- ISBN13: 9780810995574
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Product Description
The Facebook Book, by altruist alums and primeval Booksters Atwan and Lushing, follows in the dustlike sarcastic practice of The Official Preppy Handbook and The Hipster Handbook, flooded of anecdotes (true and semi-true), tips (useful and useless), and another insights, including chapters on the Ethics and Etiquette of using the ‘Book, what your strikingness rattling says most you, and a Facebook lexicon (which defines for the inexperienced cost same “frenemey” and “fauxmance”). T… More >>
This book shouldn’t be titled “The Facebook Book”.
It tries to be funny, but doesn’t give great Facebook insights. I can find funnier books elsewhere. If it was called “A funny look at Facebook”, it would be a better title, but I wouldn’t have wasted my money on it.
I was looking for a “help – “how to” book, nothing of the sort here.
These guys (authors)remind me of the some other experiences I have had with Harvard types:
Such as: the MBA types who suggested to the Department Stores that there was too much open space on their floors, so, put in more displays and load “em up with merchandise. BAD IDEA!
Such as: the Computer wizards who tried to “adjust” proven programing to make it do something it was not designed to do. Each of the programmers were working independently and none of them were the same.. And, each programmer seemed to be in a contest with his counter parts. The “ibmer’s” were trying to write a program to fax digital info. These guys wanted to change from digital to analog.:
(during the hurricanes the electric was out as were the telephones. fax machines are analog)
I had a mobile digital system so I scanned all of my reports and emailed them through the satellite.
Really pissed off the IBM guys as well as the FEMA guys that hired them.
And the funny part was they could not figure out who was emailing info in on time. They figured I was too old and from Oklahoma to make it work.
I purchased this book specifically because I’m old (45), and computer illiterate. Wanting to join Facebook to keep in touch with relatives,I ordered this book to guide me. Unfortunately the title is very deceiving. Flipping through the pages I quickly learned this book was far from helpful. It was completely over my head and I guess was supposed to be entertaining. It might be enjoyed by a scientist or computer geek. It is not for the average Joe.What a waste of money this was,now it just takes up space in my book shelf until I can pawn it off to some unsuspecting friend or relative. Bottom Line: a basically useless book.
This book is funny, albeit maybe not to everyone but to those that enjoy tech-humor or who can laugh at themselves for their devotion to a social networking site. It is not a manual on how to use facebook. Which seems to be the problem that people are having with this book, you bought it for the wrong reason. It is meant more for teens and targets itself towards that audience. If you are planning on buying this book I recommend that you read Amazons description of it before purchasing as I feel it makes it clear that this book isn’t intended to be helpful. It makes for a good laugh but not much more. If you want a gift for a teen that is spending to much time on the computer then I strongly recommend this book.
I must say, when I heard that three Harvard alumni had conspired to produce a parody of Facebook, I automatically assumed that it wouldn’t be that funny, and certainly totally impertinent to the average Facebook user. I was pleasantly surprised, however, to find out that the book is not only hysterical, but I imagine virtually every Facebooker can find something they can relate to in this book.