Comments on: A little complaint about Facebook http://www.regularjen.com/archives/2007/06/25/a-little-complaint-about-facebook/ sharing too much since 2003 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:01:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: kat mac http://www.regularjen.com/archives/2007/06/25/a-little-complaint-about-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-81310 kat mac Sat, 04 Aug 2007 05:02:03 +0000 http://www.regularjen.com/archives/2007/06/25/a-little-complaint-about-facebook/#comment-81310 Yeah I find that trying to find information such as friends. Now you ask people if they have facebook and you get their full name down and I always make sure that I have spelled it right. So you go to browse for friends and type in their full name, either it says no results or what has been happening a lot is matches show up and there are at least 500 or more. So to find a friend i have to look through 500+ people. What sometimes helps is putting in their first name and last initial which limits down the search but not by much. And the odd time i still don't even find them and are absolutely sure they have an account (best friends and family). So I guess this also supports the accusation that Facebook is deleting profiles, (which I read on some other sites earlier). Briana that is very unfortunate about the home-school thing and not being able to join. They should have at least tried to accomodate you and not act like such pricks. I stongly reccomend that they update their website with an option to have seperate sections for eg. friends, and then co-workers/family. And another thing it says to try and find Co-workers so I type in Tim Hortons which is a massive company I was met again with sorry, no search results. I had to find all my co-workers by looking at friends I already had which again took up a lot of time and still haven't found them all. Really peeved off.... Yeah I find that trying to find information such as friends. Now you ask people if they have facebook and you get their full name down and I always make sure that I have spelled it right. So you go to browse for friends and type in their full name, either it says no results or what has been happening a lot is matches show up and there are at least 500 or more. So to find a friend i have to look through 500+ people. What sometimes helps is putting in their first name and last initial which limits down the search but not by much. And the odd time i still don’t even find them and are absolutely sure they have an account (best friends and family). So I guess this also supports the accusation that Facebook is deleting profiles, (which I read on some other sites earlier).
Briana that is very unfortunate about the home-school thing and not being able to join. They should have at least tried to accomodate you and not act like such pricks.
I stongly reccomend that they update their website with an option to have seperate sections for eg. friends, and then co-workers/family.
And another thing it says to try and find Co-workers so I type in Tim Hortons which is a massive company I was met again with sorry, no search results. I had to find all my co-workers by looking at friends I already had which again took up a lot of time and still haven’t found them all. Really peeved off….

]]> By: Briana http://www.regularjen.com/archives/2007/06/25/a-little-complaint-about-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-78686 Briana Thu, 12 Jul 2007 01:27:23 +0000 http://www.regularjen.com/archives/2007/06/25/a-little-complaint-about-facebook/#comment-78686 I just had a very rough experience on facebook.. I am 17, have been homeschooled all my life, but i graduated a year early. My boyfriend (who is 21) signed up to facebook, and i did the same. My problem started when i couldn't 'associate' myself with a highschool... when i e-mailed Jordan,Customer Support Representative, he was very rude, and would not answer my Question. He made me feel like i was not welcome, and guess, what, it turns out unless i'm over 18 (therefore i could lie about my age, but i want on there legally!) or unless i'm still in school and go to public school, i'm not welcome! I told him 2 times i have graduated, i explained that i took my school courses thru a school based out of Florida. I then asked if i could be linked with that school to allow me to be on. He then informed me that as i was out of school, but under 18, i couldn't be linked with any school. That is just a load of nonsense!!!! How can i be under 18, graduated, but still in school.. I dont expect them to bend the rules just for me, but i would have expected them to have tried to do something for me. All i got instead was a brick wall talking back to me. I didn't appriciate it, and i dont plan to recommend facebook to anyone else.. Homeschooling is a very big thing in today's society, they should make that an option. But as always, we are shunned for not being 'normal'. Facebook, i'm very disappointed, and very upset. I just had a very rough experience on facebook.. I am 17, have been homeschooled all my life, but i graduated a year early. My boyfriend (who is 21) signed up to facebook, and i did the same. My problem started when i couldn’t ‘associate’ myself with a highschool… when i e-mailed Jordan,Customer Support Representative, he was very rude, and would not answer my Question. He made me feel like i was not welcome, and guess, what, it turns out unless i’m over 18 (therefore i could lie about my age, but i want on there legally!) or unless i’m still in school and go to public school, i’m not welcome! I told him 2 times i have graduated, i explained that i took my school courses thru a school based out of Florida. I then asked if i could be linked with that school to allow me to be on. He then informed me that as i was out of school, but under 18, i couldn’t be linked with any school. That is just a load of nonsense!!!! How can i be under 18, graduated, but still in school.. I dont expect them to bend the rules just for me, but i would have expected them to have tried to do something for me. All i got instead was a brick wall talking back to me. I didn’t appriciate it, and i dont plan to recommend facebook to anyone else.. Homeschooling is a very big thing in today’s society, they should make that an option. But as always, we are shunned for not being ‘normal’. Facebook, i’m very disappointed, and very upset.

