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Does anyone else use this annoying creation?

Tim! You might like to look at Katharine's thread!

"Face Book. What Am I Missing?" Last November. I love the way Katharine calls it "Face Book". So.... dignified!

Tim_MaA_MidB wrote:Does anyone else use this annoying creation?

Yes and no.

By that I mean that I set up a pseudonym to play a prank on one of my daughters. I then discovered a couple of "groups" which were of interest and posted on them.

However I have the princely total of 4 friends. What I find sinister about it is, despite using a pseudonym, I receive suggestions that I become facebook friends with people from this forum!

Please don't interpret "sinister" as casting aspersions on fellow forum members! I just find it of concern that,despite my pseudonym, they can still come up with "real" people I "know" if only via cyberspace.

I'm going to apply to be your Facebook friend, Andrew. Hooray!

Mid A 15 wrote:

Tim_MaA_MidB wrote:Does anyone else use this annoying creation?

Yes and no.

By that I mean that I set up a pseudonym to play a prank on one of my daughters. I then discovered a couple of "groups" which were of interest and posted on them.

However I have the princely total of 4 friends. What I find sinister about it is, despite using a pseudonym, I receive suggestions that I become facebook friends with people from this forum!

Please don't interpret "sinister" as casting aspersions on fellow forum members! I just find it of concern that,despite my pseudonym, they can still come up with "real" people I "know" if only via cyberspace.

That is probably because they are in your email address book. I get some, and I also get totally random people who I have no idea about, from places like Colorado!

I love Facebook. I couldn't see the point at first, but someone persuaded me a couple of years ago and I look at it all the time. Can't see the point of the games, hugs, virtual presents etc though - I just like reading friends' status updates and comments, and looking at photos.

I use an excellent utility called FB Purity that allows you to selectively block Facebook stuff you don't want to see - specific apps, games, people posting URLs etc. Facebook itself is a bit all or nothing but FB Purity really allows you to customise what you see, which makes the whole thing much more manageable.

Don't know about Purity, you can just 'hide' what you don't want to see. My bro-in-law doesn't even have a wall.

I do have a rarely used page; it is used almost exclusively for messaging with someone who seems to have an aversion to e-mail. Stupid thing is that otherwise she is intelligent - a masters that I know of (whilst her husband has a doctorate from Swansea), multilingually fluent (at least South American Spanish, French, English and at least two versions of Catalan / Gascon), ex-ballerina, amateur opera singer and can she cook ................ ooaaaaaaaaaah! and she still seems to prefer facebook!

Jan does.

I know Matt does, coz through one of his posts, I got addicted to helping Jan out, down on the farm.

That game is highly addictive.

Oh, Sean does farming as well.

I lead a reclusive life here in Devon.

How lovely to enjoy a daily conversation with HOGOFs, friends and family all on one page!

A bit like the party I always want to have, but never will otherwise!

I have a page too - it`s so easy to see what interesting (and some not quite so interesting!!) things people are doing- but I must admit I like the photos best! Love seeing everyone`s holiday and family snaps!!

When I was at university we didn't have a phone at home, and I am an appalling letter writer so the only times my parents knew I was actually alive was when they got a postcard about 3 days before the end of term "Put the kettle on for 3pm on Wednesday" or similar.

Looking back as a parent now myself it must have been awful for my parents. After the Birmingham pub bombings in 1973 they sent a letter asking if I was all right (Mum's brother was a cop and had to pick up the 'pieces').

I blithely wrote back that of course I was, I never went drinking in the city centre.

Husband and I joined FB when daughter went to University thinking that she would be an awful communicator, but in fact she rang us twice a week or so anyway. Nice to know she was enjoying herself and was healthy though - her marks told the story of working hard too.

Angela Woodford wrote:I lead a reclusive life here in Devon.

How lovely to enjoy a daily conversation with HOGOFs, friends and family all on one page!

A bit like the party I always want to have, but never will otherwise!

I joined the HOGOF group on facebook some time ago, but there seems to be very little on it, and nothing since April. What am I doing wrong? Could there be more than one HOGOF group?

I'm always on FB - It's a great way to keep up with friends & family without making much effort! I can see what all my cousins are up to without actually having to talk to them!

I agree about photos... always good for a giggle.

In fact I have 2 profiles - one for my friends & family in Finland and one for everyone else... I often duplicate some info but it helps keep clients & colleagues seperate. I even had to move one friend from one to the other recently!!

I have found it a really useful tool for getting back in touch with a lot of "lost" friends and old school buddies. I also found that by posting old CH photos on the group I set up (see link on my signature) it increased the interest in the recent 20-year reunion. As such I would like to think that through Faceache I have rekindled some old friendships between other people than myself which can only be a good thing

PS I don't play Farmingville (or whatever it's called) as I think it's actually better to do something real rather than sit at the computer all day...