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Is this normal behavior? Facebook related

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FB for good friends and family, sure. It's a good way to keep in touch and share info.

People I don't know? No way.

All of my FB contacts are people I already know outside of FB.
 
Vdubchaos said:
If someone is not close or part of my life, I simply don't give a shit about them or even want them in my life.

It's kind of like going to high school reunion.....

Sorry but if someone is not part of my life, I have 0 interest in their life or making contact.

ENABLING them contact to me is also a big NO NO. No thanks.

But if it's what you like, great, I'm happy for you.




Again, I have no interest in "sort of friends"

And for the record, I HATE people that contact me whenever they need something from me. Those are the worse kinds...






In our family, we do that by calling directly (it takes 5 min, how lazy can you possibly be).. No facebook needed. Facebooking in a way is an "easy way out". It takes little effort and communication, calling someone is NOT a big deal and more respectful IMO. Whenever you speak to someone in person or even on the call it's better experience/better for relationship then bunch of text on your screen.

Relationships take time and effort. And that time and effort is also "experience" that makes the relationship better and stronger.

Scheduling a family event is similar to a road trip. It's not the destination (in this instance party or event), it's the journey to get there.

I'm sorry, that's just me. I'm not saying Facebook is BAD or one should never use it etc.
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So, I go back to my claim that a lot of ATOT sounds like a bitter old grandpa 🙂

Vdubchaos said:
Again, I have no interest in "sort of friends"

And for the record, I HATE people that contact me whenever they need something from me. Those are the worse kinds...
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Also for the record, that's not really how Facebook works. A general question was posted "Does anyone know someone that can fix my laptop or our charity organization", and then I responded because I was able to help. You don't just have a bunch of people sending messages directly to you, you see a news feed and you can choose to respond or not.
 
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Fritzo said:
So, I go back to my claim that a lot of ATOT sounds like a bitter old grandpa 🙂
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Thanks, that's a complement. I'm only 35.

😎

Fritzo said:
Also for the record, that's not really how Facebook works. A general question was posted "Does anyone know someone that can fix my laptop or our charity organization", and then I responded because I was able to help. You don't just have a bunch of people sending messages directly to you, you see a news feed and you can choose to respond or not.
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Can you clean my house for me too? I have whole bunch of shit to do for you if you have so much time on your hands.

Let me know

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There are things that just meeting a person face to face won't exactly answer that you can easily tell from facebook. Maybe he's not worried about examining your facebook but wants you to see his. What if he's gay? What if he smokes lots of dope (and talks about it freely on facebook)? It's a lot easier to have someone look over your facebook profile to find these things out than meeting up in person and him having to ask "you're not some religious zealot that hates gays, because I am gay".
 
Capt Caveman said:
This is stupid.

I belong to Charity groups, local groups and my local non-profit community farm where communications are mainly sent thru FB, let alone being able to communicate to all of my friends quickly and easily.

Interested in going to an event? Post it and see how many of your other friends want to go to. Same when you see someone else post an event that you didn't know about and now you're invited. Great way for my brother and sister-in-law to share pics of my nephew and my niece growing up. Need to ask a question like lots of folks do here, you can ask your friends who know you and live local. Etc...

It's cool to be anti-FB by the unsocial.
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Good for you. Some people are willing to take it up the ass for a couple cents of drive storage, and some free software. I'm not one of those people.
 
release213 said:
I am returning to graduate school this fall and I'm looking for a roommate (preferably someone joining the same program). I kept out of facebook for a while and never had a desire to start one, but I had to create a new account this past week to join the groups that the school created for new admits. I wanted to find a potential roommate using these admitted student facebook groups.

To make a long story short, I messaged this guy who had posted about looking for a roommate. Instead of sending me a reply like a normal person, he "facebooked" me because I'm assuming he wants to view my profile first or something. We are both grown men near 30 years old and I found this behavior to be odd. The entire admit group is meeting in person next month so he couldn't just reply about meeting me in person? I never received a reply and I don't plan to interact with him again.
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You shouldn't have joined Facebook if you didn't want to participate in Facebook-related activities.
 
Williz said:
Also your syntax is off old man, it would be he sent me a friend request or he 'Friended me' not 'Facebooked' that's just weird.
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I thought it was some sort of sexual code.

😉

I think OP is over-reacting. If OP does not want to friend the guy, then just take it up him at the meeting.

MotionMan
 
release213 said:
So it's normal to ignore my message, but just "facebook" me instead?
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WTF do you mean he "facebooked" you? You mean he added you as a friend? But he didn't respond to your post in a group page?

Yes that's entirely normal. I have Facebook friended nearly every roommate before signing a lease. You're not really friending them because you're best friends, they just want to see your profile to see what kind of person you are.

Also if your program is small and you will see this person regularly in class then it is OK to friend them in advance of starting a grad program.
 
believe it or not, there is a lot you can gauge a person by just by browsing their facebook activity or lack thereof. its not just based on the picture of you downing a beer bong or smoking a fat one. i mean even if people just post stupid or witty comments its still a better idea than meeting someone and bullshitting for 10 minutes. id rather NSA someones facebook profile than spend my time trying to see past someones "interview" facade

majority of my FB friends posting habits almost mirror their real life personality. except my older relatives of course that just use it as a huge photo sharing site.
 
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