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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 8, 2009 1:23:01 GMT
I'm resurrecting this ancient thread because *blush* I find myself using facebook more and more since I now play a game there.
Anyway, here is a nifty way to publicize what you post on AnyPort on facebook.
Go to your Profile page on Facebook. Scroll down and on the left side you'll find Links. Click on "see all". On the right side of the page that opens, you'll see a box that says, "Post a link". In the box is a gray tab that says "f Share on Facebook". Below that are the words, "Drag the gray button above to your Bookmarks Bar to quickly share content with your friends."
Simply do as it says & drag the button up to your Bookmarks Bar. It will sit there quietly until you need it.
Now, you have posted some stellar thread with pictures and commentary that you'd like everyone to see. While you're on the page with said thread, click on your "Share on Facebook" button. A small window will open up allowing you to have the AnyPort link automatically placed on your profile page. Usually you get a choice of thumbnails to include.
Let the world see your great posts and learn about this forum as well.
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Post by cristina on Nov 8, 2009 1:59:10 GMT
I do have a FB account and have had it for about 2 or 3 years. It started as a way to keep in touch when college girl went off to university but has slowly become a way to share pictures and other goings on with family.
In the last month, my 77 year old mom, my 84 year old aunt and my 88 year old uncle became my FB friends. I really love being able to share my life with them, especially photos. And I have been able to reconnect with old friends from college and elsewhere.
But I still think of FB as my personal space.
While I try to be mostly transparent on forums, there is the part of me that says that you can know me, but not my children or other family. I feel a need to keep me separate from those who haven't chosen to be public.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 8, 2009 2:10:57 GMT
If you link to anyport on your private FB account, the only people who can see the link are the same people you allow to see the rest of the space.
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Post by happytraveller on Nov 8, 2009 9:17:39 GMT
Rereading this thread made me laugh out loud Bixa
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2009 10:32:55 GMT
Rereading this thread made me laugh out loud Bixa me too HT! Although,I have to say my sentiments remain the same.
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Post by hwinpp on Nov 10, 2009 4:37:17 GMT
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Post by cristina on Nov 10, 2009 5:04:26 GMT
I found this really troubling. I do get the idea of consensual sexual activity that might simulate something non-consensual as part of a relationship. I really don't get broadcasting rape as something normal. I am having trouble forming my words here, as I do have someone close to me who was a rape victim. I wonder if there is an environment that is so open about sex that allows the "rape" word to take on a different meaning? I don't mean to say that sex should be kept behind closed doors, but I would like to see some leveling. This beginning rant probably belongs elsewhere...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2009 6:02:02 GMT
Well, that sort of thing happens with or without Facebook.
And I am still not using Facebook.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 10, 2009 6:11:18 GMT
I wanted to check the security on Facebook, so last night I made a family album which can only be viewed by the people I listed. Then I had a friend whose name wasn't on the list check it. She reported that it was completely invisible to her.
Just passing that along as I found it reassuring.
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Post by spindrift on Nov 10, 2009 13:16:10 GMT
I have to confess (as most of you know) that I am now a Facebook addict mainly due to playing the Farmville game. But some good has come out of it because now I'm in touch with people in Ireland I haven't seen for hundreds of years....The last time I saw one of my 'neighbours' was when she was 5 years old...ha ha....She's now 40.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2009 13:36:54 GMT
Am I the only person with no interest in getting in touch with 99.9% of the people from my distant past? And I don't want them finding me either.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2009 13:46:07 GMT
Am I the only person with no interest in getting in touch with 99.9% of the people from my distant past? And I don't want them finding me either. No,you are not alone in this. People do find me but,I don't illicit it and don't plan to.
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Post by spindrift on Nov 10, 2009 13:51:09 GMT
I don't much care whether I'm in touch with distant past people...it just happened!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2009 15:03:08 GMT
One of the things that I have to worry about is where I live. You would not believe the number of people who discover an interest in travel that never manifested itself in the past when they realize that they know somebody who lives in Paris.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 10, 2009 16:01:17 GMT
Am I the only person with no interest in getting in touch with 99.9% of the people from my distant past? And I don't want them finding me either. Well, that certainly was & remains my feeling. That is why I am registered there under a fake name. As I said before, I only registered originally in order for people to show me their photo albums on facebook. The flip side of that is my son's situation. He moved from New Orleans four months before Katrina hit. Until he got on facebook, he didn't know where many of lifelong friends were, as they'd scattered after the storm. He also enjoyed re-connecting with other people with whom he'd lost touch. I now use facebook daily because I love playing a particular game there. The bottom line is that this wasn't meant to be a debate about whether facebook is good or bad, merely a suggestion that if you do use it, it's a good tool for promoting this forum.
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Post by livaco on Nov 10, 2009 17:48:32 GMT
It is so interesting how people's opinions of facebook vary. It's similar to my friends. I have many who have no account at all, and many others who I communicate with often on facebook. For me, all my fb friends are people I actually know. And my privacy is set so only they can see my profile and pics. I love facebook, but it has meant fiddling with it and learning how to set privacy controls etc. For example, I hide Mafia Wars and Farmville (sorry Spindrift) from my news feed because I am just not interested. There is also one person whose statuses I hide because she is 12, and posts constantly. I then check them out every few days when I can handle it. (She is my brother-in-law's stepdaughter and lives in a different country so I do want to keep her as a friend.) I love it for sharing photos and for advertising events. It's such an easy way to invite people to parties. I have family in different states and countries so it's a good way to keep in touch. Also my teen son is my friend, which has been interesting. And a couple of his friends requested me to be their friends. I would never ask one of his friends, but if they ask me I accept. When he told one of his friends he thought it was funny that she requested me, she replied, "Funny? Psshhh... Your mom's the shit, yo!!" I think that's a good thing. A little while ago, I found out that my son had broken up with his girlfriend because his relationship status changed. As far as making your page interesting, I include a map of countries I've travelled to and an app that shows books I've read. And photos and links of course. Also here and there I will join groups or become a fan of something. I have ended up reconnecting with two people from the past -- one from high school and one from grade school. I wouldn't have thought I would have been the sort of person to do that, but those went well. I'm certainly not going to go and find everyone from my class or anything like that. I don't know. It's not for everybody, but I like facebook.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 10, 2009 19:07:01 GMT
That is such a great answer, Livaco. It also points out that you can't really judge something until you've tried it. You really explain how and why an intelligent person can get use and pleasure out of using that particular internet tool.
