The Facebook Thread

[RGMike]

another very funny rant re: Twitter, FB, etc from SFGate...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/lieberman/detail?entry_id=41923

[urth]

Could have gone in the YouTube thread, but more fitting here, I think:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7MuwPlOiNQ

[RGMike]

Could have gone in the YouTube thread, but more fitting here, I think:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7MuwPlOiNQ

F***ing brilliant!

[RGMike]

12 annoying types of FB'ers (per CNN, who are pretty goddamn annoying themselves lately -- "Jus' Sayin'"):

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/08/20/annoying.facebook.updaters/index.html

[Wayback]

Tomorrow, Oct 1st, is the official Rock Your Beatles Day.  Details at:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=141424257747&index=1

[Wayback]

News item: "On Facebook, Don't Get Too Pokey"
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/10/10/urnidgns852573C4006938800025764B00645427.DTL&tsp=1

[ggould]

On my news feed, I noticed a 'friend' who was complaining about how his ex-wife deleted his kids as his FB friends, then noticed his ex started posting complaints, he responded, others chimed in...

26 comments later

This does not seem like a good way to work out your problems.

[RGMike]

For those not fond of the latest Facebook changes (which would seem to be, um, everybody): Go to the menu on the left, click "more", then  drag "Status updates" to the top of the list. Once "Status Updates" is at the top, click on it. It becomes your default and now things are like they were before.

[RGMike]

So FB gave me a friend suggestion for someone named "Brick Collecting" -- no, it's not a "join this group" or "become a fan" suggestion, this "Brick Collecting" is presented as a person. No photo, of course, and we have no mutual friends.

er... WTF??

You may also be aware of the spam scam involving emails from FB and MySpace asking you to "update your account settings by clicking below". Phony, needless to say.

[Tinka Cat]

So FB gave me a friend suggestion for someone named "Brick Collecting" -- no, it's not a "join this group" or "become a fan" suggestion, this "Brick Collecting" is presented as a person. No photo, of course, and we have no mutual friends.

er... WTF??

You may also be aware of the spam scam involving emails from FB and MySpace asking you to "update your account settings by clicking below". Phony, needless to say.

yes, beware of scams for sure, but someone in my network did create a FB profile for "David Wooderson,"
the character Matthew McConaughey plays in Dazed and Confused.  

And of course I friended him, cause he's cool as hell, man!  And remember his wise words:


"The older you get, the more rules they are going to try and get you to follow.
You just gotta keep on livin', man. L-I-V-I-N."

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=100000177725244&ref=ts

[ggould]

odd thing,

Account Unavailable
Your account is temporarily unavailable due to site maintenance. It should be available again within a few hours. We apologize for the inconvenience.

[urth]

odd thing,

Account Unavailable
Your account is temporarily unavailable due to site maintenance. It should be available again within a few hours. We apologize for the inconvenience.

I get those from FB about once a month. Sometimes it's back in minutes, sometimes it really is hours, and sometimes it's a day or more. No idea why.

[ggould]

odd thing,

Account Unavailable
Your account is temporarily unavailable due to site maintenance. It should be available again within a few hours. We apologize for the inconvenience.

I get those from FB about once a month. Sometimes it's back in minutes, sometimes it really is hours, and sometimes it's a day or more. No idea why.

you of course were right.  It just had never happened to me before.  Not surprising, considering how huge the FB network must be.

[RGMike]

odd thing,

Account Unavailable
Your account is temporarily unavailable due to site maintenance. It should be available again within a few hours. We apologize for the inconvenience.

I get those from FB about once a month. Sometimes it's back in minutes, sometimes it really is hours, and sometimes it's a day or more. No idea why.

you of course were right.  It just had never happened to me before.  Not surprising, considering how huge the FB network must be.

Now we'll never know what color Geoff's bra was! 

[ggould]

odd thing,

Account Unavailable
Your account is temporarily unavailable due to site maintenance. It should be available again within a few hours. We apologize for the inconvenience.

I get those from FB about once a month. Sometimes it's back in minutes, sometimes it really is hours, and sometimes it's a day or more. No idea why.

you of course were right.  It just had never happened to me before.  Not surprising, considering how huge the FB network must be.

Now we'll never know what color Geoff's bra was!  

 

URGENT! FACEBOOK VIRUS ALERT. An email recently went out to women asking them to post the color of their bra. THIS IS A VIRUS.To fix it, you must remove your bra, then go to Setting>Enable Webcam> Record Movie!