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Thursday, March 12th, 2009 09:17 pm
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.
Monday, March 16th, 2009 08:15 pm (UTC)
I hope you get some enjoyment out of it. I log in to Facebook about once a day and find it relatively enjoyable, but hardly life-altering. :) Having said that, feel free to look me up. ;)

Personally, I ignore just about all of the apps. A few of them are fun, but I just blow away all the requests and invitations I get, because it isn't worth exploring them to find the few I might like.
Monday, March 16th, 2009 11:43 pm (UTC)
Ignoring sounds like the best policy. Now I only wish I could shut the dratted things up when everyone ELSE uses them. :)

I would look you up if I had the foggiest notion what your name was. (A first name doesn't really narrow it down much).
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 04:32 pm (UTC)
Well, yes, that would be a problem. :) You can find me under Brian Jay, or bjay34@yahoo.com, I would assume.

The little notices don't bother me all that much. I generally just look at my home page and I don't think they show up there. But, then, I need to explore the new layout better, so maybe I am missing something.