Scary, just sent you a note on a book from Robert to look up (New Rules of Marketing and PR) to your myspace.

I’ve all but given up on Facebook. Don’t find it usefull for much except contacting my little sister at University (she’s on all the time updating pics, etc.).

I don’t often check your page anymore because I prefer the website. Hey does anyone know, if we remove David from our facebook freinds list, does this leave room for new people to join or does Facebook just entirely lock out new adds when a certain number is reached?

Never send you any message on facebook…I don’t like the way it works! This web site is well done and complete. I lost myself with all the way to keep touch with friends,family and I really think that I will get off of Facebook. Poeples who are really important to me knows how to join me.
So, what will happen if i try to join you on facebook? I’ll try right now…

That is one scary warning message!!! O_O!! And I have too heard horror stories about people being deleted without warning but my experience with Facebook has been mostly positive.

I can understand the filters from a consumer standpoint; however, I think the limits seem quite arbitrary! Maybe sending 10 messages in a day seems excessive to someone with 100 friends but to someone like yourself, it doesn’t. I think that facebook wasnt set up for the type of capacity it is now seeing and it needs to adjust.

ElizabethLouise - David’s facebook friend numbers fluctuate all the time so it seems that when people leave, room is opened up.

Yeah, I noticed that too…was on yesterday and saw that David “only” had 4,997 friends!

I love Facebook, haven’t had any problems. Mostly I like it for the photo-sharing, which is so easy to do there. I’ve never really liked MySpace, just don’t like the way it looks (FB seems much cleaner looking to me). I only joined MySpace so I could get updates from David, but now that he’s on FB and on here so much, I don’t go on MySpace anymore.

Facebook, for myself, has been a resourceful way of keeping in touch with people, the only problem I have had with them was when I got married and I wanted to change my last name. Facebook has to approve any name changes and it took me 4 or 5 times to actually get them to approve it and change it. David, I do have you as a friend on Facebook, however, I don’t check your Facebook page as much as davidusher.com or this one. I know there have been people who join your list of ‘friends’ on Facebook that are skeptical that it is actually you on there and not someone pretending to be you. I think I spend more time convincing people on your Facebook page that it really is you than I do writing you comments or messages.

Alright, I’ll take David off my freinds list. May be a good idea for anyone who checks the website rather than FB, could leave room for new people to discover.

facebook is just any other web community out there…the reason why it succeeded is i think it is very user friendly…i think that’s one of the reasons why - and it looks cool…the interface is so easy to navigate… most of my friends are on facebook now

plus, one thing i like about facebook is that it’s composed of massive amounts of developers/designers promoting apps that share a common value - the use of knowledge and technology..i had a great time making and publishing an app for you (though some things need to be ironed out by fb) but it was a learning experience for me as a graphic artist…myspace isn’t too developer friendly (it blocks apps, meaning you’ll have to dig deeper to find a solution for that problem)

so thanks to facebook and myspace as well…

Yes, a very scary and “official policing” message! It’s too bad you can’t have more than 5000 people as friends for one page. Facebook does most things better than Myspace but this problem is one Facebook has to update on or fix. However, if this happens, Facebook might not feel as safe or “walled” IMO. I haven’t had any problems with Facebook but my Myspace page got messed up once. I guess with anything there is always an upside and a downside. Again it’s all about checks and balances, the Ying and the Yang. Like in my Yoga class, the warrior pose is the most meaningful to me. It’s being balanced between the old and the new…pointing in both directions but looking forward. Which direction are you heading?

I use facebook mostly to connect with family, though not much else, and that’s mostly because they are on facebook instead of MySpace.

Quite frankly, I wish there’s just one big umbrella social network website that I can get into, where I can access people’s profiles from different accounts, because I hate having to open so many web accounts and set up so many profiles to stay connected to all the different social groups I’m in.

Sometimes too many choices isn’t always a good thing. But I am off tangent.

I think Facebook is good for certain things though I’m not sure exactly what yet. Maybe I just don’t find the interface very user-friendly. I do like the fact that it keeps me updated on my friends’ activities quite well.

I just had my account disabled two weeks ago for the exact same reason. There was a misunderstanding when i send out messages to local actors letting them know about some auditions we were holding.

Facebook’s programming saw the similar messages as spamming even though it was sent to folks who belonged to a group of actors looking for work.

Just goes to prove that sometimes automated technology doesn’t understand something that one-to-one human contact could… I received a personal response from a Facebook team member explaining the situation, and then they reinstated my account.

Boy did i become antsy when i wasn’t able to log in for 24 hours. It made me realize how much i’ve been relying on Facebook to help network my businesses… i would have been devastated if i lost everything it took me over a year to build.

I am not a fan of facebook.

Hey David, you have too much friends???
Maybe you should change your name(Vidad Reshu)and some of your caracteristics(your choice)and only tell it to us!!!
je suis géniale…
It’s not my fault, I really wanna be your friend and I can also be friendly with Vidad Reshu.

Hmm, I’m not a fan of facebook either.

I dislike how they apply the necessity of themselves through thier own users.

I can’t count the number of times that someone has come up to me and said “You HAVE to get facebook so I can talk to you” I just look at them and say “What do you think we’re doing now?”

I don’t know, I just don’t like facebook.

i wonder how many people they have just responding to questions and comments that are sent in… because they do respond very quickly… man that would be a crappy job. poor facebook people…

i hate it
yet im on it every single day

go figure

im amazed at how many people dislike facebook, not surprised but amazed:)
it will be interesting to see if facebook becomes a real utility, really gets imbedded in our online lives long term or…
becomes the next friendster
we’ll know in 5 years

I like facebook and have never had any problems with it. I use it a lot more than myspace, which I mainly use to get music updates and for discovering new music. I use facebook for keeping in touch with friends and family. When you’re studying abroad it’s a great way to keep in touch with people at home, especially when there’s a time difference and it’s hard to catch each other on MSN. It’s also crazy how you can find people you haven’t heard from since elementary school.

David,
I think people in general are fickle and will go on to the next thing that is fashionable. Facebook is the “IT” girl right now. Something new and fresh will come along soon and Facebook might be a thing of the past. My bet is in LESS than five years.

well it is good to know that i am one of those 5000 facebook friends you got there. but setting these things aside….

well, i sort of understand why theyb are not loetting you have another account since it will totally jam their database and networks. having another account would also start a debate on which of the two possible accounts would be the ‘real” one. on another note, at least the owners of facebook have conviction to follow their rules and guidlines and that you can actually get in contact with them if you have questions regarding their service or they warn you if you violate some of their rules unlike some other social networking sites you mentioned.

I dumped facebook some time ago, MySpace is much better in all regards. Forget the ugly interface and I hate the restiction of being from a certain place. It doesn’t make sense.

Steve

Yes I agree, being deleted and blocked without warning does bring about a really bad taste.

I need to add, I guess it just teaches us about being more patient… amongst other things.

I appreciate facebook - It has brought me back in touch with family that I have not spoken to in many many years due to the size of this planet and country. Close friends I had lost touch with have now re-entered my life. I did fall out of the honeymoon stage with it quite a while ago - but Facebook to me is a tool for communication. Myspace … well, is a waste of my time.