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pippilicious

WHERE DID YOU ALL GO?

Feb 14, 2008 07:46

Gah!
it took a long time for people to convince me to join LJ, and i finally did because no one emailed anymore and you had to be on LJ to be in the loop.

Now,

everything is announced via Facebook and apparently it is MY fault that i don't get fricken invitations to things!Facebook, MySpace, LJ, mobile phones. ICQ, msn, gtalk. God help us, do we ( Read more... )

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katels February 13 2008, 22:32:52 UTC

I know. I hated even the mere concept of Facebook, and then I caved and joined the Dark Side. It really is so much more useful than LJ for event organisation, though, because it's easier for invitees to RSVP and easier for inviters to make the appropriate arrangements.

Honestly? I'd go with Option 1. Option 2 is tempting, but ultimately destined for hurt. Option 3 is entirely lacking in contingency, which offends my Capricorn sensibilities. And Option 4, while it does have its charm, is likely to lead to friction as I have already endorsed another world-taker-overer, and she's already given me an important ministry portfolio...

katels February 14 2008, 02:37:38 UTC

It occurs to me that I actually missed the point of your post and the reason for your anger. I think it is totally unreasonable for people to put the blame on you for not knowing about their event when they did not trouble themselves to CONTACT you. People know who they've invited on a Facebook Event, and can see that you are missing. Therefore, they must call, text, email or put a post on LJ, whatever it is that will mean a message with the salient details finds its way to you.

Which makes me feel bad that I didn't post details of my last (failed) KTQ on LJ. You being there would have upped the frivolity greatly! However, I am glad that you missed it, because it means that you don't think all my BBQs and parties are like that.

pippilicious February 14 2008, 22:22:34 UTC

:)
of course, had you not told me this, i never would have known at all!
BBQ in this rainy weather are tough to organise. I'll forgive you its failure.

hecticred February 13 2008, 22:40:58 UTC

the problem is, that a lot fo these social networking things perform a slightly different function. All the kids who don't want to have to write/read blogposts to communicate with people go to facebook, and unfortunately, that includes a considerable wedge of my friends and acquaintances. It is much better for things like posting photos and organising events than LJ is as well.

Unfortunately it does rely on you having the right people friended...i wasnt' invited to SUMS pub night last night. I had to find out about it second hand. I ma quite shitty about the fact that they didn't publicise it by some sensible means like USING THE MAILING LIST. It was very cliquey of them.

bitspike February 13 2008, 23:22:54 UTC

They didn't use the mailing list?!

*facepalm*

While I do agree that facebook makes photo posting easier, I much prefer lj's html capacity. Now that I think of it, since I don't check facebook more than, perhaps, weekly, I wonder how many photo posts people have made that I have missed out on seeing completely.

pippilicious February 14 2008, 22:24:17 UTC

no they didn't use the mailing list for the pub. They as yet have NOT used the mailing list, period.
I found out that the first rehearsal for SUMS is in two weeks by asking the president of the society. Two weeks, and they haven't actually told anyone. Sigh...

pippilicious February 14 2008, 22:27:52 UTC

I'm surprised that 2 weeks from first rehearsal, i had to find out when rehearsal started by asking the president. Talk about complete non-use of the mailing list!
As it was, i found out about the pub night because Lisa Teager nee Kyiet sms'd me. I don't know where the mass announcement got made, but i certainly wasn't on it.

bitspike February 13 2008, 23:19:15 UTC

I totally understand your frustration. If I organise events, I make sure to post to livejournal and, at the very least, email people directly if I have their address.

However, it's been ages since I've actually been the one organising anything, so all my good intentions, practicality, and catering for friends of different communication persuasion is irrelevant =)

Suggestion: don't join facebook unless you really need to. It's useful, sometimes, but as you said it's 'another blog thing to check' - and when you do, you have fifty+ invitations to applications you don't want.

evil_s February 14 2008, 09:48:01 UTC

*refuses to get a facebook* but thats ok cos i do alot of the organising down here so its them that miss out not me :D

aunty_del February 14 2008, 10:07:23 UTC

*hugs*

I'm a bit of a mixture of 1 & 2. I'm an LJ girl but reluctantly also have a Facebook. I can't tell you any benefits of the latter, unless you like virtual potplants and juvenile quizzes, nor why I haven't deleted my account.

Option 2 appeals to my stubbornness and sense of subversion - they know who they've invited, as someone else has said, and if they don't invite you, then *rasberry*.