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Post by Gerry C on Nov 22, 2009 18:26:11 GMT
I've just joined Facebook (mainly because younger people I know kept shouting at me for NOT being on it) and was wondering if any other Coneheads were members and if so would y'all like to pal up? Promise I won't groom you for illicit purposes*... ;D
Cheerily,
Gerry C
*Unless you're Julia Roberts or Halle Berry...
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Post by longtoothslim on Nov 22, 2009 19:13:38 GMT
Im on bookface and Im Halle Berry ! Hold on, no just had a look and it turns out Im not Halle Berry.
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Post by gouranga on Nov 22, 2009 19:28:36 GMT
No, not Halle Berry. More like rasp berry.
I just find Facebook a big entanglement.
Take care
Gouranga
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2009 22:32:59 GMT
anyone who fancies can add me. [Edit: I tried to do this as a link, but it didn't actually take you to me! So search Sam Grinsell. There is only one!] just, maybe put a message to tell me who you are! LR
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Post by SoloBill on Nov 23, 2009 8:13:47 GMT
Hi Gerry, I'm on it, it's a mess! It was supposed to keep me in touch with friends and family but all that has happened is that I am inundated with messages from the games in facebook that my family seem to spend their entire lives playing.
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Post by ianz on Nov 23, 2009 8:39:04 GMT
I use it a lot (too much Mrs Z would say), and it takes careful tweaking of the privacy settings and notification options to make it workable. But overall I like it. The gig listing (events) is a bit clunkier than Myspace but it does work....there's only one Ian Zirins if you want to add me (oh and one Lucy Zirins too) ;D
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2009 9:18:21 GMT
Hi, just joined facebook under my real name of John Wormald (ostensibly to keep in touch with my family)...but I too am amazed at the dross that is posted from what I presume are online games.
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Post by ianz on Nov 23, 2009 9:41:14 GMT
EVERY online game or activity has a cost to your privacy (and potentially that of your friends). The old adage "there's nothing such a thing as a free lunch" is apt here. My suggestion is to (a) turn off all email notification, otherwise everya ctivity is notified to your email, (b) if you join an online game (i have two at the moment), remember that advertisers will get hold of your prfile and (c) go into settings, wall and news, facebook ads tab and say "nobody", otherwise their ads will appear on your friends feeds as though you had recommended that product!! [PARONOIA MODE OFF] other than that it is a great way of keeping in touch - honest!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2009 14:29:42 GMT
whenever you get a message from a game, just click 'block' rather than 'ignore'. That way the game will never message you again. There are only about 4 popular facebook games, so this should quickly block all notifications... (The current facebook homepage is the most messy and confused it has ever had. They tend to mess about with it every couple of months anyway, so hopefully it will start making more sense soon!)
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Post by BigBadDom on Nov 23, 2009 19:52:54 GMT
Hey Halle - good to see you at the weekend (you too Gerry). Shame I didn't get more opportunity to chat. I suppose I only have myself to blame having defected to the dark side (fingerpicking class) Came home so chilled out I practically floated back - one day at work and I'm busted, looking for my next break Dom
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Post by Gerry C on Nov 23, 2009 22:47:53 GMT
I'll catch up with you guys on FB (tho' Halle and I are already REALLY good friends... ;D ) Yep, fab time this weekend in the Big Peasy! Them three-hour grooves really enhance one's time!!!
Cheerily,
Gerry C (he of the exhausted right shoulder...)
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Post by Michael Messer on Nov 23, 2009 23:15:57 GMT
Well I had a look at Facebook and set up an account, but I have no idea what to do with it, or why I have set it up. Call me old fashioned, but if I want to communicate with my friends via the Internet I send them an email. So I still don't get it.
My daughters spend hours on Facebook and now I am even more confused about it all. What do you do on Facebook?
Our younger forum members & visitors must think I am crazy not understanding it!
Shine On Michael
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Post by thebluesbear( al) on Nov 23, 2009 23:39:39 GMT
Michael
ill have a go at this simply put you use it as a tool to connect with people , or several people at once ..i think it has its uses following what people are doing
Al
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Post by bod on Nov 24, 2009 6:14:52 GMT
Hi Michael,
After resisting for some time, I finally signed up for Facebook (FB) recently after two different very old friends both separately suggested I stay in touch with them via FB. I'm still getting used to it, and still feel unsure quite what to do with it but have come to quite like it - why so?
Well, what Al said captures quite a bit of it for me - to expand a little: I can follow bits and pieces of what my FB friends are up to pretty quickly and easily (so long as they are posting "status" messages) and they can do the same with me (so long as I am). For me, part of the gain over email is one of efficiency, same message available to all friends for one posting.
But part of it is also the character of FB, it is different, kinda more social than simply inter-personal. If I post a photo there it is like holding it up for a group of friends to see (the "magic scrapbook" effect) and they can (quickly and easily) add comments and comment on each others' comments - works well for pithy, playful banter (something not so easily had in other ways when, for example, one of you is in Lancaster with others in Buenos Aires and Copenhagen). Likewise with a "status," or a video clip. If something amusing happens in the course of the day, and I can post a brief status about it I get to "hear" my friends laughter and comments. All of this seems to favour economy of expression - just a sentence or two (or even a word or two), so it can very much take on the flavour of the kinds of brief exchanges you tend to get among busy people in passing. (As you might guess, my emails, like my forum posts, easily grow rather long - so the brevity of FB scores again for me as a time-saver)
Another feature that has worked well for me is the way it lets you re-connect with people. I guess I've been on FB around 6-8 weeks; when I head down to my hometown for a few days at the end of this week in addition to seeing family, I'll be catching up five different old friends, who I've not really seen for over 20 years, all bar one of which I've re-connected with through FB - the exception being one of the two who suggested I join FB after I tracked him down last trip. (Looks like being a fun, if madly busy, few days, with the added bonus of catching Harry Manx playing in a bar while meeting up with one old pal).
Anyway, for all this I'm not trying to sell anyone on it - just saying something about what I do with FB, and why, to my surprise, I've come to quite fond of it. Not for everyone, I am sure - and different aspects will appeal to different people (some seem to love all the games and similar applications, but these are not me) - but really it does have its own flavour and dynamic as a fairly casual way of staying in touch, sharing news, amusing anecdotes, images, videos and the like. Quick and easy, too (as long as you don't get sucked in)
Cheers
Dave
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Post by fibrebundle on Nov 24, 2009 6:16:50 GMT
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