]]> By: jEN http://www.regularjen.com/archives/2007/06/25/a-little-complaint-about-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-76123 jEN Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:33:03 +0000 http://www.regularjen.com/archives/2007/06/25/a-little-complaint-about-facebook/#comment-76123 @Ian: That's cool‚Äö?Ñ?Ƭ¨‚Ćit's just a shame it's still behind the very closed doors of Facebook. :( I really couldn't find it with basic search terms. I can't imagine how that's going to help the group... Good luck with it though. :) Best, Jen @Ian: That’s cool‚Äö?Ñ?Ƭ¨‚Ćit’s just a shame it’s still behind the very closed doors of Facebook. :(

I really couldn’t find it with basic search terms. I can’t imagine how that’s going to help the group…

Good luck with it though. :)
Best,
Jen

]]> By: Ian Forrester http://www.regularjen.com/archives/2007/06/25/a-little-complaint-about-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-76084 Ian Forrester Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:09:19 +0000 http://www.regularjen.com/archives/2007/06/25/a-little-complaint-about-facebook/#comment-76084 Nope I made it open from the start * This group is open. Anyone can join and invite others to join. Anyone can see the group information, the discussion board, the wall, and photos. Nope I made it open from the start

* This group is open.

Anyone can join and invite others to join. Anyone can see the group information, the discussion board, the wall, and photos.

]]> By: jEN http://www.regularjen.com/archives/2007/06/25/a-little-complaint-about-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-75995 jEN Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:50:20 +0000 http://www.regularjen.com/archives/2007/06/25/a-little-complaint-about-facebook/#comment-75995 @Neil Ford: That's a bit crappy and I fail to see the point of it. I can see the page though. (But only because I haven't deactivated my account yet...) I'll continue to use the London Geek Dinner website and their sign up page on Upcoming but looks like Facebook is a no go for me. I am thinking about travelling into London for tomorrow night's meetup‚Äö?Ñ?Æ I think I'll have some questions to ask. :) @Neil Ford: That’s a bit crappy and I fail to see the point of it. I can see the page though. (But only because I haven’t deactivated my account yet…)

I’ll continue to use the London Geek Dinner website and their sign up page on Upcoming but looks like Facebook is a no go for me.

I am thinking about travelling into London for tomorrow night’s meetup‚Äö?Ñ?Æ I think I’ll have some questions to ask. :)

]]> By: Neil Ford http://www.regularjen.com/archives/2007/06/25/a-little-complaint-about-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-75990 Neil Ford Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:36:06 +0000 http://www.regularjen.com/archives/2007/06/25/a-little-complaint-about-facebook/#comment-75990 The London Geek Dinners group is at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2396742682 But it's a closed group, looks like you need to be invited :( - Neil. The London Geek Dinners group is at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2396742682

But it’s a closed group, looks like you need to be invited :(

- Neil.

]]> By: neil http://www.regularjen.com/archives/2007/06/25/a-little-complaint-about-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-75961 neil Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:22:10 +0000 http://www.regularjen.com/archives/2007/06/25/a-little-complaint-about-facebook/#comment-75961 Google will buy-up Facebook and shut them down - I'd drink to that. I can only imagine how they are chewing on their pacifiers trying to cope with the prospect of all this inaccessible, walled-in data they cannot index or insert advertising around. Google will buy-up Facebook and shut them down – I’d drink to that. I can only imagine how they are chewing on their pacifiers trying to cope with the prospect of all this inaccessible, walled-in data they cannot index or insert advertising around.

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