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According to Yahoo! Tech, Gates told a crowd in New Delhi that he had received so many friend requests, it became tough to determine who he knew and who he didn't. Gates, who was in India to accept an award for his philanthropic work with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, said that around 10,000 people wanted to be his friend on the popular social network. 'It was just way too much trouble so I gave it up,' he said at the event.
He also warned the crowd that while the technological revolution has been 'hugely beneficial,' it can also 'waste our time.' As with so many of us, Gates must have gotten sidetracked by those invitations to join a mob or to take a quiz to determine which character from 'Twilight' he's most like. Now, he can get back to saving the world. [From: Yahoo! Tech]
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Subscribe to commentsunsuitenedJul 27th 2009 3:16PM
he didnt quit, he just changed his name
SupermanJul 28th 2009 12:01PM
Oh! yeah, he's got all these friends, sure, believe EVERYTHING you read! They were more like HATERS!!! He's trying to "SAVE Face" for "ALL the evil business he does and did"!! That's why he's giving what's "pennies" to him to a few charities all of the sudden, NOT to Forget "Windows 7" is coming out as GOOGLE is putting the PRESSURE on him!! ...And he's helping Third-World countries out cheaply, since money value is so low compared to OURS!!! And YES! there's ALWAYS a string or several million attached when he does his so-called philanthropy...He wants to and gets to control those countries!!!
He DON'T fight crime, "he puts innocents behind bars that have no money to pay the BIG fines he makes others pay" for what "he feels is a crime"!!! He's been bribing Judges, governments, you name it for at least 30 some years!!! That's why Justice is sooo "UNFAIR", today!!! Like for the mininum wage working woman in June this year downloading UNQUALITY, measly 24 songs and Gates brought the FINE by bribing the court system and RIAA from 80k to 1.9 million for a woman that did NOTHING wrong in most others' "eyes"!!! The RIAA said they won't fine people much anymore, six months ago...
Then along comes "Slick as ICE Willie" Gates, the antichrist!!!! Ironically, he's the biggest Crook and "eviliest business man" that ever will and did walk the face of the earth!!! Funny Yahoo is HELPING him and 'this' AOL writer and other writers...when the tables have turned on him!!!! NOW all the sudden he's being made into a saint... Hmm...how much is he paying off you people trying to make him an angel in white light all of the sudden???
Peter E. RybaJul 28th 2009 8:28AM
The price of being famous is being stalked on twitter and too many friends on facebook. The problem with being Bill Gates is that it is socially expected that the ultimate geek embrace social networking. There is no social expectation that Warren Buffett embrace Social Networking. As for the usual tv/movie industry celeberity (including folks like Paris Hilton who are simply famous for having a rich father) Social Networking now provides the means of responding to the tabloids, gossip magazines, and gossip websites in real time without using members of the legitimate or members of the celebrity press and without being used by them.
DarlaJul 28th 2009 1:35PM
Excellent points Peter. Facebook and Twitter can be overwhelming to anyone, not just the famous. I believe some people are addicted to the social networks, and that in itself is scary.
Deborah McGeeJul 28th 2009 9:41AM
You're my hero.
SandyJul 28th 2009 8:43AM
Through Facebook, I have been reunited with a brother I hadn't seen in over 20 years, a niece I had not seen since she was 12 ( she is 37 now) and have met a nephew I didn't know I even had! I think it is a great venue and I love that Farmtown! Poor Gates he had too many friends and I am hoping to have too many relatives! :)
ernestJul 28th 2009 9:12AM
I agree, I met a few relatives that I never met thanks to facebook. I was 2 when my mom divorced my dad and I never met his family, but with facebook, I have. Funny thing is I moved to florida 5 years ago, and one of my aunts lives just 45 minutes from me.
PATJul 28th 2009 10:52AM
I ALSO FOUND A BROTHER AFTER 40 YEARS ON FACEBOOK. TOOK ME 10 DAYS AFTER OPENING THE ACCOUNT. NOW I HAVE RELATIVES COMING OUT OF THE WOODWORK. GOD BLESS FACEBOOK AND ALL THE SPLIT FAMILIES IT IS HEALING!
