I check out the possibilities offered by the PAGE vs GROUP and it seems a better choice for future integration between PA and the FB page. Please share your suggestions. About the PA WEEKLY FEED , well you bring a valid point about the possiblities of receiving it twice. I'll think of something and maybe offer something more "social" to the FB version of the FEED... Let me think Please share your thoughts and succes story with the YES page. If you want Max ------------- Prog On ! |