The Public Is Growing Weary of Popular Technology

Congratulations, you are doing a great job.

Job?...JOB??? I don't work. I'm retired. I do only what I wish to do.

Well, how do you want to name it? You achieved a lot by yourself and if you had pleasure, all the better. I am sure that you can be proud of it.

I am happy with what I have accomplished but I am a classic under-achiever.

Don't say that, you desserve better. You certainly made great efforts, you invested much time, money and patience, and you must have great skills. Not anybody could achieve what you realised. Congratulations, and I mean it.

Let me explain a little.
Although IQ is more about one's ability to solve problems, I completed a series of three proctored tests scoring between 96th percentile and 99.67th percentile. Along with that my father taught me how to use common sense.

I didn't attend college until I was 49 years old but maintained a 4.0 GPA and made the Presidents List with scholarships.

I worked most of my life solving problems for others in the construction, computer and teaching industries. My income was never more than mid middle class but I always kept my head above water.

I could have achieved more but I enjoyed what I did over the years. I guess the best thing that I accomplished was to raise six kids and see them all through college and they have all been fully employed through this economic terror.

I researched economics and economic history for years as I found time but now that I am retired I research full time and discuss economic issues with other sodaheads.

Interesting - you are exceptional, and you certainly helped many people.
And, whats more important, you opened your heart.
Thank you for telling me.

It's not that people are fed up with the brand....They are fed up with synthetic and cheap to make reality web sites, television......People are feeling screwed by these never ending scams and of mobiles that never seem to stay in vogue for five minutes, television shows where you have to cast a vote that cost you money, when you have paid over one hundred £100 for the license to watch.....Whether it be a television programme or a mobile phone it is all costing more than it is actually worth.

Ban The reality shows and make mobile programmes free of charge......After all you have paid an arm and a leg to own the damn thing. Why should you have to pay the other arm and leg just to keep it running.

Even recorded music is not sacrosanct... with digitally enhanced instruments and sounds.

Where am I supposed to vote?

This is pretty silly, people.

*sigh* i wouldnt be on fb if it wasnt this special somebody ^-^'

I defiantly agree that I will use less Facebook in the future and that there will be a social network to eclipse Facebook. Facebook replaced MySpace, didn't it? But, the reason I'll use less Facebook in the future is that I'll have other things to do.

DECADES OF TECHNICAL "IMPROVEMENTS" HAVE REPLACED MANPOWER IN MOST ALL WORKPLACES.....AND IT WILL CONTINUE.

Good.

The novelty is wearing off and folks can get back to healthier pursuits.

I like my iPad but there are several apps on it that I no longer enjoy. Technology overall totally overwhelms me. Sure wish I understood more.

Well, I was fortunate enough to be born in 71 and remember when a pong game was the newest in home tech. I remember not having cell phones or home computers. However, I have learned a thing or two about trends in tech development. The one thing I have learned is to not pay attention to the newest tech and wait until versions 2.0 or higher have come out. Let the people with more disposable income waste their cash on the newest tech to look cool and wait until those funds get used to make better tech that is better.

Technology has hit a brick wall right now.

And the question was? Geezuz, I meandered through all that garbage and forgot what the question was. This fool is going on block just for being so stupid.

Well we know he will blame somebody.

You know how when something new and improved is marketed and everyone just hasta have it?Of course it's outrageously expensive and in about a month it will become obsolete due to the next big thing so the cost of the original is cut in half or more and then is found in the bargain bin at Walmart.Well I'm waiting until they perfect everything and it's free.

I'm always way behind the times on tech because I wait for the cost to come down dramatically before I buy.

Harry Reid is a Hero?? he got paid off by the rackets in vegas. He hip deep with some of those pure mafia schmucks.Harry reid is a scumbag !

NO! Stop with all this unnecessary technology, my gosh. Can it get much worse? The human race is becoming more & more lazy. We are letting ourselves B distracted from priorities & all the little enjoyable things in life, all because of this brain-washing, busy, high-tech clutter. Enough is enough. We can't let this stuff become excessive. All these gadgets are constantly being tossed like dirty diapers anywho, right after something new comes out, they're already working on something to replace it. Y waste ur money on that stuff?

Popular Technology is the Internet "industry" of Y2K. The novelty eventually wears off.

It's all about attention and being spoiled or unattended by parents. Internet, ipods, texting, cameras, television, hasn't helped either......

Facebook has just become completely out of touch with reality. Every time they make a change to the site it just becomes uglier and their changes and updates are supported by almost NONE of their user base. Also, the IPO was a completely overvalued disaster.

Your opinion != reality
Granted many people feel the same way, but again, the same applies.
Facebook has to keep up with the times, and set the standard as they always have done. Each change does this...
Sure, you may not like their changes, a lot of people don't, but they continue to gain support, gain members, rather than lose them, so, like I said, your opinion there, not reality, at all.

So just because membership increases this automatically means the changes are "good?" In my opinion, a change that makes virtually your entire user base want to vomit (ie: the timeline) is a failure. If their users are increasing this is because almost everyone is already on there and there isn't really a viable alternative.

Do you even know what happened with their IPO? They lost BILLIONS by making it way too high in the beginning. That was a pure failure, in an economic sense, in a business sense, in EVERY sense of the word. My guess is that you either have no idea how economics/the stock market works or that you had your head in the sand when even all the media covering said the offering was WAY too high.

Again, your opinion is not reality.

Nobody said that membership increase means the change is good. If however the membership drops significantly, it's bad. Continuing along the same pace is NOT bad.

As far as their IPO, that's what happens when you play with stocks. Too many people bought the stock and immediately panicked. That's not Facebook's fault. There's no way to "predict" that stuff.

the IPO cost is set y the Brokage company they Screwd Up

I know...I lost like $200 on it. And I thought that if anything would be secure it would be facebook...I guess there's no such thing as a sure thing.

do not feel bad my sister who works for a Newspaer in Boston got wind of the I POD 6 mnths beore it was announced bought 10.000 shares of Apple t 1.25 a share it has spilt once 2 for 1 so she is a rich rhymes with twitch

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damn....

FB is failing.

With 800+ million (active) users, which is 7x more than their closest competition (twitter), I think it's safe to say that they haven't got much to worry about there.

That is not what those that bought their stock are thinking as they watch the value fall.

Well, of course, but then again, people who bought this stock from day one are not exactly the brightest bunch anyways. There was no question this was high priced. That DOESN'T mean that facebook is failing however. It just means that people made stupid decisions with their money.