I know you meant your comment as just an insult, but you're sort of hilariously off the mark.
The whole point of the "I don't own a tv" and the backlash against saying it, was that it became a way to demonstrate that you were leading too exciting of a life to bother wasting your time on TV. Before the modern resurgence of quality dramas (led by HBO, Showtime, now AMC) tv was viewed as almost exclusively low-brow, mind-numbing junk.
The type of person who didn't own a tv was someone who was too busy going to parties, traveling, reading, spending time on their hobbies & side projects, etc. They were exactly who was exciting to talk to at parties. So much so, that telling people you didn't own a tv became viewed as bragging, snobby or pretentious.
Maybe he is too busy, saving damsels in distress, fighting dragons, making 180 gazillion dollars, inventing a cure for Dyslexia, and making toast to watch TV...
Or you could both talk about "X" show that you watched on Hulu(other streaming services) and TV. The world is more diverse now than needing a TV to 'watch TV'. And that is a good thing! :)
Well yeah, this is where the metaphor breaks down - the FB thing is the "21st Century equivalent" because "I don't have a TV" was more of a 20th Century thing, when Hulu and the like didn't exist.
Oh agreed on that. Was just pointing out you don't need a TV to discuss TV shows or have something to talk about with someone who watches TV for their entertainment.
I find this whole concept weird. If you are using icons to represent what services you are on as links to contact you, why do you need one for a service you aren't on? And if you are trying to make a point of not being on Facebook, wouldn't a nice big colorful icon make more sense?
Actually it might be useful seeing how every webpage with the Like button you see is tracked by Facebook. The logo is just an assurance that FB won't know you visited the site.
What most people don't understand is that somewhere in Facebook's data centers there's a DB with entries like:
Have you ever tried adding images for use as icons that look good on retina or HiDPI displays? I use icons for their perfect resolution at every size, no matter your pixel density :)
"Whoa, I'm such a rebel because I don't use Facebook."
Disapproval of Facebook for whatever reason is fair, but just putting a logo up without any explanation as to what you hate about it is just annoying. Write a blog post. Don't tell us what you don't use, its just pointless information that's more confusing than helpful.
So using a website for showing off and glorifying your every day life doesn't make you a tool? Don't even try to fly that 'socializing' bullshit, I can see your sushi eating pictures even with my eyes closed. Combine the nature of facebook with the real privacy concerns and I really can't understand why anyone, let alone technie, would use facebook.
I guess people just have different values and that's what I feel that this is about, showing off your values. Kind of like a bumper sticker, patch or a pin.
Yeah, I'm was never especially happy with it, despite its shape being the GitHub g rather than the Google g; I'd prefer the octocat which can't be confused by any means. But (silly me) I hadn't even asked for that to change (the icon font in use is Rondo: http://www.tajfa.com/projects/rondo/). I have now done so.
Yeah, it seems like the Octocat Mark is the recommended option now: "Use the Mark in social buttons to link to your GitHub profile or project"
https://github.com/logos
The people who care the most about not being tracked or having their privacy invaded probably do not have facebook accounts or do not stay logged into their account. Thus, it won't affect them. The people who still use facebook obviously don't have a problem with it.
The people who care the most about not being tracked or having their privacy invaded probably do not have facebook accounts or do not stay logged into their account. Thus, it won't affect them.
