Comments on: Charles Barkley: “I Think Twittering and All That Facebook Crap Just Makes You a Loser” http://sportsradiointerviews.com/2009/09/30/charles-barkley-%e2%80%9ci-think-twittering-and-all-that-facebook-crap-just-makes-you-a-loser%e2%80%9d/ Your 1st stop in interviews from the world of sports Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:44:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Daniel Poneman http://sportsradiointerviews.com/2009/09/30/charles-barkley-%e2%80%9ci-think-twittering-and-all-that-facebook-crap-just-makes-you-a-loser%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-12759 Daniel Poneman Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:29:28 +0000 http://sportsradiointerviews.com/?p=12683#comment-12759 Gomer, what does that mean? I didnt say all 3100+ FB friends I have are my real friends, I said some of them have gone from being just facebook friends to becoming real friends or real business associates. Many of those 3100 are not my real friends, but the money I have made off of the relationships ive developed with some of them is very, very real. Gomer, what does that mean? I didnt say all 3100+ FB friends I have are my real friends, I said some of them have gone from being just facebook friends to becoming real friends or real business associates. Many of those 3100 are not my real friends, but the money I have made off of the relationships ive developed with some of them is very, very real.

]]> By: Daniel Poneman http://sportsradiointerviews.com/2009/09/30/charles-barkley-%e2%80%9ci-think-twittering-and-all-that-facebook-crap-just-makes-you-a-loser%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-12640 Daniel Poneman Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:52:38 +0000 http://sportsradiointerviews.com/?p=12683#comment-12640 One of the things that frustrates me most is when people hate on social networking sites, and say they are for losers or imply that they encourage an individual to waste time or be more anti-social. I am one of the the people who the above commenter was referring to, as I am routinely surprised and disappointed when peopled tell me that they don't have a facebook. Facebook and twitter are not all about finding out what your friends are doing or creeping on peoples photos. Some people may do that, but that is a personal decision that they made to waste their time and is completely unrelated to me. Facebook is INNOVATION OF SOCIAL INTERACTION. I have a network of over 3,100 facebook friends , and as a young entrepreneur there is no tool more valuable to me than this. It brings elegant organization to ones social network and provides opportunites to expand it in profound ways. Some examples: I need to interview basketball players for my website, and if I don;t have their number i can facebook them for the interview. Furthermore I can look through his profile pics to select the best photo for my site. I have met tons of different valuable business connections through facebooking. One of my top business advisors on my site and someone who has introduced me to a ton of people with great connections, is someone i met on facebook. I meet all of the writers for my websites by putting out feelers in groups and on pages asking if there are young people looking for an opportunity to write for a website and get a leg up on their peers. I can help change lives through facebook. Every day I post inspirational and motivational quotes on my status update, and they show up on all my friends news feeds. I get dozens of comments a day of people telling me how much they enjoyed it, were inspired, or will make changes in their life because of it. I;ve also inspired a lot of my friends to do the same. Many of the people who comment frequently are people who i didnt even know personally, who were just facebook freinds, and after reading a few statuses they realized i thought similarly to them and we have since become friends. Who likes carrying a camera everywhere they go and snapping photos? man do but I dont? Who likes organizing all of them in a scrapbook? many do but i dont. With facebook i can look at my 1000+ photos that have been tagged of me and reminisce on great nights ive had, and none of that would be possible without facebook. Furthermore, i can share photos, links, and cool videos with my friends with the click of the mouse instead of having to send it in the mail. In conclusion, if facebook has been the #1 tool for the success of my business (a business that helps inner city athletes get recruited by colleges), has made me a ton of friends who think like me and like what I do, enables me to inspire people daily, and makes my everyday social interactions more enjoyable and easy, how can you really talk negatively about facebookers because some indaviduals use it to waste time and stalk people. Some poeople use non-profits for money laundering, so are people who work for non-profits losers too? Daniel Poneman 18 years old illinoishsbasketball.com danielponeman@gmail.com youtube.com/danpon1 Twitter.com/HSBball PLEASE respond to me, somebody Facebook is INNOVATION of social interaction and is the future. Sprint and Verizon better watch out for FACEBOOK MOBILE One of the things that frustrates me most is when people hate on social networking sites, and say they are for losers or imply that they encourage an individual to waste time or be more anti-social.

I am one of the the people who the above commenter was referring to, as I am routinely surprised and disappointed when peopled tell me that they don’t have a facebook.

Facebook and twitter are not all about finding out what your friends are doing or creeping on peoples photos. Some people may do that, but that is a personal decision that they made to waste their time and is completely unrelated to me.

