20090425, Article, Picture, 高雄/台北
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How Many Friends Is Too Many?
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Source: http://www.newsweek.com/id/137512/output/print
The songwriter Buzzy Linhart once said, "you've got to have friends." indisputable. But 5,000 friends? Questionable. The seeming excessiveness of that concept is part of the reason the social-networking site Facebook caps the number of friends any person can gather at that lofty figure. Yet when the popular Silicon Valley blog TechCrunch posted recently that Facebook was about to end the limit, the item garnered a lot of attention, and even some excitement. The report turned out to be a false alarm—Facebook still maintains a 5,000-friend ceiling, a company spokesperson told me, and has no plans to raise the limit in the immediate future. But the episode evoked a lot of questions about the nature of "friendship" when it comes to sites like Facebook and MySpace. How many friends is too many? And how friendly do you have to be with someone to become an online friend?
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Questions
1. This article touches on some problems with online social networking services. What are some of these problems, according to the Newsweek journalist?
2. Have you ever used sites such as Facebook, MySpace, MSN, Twitter, or the local Wretch.cc? What do you think are the positives or negatives of such online services? What are the risks and benefits associated with them?
3. What is your opinion on internet chatting? Do you think it is unrealistic? Do you prefer to talk in person?
4. Why do you think online social networking services are becoming more and more popular? For instance, Facebook has over 200 million active users and 100 million users logging on per day, according to its website.
5. Do you think real friendships are found online? Do you have any interesting stories about how your friendships were forged, whether in real life or online?
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Time：第204次例會，2009年04月25日（週六）下午2:30-5:30 [高雄 6-9]
Place：
viewtopic.php?t=15
14:30~15:00 Whiteboard Chat
15:00~15:50 Speaker Session
15:50~16:00 Break
16:00~17:15 Topic Discussion
17:15~17:30 Happy Time
Taipei Dinner Location
Taipei Host: Timothy Cheng / Speaker: Junior / Photographer: Jammy Tsai / Happy Time: Twink Huang / Gourmet: Tom
NOTICE!!
Taipei Venue Changed to 崇基樓 5F This Weekend, Classroom 505!!
Please see the details!→CLICK!!
How Many Friends Is Too Many?
[ATTENTION: BECAUSE OF COPYRIGHT CONCERNS, WE CANNOT REPRODUCE THE WHOLE ARTICLE HERE. PLEASE VISIT THE SOURCE TO READ AND PRINT THE ENTIRE ARTICLE]
Source: http://www.newsweek.com/id/137512/output/print
The songwriter Buzzy Linhart once said, "you've got to have friends." indisputable. But 5,000 friends? Questionable. The seeming excessiveness of that concept is part of the reason the social-networking site Facebook caps the number of friends any person can gather at that lofty figure. Yet when the popular Silicon Valley blog TechCrunch posted recently that Facebook was about to end the limit, the item garnered a lot of attention, and even some excitement. The report turned out to be a false alarm—Facebook still maintains a 5,000-friend ceiling, a company spokesperson told me, and has no plans to raise the limit in the immediate future. But the episode evoked a lot of questions about the nature of "friendship" when it comes to sites like Facebook and MySpace. How many friends is too many? And how friendly do you have to be with someone to become an online friend?
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Questions
1. This article touches on some problems with online social networking services. What are some of these problems, according to the Newsweek journalist?
2. Have you ever used sites such as Facebook, MySpace, MSN, Twitter, or the local Wretch.cc? What do you think are the positives or negatives of such online services? What are the risks and benefits associated with them?
3. What is your opinion on internet chatting? Do you think it is unrealistic? Do you prefer to talk in person?
4. Why do you think online social networking services are becoming more and more popular? For instance, Facebook has over 200 million active users and 100 million users logging on per day, according to its website.
5. Do you think real friendships are found online? Do you have any interesting stories about how your friendships were forged, whether in real life or online?
例會須知
參與例會，請自行列印當週的討論文章並帶至現場，圖示如下：
請將社團網站，加入我的最愛
http://www.happyforum.org/
新竹，每週六 230-530 PM
Hsinchu, every Saturday
Place：
viewtopic.php?t=15
台中，每週六 230-530 PM
Taichung, every Saturday
Place：
viewtopic.php?t=15
高雄，每週六 6-9 PM
Kaohsiung, every Saturday
Place：
viewtopic.php?t=15
台北，每週六 230-530 PM
Taipei, every Saturday
NOTICE!!
Taipei Venue Changed to 崇基樓 5F This Weekend, Classroom 505!!
Please see the details!→CLICK!!
