I have a question. I signed up for Facebook over the weekend. I like reconnecting with long-lost friends. Found my next door neighbor from when I was growing up, along with a bunch of gradeschool friends.

One thing I despise is the posting of the random thoughts, etc. I have spent quite a bit of time trying to figure out how to turn this feature off. There has to be a settings feature to disable the "What's On Your Mind" feature, right?

I will be very appreciative if anyone can shed some light on this for me.

Just do what I do, Goombah. I haven't had a random thought in years.

You don't have the option of hiding someone's "status" and I think that is what you mean by random thoughts.

Just to the right of each posted message there is a place for you to move your mouse pointer. When you hit that magic spot a box marked "Hide" will appear. Click on it and you will get two options (usually). One is to hide all posts made by someone, the other should block particular applications.

You can always "undo" it if you change your mind later.

My daughter and pretty much her whole 6th grade class are on facebook, and my wife frequently monitors to make sure all is well. She noticed that many of the kids post how bored they are. I said if they could turn off the computer for a couple of hours, they'd be surprised by how many interesting things there are to do in the real world.

Maybe I'm becoming too much like Larry David! I really don't give a sh-- about some of the pointless blather people post.




Thanks SC - that was what I was looking for. Wonder why it was not part of the settings.

"Now that I find that interesting."

Larry to Julia

The saying "I'm bored" has become one of the most annoying phrases to me the past few months. Especially when it comes out of the mouths of adults.

I'm bored of this thread. Cuz I never heard of, let alone use, this thing called MyBook or FaceSpace, or whatever it's called. Ever.

My daughter would be on Facebook the whole time if we let her. Fortuneatley by the time she has finished all her chores she is so weary it is all she can do to get herself up to bed

And that's a good thing, Geoffy. Because the idea of a fortysomething year old, single man being on Facebook all day is just downright creepy .

Absolutely!

So what name are you using on there?

Polanski

Speaking of FB, I heard two interesting stories about FB posters. Talk about the "new age". Wow.

I wish I had links for the specifics of these stories, but heard them on cable news as a brief side stories.

1. A woman was charged with breaking a restraining order when she "polked" the woman she wasn't to contact on FB.

2. A man who was on the run from the law (I think for theft) was in another country bragging about living the good life. Well, some how he made friends with a law officer and got busted.

TIS

Oddly enough, TIS, they were both named Polanski.

Ha ha!!!! Good one.



TIS

Yeah right.

Quick question: is there anyway to keep your friends' list to your eyes only? I know that I can block it from any non-friend user, but is it possible to make it invisible for your friends as well?

Hmmm, not that I know of. In the Privacy Settings you can specify who can see various things. The choices are:

Everyone
My Network and Friends
Friends of Friends
Only Friends
Customize...

I don't see any option for "Only Myself" which is odd. In "Customize" you can try selecting "None of My Networks" which should get rid of some people from viewing the list, but probably not everyone.

There is a way around this to block your friends from viewing your friends by creating a "list" and putting all your friends in it. Then follow what JG posted and when you get to "Customize", you can block the list you created from viewing your friends.

Thanx guys

I figured they wouldnt give that option too easy. What with Facebook being so popular for all the "how many friends you got and who they are" sort of stuff.

I'm not too fond of that, as you may guess, but it's still a very useful site to get in touch with past friends you havent heard from in years.

It's along story, but my daughter blocked someone (an annoying relative) on facebook and wants to unblock her. How do you do that?


TIS

I'm not sure because I never blocked anyone, but I believe there might be an option under the privacy settings.

Settings > Privacy > Block List

Thanks Mick. So easy, how could I not know?



TIS

Has anyone played this facebook-game called "Mafia Wars" ?

Did you like it?

I'll let J G answer this one for both of us.

Never heard of it.

Facebook has been playing a helpful role in a legal case my colleague is handling. This woman (Jane) is suing a municipality, school district, business and athletic association for injuries she allegedly sustained to her neck and back. She has a facebook account, in which she gabs and rambles relentlessly, and accepts anybody as a friend. A female friend of my colleague, who doesn't know Jane, got accepted as a friend, and daily monitors Jane's incessant posting. She has already contradicted herself numerous times over activities she claims she is uncaple of performing.

Jane is going to be embarrassed...as will her husband, who filed a suit for loss of consortium, which will be laughed at as Jane has a habit of talking about her sex life.

That's hilarious Kly. Let us know how it ends up.


I tell you FB can be a curse OR a help. I read yesterday that some guy's FB posting cleared him of a criminal charge. They said it was an "airtight" alibi. Although I don't know how they can be sure (in any case, not just this) that it actually was HIM posting. Anyway, he got cleared.


TIS