QL / Facebook addicts. Read this
Lack of Facebook Access Makes You Want to Quit? Grow up, Punks
What would make you quit your job? Lack of insurance or other benefits? A lengthy and expensive commute? Limited advancement opportunities? No Facebook access?
A recent survey by IT services provider Telindus found that a whopping 39 percent of 18-to-24-year-olds would consider leaving their jobs if a Facebook ban was imposed, reports vnunet.com. Another 21 percent said they’d feel “annoyed” by such a ban. I assume Telindus did the survey before the latest dismal jobs report.
This is one of those items guaranteed to make me feel like a crone, because my initial reaction is “Grow up, punks.” In fact, that’s still my reaction, even after mulling it over.
Yeah, I get that folks want to use consumer tools to help them do their jobs better. I use some consumer tools at the office myself. But let’s get real, Facebook offers little the average worker can use for work. As a recent Flowing Data study showed, the majority of Facebook applications fall into three categories: “just for fun,” gaming and sports. Not to mention, Facebook can have a deleterious impact at the office. In addition to its time-wasting potential, heavy Facebook usage can slow network performance.
Here is the link for the report:
up on Da book ?
all you get to see there are torture skills.
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lol QS..your right, i tried it once and never again, even the recipients are annoyed with what they recieve, i just ignore them now..I honestly dont know why its so popular, each to their own i guess..
it is boring...
but most annoying that you cannot open anything unless you send it to your friends.. and then when you open it, you feel embarrassed! WTH did you send!!
you see?? what happened! this stupid FB!! now.. i recevied from someone some post.. and it said: to see this post ,send it to your friends first... so i DID!! I sent it to Khanan! and THEN I could see this post!!! Khanan!! don't even open it!! pls!! I don't want your wife to kill you and probably me as well...what a stupid site!!
and those invites are kinda pesky most of the times....
Totally agree with QS...FB is annoying....esp quizes, sending flowers etc, very unproductive and boring...
Also agree with, your paid to work not waste time, do these things in your own time.
your employer is paying for you to finish what is supposed to be your work, not for browsing the internet. They got the full right to ban all of these unwanted [from their point of view] websites. That means good business to me anyway as I have no issues in blocking all of these things :)
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. (Gautama Buddha)
Thank God my company has blocked all sites like facebook, orkut, hi5 etc or else I would be wasting a lot of time..QL is fine though
i have never seen this option of unfolding.. usualy when you send this stupid test to your friends it disappears forever...only the number of applications which you joint to is keep growing.. what for?? they are the same any way...
i don't mind it to get banned at my home also...
what a stupid site with all these stupid applications.. they say "X sent you alike quiz, see how much you have in common with X".. you, like a stupid one, go to take this absolutely stupid quiz, and at the end they ask you to send this test to 500 friends.. and after all they completely forget to compare your answers with X’s answers.. so.. why have you gone through all that? Just to send this stupid test to your 500 friends, who will be going through exactly the same stupidity…
Or “Y sent the flowers to 1 person See the flowers"….
Well..it wouldn’t be too bad to know WHO exactly this 1 person which Y sent the flowers to? Was it ME or someone else?… but anyway, you sign for this application "Receive your Flowers”, and after that you never see these flowers again….. all they want you to do is just, again, to send this application to your 500 friends..
... very nice productive, informative, helpful site!!
QS....added to that this crazy thing "you will unfold the result of this application after sending it to your friends"....wehehehehe, and if you do not send it, you will not be able to get the result of the painstakingly time quiz you answered.. :D really crazy.. :/
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come on.. you are at the office, you are suppose to work! not to surf the net (to be on FB nor QL)....yeah yeah yeah.. :D
but it is a silly thing to consider quitting jobs just because FB is blocked or accepting jobs only when they can freely surf the net...sigh..look what the world has become now.. :P
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Someone reading this in the background in another part of the world is saying:"YEA WE WENT ON A HUNGER STRIKE FOR 15 DAYS FOR THE COMPANY BANNED FACEBOOK, WE FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHT CAUSE AND WE WON. PLUS WE GOT A 5% RAISE IN OUR SALARIES" hahaha :P
Una palabra no dice nada, Y al mismo tiempo, Lo esconde todo
lol some wicked stuff :D
Una palabra no dice nada, Y al mismo tiempo, Lo esconde todo
i dont like facebook
"There is only one happiness in life: to love and be loved"
in the company's prerogative...especially when it's proving to be counter-productive.
I got my YM so at least i know what's going on....
your face in mirror
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Varies from person to person. Depends how one uses QL or Facebook, either for networking or wasting time, like R7 says.
Few months back, I realized I was spending too much time on few networking websites from my work. I created a self firewall rule to block those sites for 2 months.
But yes, I'd be annoyed if someone else did place a ban on QL / FB access.
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to employees but not to supervisors/teamleaders.
Fortunately for me, I do have full internet access but the load of my work prevents me from websurfing. It's a good thing, really.
Coz when i go home in the afternoon, I look forward to see/read what happened in QL or facebook....
even i am fine with that its banned here at work.
ah but i still got my lappy but i dont want. QL is fine
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I don't have facebook access at work n i think its good otherwise id be wasting a lot of time !!! More than now i mean :P
ban QL some days back..and i was lost at all..couldnt concentrate on any work on that day...but come over it within 2 days...
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