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RGMike

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The Facebook Thread
« on: March 06, 2009, 07:49:37 AM »
Well, since we're all (or most of us) Facebooking now, we might as well have a thread about it.

Did anyone else get an invitation from Geoff to join a 10@10 Facebook group? I accidentally deleted it, but there's no mention on his page of having created such a group, unless I'm missing something.
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Re: The Facebook Thread
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2009, 08:03:30 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on March 06, 2009, 07:49:37 AM
Did anyone else get an invitation from Geoff to join a 10@10 Facebook group?

I just sent you an invitation.  Hadn't been to the group in a while, and just noticed a lot of unfamiliar names there - cool!
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Re: The Facebook Thread
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2009, 08:10:53 AM »
Quote from: Gazoo on March 06, 2009, 08:03:30 AM
Quote from: RGMike on March 06, 2009, 07:49:37 AM
Did anyone else get an invitation from Geoff to join a 10@10 Facebook group?

I just sent you an invitation.  Hadn't been to the group in a while, and just noticed a lot of unfamiliar names there - cool!

Thanks -- I'm still learning the ins-n-outs of FB; like the diff between my Home page and my Profile page.  ;)
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Re: The Facebook Thread
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2009, 08:47:49 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on March 06, 2009, 08:10:53 AM
Quote from: Gazoo on March 06, 2009, 08:03:30 AM
Quote from: RGMike on March 06, 2009, 07:49:37 AM
Did anyone else get an invitation from Geoff to join a 10@10 Facebook group?

I just sent you an invitation.  Hadn't been to the group in a while, and just noticed a lot of unfamiliar names there - cool!

Thanks -- I'm still learning the ins-n-outs of FB; like the diff between my Home page and my Profile page.  ;)
looking forward to new home page where I can tailor more.  One of my "friends" is a musician, and takes up most of my home page with all of his new friend announcements.  I understand what he's doing, but I don't need to know about every one of his 3,000 friends!  Although, some of them are also my friends, and it's been useful.  Hmmm...
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Re: The Facebook Thread
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2009, 09:28:29 AM »
Quote from: ggould on March 06, 2009, 08:47:49 AM
Quote from: RGMike on March 06, 2009, 08:10:53 AM
Quote from: Gazoo on March 06, 2009, 08:03:30 AM
Quote from: RGMike on March 06, 2009, 07:49:37 AM
Did anyone else get an invitation from Geoff to join a 10@10 Facebook group?

I just sent you an invitation.  Hadn't been to the group in a while, and just noticed a lot of unfamiliar names there - cool!

Thanks -- I'm still learning the ins-n-outs of FB; like the diff between my Home page and my Profile page.  ;)
looking forward to new home page where I can tailor more.  One of my "friends" is a musician, and takes up most of my home page with all of his new friend announcements.  I understand what he's doing, but I don't need to know about every one of his 3,000 friends!  Although, some of them are also my friends, and it's been useful.  Hmmm...

You can turn off those announcements in the prefs.
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Re: The Facebook Thread
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2009, 10:32:05 AM »
ch-ch-ch-changes...  Some aren't happy with the revised Facebook features:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/18/BU2416GB4F.DTL&tsp=1

thoughts?
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Re: The Facebook Thread
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2009, 05:58:52 PM »
I must be the only one who is not on Facebook, My Space or even Twitter. And I have no plans to go on those sites.
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Re: The Facebook Thread
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2009, 08:27:14 PM »
damn, now I'm getting facebook spam.  phony messages pretending to be from facebook.
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Re: The Facebook Thread
« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2009, 08:57:10 PM »
Quote from: ggould on March 18, 2009, 08:27:14 PM
damn, now I'm getting facebook spam.  phony messages pretending to be from facebook.

can you paste one here? 
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Re: The Facebook Thread
« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2009, 09:40:58 PM »
Quote from: RGMike on March 18, 2009, 10:32:05 AM
ch-ch-ch-changes...  Some aren't happy with the revised Facebook features:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/18/BU2416GB4F.DTL&tsp=1

thoughts?

We the public need to remind ourselves that this is a fricking free service and Facebook needn't get our permission to do what they want with their layouts.

Having said that, Facebook risks squandering some well-earned but potentially fickle customer capital when it doesn't give the customer something very simple in response (that being, the option not to switch to an updated layout).

I use few apps and know how to find who I want there, so while I don't care for the revision, I'm not wound up about it.
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Re: The Facebook Thread
« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2009, 03:59:58 PM »
Quote from: Tinka_Cat on March 18, 2009, 08:57:10 PM
Quote from: ggould on March 18, 2009, 08:27:14 PM
damn, now I'm getting facebook spam.  phony messages pretending to be from facebook.

can you paste one here? 
subject line:
Facebook Alert <support31@facebook.com>

body:
Messages from Your Friends on Facebook, March 19, 2009

You have 1 Personal Message:
Video title: "Amanda is dancing on Striptease Dance Party, March 14, 2009! We're absolutely shocked!".


Proceed to view full video message:

etc....
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Re: The Facebook Thread
« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2009, 06:47:27 PM »
Yikes.  I've never received anything like that.
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Re: The Facebook Thread
« Reply #12 on: March 19, 2009, 06:57:42 PM »
Quote from: Gazoo on March 19, 2009, 06:47:27 PM
Yikes.  I've never received anything like that.
I get tons of them, but I get a lot of spam anyway, having ancient public email addresses.
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Re: The Facebook Thread
« Reply #13 on: March 19, 2009, 08:34:28 PM »
Quote from: Gazoo on March 19, 2009, 06:47:27 PM
Yikes.  I've never received anything like that.

It's amazing no one thought of it before. So they send those to people who aren't on Facebook too, I presume? 

I haven't gotten one yet, but I do get those ridiculous (and ubiquitous) "we want to award you a PhD" emails.  And of course SPAM about "my account" at a bank I don't actually have an account at.
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Re: The Facebook Thread
« Reply #14 on: March 20, 2009, 09:32:52 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on March 19, 2009, 08:34:28 PM
Quote from: Gazoo on March 19, 2009, 06:47:27 PM
Yikes.  I've never received anything like that.

It's amazing no one thought of it before. So they send those to people who aren't on Facebook too, I presume? 

I haven't gotten one yet, but I do get those ridiculous (and ubiquitous) "we want to award you a PhD" emails.  And of course SPAM about "my account" at a bank I don't actually have an account at.

those aren't just spams, they're scams.
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