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How do you use "begs the question"?

I don't	1 vote - 11 %
To mean "uses circular logic"	3 votes - 33 %
To mean "raises the question"	4 votes - 44 %
I use both meanings interchangeably	1 vote - 11 %

9 Total Votes

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<greyrat>Booookmarrrrk!</greyrat> by ammoniacal (4.00 / 1) #1 Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 05:02:38 PM EST

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question begging by Merekat (4.00 / 1) #2 Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 03:31:02 AM EST

I use it as 'raises the question', but pretty much only in the context of something negative about the original statement, rather than an opening up of further enquiry.

Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn by wiredog (4.00 / 1) #3 Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 07:50:42 AM EST

I don't use any of them. This place is as close to a 'social networking' site as I've gotten.

There's probably a good story in Slashdot/K5/HuSi as Social Networking sites. Should've been written for K5 about 4 years ago.

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: Yeah, I don't know by riceowlguy (2.00 / 0) #4 Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 11:33:51 AM EST

I heard somebody refer to LiveJournal as social networking...maybe. I think of LJ and K5 and HuSi as journaling/blogging sites. K5 and HuSi in particular don't have the concept of "friending" somebody. LJ does and perhaps that's why it is more like social networking, but I think LJ's "friends" is like Flickr's "friends", i.e. just a way to control who can see your stuff. I think if the main purpose of the site is seeing what your friends are up to then it's social networking, but if the main purpose is blogging/journalizing and commenting on other people's content then it's not social networking.

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Why Facebook doesn't suck by 606 (2.00 / 0) #5 Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 07:52:42 PM EST

A lot of things about Facebook do suck but there are some things that do not suck:

* ability to message people and be sure that they receive it unlike email where it's like "my spam filter ated it durrrr" and God knows what else
* if you know the right people you will find yourself invited to cool parties that you would otherwise not be invited to
* receive interesting links from people who know what you like. Forward on interesting links to those you know will appreciate them
* watch how normal humans interact by using the Wall-to-wall feature between two people (hey, their fault for not making it a private conversation)
* become friends with people of questionable moral fibre and bask in the risque bar/club photos they post
* let your natural human voyeur tendencies out in a safe and non-threatening way

The best way to take back a Facebook spinning out of control is to go in and remove all the friendships with people you don't care about. The defriended will receive no notifications that you did it. Think of it as spring cleaning.

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