@boc@phendrick My question, regarding the contraction of “will not”: if all the other contractions are some english word - possibly abbreviated - with n’t at the end, where did “won’t” come from? Shouldn’t “won’t” be the abbreviation of won not or wob not? Maybe “will not” should be abbreviated win’t or whatever? I could’ve found the answer on the internet by now, but I guess it’s not that important. 'Tis a silly language…
@Superllama7
Maybe “will not” became “willn’t” which then became “won’t” due to linguistic laziness? Such as how “boatswain” became “bo’s’n”, then “bos’n”, and, finally, “bosun”.
Similarly, how do you say “Worcestershire sauce”? I won’t (willn’t?) get into Narlens,LA, or even ho.
How do you like multiple contractions, such as “I’d’ve” or “shouldn’t’ve” ? Then there’s “twouldn’t’ve”
I made an account a very long time ago (sometime pre-iPhone) under a made-up name and never used it for anything. Probably still floating around their servers somewhere.
Joined about 10 years ago, because some people organizing a high school reunion thought I had quite literally died. Then I remembered why I hadn’t kept in touch with them, and recognized that Facebook is a solution to a problem I didn’t have. A total cesspool of crazy uncles, old girlfriends, and russian political bots. Had enough after a couple years, then deleted everything, removed all friend connections, locked down the privacy settings so the name would remain unavailable. Effectively deleted the account 4-5 years ago. What a relief. Like trying a really terrible batch of tainted pcp, the frenzy can sweep you up but it’s so amazing when you stop.
I’ve had an account since 2005 but I keep it as a decoy for my employer to search. I’m not sure I’ve actually made a post of my own in years, I just link stuff from my wife’s to fake activity. Somehow I still have hundreds of friends…I stopped trying to understand Facebook a decade ago.
I go on Facebook about once a month, then spend about 3 hrs cleaning up notifications. There’s around 50 notifications that will never be addressed. Oh well?!
I chose since inception, but it was actually sometime in the first couple months of 2007. I’m still on it, but I’m saddened by what it’s become. I mostly stay for a handful of internet friends that go back to a message board in 2004, and my kids’ school’s pta and orchestra pages and groups. Hopefully those will eventually move to Remind. I deleted all family except for my siblings (deleted my mom but eventually gave in and added her back) and a small handful of cousins. Now if I could just delete a few locals without worrying about small-town repercussions for my kids I’d be golden.
Too long ago, wish I, and my family weren’t on it anymore and were instead on a site that we can control instead of facebook controlling it. But, for now I can’t talk to most of them except there.
I had an account, joined about 10 or so years ago, Left about 5 years ago. Just the political ranting alone is a good enough reason to leave let alone all the privacy issues. I surely do not need to know that much about people and they sure the hell don’t need to know that much about me. as a matter of fact I killed my cell phone about a year ago and went back to a land line. It is so nice to be able to drive a car without phones ringing, also to be out in public without phones ringing… I told myself that I was not going to be one of those people going thru life looking down at a device…
I joined a long time ago but deactivated my account three weeks ago. I got tired of getting annoyed every time I visited the page. I also didn’t like the way that I reacted to certain posts from old classmates or acquaintances as it showed me how petty and snarky I can be. That’s an internal problem for myself but it still seemed like the right thing to remove myself from the situation. I did keep messenger because I talk to our kids, my niece, and others regularly through that.
I joined in 2005 because my SO needed to have me in her relationship status. Long story short, that was a big mistake
@Superllama7 that’s pretty much my story as well.
I didn’t, and I shan’t (yes, that’s a word).
@phendrick shan’t is more believable than won’t. What’s that short for, anyway??
@phendrick @Superllama7
It ain’t short for anything.
@phendrick @Superllama7 better shan’t than shart
@Superllama7 shan’t = (contraction for) shall not
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shan’t
@nolrak @Superllama7 I shan’t shart.
@phendrick I get that… what about won’t?
@phendrick @Superllama7 Will not = won’t.
@Superllama7 To be pedantic (and why not be, since this is all meh and moot?):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shall_and_will
Just put a “not” in front of these.
