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| Delia | May 18 2011, 02:34 PM Post #46 |
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Now this, I find hilarious.
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| Delia | May 18 2011, 02:38 PM Post #47 |
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Oh dear, I hope not too much. When I hop on FB with my morning coffee, I look forward to what new offensive and/or bizarre content you've added since my last visit.
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| FlashGordon | May 18 2011, 03:11 PM Post #48 |
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LD! I'm afraid I don't know your real name?!? Let me go check the TOC page.... Delia are you on there?? Trixie your jesus lamp was the highlight of my evening last week....
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| FlashGordon | May 18 2011, 03:32 PM Post #49 |
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Ok ya'll do you know what is super weird..... As I'm going through my old FB page and switching things over to my new page I am finding that I am FAR more comfortable with my TOC friends than I am with a lot of the people I "know" in real life........ so odd and cool all at the same time, LOL. This is such a sensible and level headed group and I think the creeper factor is very low!!!
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| Delia | May 18 2011, 03:41 PM Post #50 |
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Yes, I'm on there, although I rarely post anything on my own page. I mostly lurk on friends' pages. PM'ing you with my name IRL as well as LD's, in case you want to friend either of us.
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| Chezzie | May 18 2011, 04:01 PM Post #51 |
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Magical Leopluridon
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i have a couple of fb rules that have served me well: 1. i won't friend someone if i don't have their phone number. 2. i don't divulge my maiden name. keeps friend requests from high school/college people to a bare minimum. 3. the privacy setting are there to be used. only friends can see my status, pictures, etc. it's worked for me so far. i don't have to censor myself too much, and i don't feel awkward posting pictures of my baking experiments or my cat/horse/husband being a fool. |
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| FlashGordon | May 18 2011, 04:14 PM Post #52 |
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Good advice Chezzie. I just realized there are settings I can apply to my photos and albums that let me customize who is seeing them. So, I can still post the occasional pic of the kids on my new page and not have everyone on my friends' list viewing it, I think. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with my old page. |
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| AFireInside | May 18 2011, 05:35 PM Post #53 |
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Don't mess with her, she has a fire inside
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Hey I am all up for TOC FB friends, y'all even have your own special category! Before FB I was running rampant on mindsay and had a good following of readers who found my random thoughts highly entertaining! Now I am not sure if I ever post status updates where ever the wind blows but when I do I try to make them funny. I think... Maybe? |
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| Onelanerode | May 18 2011, 06:10 PM Post #54 |
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Off visiting Candy Cave, be right back.
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And ... this is why I don't do FB!! I had a Creepy McCreeperson problem in college that continued till about the time I got married. I didn't want McCreeperson to find me on FB, so that's the main reason I'm not on it. The other reasons ... I don't want to have to make nice and friend people (coworkers) I don't like, and I don't want to have to police my comments so certain people won't be offended.So I stick with Twitter. It's a little tougher to be a drama queen with a 140-character limit, thus I've only had to get rid of one person for being a constant updater (Just had toast! Going to pick up the girls! Dobbin's eye is swollen! Just had more toast!) OMG. I also cannot deal with the kids who post the attention-seeking stuff on FB/Twitter. Tell us what the hell happened or STFU! (See? This is why I can't be on FB and friend coworkers!!)
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| SnackPack | May 18 2011, 07:07 PM Post #55 |
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Or so you say. I'm kind of facebook confuzzled. I just got another friend request from FG. Does that make us super special, awesomest of FB friends or some such? Are we double friends now?I need to make some lists...and figure out what I'm doing with the TOC page. I'm not sure I like that it will be soooo easy to connect my username with my real name. There's a few COTH crazies that lurk on TOC and it just doesn't seem like a great idea to announce who I am. I suppose they can already see me based on being friends with a few COTHers that they are friends with, but who knows. I did find out a former co-worker isn't quite the friend she claimed to be. I had her on a very limited list for a while, but then whimped out and changed it back when she asked about it. I'm still trying to figure out what to do about her. Sigh. Too much drama in that one. I should just unfriend her and go about my life. I'm the most boring FB user in the world...but I appreciate that people still put up with me. :D |
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| Barn Girl | May 18 2011, 07:19 PM Post #56 |
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It'll be an adventure! We're going on an adventure!
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I just realized a couple of weeks ago that there's an option to be on a secure server on fb. I worry about viruses and such and switched over-- this thread made me think of telling y'all about it in case you didn't know. Just go to your account settings and security and choose to be on the https version. Apparently fb defaults to the non-secure site if you don't manually choose the secure one. Just my fb PSA of the day! I too have a love/hate relationship with fb but I do love keeping up with all my horsey peeps on there, including you guys. Now that I've blocked my work peeps from my status, etc. I'm much happier with fb in general. I've learned to keep the peace by accepting requests and then blocking for certain people! I have the same reservation about posting on the TOC group page... I don't necessarily want to be easy for internet stalkers to find. I think now that I'm friends with most of y'all I'm gonna delete my posts on there so I eliminate that connection. (But, if anyone else wants to send me a request, feel free, I'm all about the TOC friends!!!) |
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| gunnar | May 18 2011, 09:40 PM Post #57 |
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For sure. Most of my old FB friends are old HJ friendss. Our lives are no longer intertwined. You guys mean more to me than they do! Just saying! |
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| gunnar | May 18 2011, 11:18 PM Post #58 |
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So I have to keep all you guys straight! Lots of new friends! |
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| FlashGordon | May 19 2011, 04:38 AM Post #59 |
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Hey Snacky.... the things you outlined here are partial reasons why I've decided to change my FB usage. A lot of "friends" turn out not to be friends, or, turn out to be hellaciously annoying once I see their pattern of interaction on FB. I don't trust the DB security settings, I think photos end up in odd places even when you have privacy set on them, and I have some extended family who are just downright nosey and judgmental and I am tired of them stalking my page and then criticizing and/or offering opinions on things that they should just butt out of. Like I said I find it kind of cool that my TOC group of friends is really the most easy and fun to interact with on FB. Maybe because we all "get" internet etiquette?? I think the years I've spent on forums have made me a better FB user because I have more internet social skills!! Anyway I will probably be keeping, but deactivating, my old page. So essentially once it is deactivated it will no longer show up on anyone's friend list and I won't be leading a double FB life. What I am amazed by is the amount of emails, msgs and such I've gotten from people about why I am changing my FB habits. I mean why do people care?!?!? Again another illustration of how voyeuristic FB can be. Like does it really matter to Joe Schmo FB friend if I don't want as much identifying info out there about my kids and/or personal life? Why should I have to justify my change in habits? Edited by FlashGordon, May 19 2011, 04:39 AM.
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| Chezzie | May 19 2011, 06:34 AM Post #60 |
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Magical Leopluridon
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i have no idea what you're referring to. none at all. |
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PM'ing you with my name IRL as well as LD's, in case you want to friend either of us.

I had a Creepy McCreeperson problem in college that continued till about the time I got married. I didn't want McCreeperson to find me on FB, so that's the main reason I'm not on it. The other reasons ... I don't want to have to make nice and friend people (coworkers) I don't like, and I don't want to have to police my comments so certain people won't be offended.
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