Family on social network sites

[beats me]

@Beats, is this the friend's wife you keep wanting to bang?

Actually you have it backwards. My friend got my sloppy seconds. She was with me first and after we broke up they got together and 10 years later they are married with 2 kids.

[nebulae]

@Beats, is this the friend's wife you keep wanting to bang?

Actually you have it backwards. My friend got my sloppy seconds. She was with me first and after we broke up they got together and 10 years later they are married with 2 kids.

Is she a MILF with benefits?

[Android Bishop]

It was pretty awesome when a girl I know posted a bunch of drunken topless pics of her making out and fondling numerous guys and girls at spring break and about half of her responses were from horrified family members on her facebook. good times

[aburgener]

It was pretty awesome when a girl I know posted a bunch of drunken topless pics of her making out and fondling numerous guys and girls at spring break and about half of her responses were from horrified family members on her facebook. good times

that's one of those stories that usually ends with FML

[obscurityknocks]

As soon as you realize that the Facebook "etiquette" is to basically friend everyone who asks who hasn't been stalking you or something, you realize that it's basically a place to put non-threatening stuff...

UNLESS they make it so that you can easily control who sees what posts/pix EASILY. (i.e.--You make a bunch of groups, "family", "musicians", "upstanding high school acquaintances", "fellow obscure hobby-of-mine enthusiasts", "drunken lowlife friends", etc....Then whatever you post, you just post it ONLY for the groups you specify. You can dork out about your new additions to your pen collection or newly invented Ableton effects chain to like-minded deviants without subjecting them to every post about walking your dog and the weather that you post for family, etc.)

Right now you can only do this for e-mails, and clumsily for other stuff. I think I read that they are actually introducing the feature above sometime soon, but until then...it's a lot of safe posts and blandness for now....Keeping fingers crossed..

[nebulae]

As soon as you realize that the Facebook "etiquette" is to basically friend everyone who asks who hasn't been stalking you or something, you realize that it's basically a place to put non-threatening stuff...

I gotto disagree with this completely. I know several people who have either not been hired of have been fired for posting things on facebook that inadvertently finds it's way back to the employer. There's nothing non-threatening about it.

I routinely reject "professional" friend requests on Facebook by simply saying "Thanks for the request...I would love to connect with you on LinkedIn, but I reserve Facebook for immediate family." (Of course, it's more than immediately family, but at least I'm not douchy in my rejection) Problem solved.

[moxie38]

As soon as you realize that the Facebook "etiquette" is to basically friend everyone who asks who hasn't been stalking you or something, you realize that it's basically a place to put non-threatening stuff...

I gotto disagree with this completely. I know several people who have either not been hired of have been fired for posting things on facebook that inadvertently finds it's way back to the employer. There's nothing non-threatening about it.

I routinely reject "professional" friend requests on Facebook by simply saying "Thanks for the request...I would love to connect with you on LinkedIn, but I reserve Facebook for immediate family." (Of course, it's more than immediately family, but at least I'm not douchy in my rejection) Problem solved.

I think you misunderstood his post. I think he was saying BECAUSE you realize that you're going to get friend requests from everyone and their mom and will probably say yes to them you realize that it's basically a place to put non-threatening stuff...

[sporkles]

I was on Facebook under an assumed name for half a year, solely to be able to see the photos my girlfriend posted when she
was out travelling that same half year.

Most of my eligible "friends" are old class mates, etc. (i.e. people I want to avoid by any means) anyway, so, er... No thanks.

All this Facebook-Twitter nonsense is utter garbage. 99% of users are on the damn things because it makes them feel like
anyone gives two fucks what they're doing.

I'll take mindless banter with people I don't know on the Ableton forum any day, though

[nebulae]

As soon as you realize that the Facebook "etiquette" is to basically friend everyone who asks who hasn't been stalking you or something, you realize that it's basically a place to put non-threatening stuff...

I gotto disagree with this completely. I know several people who have either not been hired of have been fired for posting things on facebook that inadvertently finds it's way back to the employer. There's nothing non-threatening about it.

I routinely reject "professional" friend requests on Facebook by simply saying "Thanks for the request...I would love to connect with you on LinkedIn, but I reserve Facebook for immediate family." (Of course, it's more than immediately family, but at least I'm not douchy in my rejection) Problem solved.

I think you misunderstood his post. I think he was saying BECAUSE you realize that you're going to get friend requests from everyone and their mom and will probably say yes to them you realize that it's basically a place to put non-threatening stuff...

Meaning you SHOULDN'T put threatening stuff on there...yes, agreed, if you accept everyone. If you do put threatening stuff, then be choosy who you friend.

[beats me]

As soon as you realize that the Facebook "etiquette" is to basically friend everyone who asks who hasn't been stalking you or something, you realize that it's basically a place to put non-threatening stuff...

I gotto disagree with this completely. I know several people who have either not been hired of have been fired for posting things on facebook that inadvertently finds it's way back to the employer. There's nothing non-threatening about it.

I routinely reject "professional" friend requests on Facebook by simply saying "Thanks for the request...I would love to connect with you on LinkedIn, but I reserve Facebook for immediate family." (Of course, it's more than immediately family, but at least I'm not douchy in my rejection) Problem solved.

I think you misunderstood his post. I think he was saying BECAUSE you realize that you're going to get friend requests from everyone and their mom and will probably say yes to them you realize that it's basically a place to put non-threatening stuff...

The people who told me "You HAVE to join" generally view it as party central and a place for drunken blabbering. So from my circle it's not a safe family environment.

And after past experience with other social networking sites this time around I plan to keep things somewhat pure using the following formula "Do I know who the fuck you are? answer = no, response = delete". but I'll continue to approve anything and everything on myspace because I use it for music, quality and privacy of friends has no value.

[aisling]

I signed up for face book and never did anything with my account. I received an e-mail saying I had all these friend requests.....One of them was an old friends mother. How could these people know about me without me furthering my account? It was kind of spooky the people who were requesting to be friends.....One guy was an asshole I corresponded with on craigslist for music, but never came through for a jam......

[beats me]

I signed up for face book and never did anything with my account. I received an e-mail saying I had all these friend requests.....One of them was an old friends mother. How could these people know about me without me furthering my account? It was kind of spooky the people who were requesting to be friends.....One guy was an asshole I corresponded with on craigslist for music, but never came through for a jam......

Your answer here: facebook and sites like twitter fish your emails to entice you and others to invite these people to be your friends. I too got a friend request based on facebook finding a brief coversation in my email inbox with a craigslist musician. He wasn't an asshole though.

That "feature" still pisses me off though.

[aisling]

I signed up for face book and never did anything with my account. I received an e-mail saying I had all these friend requests.....One of them was an old friends mother. How could these people know about me without me furthering my account? It was kind of spooky the people who were requesting to be friends.....One guy was an asshole I corresponded with on craigslist for music, but never came through for a jam......

Your answer here: facebook and sites like twitter fish your emails to entice you and others to invite these people to be your friends. I too got a friend request based on facebook finding a brief coversation in my email inbox with a craigslist musician. He wasn't an asshole though.

That "feature" still pisses me off though.

Well, If that is the case, I'm not sure I like it. I also don't like the idea of having to censer my self. Nor do I like the fact that everybody on face book seems happy, prosperous, successful, living exciting and interesting lives, etc..... While I am barley hanging on by a thread financially, trying to raise 2 kids, and balance my dreams passions of music. Somehow I feel like I might not really belong on facebook.

[Tone Deft]

assbook?

[aisling]

assbook?