The Facebook

[dduardo]

For those in college, how many of you have posted a profile on www.thefacebook.com ? At my school this network has been getting very popular.

[Greg Bernhardt]

I've been on for a long time, lets get a PF facebook network going. Anyone who is on facebook search me and and invite me as a friend.

[brewnog]

I've been on it for a while, but (last time I looked!) there were only a few UK Universities on it, so I only have about 4 friends!

[Greg Bernhardt]

brew did you invite me?

[brewnog]

I will when I can work out what my username and password are!

[dduardo]

I got an invite from SpaceTiger!

I sent you an invite Greg.

[Evo]

What does this do?

[Evo]

What does this do?Oh nevermind, I risked clicking on it (I'm at work).

[gravenewworld]

What does this do?


Sorry dear, no old people allowed. :biggrin:

(seriously though, you need a .edu email to be able to get into face book.)

[Evo]

Sorry dear, no old people allowed. :biggrin: :grumpy:

You'll regret that. :devil:

[Manchot]

Sorry dear, no old people allowed. :biggrin:
(seriously though, you need a .edu email to be able to get into face book.)

Old people are allowed, as long as they are a professor or employee of some university. Of course, I don't know too many professors who would get on Facebook...:)

[z-component]

Yep. I'll be joining Facebook when I get my university e-mail address.

[Gale]

i'm on it... if you really want to friend me i'm space tigers only (i think) umass friend. and apparently he's dduardo's friens now, who's now greg's friend too. so start with greg and you'll eventually get to me...

[z-component]

Oooo I can't wait to befriend Gale!

[Gale]

Oooo I can't wait to befriend Gale!

why?? thrill of the chase? maybe i should make it take longer to find me.. hehe.

[z-component]

Ahem... :)

[Evo]

You know, I could get on here as one of my daughters and track you down. :mad:

[TheStatutoryApe]

It says that it supports the college I work at but it wont accept my e-mail adress for some reason.

[Jelfish]

Does it end purely in @yourschool.edu? It may not register you as being part of the school if it's like @staff.yourschool.edu or something.

[Moonbear]

It says that it supports the college I work at but it wont accept my e-mail adress for some reason.
Can it distinguish between student and faculty/staff addresses? Some universities have different servers for student accounts with different domain names that'll give it away who is student vs non-student.

[z-component]

You know, I could get on here as one of my daughters and track you down. :mad:Evo's still upset about the your little comment, gravenewworld... :uhh:

It's ok, Evo. You're not old! :approve: Why would you wanna be a Facebook member anyway? Too many crazy college kids... I can't wait!

[mrjeffy321]

Can it distinguish between student and faculty/staff addresses? Some universities have different servers for student accounts with different domain names that'll give it away who is student vs non-student.
From the looks of it, it cannot. Although technically I do have an email@student.CollegeName.edu email, I registered without the .student part and it works fine.

A bunch of my friends pestered me into joining and since then, have pretty much ignored me on it. Although I have found people on there who I havent seen for many many years.

[Evo]

Evo's still upset about the your little comment, gravenewworld... :uhh:
It's ok, Evo. You're not old! :approve: Why would you wanna be a Facebook member anyway? Too many crazy college kids... I can't wait!That's ok, I belong to the oldgeezers.com network. Those of us that have controlable arthritis and can still type are a really fun group! :frown:

[FUNKER]

hey guys,
this is my first post in about a year :s
but yes i have just registered on face book,
so who wants a friend hahaha

[TheStatutoryApe]

Can it distinguish between student and faculty/staff addresses? Some universities have different servers for student accounts with different domain names that'll give it away who is student vs non-student.
It allows both student and staff accounts. It even asks if you are student, alumni, undergrad, faculty, staff, ect..
It may be a different domain though since I put in the school name with out "college" after it (which my adress includes "college") and it took it. Ofcourse I wont get the confirmation e-mail because the adress isn't right. I can submit it to be added though I think.

[FUNKER]

you're all mean

[Gale]

you're all mean

give people some time to reply. i already said the method one can take to add me...

[loseyourname]

I don't really use it for much, but I sent you a request, Greg. I'm Adam Acosta.

[franznietzsche]

give people some time to reply. i already said the method one can take to add me...


That requires us to know SpaceTiger's real name though, and he might not even really exist!

[loseyourname]

That requires us to know SpaceTiger's real name though, and he might not even really exist!

It's also worth nothing that one cannot view the profile of someone from another school unless one is that person's friend. So saying you're listed as Greg's only friend from UMass isn't going to help anybody find you unless they're already Greg's friend.

[franznietzsche]

It's also worth nothing that one cannot view the profile of someone from another school unless one is that person's friend. So saying you're listed as Greg's only friend from UMass isn't going to help anybody find you unless they're already Greg's friend.


Yeah that too.

Aha, i found SpaceTiger, by hunting through Greg's friends and maching the pictures with his avatar. And he thought he could hide.

So when is this PF group gonna be set up? Can you even have cross university groups?

[SpaceTiger]

My information is available on my website.

[Math Is Hard]

That's ok, I belong to the oldgeezers.com network. Those of us that have controlable arthritis and can still type are a really fun group! :frown:
I'm a facebook member. Of course, I've only logged on like twice, and I haven't posted a picture or any info. I just wanted to see what all the fuss was about.

