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Apple banning Facebook in all retail stores
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Good on Apple...too many people camp on the Macs in the Apple store, and Facebook is one of the usual culprits. A little surfing is one thing, but it's a store, not some coffee shop.
I'm not a big fan of social networking websites like Facebook. It's a big time-waster and 90% of the communication on it is pretty inane. I much prefer communicating via email, phone or preferably face-to-face.
Some people have a large number of friends and enjoy socializing and meeting new people (a few of my friends are this way), and Facebook et. al. is a great way to keep track of hundreds of "friends".
But that's not me. I am on Facebook, but only because many of my friends refused to keep up an email correspondence and I more or less had to join up so I could keep in touch. It has it's uses, but many of my friends get frustrated because I don't check it for days and I miss all theur little status updates and whatnot.
I'm not a big fan of social networking websites like Facebook. It's a big time-waster and 90% of the communication on it is pretty inane. I much prefer communicating via email, phone or preferably face-to-face.
Some people have a large number of friends and enjoy socializing and meeting new people (a few of my friends are this way), and Facebook et. al. is a great way to keep track of hundreds of "friends".
But that's not me. I am on Facebook, but only because many of my friends refused to keep up an email correspondence and I more or less had to join up so I could keep in touch. It has it's uses, but many of my friends get frustrated because I don't check it for days and I miss all theur little status updates and whatnot.
On one hand, this probably a good thing from a practical standpoint. The last thing the Apple stores need is teenagers clogging up the Macs using facebook. On the other, this is Apple's clientele now.
Yes, the Apple Stores I go to usually consist of:
85% - Kids who work in the mall food court and/or Foot Locker checking their MySpace and/or Facebook along with their Hotmail and/or GMail.
10% - Mac users of various ages and genders (but mostly young males) who already own at least one relatively new Mac (and usually an iPhone) who insist on dragging their Windows using friends to show off the latest iPod or MacBook. Most of the time, the fact that the friend couldn't care less about computers in general and the Apple Store specifically and really just wants to go to Orange Julius and Old Navy makes no difference.
4% - Smart-ass power users (who in all likelihood have MacRumors accounts) intentionally asking the sales people questions that they themselves already know the answer to so they can starts threads on tech sites complaining about the aforementioned staff's lack of knowledge.
1% - Middle aged women who saw the hardwood floors and black furniture and mistook it for The Gap.
Speaking of bands. Yes, there are quite a few bands that I used to like when they were un-popular and underground... The difference is, when they sellout, you can tell they sold out because they sound like every other pop band out there that is sold out. It's not why I got into them.... I liked them for their unique sound and then they sellout and sound like the trash on the radio. I've never liked MySpace or FaceBook and I don't plan on it.
However, I used to like SpyMac... when it was just a small community, but now it has NOTHING to do with Macs and looks like a MySpace/YouTube CLONE. It's garbage now... just like when a band sells out. www.spymac.com
Half the posts in this thread look like they've turned into some sort of trash facebook campaign...
I think Facebook offers some great features. It's much easier now for when I move out of state to keep up with all my college friends. I'm a guy, and I'm not big into using the phone. So instead of calling every person on the phone, "What are you up to now?", I just check their profile.
The ability to keep contact information up to date is huge too. Just look at that Classmates Finder website. Those people probably wish they had something easy like Facebook; they wouldn't be trying to find out what the hell happened to their old friends.
Professional Appeal -- sort of an unforeseen effect, but if you work in some industry, lets say your a reporter, and you're hoping to get some information about a company, you go to facebook, and oh look, someone you knew works at that company. Instant in. You could also do this if you wanted to work at such a company... etc.
I think Facebook offers some great features. It's much easier now for when I move out of state to keep up with all my college friends. I'm a guy, and I'm not big into using the phone. So instead of calling every person on the phone, "What are you up to now?", I just check their profile.
