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07-16-2010, 02:15 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Reno, NV
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What was Beth Thinking?
Okay, so here is what happened.
Beth clicked a button on Facebook that said "invite people you know to Facebook." Suddenly, she has sent out several THOUSAND requests for friendships!
LOL - My girl is nothing if not friendly, but not THAT friendly.
So, if you were in her address book and you received such a message, you will understand it is not some kind of marketing stunt.
And before you tune up the wise-ass comments that we are all famous for around here, remember it was an accident. 
Dave
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07-16-2010, 03:02 PM
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Just another Facist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Now in Houston
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that's the reason I quit facebook. That kind of crap......
They hijack your contacts and index it on their systems and then use it at their leisure........there is much more.....but I won't bore anyone with it......needless to say 500k people didn't quit for no reason.........btw, they say that they have 500 million users now
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07-16-2010, 03:15 PM
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The Voice of Reason!
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Canandaigua, New york
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You....you..mean, she didn't really want to be my friend? 
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07-16-2010, 03:39 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Reno, NV
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Well, that can't be right.
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07-16-2010, 03:57 PM
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Screw PC
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Originally Posted by Tom
You....you..mean, she didn't really want to be my friend? |
Tom, are those monkey tears or aligator tears?
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07-16-2010, 07:19 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Reno, NV
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Tom, are those monkey tears or aligator tears?
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Somehow I just know I am going to regret this but I have to ask... DJ, what are monkey tears?
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07-16-2010, 07:36 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
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Originally Posted by Dave Schwartz
Somehow I just know I am going to regret this but I have to ask... DJ, what are monkey tears?
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remember avatars
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07-16-2010, 08:20 PM
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Just another Facist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Now in Houston
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Originally Posted by Dave Schwartz
Somehow I just know I am going to regret this but I have to ask... DJ, what are monkey tears?
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same as regular tears
but they are shaped like a Banana
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07-16-2010, 08:58 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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Dave, I never could get the "will you be my friend thing". It just didn't have a good feel. I registered and unregistered in a span of less than 48 hours.
Be glad Beth didn't send out dinner invitations. 
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07-16-2010, 09:24 PM
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I can think of someone who had their race pictures " borrowed " by others without their permission & now they claim them as their own. 
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07-16-2010, 11:58 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Reno, NV
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Grits,
Personally, I think Facebook is one of the great inventions of the new millennium. I have re-connected with like 75 people from my school days, including two of my absolute best friends.
Beth has connected... well, obviously she is WAY BETTER at connecting than I am... she has re-connected with a great bunch of women from her high school class. Eight of them went on vacation to Puerto Vallarta in February.
I strongly recommend it to anyone who says to themselves, "I wonder what ever happened to...???"
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07-17-2010, 12:00 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Reno, NV
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I can think of someone who had their race pictures " borrowed " by others without their permission & now they claim them as their own.
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This happened on Facebook?
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07-17-2010, 12:10 AM
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Just another Facist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Now in Houston
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Dave, it is a great thing........but they blew it on Privacy. When I start going to websites and they pop up ads that have an embedded picture of one of my 40 friends on facebook........telling me that "Your friend bought this camera" I start to get a little freaked out by it...........
I have to tell you, I miss it. I miss talking to my friends in Columbus and Charlotte, and California almost every day. But I just made a decision that it was way too invasive.
There is a great debate going on right now about owning your "Online Identity" Facebook users have abdicated that right..............
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07-17-2010, 12:16 AM
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The privacy thing caused me far more hesitation than asking folks to be a friend. Only did two of those before I bolted. The privacy thing, even with oodles of controls in place--still was bothering me.
Dave, I remember when Beth went with her friends on their trip. She left you "home alone."
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07-17-2010, 12:47 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Reno, NV
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Yes... home alone. Good thing it wasn't Christmas, huh?
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