Re:A "Not on Facebook" font icon for your website
by mynewwork on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @12:28PM
(#7104022)
I know you meant your comment as just an insult, but you're sort of hilariously off the mark.
The whole point of the "I don't own a tv" and the backlash against saying it, was that it became a way to demonstrate that you were leading too exciting of a life to bother wasting your time on TV. Before the modern resurgence of quality dramas (led by HBO, Showtime, now AMC) tv was viewed as almost exclusively low-brow, mind-numbing junk.
The type of person who didn't own a tv was someone who was too busy going to parties, traveling, reading, spending time on their hobbies & side projects, etc. They were exactly who was exciting to talk to at parties. So much so, that telling people you didn't own a tv became viewed as bragging, snobby or pretentious.
Re:A "Not on Facebook" font icon for your website
by abjorn on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @04:29PM
(#7105500)
My remark did come off as a bit ruder than I had intended, hah. And to be fair, TV is still almost exclusively low-brow, mind-numbing junk. :) I don't actually disagree with you.
Re:A "Not on Facebook" font icon for your website
by ItendToDisagree on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @11:12AM
(#7103470)
Maybe he is too busy, saving damsels in distress, fighting dragons, making 180 gazillion dollars, inventing a cure for Dyslexia, and making toast to watch TV...
Re:A "Not on Facebook" font icon for your website
by ItendToDisagree on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @10:45AM
(#7103225)
Or you could both talk about "X" show that you watched on Hulu(other streaming services) and TV. The world is more diverse now than needing a TV to 'watch TV'. And that is a good thing! :)
Re:A "Not on Facebook" font icon for your website
by untog on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @11:00AM
(#7103368)
Well yeah, this is where the metaphor breaks down - the FB thing is the "21st Century equivalent" because "I don't have a TV" was more of a 20th Century thing, when Hulu and the like didn't exist.
Re:A "Not on Facebook" font icon for your website
by ItendToDisagree on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @11:07AM
(#7103431)
Oh agreed on that. Was just pointing out you don't need a TV to discuss TV shows or have something to talk about with someone who watches TV for their entertainment.
Re:A "Not on Facebook" font icon for your website
by smackfu on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @09:44AM
(#7102739)
I find this whole concept weird. If you are using icons to represent what services you are on as links to contact you, why do you need one for a service you aren't on? And if you are trying to make a point of not being on Facebook, wouldn't a nice big colorful icon make more sense?
Re:A "Not on Facebook" font icon for your website
by cliveowen on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @10:13AM
(#7102946)
Actually it might be useful seeing how every webpage with the Like button you see is tracked by Facebook. The logo is just an assurance that FB won't know you visited the site.
What most people don't understand is that somewhere in Facebook's data centers there's a DB with entries like:
Re:A "Not on Facebook" font icon for your website
by err4nt on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @09:55AM
(#7102810)
Have you ever tried adding images for use as icons that look good on retina or HiDPI displays? I use icons for their perfect resolution at every size, no matter your pixel density :)
Re:A "Not on Facebook" font icon for your website
by krrishd on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @10:56AM
(#7103332)
"Whoa, I'm such a rebel because I don't use Facebook."
Disapproval of Facebook for whatever reason is fair, but just putting a logo up without any explanation as to what you hate about it is just annoying. Write a blog post. Don't tell us what you don't use, its just pointless information that's more confusing than helpful.
Re:A "Not on Facebook" font icon for your website
by tool on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @11:31AM
(#7103603)
So using a website for showing off and glorifying your every day life doesn't make you a tool? Don't even try to fly that 'socializing' bullshit, I can see your sushi eating pictures even with my eyes closed. Combine the nature of facebook with the real privacy concerns and I really can't understand why anyone, let alone technie, would use facebook.
I guess people just have different values and that's what I feel that this is about, showing off your values. Kind of like a bumper sticker, patch or a pin.
Re:A "Not on Facebook" font icon for your website
by chrismorgan on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @10:01AM
(#7102850)
Yeah, I'm was never especially happy with it, despite its shape being the GitHub g rather than the Google g; I'd prefer the octocat which can't be confused by any means. But (silly me) I hadn't even asked for that to change (the icon font in use is Rondo: http://www.tajfa.com/projects/rondo/). I have now done so.
Re:A "Not on Facebook" font icon for your website
by smackfu on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @10:27AM
(#7103053)
Ah, didn't realize this was a third party thing.
Yeah, it seems like the Octocat Mark is the recommended option now: "Use the Mark in social buttons to link to your GitHub profile or project"
https://github.com/logos
Re:A "Not on Facebook" font icon for your website
by frogpelt on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @10:46AM
(#7103244)
This doesn't make sense to me.
The people who care the most about not being tracked or having their privacy invaded probably do not have facebook accounts or do not stay logged into their account. Thus, it won't affect them. The people who still use facebook obviously don't have a problem with it.
Re:A "Not on Facebook" font icon for your website
by icebraining on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @10:49AM
(#7103262)
The people who care the most about not being tracked or having their privacy invaded probably do not have facebook accounts or do not stay logged into their account. Thus, it won't affect them.
If I told you I don't own a TV there's literally nothing else to talk about on the topic.
The whole point of the "I don't own a tv" and the backlash against saying it, was that it became a way to demonstrate that you were leading too exciting of a life to bother wasting your time on TV. Before the modern resurgence of quality dramas (led by HBO, Showtime, now AMC) tv was viewed as almost exclusively low-brow, mind-numbing junk.
The type of person who didn't own a tv was someone who was too busy going to parties, traveling, reading, spending time on their hobbies & side projects, etc. They were exactly who was exciting to talk to at parties. So much so, that telling people you didn't own a tv became viewed as bragging, snobby or pretentious.
What most people don't understand is that somewhere in Facebook's data centers there's a DB with entries like:
Paul Averageman (Facebook UID=3427342)
13:48 cnn.com
13:52 nytimes.com
13:59 youtube.com
ecc.
Here's a good writeup of reasons to stop using silly icon fonts and start using SVG.
http://ianfeather.co.uk/ten-reasons-we-switched-from-an-icon...
http://benhowdle.im/svgeezy/
Disapproval of Facebook for whatever reason is fair, but just putting a logo up without any explanation as to what you hate about it is just annoying. Write a blog post. Don't tell us what you don't use, its just pointless information that's more confusing than helpful.
I guess people just have different values and that's what I feel that this is about, showing off your values. Kind of like a bumper sticker, patch or a pin.
Yeah, it seems like the Octocat Mark is the recommended option now: "Use the Mark in social buttons to link to your GitHub profile or project" https://github.com/logos
The people who care the most about not being tracked or having their privacy invaded probably do not have facebook accounts or do not stay logged into their account. Thus, it won't affect them. The people who still use facebook obviously don't have a problem with it.
What's the point?
That's a little naive. http://www.zdnet.com/anger-mounts-after-facebooks-shadow-pro...