it appears that I am not the only one that watches others activities!!!!!!!!!!
An @mac user and now @me user for over 6 years, does not matter that much. Just because you have an email address ending in @mac does not make you anymore important than anyone else, get over the .mac concept because Apple already has!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It appears that you have similar activities........worried a little too much about what I am posting??? I could not give a crap less about what others do as long as they do not interfere with my life, keep out of mine and I will keep out of yours. If you actually read the original post, it questioned the issues regarding the whole ".mac vs .me" name change stuff. I simply posted my opinion which I am entitled to have, and wanted to ask the question of "why worry about an email address vs. being consumed with self-promoting" websites.
Personally, I wanted to know and try to understand why seemingly everyone would bitch so much about an email address but will spend hour upon hour promoting relatively useless thoughts and rants on Twitter & Facebook. I believe that my question is a good one, why are you so offended by it??? Why are you overly consumed with my posts???
I don't get your hostility, why the hate about my post?, I was being honest about the whole selfish Twitter & Facebook crap. I have yet to find someone with substance that use these things regularly. Wouldn't a website/blog be enough?, or do you need the constant validation of being acknowledged throughout the day???
EVERYONE has their own personal beliefs, thoughts and opinions about any & everything in life and I was just stating mine. My post simply stated that the difference between being obsessed about an email address vs. promoting one's self are very similar, that is fact. Answer this question: when you call someone, do you ever say "hey its Me?", I am sure that you have done that sometime. This is not that much different than .me, it still shows that you are important enough to just say its me instead of saying your full name. Honestly, I am not 100% behind the new name change, but it is what it is. How ridiculous sounding are the names of others like: Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail, etc. I would rather have something simple and easy to remember for those that are not gifted at taking down email addresses correctly, @me.com should not confuse as many people which should be a good thing. I would rather have a unique email address like @me than to have something stupid like "selfpromotingsocialnetworkuser27649@yahoo" or "drunkcollegestudent@gmail" My email address is very nice, my own name @me which sounds a hell of a lot better than the preceding example. It also looks good when using in print on letters, forms, etc. It is easier for the reader to understand when composing an email message to me vs. trying to enter and not transpose numbers and goofy characters and other symbols that so many people use in their email user names. I want something that is nice and professional, so that anyone can email me at any time and not look stupid.
I have received so many dumbass email addresses from others over the past years that I just cannot believe how unintelligent they must be, I have been getting ones like these: "boysarestupid", "drunkchicksrock", "partytilyoupuke", etc. How could you give an email address like that to someone for a business purpose?, or to your grandmother?, or how about to a potential employer?????????
I recently had an advertisement for job candidates, I had the one above "BoysAreStupid@". I just do not get it, why would someone be so unprofessional with their communications? Everything that you do, each and every day is in some way "marketing yourself". You may not set out to do so, but just running to the grocery store could lead to an offer for something.....a better job, a date, a friendship, bumping into an old flame, whatever.
I have been approached by 3 employers in the past simply by my work ethic that they watched and liked, therefore, offered me the positions. When they happen to ask for my email so that they could send me additional information about their job opening, I respond with "myownname@me" which states that the email address is about me and I am the one that they would want for their position. I am rather grateful that my name was available for an email address, so that I do not have to use some stupid and idiotic sounding email for instances like these. How professional does "drunkchicksrock@gmail" sound for a potential employer?, or to give to your grandmother so that she can email you photos of grandpa's birthday?
Lets get over the @me nightmare already, it is not that important overall. Why not spend that time doing something that is more useful, perhaps volunteering somewhere.......instead of obsessing over MY posts and MY opinions!!!!!!!!!! Take a chill-pill already for god's sake, lets all hold hands and sing.
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Why does it bother you so much that others find enjoyment in something that doesn't interest you?
I don't Twitter and while I have a FB account, I rarely log in to it. But if that is how others want to spend their lives and it brings them some tiny bit of pleasure to an otherwise mundane existence, who am I to complain about it? I never notice. I am not forced to follow them on Twitter. I am not made to log into FB and see them playing Farmville and Mafia Wars. They don't track me down and make me accept a heart or a teddy bear. All of that goes on without troubling me one bit.
You could probably swap out your pet peeve for someone else's and say the same thing. Why do people like NASCAR? Redneck hicks!! Why do people scrapbook? What a waste of time, they should be contributing to society!!
I have a Mobile Me account
I use my original @mac. com for some things
I use an alias that is @me.com for some other things
I never give it a thought either way
Life is too short to always worry about what other people are doing
