In answer to Jackie's post, my original post wasn't so much to say that all social networking sites are pointless, only that they serve different purposes and that re-purposing the output to one medium doesn't necessary make sense in another medium. Sometimes I wish people would distinguish between the two mediums better. Very broadly Facebook is where you get together with mates or people you may be acquainted with to create some kind of enduring link with and want to keep tabs on therefore what you post will be different because it is a different audience to one on Twitter. Twitter itself is sometimes best thought of as a sort of stream of consciousness thing where you follow someone or un-follow them according to your likes and dislikes that day of the week etc. For example I am not on Stephen Fry's Facebook page (I'm sure he has one) because I am not one of his mates, on the other hand I do follow his tweets as actually authors himself rather than have a minion to do it as some may on Twitter because he is quite literate, witty and also a technology geek. By the same token he does not follow me because Twitter isn't necessarily a pure friendship network. Regards. Tristram Llewellyn Sight and Sound Technology Technical Support www.sightandsound.co.uk Mail: Tristram: tristram.llewellyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Technical: Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx General – info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone: Support line: 0845 634 7979 Sight and Sound Technology Limited is a company registered in England and Wales, with company number 1408275. Sight and Sound Technology Welton House North Wing Summerhouse Road Moulton Park Northampton NN3 6WD VAT Number – GB 860 2121 66. -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jackie Cairns Sent: 12 October 2009 13:28 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Facebook Hi I've never ever seen the point of these social networking sites either. Perhaps I'm missing something. Apart from anything else, I don't have time for gossip like that! Jackie Cairns Braille Specialist Email: jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sight and Sound Technology Ltd Welton House North Wing Summerhouse Road Moulton Park Northampton NN3 6WD Tel: 01604 798024 Mob: 07887 883815 www.sightandsound.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott C Sent: 12 October 2009 13:24 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Facebook This is why I don't really bother with it. I mean Why do I need to know that one of my friends has just made a cup of tea and is now going to bed? The stuff folk right is so so crud it's unbelievable to be fair. -----Original Message----- From: Tristram Llewellyn - Email Address: tristram.llewellyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent On: 12/10/2009 09:31 Sent To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Email Address: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Facebook I believe there are two different numbers from which you receive the messages from, one is for United States and the other an International one (the latter I suspect is not free). Hopefully someone who does this can give you more info. Facebook is meant to be different but have edged closer to Twitter which has more recently caught the online public imagination. In truth they were meant to be different things, Twitter a micro blogging portal and Facebook a full on social networking. To add further to confusion it is possible to post tweets into the status updates of Facebook. I have seen many people do this, personally this can be a bit tedious if all they are frequent posters of the type of thing "I'm having sausage eggs and beans" followed by "just paid for meal and walking somewhere" type posts. Regards. Tristram Llewellyn Sight and Sound Technology Technical Support www.sightandsound.co.uk Mail: Tristram: tristram.llewellyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Technical: Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx General - info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone: Support line: 0845 634 7979 Sight and Sound Technology Limited is a company registered in England and Wales, with company number 1408275. Sight and Sound Technology Welton House North Wing Summerhouse Road Moulton Park Northampton NN3 6WD VAT Number - GB 860 2121 66. From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Saqib Sent: 11 October 2009 20:58 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Facebook Hi. I have opted for SMS notifications to be switched on in Facebook. 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