Facebook

[Sparkles]

Are you on it?
If not why not?

I haven't decided whether it's a great thing or just another way to while-away the hours yet (although it has meant I've messaged some people I haven't spoken to in years).

[Caz]

I'm on it but don't use it often.. so is Dai off the forum - Tor...more into Myspace

[Cruella]

Interesting, I joined it yesterday. Haven't quite worked out what to do with it yet though!

[Sparkles]

See here if you're feeling confused

[robd]

Good idea but just like Friends Reunited before it I think there'll be a big buzz around it for a short while (though it's been around a while now I guess) just until the next thing comes along at which point it will lie pretty much dormant (and thus useless)

I also have a problem that I have 2 accounts on there with different email addresses associated to each and would like to merge these but haven't investigated how to do it yet.

[Miss Marmite]

I'm on it but don't use it often.. so is Dai off the forum - Tor...more into Myspace

I'm addicted to facebook (even more so than this forum)! find it much more useable than myspace (where all the flashing backgrounds etc just give me a headache). A great way of knowing what everyone is up to and keeping friends in the loop if you are too busy to speak to them on a weekly basis, but not as formal and time consuming as a blog (unless you get addidcted then it really can be all consuming!)

Also looks more corporate than other similar sites so not as recognisable that i am not working when i should be!

[HelenB]

I'm on it (and met an old uni friend who I hadn't seen for quite a few years last week after contact through it)

I would be quite careful about exactly what details you add. My address isn't on there, only my email which is pretty much public domain anyway.

I haven't joined any networks either (as unless you set the security settings right everyone in that network e.g. London, can see your profile)

Luckily no-one's tagged me in any embarrasing photos yet (though someone's put some primary school pictures on )

[killingtime]

Are you on it?
If not why not?

I am. It's the whole reason that started me (not) stalking Jive_Me. I haven't just fired my address book into it though. I think it is just wrong of me to bug friends with emails telling them of the wonders of FaceBook. I have tagged a few non-Facebook people in FaceBook which mails them if you put in their email address.

I haven't decided whether it's a great thing or just another way to while-away the hours yet (although it has meant I've messaged some people I haven't spoken to in years).

Both I think. Unlike Friends Reunited though it tries to do many different things to keep your interest. We'll see how it fairs in the long term (though it has been going a while, I think it is just reaching "critical mass" now).

[robd]

It did make me laugh to get this email this morning though (subtly amended to protect real names)

Sparkles says that you two are in a relationship on Facebook. We need you to confirm that you are, in fact, in a relationship with Sparkles.

Not very trusting are they? And I like the use of 'in fact' - very interrogative!

[Caz]

It did make me laugh to get this email this morning though (subtly amended to protect real names)

Sparkles says that you two are in a relationship on Facebook. We need you to confirm that you are, in fact, in a relationship with Sparkles.

Not very trusting are they? And I like the use of 'in fact' - very interrogative!

Love this feature of Facebook! Puts us all into little boxes

[Cruella]

It did make me laugh to get this email this morning though (subtly amended to protect real names)

Sparkles says that you two are in a relationship on Facebook. We need you to confirm that you are, in fact, in a relationship with Sparkles.

Not very trusting are they? And I like the use of 'in fact' - very interrogative!

Good job you confirmed! Or you would have been in serious hot water!

[HelenB]

It did make me laugh to get this email this morning though (subtly amended to protect real names)

Sparkles says that you two are in a relationship on Facebook. We need you to confirm that you are, in fact, in a relationship with Sparkles.

Not very trusting are they? And I like the use of 'in fact' - very interrogative!

My boyfriend took weeks to confirm that we were in a relationship

(even though we've got a joint mortgage and a cat )

(and despite a couple of my exes being friends, I've never asked them to confirm that we once dated)

[killingtime]

Sparkles says that you two are in a relationship on Facebook. We need you to confirm that you are, in fact, in a relationship with Sparkles.

Not very trusting are they? And I like the use of 'in fact' - very interrogative!

Actually we were wondering if you changed your relationship status to single again whether it would ask the other person if that was the case .

[Lory]

Interesting, I joined it yesterday. Haven't quite worked out what to do with it yet though!

I joined it last week.

A couple of people I know have added me but i've got 'a friend waiting to be confirmed' who I don't think I know? .. What do I do in this case?

Her first names Sarah...its not you is it Sparkles?

To be honest, I've not got a clue what its all about

[robd]

Good job you confirmed! Or you would have been in serious hot water!

Well, she used to live in Bath.


I'm here all week........

[robd]

Actually we were wondering if you changed your relationship status to single again whether it would ask the other person if that was the case .

Or if that was, in fact, the case even

[robd]

I've just seen the button on edit profile for 'Cancel Relationship' what would be worse - dumped by text? or dumped by facebook? Maybe we need a forum poll?

I like the 'Looking for: Whatever I can get' option too

[Little Monkey]

Facebook just seems to be yet another way to waste my time, so I've not joined. I keep getting emails from various friends asking me to join various things like this, but I can't be bothered. And I'm not sure I'd want to post much information about myself on something like that, and also - if I want to contact a friend, I can always phone, text, email, send a PM or use messenger.

I think I've definitely got enough ways of keeping in touch with people already, and am already wasting far too much time on things like this forum.

[Beowulf]

Logged, looked, left !

But it did remind me to update my FriendsReunited profile..

Apparently (according to my ignored profile) I'd just split up with my fiancee and was looking to buy a flat !! (My goodness the wayback machine was set to ancient history there!)

[SeriouslyAddicted]

Yep got sucked in last week, and have to agree it is more addictive than here - yet another distraction from work. As has been said before it is a brilliant way to keep in touch with friends.