We Don't Own/Operate Facebook

dreamisle · #1 03-01-2010, 12:09 AM

I'm a library tech person at a university somewhere in Michigan. It's a good job and lots of things keep changing for the better for the time I've been here, but lately we've had plenty of these:

"Yeah, I'm trying to use this app on Facebook but it won't load. You need to get your IT people to look into this NOW."

Sorry, but our IT staff has a million other things to do - not to mention we're an academic institution and we don't support Facebook.

PS: If the computer lab is full to capacity and someone needs to do homework, guess what. I can spot white text on #3b5998 background from a mile away.

Zell · #2 03-01-2010, 01:07 AM

Oh. My. God.

If someone asked us to make a facebook app work I'd go insane.

Green_Fairy · #3 03-01-2010, 01:15 AM

oh facebook...when i was attending classes at the local U, i'd sometimes duck into the library to oh...i dunno...do homework? but more often than not people were taking up the computers on facebook or myspace or twitter...or porn. oi.

dreamisle...you have my deepest condolences for the morons you must deal with
*over-exaggerated bow*

Argabarga · #4 03-01-2010, 01:21 AM

Kinda off topic, but a guy I know asked me the other day why he couldn't find me on Facebook, apparently, it was a GENUINE shock to him that not everyone on the planet has a facebook account....

bhskittykatt · #5 03-01-2010, 02:00 AM

Not with FB, but I have similar issues here.

Since I have one blog and am a "computer person", then I MUST be responsible for ALL the content on the 'Net.

Take CS.com for example. If I'm browsing, and a CW comes up to read over my shoulder, the first thing they ask is "What are you writing?" Of course, I'm not writing anything. Cue the barrage of questions: "Who is this? Where is this? Why is this? Why don't you know?"

Hell, it doesn't need to be a forum like CS.com, it could be CNN.com...if something doesn't make sense, I MUST have the answers because, in their mind, I write content for everything.

wraiths_crono · #6 03-01-2010, 11:51 AM

I work, now, for an NOC... I support the internet (in a way) I have had customers ask me to find out why X on Y page wont load.. I don't know that's not the part that I can look into.

(side note: sadly I don't get much stupid here so I feel kinda sad lol not like when I was with AT&T Uverse THAT was fun!)

Hellzar · #7 03-01-2010, 02:28 PM

During my college years I hated facebook because every time I would need to get on a computer in the library someone would be on facebook. I would ask if I could use the computer nicely but would ALWAYS get a some kind of rude or snobby remark.

protege · #8 03-01-2010, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Quoth dreamisle

Sorry, but our IT staff has a million other things to do - not to mention we're an academic institution and we don't support Facebook.

Ugh. I serve as the IT staff for a company. More than once, I've had people get upset...because I have better things to do than figure out why Facebook, or other non-related work crap doesn't work. Seriously, I have my own work to do. Don't like that I'd rather maintain the network, rather than hear you bitch because MyFarm doesn't work? Get bent!

firecat88 · #9 03-01-2010, 03:05 PM

This is why I love the third-floor computer lab in the business building at my college. It's open pretty much -only- to people in the CISB program. And only for them to do actual school work. People who want to just check their FB and stuff take reeeeeeeally low priority.

Shalom · #10 03-01-2010, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Quoth protege

Ugh. I serve as the IT staff for a company. More than once, I've had people get upset...because I have better things to do than figure out why Facebook, or other non-related work crap doesn't work. Seriously, I have my own work to do. Don't like that I'd rather maintain the network, rather than hear you bitch because MyFarm doesn't work? Get bent!

Do you also set IT policy for that company?

If so, is there any reason why your network should continue to route to 66.220.145.0/24?

The only valid reasons I can come up with are, 1. your company writes apps for FB that need to be tested, or 2. your boss is on there. Nobody else counts.

(Call it "benign neglect". Access continues until someone calls me and complains that $SITE is broken. Once it has been officially brought to my attention that non-work-related stuff is going on, that site gets blocked. They will very quickly learn that calling me for such things as FB support is a Bad Idea™.)