A Spirited Dirty Dozen ...

[Flippin'Flounder]

Nope, they have every right to be. What they shouldn't be doing is mixing their private life with professional life.

Just like every other professional.

 

[Burgower1994]

Just curious... with GotG moving to DCA at the ToT could you see the same thing happening in Disneyland Paris with their ToT especially with their plan of a Marvel coaster.

 

[ford91exploder]

Teachers shouldn't be on Facebook.....

Well generally school related

Nope, they have every right to be. What they shouldn't be doing is mixing their private life with professional life.

Yes but we have school boards investing in software to monitor teachers and staff social media activity to the point of demanding passwords to private email accounts and Facebook Gee where could that go wrong

Now I can see the school having a school FB page and require all student interactions go through this and the school email system and a policy like that is entirely reasonable and protects everyone involved especially if the school has an IPAM policy defined so that the station where a message sent and received from are known. Better still if student to teacher electronic communications are required to be from school managed devices

 

[PhotoDave219]

Well generally school related


Yes but we have school boards investing in software to monitor teachers and staff social media activity to the point of demanding passwords to private email accounts and Facebook Gee where could that go wrong

Now I can see the school having a school FB page and require all student interactions go through this and the school email system and a policy like that is entirely reasonable and protects everyone involved especially if the school has an IPAM policy defined so that the station where a message sent and received from are known. Better still if student to teacher electronic communications are required to be from school managed devices

It would be ridiculous to mix your personal and professional lives but even if you dont? You're going to be scrutinized to death nonetheless. Best not to have it in order to cover your self.

Either that or you're going to have to be anonymous.... because anyone can hide behind a screen name and be an .

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Just curious... with GotG moving to DCA at the ToT could you see the same thing happening in Disneyland Paris with their ToT especially with their plan of a Marvel coaster.

There was a post on Disney & More's facebook that basically says it's a maybe at this point. They're still working on how they might bring Marvel to WDSP.

 

[SoManyWasps]

Teachers shouldn't be on Facebook.....

Nobody over 30 should be on Facebook.

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

Nobody over 30 should be on Facebook.

why?

 

[marni1971]

Just curious... with GotG moving to DCA at the ToT could you see the same thing happening in Disneyland Paris with their ToT especially with their plan of a Marvel coaster.

Not at the moment.

 

[SoManyWasps]

why?

Facebook has been unable to evolve past it's childish roots, and tends to drag the discourse of otherwise reasonable people down to the level of teenagers. We've allowed a play area designed for college kids to coordinate party plans to become the defining medium of communication for most of humanity. I find the whole platform dehumanizing, and only keep the app on my phone because it's basically impossible to delete your profile, so I might as well keep track of what's happening on it to protect myself from the exact kinds of issues that have been brought up in this thread.

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

Oh dear.

 

[marni1971]

Stay off it then....

 

[PhotoDave219]

Facebook has been unable to evolve past it's childish roots, and tends to drag the discourse of otherwise reasonable people down to the level of teenagers. We've allowed a play area designed for college kids to coordinate party plans to become the defining medium of communication for most of humanity. I find the whole platform dehumanizing, and only keep the app on my phone because it's basically impossible to delete your profile, so I might as well keep track of what's happening on it to protect myself from the exact kinds of issues that have been brought up in this thread.

I'm not a giant fan of the app. I saw something where they use the microphone to listen to what music youre listening to in order to promote targeting advertising. Or they were planning on it... either way, I deleted the app....

 

[SoManyWasps]

I'm not a giant fan of the app. I saw something where they use the microphone to listen to what music youre listening to in order to promote targeting advertising. Or they were planning on it... either way, I deleted the app....

I actually use a third party app called Metal. I only get notifications when someone posts on my wall or tags me (which is increasingly rare in my social circle), and it allows me to avoid a lot of the creepy data mining going on with the official app. I don't think people are wrong for liking Facebook. It can be useful. But overall, I don't think it's making the world a better place.

 

[PhotoDave219]

I actually use a third party app called Metal. I only get notifications when someone posts on my wall or tags me (which is increasingly rare in my social circle), and it allows me to avoid a lot of the creepy data mining going on with the official app. I don't think people are wrong for liking Facebook. It can be useful. But overall, I don't think it's making the world a better place.

