Is there a way to find new friends by # of friends in common on facebook?
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jamesbond007
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Originally posted by: guyver01
something all the cool kids do.
that's why you dont know what it is
Heh, my daughter was telling me about her account, and all I could think of is "Why would you want to do that?"
Leros
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Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
Originally posted by: guyver01
something all the cool kids do.
that's why you dont know what it is
Heh, my daughter was telling me about her account, and all I could think of is "Why would you want to do that?"
Actually Facebook is really popular among adults. It allows you to lazily keep in touch (with minimal interactions) with all your old friends.
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So when someone says "Why do you never call?", you can say "Hey I have a facebook account"?
I could see the plus side of that.
I could see the plus side of that.
Leros
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You do short message a few times a year and you've fulfilled your obligations to keep in touch.
"Hey Cousin Larry,
Things here are going good <few sentences>.
Hows your family?"
Do that 2-3 times a year and you no longer have to call the guy. And it seems like you care and want to keep in touch. And quite frankly, short messages like that between distant family seems to be a good way to keep in touch. I like the format.
I used to never talk to my half-siblings. Now I message them a few times a year. Its nice to keep in touch and its easy enough that we actually do it.
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I just signed up this week. I thought it was useless before. But now, I see some good value to using it. I've been browsing my friend's and relative's facebook page and have found dozens of fantastic photos of them, me, or both. True, if they were really good friends/relatives they would have already emailed me these photos. But people are lazy. I've found some priceless ones that I wouldn't have gotten any other way.Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
Heh, my daughter was telling me about her account, and all I could think of is "Why would you want to do that?"
A secondary benefit is that I can now contact an old but good friend who's phone number and email address changed over the years and I had no other way of contacting.
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Originally posted by: dullard
I just signed up this week. I thought it was useless before. But now, I see some good value to using it. I've been browsing my friend's and relative's facebook page and have found dozens of fantastic photos of them, me, or both. True, if they were really good friends/relatives they would have already emailed me these photos. But people are lazy. I've found some priceless ones that I wouldn't have gotten any other way.Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
Heh, my daughter was telling me about her account, and all I could think of is "Why would you want to do that?"
A secondary benefit is that I can now contact an old but good friend who's phone number and email address changed over the years and I had no other way of contacting.
Yup. This.
My dad found his high school friends on facebook, some he hasn't seen for more than 40 years (class of '65). Soon these people started uploading photos (in black and white!) so I get to see what my dad and uncle looked like back then. I of course had seen some pictures of them from those years, but they were family pictures and not high school crazy party stuff like these
. The funniest thing though is reading the banter of all these friends at the comment area. It's a treat reading all these grandpas talking sh*t to each other :laugh:
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:thumbsup:Originally posted by: dullard
I just signed up this week. I thought it was useless before. But now, I see some good value to using it. I've been browsing my friend's and relative's facebook page and have found dozens of fantastic photos of them, me, or both. True, if they were really good friends/relatives they would have already emailed me these photos. But people are lazy. I've found some priceless ones that I wouldn't have gotten any other way.Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
Heh, my daughter was telling me about her account, and all I could think of is "Why would you want to do that?"
A secondary benefit is that I can now contact an old but good friend who's phone number and email address changed over the years and I had no other way of contacting.
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Well yeah, but it's always the most random people.
Let me be visual. This is what I want to see:
Gerk McGurk - 24 friends in Common ADD AS FRIEND
Shirley McGurk - 23 friends in Common ADD AS FRIEND
Janey McHaney - 22 friends in Common ADD AS FRIEND
You know, in descending order of how many friends in common YET you aren't friends with them? Anyways, the lack of this feature doesn't make any sense because it would be the easiest way to find people you actually know.
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"People you may know" does the same thing. It just doesn't say how many friends you have in common, or rank them.
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