Facebook question...

[darkmatter]

I enjoy the Facebook concept, I like the mix of people from all over the world with different points of view and culture. I do purge the friend list if I lose interest or the activity level quits. I don't play the silly "social" games ----just don't have the time to play something like farmland when I have a real garden and chickens to take care of. (Yeah, my profile website is facebook)

 

[YaYaBugaaawkSisters]

I liked Myspace MUCH better. We could design our own walls and put music up, etc... and keep tabs on my teenagers! <shameless Grin>

Much happiness,
Genie in LV, NV

 

[YaYaBugaaawkSisters]

Ha ha ha

Don't comment on their walls often.

They still do mean something to me.

Gglz

 

[I have WHAT in my yard?]

Create more than one facebook page under different names for your different circles of friends/contacts. Just had a huge facebook fracas to deal with. Boundaries exist for a reason. If your facebook is under your real name - if you would not stand up with a microphone and say it to all of the people you know or have ever known then don't post it on facebook.

 

[wegotchickens]

I have family, folks from high school, folks from BYC, and folks from games.

I have unfriended some for being terribly crude (and you have to be pretty terrible to offend me) and some because they were only game friends and quit playing (or I quit playing).

I have to say, I have made some friends through games that I quite like, and same for some BYC peeps. Some are witty or silly and just appeal to me. Some have the same interests and we have a lot in common. I only joined FB because my sis encouraged me to, to reconnect with high school folks. She dropped fb and I'm still there!!
A high school friend organized a tribute for our former band director on facebook, and I'm really looking forward to it! All my favorite high school friends will be there, more so than the average reunion.

And a friend of a friend had a baby goat ER, and posted on facebook. I asked a friend (that I've never met) and she gave some good advice. So one friend I've never met was assisted by another friend I've never met, and had an answr within 10 minutes. I think that is REALLY COOL!!


Also, it's easier to post pics on fb than it is on here

And yes, I changed my privacy setting so they can't 'borrow' them....

 

[wegotchickens]

Robin'sBrood :

Question... what is the point of someone being your facebook friend if they're going to make it so that you can't read their wall? I just found out someone has done this to me and now I feel like they only want to be my friend so they can see what is going on in my life... what the heck?

Well, I have a "friend" that I'm going to delete now!


eta... DONE!

I found out someone who sent a friend request to ME, made it so I could not respond to her posts. When I found out about the restriction I unfriended her immediately. You aren't a friend if you place restrictions on me...

And I don't say anything on FB that I wouldn't say to anyone in person.
I've quit playing a lot of games, too.​

 

[Rozzie]

Quote:
I found out someone who sent a friend request to ME, made it so I could not respond to her posts. When I found out about the restriction I unfriended her immediately. You aren't a friend if you place restrictions on me...

And I don't say anything on FB that I wouldn't say to anyone in person.
I've quit playing a lot of games, too.

I have restrictions on a lot of people. Lots of folks can't see my daily wall posts, and lots of posts are selectively made. It doesn't mean I don't like the people. It's just a matter of how public I want different info/posts to be. I've also known people who set the restriction you mentioned on everybody except the people they are closest to. I have various restrictions set in different ways: some people can see some photos, some can see all of them, etc. Some see some posts, some see them all. So far, I haven't set it so that someone can't post on my wall, but I have thought about it for a person or two...

ETA: Sometimes people don't really understand the restrictions settings, so it isn't always intentional. I've also had FB do crazy things with settings. I've had things randomly lock several people out a number of times -- always the same people -- where they couldn't see ANYTHING even though I'd never set it that way. If they'd taken offense...well, it wouldn't have been my fault.

 

[kla37]

My "friends" on FB must actually be friends or family of mine. I must have met and interacted with them in real life, and enjoyed it enough to keep in touch. I don't have people on there I don't personally know. I'm not the biggest people person, and I have enough to keep up with. I like people al right, just not hundreds of them! My list is about 98, and I'm related to many of them.

 

[kla37]

The games make me crazy!

I have blocked most of the game applications.

 

[Mak]

When I started my FB, I accepted every friend request I got. But as I got more involved, I realized some of those people I don't really know. A lot of the competition chili cooks are on FB, but I certainly don't know them all personally. So I only friend people I do know. Keeps things manageable.

I do use the features that let you limit who sees certain posts. Not everyone needs to know everything, nor is everyone necessarily interested in everything.

Apps- ah, yes, most are blocked by me, too. I do play one game, occasionally. I don't have time for every game and quiz and test and whatever that is thrown out there.