The ability to keep contact information up to date is huge too. Just look at that Classmates Finder website. Those people probably wish they had something easy like Facebook; they wouldn't be trying to find out what the hell happened to their old friends.
Professional Appeal -- sort of an unforeseen effect, but if you work in some industry, lets say your a reporter, and you're hoping to get some information about a company, you go to facebook, and oh look, someone you knew works at that company. Instant in. You could also do this if you wanted to work at such a company... etc.
Apple hasn't banned Facebook like how they banned MySpace. Managers of stores are allowed to ban specific sites if they see a trend among their employees to visit those sites while they are on the clock and neglecting their duties. Facebook works just fine at my store. Logged in just before I clocked in. This is a dumb, unfounded, rumor.
There's the major flaw in this plan. If the Facebookers can't log on to find their friends' status, how are they supposed to know if any of their friends might be in the same Apple store when they're there?
Yes, but ... what can we do when Apple isn't even dropping any crumbs of real news, and topics like "will iMacs be dual-core or quad-core" are all talked out and then some?
C'mon Apple, we're dying here.
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I went to an Apple store and someone was doing email and facebook type stuff on the only 15" macbook pro for a long time. I wanted to try it out so after a while I just stood there over his shoulder reading what he was doing and he got annoyed and looked at me as if to tell me I should go. I'm 6'3" 220 so I just smiled and said "very interesting stuff you're doing" he logged off and left.
I went to an Apple store and someone was doing email and facebook type stuff on the only 15" macbook pro for a long time. I wanted to try it out so after a while I just stood there over his shoulder reading what he was doing and he got annoyed and looked at me as if to tell me I should go. I'm 6'3" 220 so I just smiled and said "very interesting stuff you're doing" he logged off and left.
I've got no objection to people using them of course, but it is frustrating when you are actually there to test a product and can't get at them because of all the teenagers browsing social networking sites. So if they decide to ban it (and bebo as well) I wouldn't object
Just after the new cinema displays came out I went to the White City store (London) to test it out and they only had 1 set up, I gave up and left after waiting for 25 minutes for the 2 teenage girls to finish browsing bebo.
Apple nearly lost a decent sale that day, at least they might have if it were someone else (but I had already decided I was very interested in getting one).
Just after the new cinema displays came out I went to the White City store (London) to test it out and they only had 1 set up, I gave up and left after waiting for 25 minutes for the 2 teenage girls to finish browsing bebo.
Apple nearly lost a decent sale that day, at least they might have if it were someone else (but I had already decided I was very interested in getting one).
At least they haven't banned MacRumors yet. It really pisses of the manager when he sees me on MacRumors. But he doesn't do anything about it. I'm waiting for him to say something
I get off of the computer when someone wants to look at it though, so IMO it's OK.
Don
I get off of the computer when someone wants to look at it though, so IMO it's OK.
Don
Yeah, that's a great idea. I'm 17, and I've only got £1500 of Apple gear sitting in front of me, so that'd really work.
Look at everyone in this thread pretending they only go to the apple store to legitimately purchase computers rather than to just ogle at the techo porn.
That's a stereotype. In the last 2 years, I have spent over $2500 at the Apple Store, and I'm only 14.
Don
i remember a ton of people on this board supporting this notion when a mall enacted this policy of requiring minors to have an adult with them to enter the mall
yup, here it is
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/502594/
what gets me is that people come into the store and spend hours on iPhones calling abroad. Im really surprised Apple doesnt block international calls. must cost them a fortune. I was in a store a few weeks back and some guy, looked arabic, had his own head phones and voice mic plugged into the phone chatting in arabic. I was in the store for a considerable time and he was on it the whole time.
As for blocking face book, whats next, hotmail, Microsoft, Sports sites ? there are so many sites people waste time on.
As for blocking face book, whats next, hotmail, Microsoft, Sports sites ? there are so many sites people waste time on.
I drop by once in a while just to inhale the Apple atmosphere.
I rarely buy anything there.