From: mumble@nomail.invalid   
      
   On 06/16/2014 12:08 AM, David Friedman wrote:   
   > On 6/14/14, 8:27 AM, mumble wrote:   
   >> On 06/14/2014 08:07 AM, C. E. Gee wrote:   
   >>> On Thursday, June 12, 2014 2:58:20 AM UTC-7, mumble wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Does "Internet Friends" really mean "Facebook Friends"?  I'm of the   
   >>>>   
   >>>> opinion that Facebook is a bad joke and the google equivalent is   
   >>>>   
   >>>> following it down the same tube, but I realize that's a minority   
   >>>> opinion.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>> Facebook is an incredible source of advertising.  You just have to   
   >>> know how to utilize it.  And it's free!!   
   >>   
   >> Advertising, marketing oneself, becoming a "ride-along" to the   
   >> publishing industry... what a load of mercenary twaddle, apparently   
   >> "writers" today are looking for money but not capable of obtaining it   
   >> through more efficient means than sucking up to the publishing industry,   
   >> which leads me to conclude that the modern lot's unlikely to ever come   
   >> up with anything justifying Edward Bulwer-Lytton's famous adage "The pen   
   >> is mightier than the sword" since their only real interest in the pen   
   >> seems to be applying it to a checkbook.   
   >   
   > Using Facebook and similar instruments   
      
   Similar instruments are doubtless less intrusive than Facebook.   
      
   > to publicize your work isn't   
   > sucking up to the publishing industry any more than crying your wares on   
   > the street would be. It's cutting out the publishing industry and doing   
   > part of the publisher's job for yourself.   
      
   Agree.   
      
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