@boc @phendrick My question, regarding the contraction of “will not”: if all the other contractions are some english word - possibly abbreviated - with n’t at the end, where did “won’t” come from? Shouldn’t “won’t” be the abbreviation of won not or wob not? Maybe “will not” should be abbreviated win’t or whatever? I could’ve found the answer on the internet by now, but I guess it’s not that important. 'Tis a silly language…
@Superllama7
Maybe “will not” became “willn’t” which then became “won’t” due to linguistic laziness? Such as how “boatswain” became “bo’s’n”, then “bos’n”, and, finally, “bosun”.
Similarly, how do you say “Worcestershire sauce”? I won’t (willn’t?) get into Narlens,LA, or even ho.
How do you like multiple contractions, such as “I’d’ve” or “shouldn’t’ve” ? Then there’s “twouldn’t’ve”
I joined back when you needed a edu email address to register. i haven’t have facebook since 2012 or so.
Where’s the >10 years but after it’s inception answer? October 3rd, 2005 from what I can see on my timeline.
I made an account a very long time ago (sometime pre-iPhone) under a made-up name and never used it for anything. Probably still floating around their servers somewhere.
@awk it is one of the followers of Trump now.
Better question would be how long ago did you leave Facebook. 6 years ago for me.
Joined and left over 10 years ago.
Nope, nada
I have an account created over 10 years ago. I wonder if anyone noticed I stopped doing updates 2 years ago?
Joined about 10 years ago, because some people organizing a high school reunion thought I had quite literally died. Then I remembered why I hadn’t kept in touch with them, and recognized that Facebook is a solution to a problem I didn’t have. A total cesspool of crazy uncles, old girlfriends, and russian political bots. Had enough after a couple years, then deleted everything, removed all friend connections, locked down the privacy settings so the name would remain unavailable. Effectively deleted the account 4-5 years ago. What a relief. Like trying a really terrible batch of tainted pcp, the frenzy can sweep you up but it’s so amazing when you stop.
And I left about a year ago. Facebook is toxic.
@ThatsHeadly I find it far less toxic than Twitter. However, I used the term less toxic.
Never
The oldest post I could find was from 2007, but it seems unlikely to be the first, given its content:
I’ve had an account since 2005 but I keep it as a decoy for my employer to search. I’m not sure I’ve actually made a post of my own in years, I just link stuff from my wife’s to fake activity. Somehow I still have hundreds of friends…I stopped trying to understand Facebook a decade ago.
Facebook?
12 years ago.
Joined about 12 years ago. I like it. I use it to mostly follow video game news and get notifications on birthdays.
Probably around 2005, and I used MySpace more than Facebook until around 2008.
I go on Facebook about once a month, then spend about 3 hrs cleaning up notifications. There’s around 50 notifications that will never be addressed. Oh well?!
9/07. Swore it was earlier, but it’s over 10 years.
I chose since inception, but it was actually sometime in the first couple months of 2007. I’m still on it, but I’m saddened by what it’s become. I mostly stay for a handful of internet friends that go back to a message board in 2004, and my kids’ school’s pta and orchestra pages and groups. Hopefully those will eventually move to Remind. I deleted all family except for my siblings (deleted my mom but eventually gave in and added her back) and a small handful of cousins. Now if I could just delete a few locals without worrying about small-town repercussions for my kids I’d be golden.
I had an account back when it was ‘TheFacebook’.
If the Wikipedia page for the history of Facebook is to be believed, that puts me in sometime between February and June of 2004.
@SpenceMan01 Same here. :o
Too long ago, wish I, and my family weren’t on it anymore and were instead on a site that we can control instead of facebook controlling it. But, for now I can’t talk to most of them except there.
But I got back off of Facebook.They have lots of privacy problems, like printing anything you say all over the internet. No thank you.
I had an account, joined about 10 or so years ago, Left about 5 years ago. Just the political ranting alone is a good enough reason to leave let alone all the privacy issues. I surely do not need to know that much about people and they sure the hell don’t need to know that much about me. as a matter of fact I killed my cell phone about a year ago and went back to a land line. It is so nice to be able to drive a car without phones ringing, also to be out in public without phones ringing… I told myself that I was not going to be one of those people going thru life looking down at a device…
I joined a long time ago but deactivated my account three weeks ago. I got tired of getting annoyed every time I visited the page. I also didn’t like the way that I reacted to certain posts from old classmates or acquaintances as it showed me how petty and snarky I can be. That’s an internal problem for myself but it still seemed like the right thing to remove myself from the situation. I did keep messenger because I talk to our kids, my niece, and others regularly through that.
Still haven’t
No idea, does it matter?