Facebook

[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.

Comments

[mithriltabby]

• You reply on their wall. Heavens only know if there’s a way to thread it back together again... Facebook is designed to facilitate superficial interaction, not real conversation.
  
• I don’t know if it’s considered rude, but I often just ignore them.
  
• I message them back: “I’m sorry, I don’t recognize your name. Under what handle did we meet?” If they can’t tell me how I know them, I reply “My policy is to only friend people I actually know.”