The other lesson I get from reading your post is how unfortunate it is to put something down that someone else expresses a liking for. I know I've done this, and now will be more careful about it.
It's not nice to see a post where someone reported an enjoyable visit to a certain place, for instance, then to see that followed by remarks putting it down as a tourist attraction or some other negative comment. What's that about? "Oh -- you're happy? Let me pop that balloon!"
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Post by existentialcrisis on Nov 19, 2009 8:30:04 GMT
Oh facebook... virtually everyone I know has it. It can be really annoying... that's why I block every single app that comes my way. Not interested in games or "facebook stalking". However I don't need a long distance plan or to bother with the trouble of calling people I don't really want to call. It combines email with instant messaging, which I don't do much of anymore aside from on facebook. It's great for pictures. I actually reconnected with my best friend from grade 5, who I hadn't seen or heard of in 13 years and now lives in Calgary and we've hung out a few times. I even planned my trip across Canada on facebook, inviting my host friends to a facebook group and keeping everyone informed that way. Also, I find if you meet a new friend in a pub or at work, you don't get their phone number, you just add them to facebook. I find it's more important, not for dredging up people from the past, but for maintaining your current friendships that would otherwise disintegrate through a lack of phone calls, etc.
My profile is completely public, and there are tons of pictures of me - some incriminating. I just don't care. I have nothing to hide. I read an article the other day actually, about how granny can "facebook stalk" her grandkids now and find out all about their bong hits and tequilla shots and one night stands... funny. Glad my grandparents can't even work a VCR...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2009 9:21:21 GMT
What's a VCR? ;D
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 20, 2009 15:36:42 GMT
Existentia, that's a good point about FB being so universal that it's now the way to keep up with almost everyone. I'm glad you mentioned pictures, too. This thread did not start out being about facebook per se, but about how it can be used as a tool to promote this forum. In Reply #30, you can read about the "share on facebook" button. If you play any of the fb games, you will have fb friends who are strangers, thus good candidates for being introduced to Any Port, along with your regular friends and family. And, since facebook hosts pictures, you can access photos you've put on facebook to post here. Please see the Picture Posting Workshop thread stickied in Free Trade Zone -- Reply #59.
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Post by traveler63 on Nov 20, 2009 23:59:48 GMT
I have a Facebook page. It happened because I had friends in Oregon that I only corresponded with via a Christmas card. I thought long and hard about starting it. However, I have now reconnected with several relatives that I haven't corresponded with since my cousin's daughter got married 4 years ago. We now correspond rather often and it has been great. I feel like it is very secure and I only allow it to be seen by my friends. I love the idea of being able to see friends again.
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Post by spindrift on Nov 21, 2009 13:35:44 GMT
I've just about run out of steam with Farmville.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2009 15:23:38 GMT
I've just about run out of steam with Farmville. What about the poor reindeer? Where will they go? (I am not so secretly elated to read this!!)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2009 15:27:42 GMT
I am on facebook, but I hardly ever use it.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 21, 2009 18:19:55 GMT
I have a Facebook page. It happened because I had friends in Oregon that I only corresponded with via a Christmas card. I thought long and hard about starting it. However, I have now reconnected with several relatives that I haven't corresponded with since my cousin's daughter got married 4 years ago. We now correspond rather often and it has been great. I feel like it is very secure and I only allow it to be seen by my friends. I love the idea of being able to see friends again. And you can quickly share your AnyPort travelogues and other posts with them! No one really thought I'd let this drop, did they?Thanks, T-63. It's interesting to hear stories like yours. Part of my resistance to facebook was that I thought it would be all teenage girls posting every random thought. But more and more I see that it's become a multi-purpose tool with appeal to many different age groups.
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Post by rikita on Nov 28, 2009 0:31:29 GMT
what i dislike about facebook, and why i don't want to get it is the constant unwarranted invites by people who never take the time to write me an email (yeah i know it probably just means they searched for me or something, but still) and people who when i am surprised at changes in their lives say "oh if you had facebook you'd know" - i just think, if they are interested in keeping up with me, then there are many other ways too. i don't go to some site to check what happened with someone. i like to be told, and in return tell them what is going on in my life... but that's just me.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2009 1:38:39 GMT
I am in full agreement with you on this rikita.
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Post by bjd on Nov 28, 2009 12:52:45 GMT
So am I. I don't want a Facebook page with "imaginary" friends. I spend enough time at the computer as it is.
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Post by existentialcrisis on Dec 1, 2009 12:16:00 GMT
I have friends that maybe I haven't talked to in years. We don't need to talk. There is nothing to say. But we know we are still friends, and when fate carries me to Montreal, San Fran, Chicago, New Zealand - I know I have friends that I can count on. Facebook preserves these friendships, somehow. My trip across Canada is living proof of that. It's too much effort to physically keep up with all my friends. But facebook is my database of friendships, so I never forget or completely lose contact with people that may become important later in life. I can't explain enough how useful this is to me.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 11, 2009 14:10:44 GMT
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