Whilst I approve of the recent updates made to giantbomb, one aspect in particular seems slightly confusing to me; the integration of Facebook with Giantbomb. For me Giantbomb is a place I come to talk about videogames because I feel that, putting it frankly, my friends in the real world don't really give a fuck. Or maybe they do, but perhaps not to such an intense level. I use Giantbomb as a place where I can go to geek out, a place where I can discuss the most intricate details of the games I love with like-minded people. The whole reason I use a site like giantbomb in the first place is because the people I work with in real life, the people who I see on a daily basis, have no interest in any of this shit.
 

There is a train of thought here that implies shame.

I find it sadly ironic that it's now easier for people to find my blogs on facebook than on giantbomb.

Yeah, Mafia Wars is pretty cool.

Sweep.............. YOU ARE JUST TOO COOL!! I could never really make a Facebook do to the reason that I'm.... ugly. = - P

ohhh man. i never though about a book with faces in it before.
OOOOOHHHHH GOD!!

AGREED!!!

Enthralling read as always Sweepums.
I'd just like to know how to un-link my Facepage account

" Sweep.............. YOU ARE JUST TOO COOL!! I could never really make a Facebook do to the reason that I'm.... ugly. = - P "

you don't have to connect through it.............do you? I don't know it looks optional to me?

I don't see the issue at all.  If you are so concerned with people not knowing your real name, why do you have a Facebook at all?  Unplug from this interwebz and move on. 
 
Also, Facebook isn't even really a site about blogging.  It's about status updates.  Giant Bomb isn't a site about blogging either.  It's about video games. 
 
I think the place you are looking for lately is called Blogspot, Sweep.

I understand questioning the appeal of  linking your Giantbomb forum posts to Facebook, but I think there must be some GB users out there who have a bunch of like-minded friends on Facebook who might find this stuff interesting. 
 
I think it's obvious that it's an easy hands-off way to market Giantbomb to a larger audience.  I'm sure Whiskey Media would love to improve awareness of the site, and even if the feature doesn't appeal to most users, one or two GB community members linking their GB activity to Facebook is better than none in their minds.

" I don't see the issue at all.  If you are so concerned with people not knowing your real name, why do you have a Facebook at all?  "

Hm, this will be the last topic I read before I embark upon sleep.
And to continue the trend of posting a picture, I'll end that trend here with a final thought for the day.  
(Oh and also I agree partly because I don't use facebook, the account I have was actually made by a friend in an attempt to get me to use it, she successfully failed.
My reason are the same as yours, it's a different set of people, I have a hard time getting my friends to play anything other than FIFA and CoD this is a place to discuss outside the realms of that and delve into occasional in jokes, and to apply one in joke now, NEVER(!) will I use that feature.)
 
I went and uploaded more than I thought I would, so applied spoilers. (Image party from me is over now guys!)

SPOILER WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content.

Needed to type something so I could spoilers it all.

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it's optional so it really doesn't bother me.

None of my friends know about my secret fanaticism for bread and various baked goods. It must stay that way. 

Perhaps the target market is the same that Xbox live is going for with Facebook and Twitter on their service? =P

What all does connecting facebook to your account do? What information is shared between the two?
 
I agree with Sweep. I really don't want all my friends to know how much time I spend on Giant Bomb. I don't think they need to overlap.

I don't see the point. If I want to go on facebook, then I'll go on facebook.

For me gaming is a private thing a lot of my friends and family don't understand it. So the last thing i want it is on my Face Book page.

I agree. There are a handful of people I on Giant Bomb that I would consider divulging information about my personal life to, but certainly not the whole forum. Plus, do you really want to be that guy on Facebook that updates every time he or she does anything? I just don't see why we can't post something on a forum without  needing to broadcast it to every friend and relative we have on the internet.
 
That said, I'm not going to start campaigning against it or anything either. Yeah, I think its dumb, but as far as I can tell I don't have to associate my profile. So I won't.
 
Hopefully this doesn't become a "thing." I can't believe Twitter became a "thing."
 
I'll just be over here.

" @jakob187 said:

" I don't see the issue at all.  If you are so concerned with people not knowing your real name, why do you have a Facebook at all?  "

Dude... did you read my blog at all? Facebook is what I use to talk with people who I actually know in real life. Giantbomb is a place I talk to strangers with whom I have a shared interest. The two are not required to overlap at any point. "

Also, out of curiosity, have you even TRIED the connectivity at all before knocking it?

" @Sweep said:

" @jakob187 said:

" I don't see the issue at all.  If you are so concerned with people not knowing your real name, why do you have a Facebook at all?  "

Dude... did you read my blog at all? Facebook is what I use to talk with people who I actually know in real life. Giantbomb is a place I talk to strangers with whom I have a shared interest. The two are not required to overlap at any point. "

Keywords are "not required".  It's an OPTION, not a mandate.  You're crusading about something that doesn't need to be crusaded.  That's all I'm saying. "

I find it sadly ironic that it's now easier for people to find my blogs on facebook than on giantbomb.

" @jakob187 said:

" @Sweep said:

" @jakob187 said:

" I don't see the issue at all.  If you are so concerned with people not knowing your real name, why do you have a Facebook at all?  "

Dude... did you read my blog at all? Facebook is what I use to talk with people who I actually know in real life. Giantbomb is a place I talk to strangers with whom I have a shared interest. The two are not required to overlap at any point. "

Keywords are "not required".  It's an OPTION, not a mandate.  You're crusading about something that doesn't need to be crusaded.  That's all I'm saying. "

and all i'm saying is:
 

I find it sadly ironic that it's now easier for people to find my blogs on facebook than on giantbomb.

