Lois & Clark Forums Forums General Discussion Off Topic Social Networking

I've been hanging out in #lanekent - didn't know we had a #loisclark one.

You totally should! He's hilarious and also loves to share his pics with us.

I've never actually posted an ad, but I used to go on because it was so funny to read some of the things people were looking for. CL is an attractor for a lot of weirdos. One in a while you'll come across someone decent without ulterior motives, but you just have to make sure your reply to them stands out because there are a bunch of escort services and 'professionals' that look for clients on there by answering every ad.


I had no idea! I've never been. How do you get to it?

That's terrible! It's scary sometimes how careful we need to be on the internet how careful a lot of people (my included) aren't.

I had (about 2 months ago) a guy I chatted with online for a few weeks all of a sudden pop up out of nowhere while I was walking to school. He started talking to me and asking me if I lived around the area. He like followed me across this field to my school asking me questions about my school and where I live and what I do with my free time. I didn't even really recognize him. I thought maybe he looked similar to that guy, but I had only seen his photo and I'm terrible with faces, then about an hour later I got a text from him saying it was nice meeting me today in the park...

Just kind of goes to show that people can gather random bits of information and piece together what you do with your time and what not. I never once told him the name of my school, but I guess I told him enough about my city and what kind of classes I was taking that he figured it out.

Me too! I am glad to hear I am not the only one.

Although my hubby and I say there is no other way we could have met, as we are both quiet type. Even if we had literally fallen over one another in the library (and it would have to be the library), we each would have just mumbled 'sorry' and moved on. The meet-cute requires talking.

Thank goodness for Yahoo! Personals.

Us too! We literally lived only 13 miles apart, but never would have met one another if not for Yahoo. He had no real reason to come to where I lived, and I had absolutely no reason to travel to where he lived. And we are both uber-shy/quiet until we get to know someone.

This is a really interesting topic. I only got on facebook a few months ago at the urging of a friend.
I think i've only gotten on maybe twice. I've never been on twitter. Do the Yahoogroups mailing lists count? I have been on a number of them for years.
I don't really understand the appeal of Twitter.
Maybe i'll try it someday just out of curiosity.
I've no idea how to even find it. Anyone here old enough to remember the old letterzines many years ago in various fandoms via mail? They were fun but you could
send a reply and it could be weeks to months before seeing it in print in the next issue. It depended on which letterzine it was though as to how often they published. I still have a bunch of them.

By "letterzines" do you mean the old fanzines that were sent snail-mail? If so, then I sure remember them. I loved the old T-Negative Star Trek 'zine. Most of the episodes I had were reprints -- I discovered the 'zine too late to get most of the issues on their first run, but they were fun.

Joy,
Lynn

So far, at least, I don't do Twitter.

I like to read and go in depth, so the thought of being restricted to only 140 characters (whether writing or reading) just drives me crazy.

I've got a FB & Twitter though only use the Twitter to follow Adam Baldwin and Zachary Levi

I love my FB but it's strictly used for keeping in touch with people. It has definitely come in handy when I need to get current addresses for Christmas Cards. And finding out my sister is on bed rest or that close friends have just had babies (sorry, did that sound a little bitter?).

I rarely update my status because I have NOTHING interesting to say. I guess some people may find it interesting that I'm wearing jeans today and drinking a bottle of water but I surely don't.

I don't have any personal information on there like my address or phone number or even a current email address so I'm not really worried about anyone finding anything out about me.

I did have a semi-scary moment when I accepted a friend request from a guy I dated for 3 months when I was 16. Okay, I'm 28 now. It was 12 years ago. We dated for 3 months. I thought we'd have shallow conversations about what we do for a living, if we have kids, etc. Little did I know that the guy is a freak and started asking why I broke up with him and what did he do, that he just needs to know and don't worry, he's not trying to steal me away from my husband. Ummm... FREAK! Let's just say it was an eye opener that even people I know or knew can be psychos so that was when I removed all my personal information (and blocked that crazy).

Now I feel nice and safe.

Yes, i was talking about the letterzines via snail mail.
They died out after a significant portion of fandom got computers. I bought my first one in 1995. Around then a lot of fanfic was already appearing online first on newsgroups. I think the ones i have are from
the late 80's early 90's. Some of them came out relatively often, monthly or bi monthly. I guess they could maybe be considered fannish social networking to an extent. It was a long time in between comventions when you could talk with other fans.

Very true. Especially if you happened to be a high school student from a small town who could not even get to any conventions. The fanzines were pretty much my only contact with any other Star Trek fans. (My friends in high school were more into Dr. Who.)

Joy,
Lynn