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   Duggy to rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated   
   Re: OT: Request for good behavior   
   20 Dec 10 23:34:28   
   
   On Dec 21, 9:38 am, Jan  wrote:   
   > In article <79f6fd28-7be4-457b-b92c-245460b11...@u25g2000pra.g   
   oglegroups.com>,   
   > Duggy says...   
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   > >On Dec 20, 10:38=A0pm, Vince M Hudd  wrote:   
   > >> Joseph DeMartino  wrote:   
   > >> > Yeah, I'm pretty sure that similar circumstances well eventually FORCE =   
   > >me   
   > >> > to use Facebook. =A0But I won't like it and I insist on my right to be   
   > >> > dragged kicking and screaming into the future.   
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   > >> I felt that way about social networking sites in general at one point, bu=   
   > >t   
   > >> 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 frien=   
   > >ds.   
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   > >> 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 lat=   
   > >est   
   > >> 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!)   
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   > >> Why am I still on Facebook, again? I seem to have forgotten. :|   
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   > >I created a group called "Facebook groups should be opt in not opt   
   > >out" over that issue.   
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   > >Within a couple of days of that change, Mark Zuckerberg was added to a   
   > >NAMBLA group.   
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   > Then apparently he 'friended' the wrong person.  ONLY friends can add you to   
   > groups and the person gets a notification.  Yeah, it's a stupid situation but   
   > the members do have a fair amount of control.   
   The "friend" was an technology critic who was added to it, and added   
   Mark to prove a point.   
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