"

I don't have to use it, so I'm not going to. I don't understand why every thing on the internet has to have Facebook connectivity. Same goes with twitter, too. Also, I like to call it BaseFook.

You don't have to connect to Facebook. It's optional.
 
Also, here's a trick if you want to have the convience of using Facebook to sign in WITHOUT sharing your info:
 
If you're like me, you leave your facebook account signed in, so that when you visit Facebook.com multiple times a day, you're already signed in.
 
Well, if you sign into your Giant Bomb account first, then hit the "Connect with Facebook" button, after giving it permission, it'll link your Giant Bomb and Facebook accounts.
 
Then go to facebook.com, log in, and go to your Application Settings. Find Giant Bomb and click Edit Settings, and under Additional Permission, unclick the boxes you choose fit.
 
(Note, I haven't done this, as I don't mind GB publishing things to my Wall, but if you're so inclined, try it out)
 
Now, when you go to GB and your not signed in already, just click the Facebook Connect button and voila! You're in and Giant Bomb will never post stuff to Facebook.

" You don't have to connect to Facebook. It's optional.  Also, here's a trick if you want to have the convience of using Facebook to sign in WITHOUT sharing your info:  If you're like me, you leave your facebook account signed in, so that when you visit Facebook.com multiple times a day, you're already signed in.  Well, if you sign into your Giant Bomb account first, then hit the "Connect with Facebook" button, after giving it permission, it'll link your Giant Bomb and Facebook accounts.  Then go to facebook.com, log in, and go to your Application Settings. Find Giant Bomb and click Edit Settings, and under Additional Permission, unclick the boxes you choose fit.  (Note, I haven't done this, as I don't mind GB publishing things to my Wall, but if you're so inclined, try it out)  Now, when you go to GB and your not signed in already, just click the Facebook Connect button and voila! You're in and Giant Bomb will never post stuff to Facebook. "

"I'm not really sure who this "Link with facebook" feature appeals to?  Maybe people who have already bridged the gap between giantbomb and the real world?"

It's an entirely optional feature for those people who wish to integrate their Giant Bomb activity into their Facebook profile. Millions of people utilise Facebook everyday and chances are a big number of our community here use it as well. Giving them the option to do this is better than denying them it due to the prejudice people hold against Facebook. If you don't want to integrate your video game life on Giant Bomb with the real life people you interact with on Facebook then fair enough, entirely up to you what you do. But don't complain about Facebook integration if you're not going to use it.
 

@Sweep

"I find it sadly ironic that it's now easier for people to find my blogs on facebook than on giantbomb."

i don't think i'm enough of a dick to spam my friends as much as they spam me on facebook so i probably won't connect the 2, same as on ps3.

I'd just like to mention that I hate what happened to the forums tab in people's profiles. . We could already look at our old posts, so why get rid of the ability to look at old forum topics? It was great being able to look at other peoples histories and see what kind of topics they started. 

Other than that I'm not sure how it is you can say finding blogs on Giant Bomb is difficult. "

"Other than that I'm not sure how it is you can say finding blogs on Giant Bomb is difficult. "

Trouble seems to follow you Sweep.

" Sweep's blogs aren't hard to find at all. "

" @jakob187 said:

" Sweep's blogs aren't hard to find at all. "

So because i'm working towards a noble cause i'm suddenly in possession of a giant ego? I have never said my own blogs needed more exposure and I am completely humbled by the (completely undeserved) attention they receive already. And, if you check my last blog, a lot of people seem to agree. I'm just the one actually trying to do something about it. "

" @Sweep said:

" @jakob187 said:

" Sweep's blogs aren't hard to find at all. "

So because i'm working towards a noble cause i'm suddenly in possession of a giant ego? I have never said my own blogs needed more exposure and I am completely humbled by the (completely undeserved) attention they receive already. And, if you check my last blog, a lot of people seem to agree. I'm just the one actually trying to do something about it. "

This thread is not about blogging, but about Facebook. Am I wrong? I'm getting off-topic. "

" you don't have to connect through it.............do you? I don't know it looks optional to me? "

" @jakob187 said:

" Sweep's blogs aren't hard to find at all. "

So because i'm working towards a noble cause i'm suddenly in possession of a giant ego? I have never said my own blogs needed more exposure and I am completely humbled by the (completely undeserved) attention they receive already. And, if you check my last blog, a lot of people seem to agree. I'm just the one actually trying to do something about it. "

I would also like to point out that there are personally a couple of things more important to ME that the staff needs to put into Giant Bomb than this idea of "easier ways to find blogs".  For instance: 

• Search field for "Users" database
• Release calendar showing multiple months, not just the next couple of weeks (one of the only things I still go to Gamespot and VGBlogger for)
• Better setup and explanation for the "Mod Images" page
• The return of a "Wikis that need help" feature somewhere on the site

Why do you keep following me facebook? I'm already dodging you on xbox live.

" @Claude said:

" @Sweep said:

" @jakob187 said:

" Sweep's blogs aren't hard to find at all. "

So because i'm working towards a noble cause i'm suddenly in possession of a giant ego? I have never said my own blogs needed more exposure and I am completely humbled by the (completely undeserved) attention they receive already. And, if you check my last blog, a lot of people seem to agree. I'm just the one actually trying to do something about it. "

This thread is not about blogging, but about Facebook. Am I wrong? I'm getting off-topic. "

It's me that's getting off topic. My bad. :( "

I just wish that the Facebook tab at the top of the page would go away. I never want to sync with you, get off my screen!