PAT BOYLE
spedackJul 28th 2009 8:52AM
get them once for all of us hillsamurai
JoannaJul 28th 2009 8:57AM
Attention AOL....
Why do you allow advertising on these boards? This board has five in a row....
These are the same ads that are on a dozen other boards and have been for some time.
THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED. by a good number of people and you do nothing about it. Why???
jimJul 28th 2009 11:25AM
Joanna, just so you know, AOL doesn't do ANYTHING except censor. In all probability, the people that post those stupid ads are probably posting for a company that pays them per post and that pays AOL to allow that posting. Did you know, for example, that, even though one of the primary functions of AOL is communication through E-Mail, if you have a complaint, there is no way to send AOL an e-mail? You have to send a snail mail.
pink0floydJul 28th 2009 9:39AM
He probably quit so Facebook couldn't use his pictures in advertisements against his will.
SupermanJul 28th 2009 12:10PM
Actually, this and ALL the articles all around the World are "PAID Advertisments" to say how GREAT the (evil and sinister) Bill Gates is...
redtailhawk1Jul 28th 2009 10:39AM
You have my respect Bill, I too quit facebook, and they made it difficult to do. They are way too intrusive,They got into my address book and asked them all to join., what an embarassment for me. when people I hardly knew started questioning me about it. There needs to be better boundaries.
MrsGrammaJul 30th 2009 4:10PM
I quit it for a while too, for the same reason. I later found out that you can filter (disallow) all of that stuff in your "settings" area. Every time you decide to play a game, take a quiz, or "smile back" to someone, that application informs you that you have to also allow it to access ALL of your friends, as well as THEIR information. As soon as I saw that you had to do that in order to participate in anything, I said NO to ALL of that stuff!!
That is also why I don't "tag" people in pictures. My pictures are for MY friends only, and not just anybody that wants to take a peek. My real friends know when I post pictures, they take a look, and that's it. Hope this info helps someone. Take care.
isabelJul 28th 2009 10:42AM
I am not famous, but I too, quit Facebook this week. I joined to connect with my best friend, and my son who is joining the Military; and what I got was her husband, sons, and all their friends who I neither know nor wish to know, and all my son's friends who are putting way more information out there than any parent wants to know.
Every day my wall was filled with junk about Mafia Wars and silly, inane exchanges between people I don't know, along with people sending me love, drinks, flowers, invites to sign this and that & etc. Enough!!!!
TylerJul 28th 2009 11:14AM
Oh boo hoo. Facebook, myspace, twitter are all lame and you need a life or something else to fulfill your day.
ArvigJul 28th 2009 11:22AM
Tyler, poster #13 posted this: "Oh boo hoo. Facebook, myspace, twitter are all lame and you need a life or something else to fulfill your day. "
My reply: Uh-huh. Okay, I don't use Facebook or any other social networking site, but I don't think someone posting "get a life" on an internet blog is the example of someone with a meaningful existance. :P Might I suggest YOU get something else to fulfill your day other then posting lame expressions like "get a life"? Then again, if "Tyler" had a "life", he'd not worry about the lives of others enough to post such tripe like "get a life". So "oh boo hoo" Tyler.
To all the spammers on this site: All you do is tell me what URL's to avoid. YOURS. Believe me, I now know what URL's to NEVER go to. If your product or service had any merit, you'd not need to spam it on some blog site.
marshallJul 28th 2009 11:14AM
Facebook is a great place to get reunited with people you haven't heard from in years and no longer have anything in common with.
ArvigJul 28th 2009 11:27AM
Sorry for two posts in a row. Well, the guy I quoted moved from post 13 to post 12. But, that's good since a spammer's post was removed and thus caused that. SO..that's why I refer to Tyler as post #13 when his is #12 now.
To be on topic with at least one of my posts here, I'm not a fan of Facebook or other social networking sites anyway. But even if I were, I can see why Bill Gates would pull himself from Facebook. Like someone else suggested, it could be so that Facebook couldn't use an image of him without his permission. And I'm sure he's being sincere when he says it was just too annoying to be "friended" by so many, especially when so many are just people spamming friend requests.