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tweet37 is offline tweet37 Post #11  September 11,2009, 2:30am
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has all the tools and can........satisfy

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baerweafsdfer? That's my creepy sound, like when you find a spider at the bottom of your soft drink.

After you drank it.
That's not as bad as finding half of the spider.
 
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timeless2 is offline timeless2 Post #12  September 11,2009, 3:32am
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which half?
 
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Valtyr is offline Valtyr Post #13  September 11,2009, 3:44am
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I did sign up with Facebook just to see what was so great about it. I found it to be rather lame most of my friends just talk like normal people (on cell phones). I don't know how creepy Facebook is, I made a new email and only use it on a virtual machine so I could care less what it does.
 
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DancingFool is offline DancingFool Post #14  September 11,2009, 5:26am
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Kind of agree with you that it can be creepy. However before Facebook goes digging through your e-mail accounts, it does ask permission, so just say "NO"....lol...

I have my privacy settings done pretty tight and the only people I accept as friends, are people who are indeed friends. Assorted acquaintances, dates, bf's, ex's, etc. are simply not allowed precisely because I feel like it's way too much information. The good points is that thanks to facebook I've gotten in touch with some friends I've lost contact with over the years. Other than that, I don't use it much for anything other than to take a look at some photos my friends have posted. It's actually an easy way to stay in touch with those who live far away.
 
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Ms666 is offline Ms666 Post #15  September 11,2009, 7:58am
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I don't have a Facebook precisely because of the 'creep' factor. Also, I tend to have a wild & crazy lifestyle!
I have no intention of allowing people I know in a professional context (i.e. clients, potential employers) see pictures of me in the mosh pit at a GWAR concert.
 
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tjlpd is offline tjlpd Post #16  September 11,2009, 8:27am
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I got freaked out when my ex-MIL showed up as a recommended friend. After that I blocked her and set my privacy standards higher. I never update my page but I occassionally get tagged on a picture or something. My ex-MIL is now being very nice to me so I might even unblock her.
 
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Mokkesofie is offline Mokkesofie Post #17  September 11,2009, 9:33am
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I've been on Facebook for quite a while and I love it. You can secure your profile very well indeed and only accept friends that are real friends. No-one else can see my pages or photos. My children live in 3 different countries and I can follow what happens in their lives and see their recent photos from around the world plus the can see the same on my pages.
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I used to waste time on Facebook with people I know, now I waste time with all you guys, whose names I don't even know and talk about things way more private than anything I post on my wall! Crazy world we live in, whether it is here or facebook.

I know what you mean about the suggested friends thing. I have set my settings to be pretty private, but still there's those suggested friends. Right after I mentioned on eHa about a woman who I couldn't be friends with because I couldn't stand the way she treats her husband, she asked me to be friends. I thought I was free of her friendship. ARRGGHH! I will say, if you know people are on facebook who you don't want to be friends with, you can block individuals. They won't even be able to see you if they search for you. So they may try to be your friend, but they can't. Like my former boss . But, alas it doesn't work if they get on facebook and ask to be your friend before you know they are there. Like my aunts....
 
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Ms666 is offline Ms666 Post #19  September 11,2009, 11:49am
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An example of how Facebook can ruin a first date before it even begins....

How Technology Changed Dating
 
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LOVE Facebook.

If you don't like the recommended friends, don't send them requests. Just as if you don't like someone on a dating site, don't email them.

I have gotten back in touch with friends from decades ago, and gotten in touch with distant family members who had moved to other parts of the country where we'd never have found each other otherwise.

Sure, I have my privacy settings as tight as a drum. And I don't accept every friend request I receive, nor do I send out to any that I don't want to.

But I have been so thrilled with this avenue of rekindling lost friendships and hearing updates about them all.

I never understand why people say it's creepy...if you don't like it, don't do it.
 
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