Comments on: facebook is great for moms

By: Lyle_S

Lyle_S — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:46:44 +0000

You thought her name was spelled Cristen? Must be a Greenland thing.

By: jb

jb — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:30:43 +0000

Oh, how I’ve changed. And have been back ’round and changed again. But that’s not what I’m seeking out, Rolston. It’s more selfish, greedy, gossipy even. It’s more like voyeurism. I want to know about others without having to give up the goods on me. A little shitty of me, I admit, sheepishly. And I don’t necessarily agree with charting yourself against others. In the big scope, I could give a rat’s ass about what a former classmate is doing now. I’ve muttered aloud “whatever happened to…” in my life, but what charts my growth is me. Where I’ve been, what I’ve learned, how I’m using it to better my self, my life and those I choose to saddle up next to. I’ve never been a competitive person. Perhaps that is the difference.

By: Rolston

Rolston — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:56:46 +0000

well Eric, you are more than welcome to stay at my place. In fact, Matt Conway and I invite you all to stop in for a day or two. Maybe longer, by special arrangement and some money changing hands. (don’t give it to Matt)

I am a hub of socially evolved thinking, so the price isn’t cheap.

JB, what happens when you track down old friends? You realize you changed. That’s all you wanted to know. Things are different. We all want to know we’ve grown up. What reinforces that better than meeting the freshman class of 1991 online? Or in person at Yoken’s Restaurant and Function Hall? (RIP) You chart your growth against the others.

Like Kristen. I always thought it was with a C. She probably thought Jon had an H. We are both in charge of healing hearts. We should have dated. Next time we meet we’ll probably fall in love. That’s why classmates.com was able to make any money at all. People are dreamers. Love is so easy online.

By: jb

jb — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:08:38 +0000

What if we aren’t suppose to find old friends, old lovers, past schoolmates? What if certain people are suppose to drift in and out of our lives? Maybe finding people from our past is part of the decline of civilization. Maybe Classmates.com, Facebook and MySpace are multiple personalities of the Antichrist.

Back in “the day”, the only ways to find people were to A) pay a lot of money to a Private Dick or B) appear on Donahue, Geraldo or Oprah. Nowadays, one can simple log in to a myriad of websites and locate their long, lost fill in the blank.

Someone outta do a study…

By: Lyle_S

Lyle_S — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:47:22 +0000

I just look stuff up on the internet. I just think of what I wish I knew and then I learn it for a few minutes, pass it on and forget it.

The toilet paper promise was what got my vote, I remember that clearly. The icing on top was all the overachieving female candidates got so bent out of shape when Jon won.

I’m pretty sure Kristen Alandydy is head of the cardiac department at a hospital in San Diego. You should stop down there some time, Jon, and ask her if she wants to team up with you to organize the 20th year reunion.

By: J Landry

J Landry — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:41:17 +0000

Jon: I think we should have your impeachment overturned. I mean, shit you followed through and brought the toilet paper to school like you said you would. Just because we didn’t raise any money for our senior class wasn’t your fault. We survived.

Lyle: You’re a walking encyclopedia of knowledge. I’m very impressed.

By: Lyle_S

Lyle_S — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:32:12 +0000

That CEO was clearly a dumbass.

Classmates was sold in 2004 for $100M to a company called United Online, which apparently likes to buy internet dinosaurs (NetZero and Juno being amongst their acquisitions). At the time, they were bringing in $54M a year in revenues from 1.4 million paying subscribers. That might sound like a lot until you factor in 175 employees in the Pacific Northwest and you’re probably talking about no more than $26M once payroll is removed. Throw in some other operating costs (facilities, advertising and hosting their service) and they probably had profits in line with what a mid to top tier professional athlete makes. That’s not too good for a publicly traded company.

As far as Facebook goes, I just can’t get into it. I think I’m adverse to networking in general. Most people I want to track down from the past seem to have their own internet presence (MRIP or rocketfuelonly.com for example) or frequent those hubs of socially evolved thinking. Maybe I shouldn’t prejudge, though.

By: Eric Waters

Eric Waters — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:30:51 +0000

rolston- did my friend request today make you write this article!? The thing is dumb but we’re all monkeys who wanna pick each other’s fleas. And I would like to see you if I make it to SF this spring…