[Greg Bernhardt]

I'm a facebook member. Of course, I've only logged on like twice, and I haven't posted a picture or any info. I just wanted to see what all the fuss was about.
Yeah last year a friend was pestering me to get on it and I didn't see the big deal. But after using it alot and getting back in touch with old high school and junior high friends I'm a little addicted now.

[Gale]

It's also worth nothing that one cannot view the profile of someone from another school unless one is that person's friend. So saying you're listed as Greg's only friend from UMass isn't going to help anybody find you unless they're already Greg's friend.

i was very aware of that. cept i said i was spacetiger's on umass friend. i don't know if i'm greg's only friend. well i could check now, but meh. i'm surprised that despite the difficulty i've had so many adds already. hm.

[Math Is Hard]

So what does it mean to "poke" somebody?

[Gale]

So what does it mean to "poke" somebody?

you've stumbled on one of the many great mysteries of facebook... no one really knows. it just tells someone they've been poked... whooopie!

[Evo]

you've stumbled on one of the many great mysteries of facebook... no one really knows. it just tells someone they've been poked... whooopie!I haven't been poked in years... :frown:

[Math Is Hard]

you've stumbled on one of the many great mysteries of facebook... no one really knows. it just tells someone they've been poked... whooopie!
how bizarre!:bugeye:

[Gale]

hahahaha, evo made me laugh sooo much!!

[Evo]

hahahaha, evo made me laugh sooo much!!Glad that my lack of a love life brings joy to someone! :biggrin:

[Jelfish]

I didn't know you were a sadist, Gale

[Gale]

oh i'm not. i just didn't think anyone would go through the trouble.

[franznietzsche]

I haven't been poked in years... :frown:


Me neither. Not that I'm complaining.

[Evo]

Me neither. Not that I'm complaining.Well, it's different for you..., I mean, you know. :blushing: Gale??

[franznietzsche]

Well, it's different for you..., I mean, you know. :blushing: Gale??


No Evo, i don't know. Maybe you could explain it to me :biggrin: ?

[Gale]

Well, it's different for you..., I mean, you know. :blushing: Gale??


uhmmm... have i been er.. poked lately.. uh... hmm... i don't get poked and tell???

[Math Is Hard]

Can one poke oneself???

[franznietzsche]

Can one poke oneself???


Apparently.

[Greg Bernhardt]

Apparently.
Not possible. I have just tried to poke myself and failed. I looked all over and could not find anywhere to poke. :biggrin:

[TheStatutoryApe]

Ummmmmm.... no I'm not going to say it.

[franznietzsche]

Not possible. I have just tried to poke myself and failed. I looked all over and could not find anywhere to poke. :biggrin:


Umm....well....

I'm scarred for life now, how about the rest of you?

[Greg Bernhardt]

Umm....well....
I'm scarred for life now, how about the rest of you?

hmmm... now lets see if I can poke you franznietzsche!

[franznietzsche]

hmmm... now lets see if I can poke you franznietzsche!


Well, ok, but don't tell anyone. Tribdog might get jealous. Not to mention Evo. She's dying to get poked.

[Evo]

Well, ok, but don't tell anyone. Tribdog might get jealous. Not to mention Evo. She's dying to get poked.Ah, geeze, you know us older folk are incontinent.

[franznietzsche]

Ah, geeze, you know us older folk are incontinent.


I didn't know you were old. The anti-aging cream must be working :biggrin: .

[dduardo]

Who's Ben from Jacksonville? Is that you FUNKER?

[Gale]

its someone.... everyone else so far has been obvious. people have to let me know who they are!

[[Quadratic]]

<-- Ben from Jacksonville

Just trying to be social. *runs away and hides*

[gravenewworld]

Ah, geeze, you know us older folk are incontinent.


Ah come now E, you know I was just joking. Seriously though, if you don't know what facebook is by now, you would probably feel strange using it. It would be like a 40 year old guy at a college bar trying to pick up girls.

[The_Professional]

i have myspace but the site is so buggy. it asks you for your password only about 30 times a day; i read it's a javascript worm. those two site owners made a lot of money on that site and they branched off to start other businesses rather than focus on making their site better and more secure.

[Evo]

Ah come now E, you know I was just joking. Seriously though, if you don't know what facebook is by now, you would probably feel strange using it. It would be like a 40 year old guy at a college bar trying to pick up girls.as graveneworld manages to dig himself in even deeper

[Pengwuino]

those two site owners made a lot of money on that site and they branched off to start other businesses rather than focus on making their site better and more secure.


Guess the owners are smarter then 99% of their clientel :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[franznietzsche]

Guess the owners are smarter then 99% of their clientel :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:


Given the average myspace page, so are dung beetles.

[mattmns]

Hmm, there was an article about Facebook in our school newspaper today. Our school is now allowing access to Facebook from the local computers again. I guess they blocked facebook.com because the school felt that the security on facebook.com was not up to par, but I guess it is now fixed, or at least sufficient.
Here is the article if anyone is interested:
http://www.dailylobo.com/media/paper344/news/2006/01/23/News/Web-Site.Can.Show.Its.Face.Again.At.Unm-1493565.shtml?norewrite&sourcedomain=www.dailylobo.com

hmmm, they seem to want you to register, bah.