Comments on: You can’t Burn on Facebook

By: Paul Dominic Lopez

Paul Dominic Lopez — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:41:41 +0000

Facebook is what you make of it…think of it as an extension of the playa, another camp, a community to share and embrace information, ideas and thoughts. We take what we need and give back with knowledge or links to support our community. Now Facebook should not be our only reference point to collect information about HOME, but it’s one of the many places to meet new people and community. As they say there is no cookie cut out for a burner, we come in all shapes and sizes, from all walks of life, and every one of us are individuals that appreciate and respect others or I would hope. The one thing for sure that we all have in common is we burn.

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By: DB

DB — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:22:01 +0000

Facebook ONLY exists as a way to commodify people and sell their data to advertisers. It is an extremely commercial anti-burner site. Most burners I know would never consider getting a Facebook account. Using e-mail and a website is fine; Facebook is not. Facebook does not believe in privacy or humanity; only in commerce and narcissism.

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By: Mercedese Witty

Mercedese Witty — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 06:11:00 +0000

I got on Facebook just so I could keep informed of what was going down with my Burner Friends. Facebook is for everyone nowadays and it is a great way to keep informed of what is going on.

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By: darthppringles

darthppringles — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 07:31:19 +0000

the camp i camped with last year sent out an email the first day of the month, every month, up until the burn letting all of the members know what was up. It was up to everybody to check their mail and see what was going on. I thought that was a good and simple idea. FB is too mainstream and while there are some benefits, for me, its not enough. Im just waiting for the day when Burning Man closes their official fb page. It attracts the wrong kind of energy, especially during the ticket process. It was a place for people to go and complain and be nasty towards each other and the org. That is not was burning man is about.

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By: Michael Duffy

Michael Duffy — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:04:43 +0000

Wow. Sounds like Burning Man has devolved from a really cool art event that I would have enjoyed to a really sad attempt to hold onto something that has mutated out of control. Can you spell OFF THE RAILS?

What a great lesson in social history.

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By: Thermal

Thermal — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:14:18 +0000

For all the people who avoid facebook like the plague, as I do, I should think that email communication should suffice as a means of notification. No snail mail, that’s for sure. No reliance on facebook or some other similarly stupid “networking” site. (networking must be a word for wasting time)

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By: Will Chase

Will Chase — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:26:01 +0000

Hi Frank, not sure what your comment has to do with this post, but you can email whatever complaint you have to press here: press (at) burningman.com … they’re the right audience for it. Thanks.

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By: Thermal

Thermal — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:00:45 +0000

Facebook is so last decade. I hate FB and only re-activate my account on the rare occasion to reach a far-away friend or two if their cell phone or email changed. Its invasive and filled with junk. Invasive… did I mention how difficult it is to actually close your account permanently, that’s the only reason why I’m still “there” at all. Good luck finding something useful on it, its like wading through a pile of junkmail in the middle of your living room, searching for that one letter you actually need.

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By: BurnerGirl

BurnerGirl — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:02:21 +0000

Keep talking.
I am the newly elected Comm Lead for our community and would love to glean all the info I can from this post/comment thread. We are morphing our communication venues for sustainability, and *this* could add to our plans.
Thanks to all.

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By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:50:42 +0000

Something to think about is that while it would be nice to find and reach all these people wouldn’t also a venue able to hold them all be somewhere on that list? Outreach is great and all but, if roughly 25% of the interested parties get to attend it feels like that kind of outreach is best saved for a later time.

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