On 2010-12-20 16:21:50 -0600, Duggy said:   
   > On Dec 20, 10:38 pm, Vince M Hudd  wrote:   
   >> Joseph DeMartino  wrote:   
   >>> Yeah, I'm pretty sure that similar circumstances well eventually FORCE me   
   >>> to use Facebook.  But I won't like it and I insist on my right to be   
   >>> dragged kicking and screaming into the future.   
   >>    
   >> I felt that way about social networking sites in general at one point, but   
   >> then I caved and joined Facebook. It's not so bad as long as you can   
   >> mentally filter out the sheer idiocy you'll see from day to day in some   
   >> friends' status updates, not to mention being bombarded with "invitations"   
   >> to use this, that or the other lamoid app on the site from the same friends.   
   >>    
   >> And the latest example of totally brain dead 'innovation' on the site is the   
   >> new format 'groups' - whereby friends can 'add' you to a group. Yes, *add*   
   >> you. Not *invite* you, which you could decline (or just ignore), but   
   >> actually *add* you, so that if you don't want to be a member of their latest   
   >> daft group, having been added you have to go to the effort of removing   
   >> yourself. (Once removed, you can't then be added - but that does miss the   
   >> point somewhat!)   
   >>    
   >> Why am I still on Facebook, again? I seem to have forgotten. :|   
   >    
   > I created a group called "Facebook groups should be opt in not opt   
   > out" over that issue.   
   >    
   > Within a couple of days of that change, Mark Zuckerberg was added to a   
   > NAMBLA group.   
   I totally agree that they should be opt in. I had issues with someone    
   who added me to a group. She apologized and removed me, but it was    
   annoying.   
   -K   
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