Facebook is INNOVATION OF SOCIAL INTERACTION. I have a network of over 3,100 facebook friends , and as a young entrepreneur there is no tool more valuable to me than this. It brings elegant organization to ones social network and provides opportunites to expand it in profound ways.

Some examples:

I need to interview basketball players for my website, and if I don;t have their number i can facebook them for the interview. Furthermore I can look through his profile pics to select the best photo for my site.

I have met tons of different valuable business connections through facebooking. One of my top business advisors on my site and someone who has introduced me to a ton of people with great connections, is someone i met on facebook. I meet all of the writers for my websites by putting out feelers in groups and on pages asking if there are young people looking for an opportunity to write for a website and get a leg up on their peers.

I can help change lives through facebook. Every day I post inspirational and motivational quotes on my status update, and they show up on all my friends news feeds. I get dozens of comments a day of people telling me how much they enjoyed it, were inspired, or will make changes in their life because of it. I;ve also inspired a lot of my friends to do the same. Many of the people who comment frequently are people who i didnt even know personally, who were just facebook freinds, and after reading a few statuses they realized i thought similarly to them and we have since become friends.

Who likes carrying a camera everywhere they go and snapping photos? man do but I dont? Who likes organizing all of them in a scrapbook? many do but i dont. With facebook i can look at my 1000+ photos that have been tagged of me and reminisce on great nights ive had, and none of that would be possible without facebook. Furthermore, i can share photos, links, and cool videos with my friends with the click of the mouse instead of having to send it in the mail.

In conclusion, if facebook has been the #1 tool for the success of my business (a business that helps inner city athletes get recruited by colleges), has made me a ton of friends who think like me and like what I do, enables me to inspire people daily, and makes my everyday social interactions more enjoyable and easy, how can you really talk negatively about facebookers because some indaviduals use it to waste time and stalk people. Some poeople use non-profits for money laundering, so are people who work for non-profits losers too?

Daniel Poneman
18 years old
illinoishsbasketball.com
danielponeman@gmail.com
youtube.com/danpon1
Twitter.com/HSBball

PLEASE respond to me, somebody

Facebook is INNOVATION of social interaction and is the future. Sprint and Verizon better watch out for FACEBOOK MOBILE

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]]> By: someone http://sportsradiointerviews.com/2009/09/30/charles-barkley-%e2%80%9ci-think-twittering-and-all-that-facebook-crap-just-makes-you-a-loser%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-12632 someone Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:14:44 +0000 http://sportsradiointerviews.com/?p=12683#comment-12632 I agree with the round mound of rebound. I mean I wouldn't say Chuck hasn't become a bit embarrassing in recent but I agree with his premise that following other each other so closely, or rather simply spouting trivial details about someones day, is an evolution of boredom. Go pursue your career or something. Pick up an instrument, a book, a hobby, something. I'm 25 and have lots of friends that have asked me 'why don't you have a facebook? when are you gonna get on 'space (long before Facebook took the throne for social networking)?' It's like it's EXPECTED of you if you're a young man or woman to be on some social site. Dunno. It's not for me. Before Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter I used to think blogs were laughable because who would want to know all these details about peoples mediocre lives? Don't they get the hint after 12 months of posts with all of 2 comments for all your enlightenment? But now the thought people were actually writing a few paragraphs with a theme for basically everyone to see in blogs seems far evolved from one-liners on Twitter, MySpace's 'thx for the add!' crap, or Facebook where you're only squawking to your approved circle of friends who probably already heard the story from you. I agree with the round mound of rebound. I mean I wouldn’t say Chuck hasn’t become a bit embarrassing in recent but I agree with his premise that following other each other so closely, or rather simply spouting trivial details about someones day, is an evolution of boredom. Go pursue your career or something. Pick up an instrument, a book, a hobby, something. I’m 25 and have lots of friends that have asked me ‘why don’t you have a facebook? when are you gonna get on ‘space (long before Facebook took the throne for social networking)?’ It’s like it’s EXPECTED of you if you’re a young man or woman to be on some social site. Dunno. It’s not for me. Before Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter I used to think blogs were laughable because who would want to know all these details about peoples mediocre lives? Don’t they get the hint after 12 months of posts with all of 2 comments for all your enlightenment? But now the thought people were actually writing a few paragraphs with a theme for basically everyone to see in blogs seems far evolved from one-liners on Twitter, MySpace’s ‘thx for the add!’ crap, or Facebook where you’re only squawking to your approved circle of friends who probably already heard the story from you.

]]> By: joel http://sportsradiointerviews.com/2009/09/30/charles-barkley-%e2%80%9ci-think-twittering-and-all-that-facebook-crap-just-makes-you-a-loser%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-12590 joel Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:05:02 +0000 http://sportsradiointerviews.com/?p=12683#comment-12590 He's right. He’s right.

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