Oh THAT i agree with. Facebook is certainly not improving anything.

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

Oh THAT i agree with. Facebook is certainly not improving anything.

If you choose that line you could say that applies to all forms of social media and instant communication. Immediacy before quality and verification.

Or you can treat it for what it is a disposable means of communication for specific groups and interests. No worse than message boards.

 

[Unplugged]

If Epcot is the "Drunkeytown" people make it out to be, then Magic Kingdom is "Entitled Psycho Mommy pushing a 9 year old in a stroller Town", which is far more disturbing than a college kid who had a few too many shots of tequila.

I agree on the varying perspectives out there (and on your comment regarding the psycho-Moms we've witnessed). But I've never called EPCOT "Drunkytown" personally, though we do avoid it on Thu, Fri, & Sat evenings of F&G or F&W seasons as that's when we've seen the worst. I don't mean a group of college kids after too many shots, that happens and most have been PUI (polite under the influence). During the times mentioned, we tend to see 1-2 people each of those nights doing something obviously alcohol related. (Some nights we don't.) We've seen people throwing up in the bushes or a bathroom (that are obviously well past their limit and not simply ill from non-alcohol related fun). We've seen people of all legal drinking ages (men & women) being belligerent with other guests or CMs, as their judgment is completely shot. (No pun intended.) We've seen people rush over to aid someone in their travel group who has fallen, while laughing, slurring, and spilling what I hope was their last drink for the evening. Typically, all situations have involved CM intervention or due to an injury. If I've seen that during 1 or 2 weeks at WDW each year, the odds are good that there are be a lot more we haven't seen. Though I'd venture a guess that it's primarilly during F&G and more so F&W. Other times are pretty reasonable with almost no issues.

Basically, my point is only that we've seen a lot of things at EPCOT that we never used to see there. We expected and witnessed it at Pleasure Island. I would never be one to claim "Walt would disapprove", which I think we can agree is complete BS. If Dis implemented it, I'd be ok linking my drivers license/ID to my Magic Band for drink tracking and realize limits they may place could impact my own experiences. It's a trade off. IMHO, the point of this topic, as it appears more and more frequently by various folks, is that of all the WDW parks, EPCOT has more experiences involving folks pushing their drinking limits and it has been becoming more obvious. Perhaps due to fewer rides and more adult beverage variation? I can't say why, only witness that it does.

 

[SoManyWasps]

If you choose that line you could say that applies to all forms of social media and instant communication. Immediacy before quality and verification.

Or you can treat it for what it is a disposable means of communication for specific groups and interests. No worse than message boards.

The level of decorum on even the most contentious threads here far surpass what can typically be encountered on Facebook. The problem with Facebook, in my opinion, isn't the format, but it's increasingly ubiquitous nature. Not having a Facebook, even a poorly maintained one, can make you a luddite and a pariah.

You're right, social media is disposible. This forum is disposible. But Facebook wants to be inextricably embedded into your life. And that is dangerous.

 

[UpAllNight]

Mission Space? How about energy, or imagination, or the end of spaceship earth first?

Well energy and Imagination need much more than a half year refurb to bring it up to scratch and be ready for 2017, hence why I didn't mention those. I was more looking at immediate short term enhancements like Soarin, and to an extent Test Track.

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

The level of decorum on even the most contentious threads here far surpass what can typically be encountered on Facebook. The problem with Facebook, in my opinion, isn't the format, but it's increasingly ubiquitous nature. Not having a Facebook, even a poorly maintained one, can make you a luddite and a pariah.

You're right, social media is disposible. This forum is disposible. But Facebook wants to be inextricably embedded into your life. And that is dangerous.

People actually believe that? Maybe its an age thing,its just a glorified messenger for me. Back several lives ago when I worked in marketing I recall a company who sold training on how to maximise Facebook.To this day I dont know anyone who uses it for anything other than a bypass to customer services when they have a gripe.
Perhaps Facebook leave me alone cause I tend to post ertha kitt.

 

[VJ]

I read that the truck simply keeps moving and doesn't stop when you get to him. Doesn't sound like the Yeti at all to me. Sounds more like how you pass some of the Dinosaurs in Dinosaur without stopping but there's no need to make this thread about Kong. It's about WDW and their next big promotion.
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