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[cjsmith]

I joined the dark side.

That thing could eat up the entire rest of my life. Fortunately, I tend to lose interest in between clicking on something and seeing the results.* This allows me to continue to do homework.

Now I think I need the basic two-minute tutorial. Rob's been over the initial setup with me, which is good, or my e-mail inbox would be dead. But I don't really know how to use anything yet.

- When somebody does a "wall-to-wall" at you, how do you reply to their comment?
- What in blazes do you do with "gifts" (not!) of "things" (virtual) that want you to enable some app and donate even more of your time? Is ignoring these considered rude?
- When someone you do not recognize at all asks to friend you, what is the socially acceptable way to say "I haven't the foggiest who you are"?

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*If you ever want to know what a web site is made of, use it with a two-year-old browser. Whoo-eee. It's like a cardiac stress test for web code. The patient might look and feel just fine most of the time, but this will highlight every clogged artery.

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[excessor.livejournal.com]

Wall-to-wall: There's an item underneath the poster's name called "Write on person's Wall". Click that. By the way, everyone can read that. Only messages to/from your inbox are private—in the same way that email is “private.”

Gifts: if it's rude to ignore them, then I'm rude. They're typically not that interesting and they have little entertainment value.

When someone asks to friend me, I just send a note back and say, "I'm sorry, but I can't remember how I know you. Can you refresh my memory?" If someone gets offended, it's too bad. I once asked someone that and the person wrote back: "Oh, I saw your picture and think you're cute." Good enough for me.

You should read this:
http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/02/facebook-privacy/

(which I got from allanh).

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Ooo, thanks for the pointer!