Ok, so I just got myself a Facebook.
Apparently this is good for keeping in touch with family. Whatever happened to email or picking up the phone.

For some reason, the office bimbos have decided to add me, and I can't for the life of me think why.

They seemed terribly offended when I rejected their friend request.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:41, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I'm friends with half my colleagues on there
But I hide all my activity from them, so they can't see my drunken rants, etc.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:43, Reply)

That makes sense.
I will do that.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:46, Reply)

It's a must
Lots of 'friends' but only a select few who know what a lush you really are.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:51, Reply)

I've had a look at other people's Facebook feeds
It looks like an RSS feed full of pointless white noise. What am I letting myself in for?
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:53, Reply)

Nah, Twitter for that.

( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 16:26, Reply)

Make two groups "friends" and "hangers on"
by default only allow "friends" to see your posts. For innocuous posts add "hangers on".
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:59, Reply)

I might just knock this Facebook thing on the head really.
Sounds like far too much trouble.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 30 Jun 2011, 16:05, Reply)

I find it to be helpful in keeping me up to date with what's going on with friends
Those who spam it with shit, badly spelled posts simply get hidden on mine.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 16:06, Reply)

The applications look annoying too.
I've already had three invites for something called Farmville. I'm deleting this shit, it isn't worth my time or effort.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 30 Jun 2011, 16:10, Reply)

There is a way of blocking apps, then you can also block the person from sending you invites again.
It's very helpful.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 16:11, Reply)

I do that
I don't get to see who's playing Farmville or collecting the potion from Gandalf. Good luck to them, but not for me, ta.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 16:27, Reply)

Nah, Facebook can get to fuck.
I'll stick to email.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 30 Jun 2011, 16:29, Reply)

That's because facebook friends aren't necessarily friends
They're just 'people you know'. Granted, some of them are your friends too, but I think most of us have a large proportion of 'acquaintances' on our fb feeds.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:44, Reply)

Oh.
I made a point of finding the privacy settings before setting up the account. For some reason this bothers people, and I'm kind of confused as to why.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:46, Reply)

I used to have about 15 b3tans on mine, including several I'd never met
Now I think there's about 5, because the rest met me, and realised that I am a terrible penis.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:46, Reply)

I added quite a few b3tans recently, and have no problems with any of them
I have yet to complete the set, however.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:47, Reply)

Gotta catch them all.

( girlinthehole, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:48, Reply)

Isn't that STDs?

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:51, Reply)

Thanks
Nice to be compared to knobrot
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:53, Reply)

No, no.
You're bad AIDS.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:54, Reply)

Ahhh
That's OK then
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:56, Reply)

Like Happy Families

( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:51, Reply)

I don't tend to add them anymore, as I just can't deal with the crushing rejection
Plus, I don't really know them that well.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:53, Reply)

Well, screw you then.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:56, Reply)

Be careful what you wish for.

(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:59, Reply)

Also, I have no idea what your name is, nor what you look like, and I have no idea if we share mutual friends
So finding you might be difficult!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 16:02, Reply)

yet

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 16:15, Reply)

You'll have to excuse my ignorance of these matters
but I thought the point of Facebook was to keep in touch with everyone except your family (and presumably your employers as well, if they're the sort to disapprove of pictures of your inebriated self last Friday night with only your tweed Speedos to cover your modesty, a bucket to cover your face and "friends'" comments implying that you might previously have been violated with a cucumber).
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:46, Reply)

Does this happen to you a lot?

(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:47, Reply)

There's a reason I'm not on Facebook.

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:49, Reply)

Because of cucumbers?

(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:50, Reply)

I just put up embarrassing pictures of him instead.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:51, Reply)

You seem to take a perverse delight in doing so...

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:55, Reply)

I'm looking at the "Straighten" image again.
Hehehehehehehe!
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:55, Reply)

Are you kidding?
Facebook is the only way I can find out what DJ is up to, and often, what country he's in!
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:48, Reply)

Much as we'd like to hope so,
Liverpool is not a separate country.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:49, Reply)

That's a use for it, I guess.
But why people get offended when I've rejected their request is beyond me. It's only a sodding website FFS.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:49, Reply)

They are idiots.
Don't bother worrying about it.
( girlinthehole, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:50, Reply)

Fair enough.
Mind you, they're a right pair of venemous little snakes though. Apparently I should be scared because they won't talk to me now, EVER AGAIN I MEAN IT DAMNIT.

They hardly ever spoke to me before.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:51, Reply)

I sometimes find myself becoming mildly aggravated when I discover I've been deleted off peoples friends lists
I then remember I'm not actually a child, and forget about it.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 15:54, Reply)

^^this
I doubt it's because they hate me or anything, it's just that I'm filling up their page with stuff they don't care about.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 16:06, Reply)

I only tend to notice when I want to show them something, and find they've disappeared.
And I'm certain that one is because they hate me. Don't blame them really!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 16:09, Reply)

I was deleted by a relative
she's mad.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 16:55, Reply)

Mental, or angry mad?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 16:57, Reply)