LOL! Mom doesn't know Facebook wall posts are public!

(Contains NSFW language.}

What, doesn't Mom watch Verizon ads?

Teen: "Mom, just because I've friended you doesn't mean you can write 'I love you' all over my wall".
CanYouHearMeNowGuy: "Yeah, everyone can read those".

My favourite video about Facebook

It's a YouTube video by somegreybloke, one of the funniest guys on the site, IMO. I think the video is fairly safe for all ages although, as it says itself, it may not be suitable for devout Muslims.

Well, in order to spread forth good will towards my fellow man, I have sent friend requests to many of you on FB, including Phil himself. I had no idea he was even using that site!

I have been for a while. I am now doing the game "FarmVille" that some introduced me to.

Interesting to see what you guys look like! I wonder if I'm like how you guys may have pictured me!

Anyway, I apologize for my past disgressions. I harbor no ill will towards anyone here, and I hope that we can continue to ciexist peacefully.

Later now.

"CO-exist" is what I meant.

ScottN, Rodney and Amr,i saw your profiles on facebook,so naturally I rushed to be your friend asap!
(or not).
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on the other hand ol Hands off she's mine is..., and' ol Ben,and R...Toddd, they are my pals..

mod dont delete this yet either.thanks

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double sigh.(I could use a word that
Nit dont approve of.)

ScottN, Rodney and Amr,i saw your profiles on facebook,so naturally I rushed to be your friend asap!
(or not).

Gee Sherman, I feel devastated- as I'm sure do Scott and Andre...

Amr, I thought you were an ol fogey of 80s
or a young kid in school, one or the other...

ScottN, you are what I thought you were,

and Rodney I didnt know what to believe..(either)

Rodney, are you the Trekker in Australia
who defended me when I wrote Scotty was in a
transporter loop for 78 years (whatever that meant) and the 2 kids didnt believe me? I think
it was Treknation a couple of years ago,when
they deleted me I left.

seriously.

Does anyone else ever get invitations to become friends on Facebook from people they've never heard of? I don't even have facebook account. Is it some phising thing?

I'd like to see more people from Nit-C link up on FACEBOOK

I don't even have a Facebook account & I keep getting invites.

Although it looks like I no longer have a choice in the matter...

for those who care,ScottN, please see
my facebook on the cruise ship disaster-
at least we didnt get that where we were
going!

Please stop addressing your jeremiads directly to me.

Thank you.

Um, KAM....Don't you think you get Facebook invitations *because* you don't have an account? People don't invite you to their party if you're already there.

But these are people that I don't know. Why would I get a Facebook invite from someone I don't know?

They want you to be part of their Mafia Wars gang, or some other game. Those things have really ruined FB and really screw up the friends recommendation function.

Though often I get them because I do a lot of public speaking, and they're from people who sat in the audience. Once in a blue moon, they'll attach a note explaining that, but most of them assume that if they saw me and know my name that I saw them and know who they are as well.

You can add me as a friend, Chris. I don't play those FACEBOOK games.

I don't even have a Facebook account. That's what makes the invites (I get them via e-mail) so odd.

My bad. The way you were talking, I thought you did.

I wrote Scotty was in a
transporter loop for 78 years (whatever that meant) and the 2 kids didnt believe me - the 74s

the 74s, can you point me to that discussion, if it still exists?

Nove, no I left Treknation -maybe someone
would have saved it. Maybe Treknation.itself?) when they deleted me, and the Aussie's post I used some choice words
Nitcentral would have deleted me instantly..

sigh. I shoulda saved it...

btw, Nove, someone was deleting my baseball
posts about the Giants etc, on Facebook.I think
they need better security.I coulda deleted anyone
!, I did found out who the culprit was...and he's
a diehard Giants fan anyways!, so I dont let him
see my baseball posts...

We know.... you've told us 5 times already.

I don't even have a Facebook account. That's what makes the invites (I get them via e-mail) so odd.

Seriously, why does everybody find this odd? It's the fact that you don't have an account that's why you get invited. If you were on Facebook, you'd hardly be getting invitations to join.

It's when a friend of yours (or a contact at least) joins and allows FB to access their email address book, or when a friend specifically wants you to join.

But what about when it's from people you've never heard of and from their location and age, there's little to no chance you'd know them in real life?

Yeah, I got a few of those. They came from people who were CCed in the same e-mail I once received. It might be other applicants for a position you once applied for, a co-worker's cousin, etc. They join FB, allow it access to their address book, and you get it.

It is annoying. Search your email. They might come up.

If not, then I don't know. Maybe from someone who bought a spam list? or someone who didn't delete a spam message you received as well but have long since deleted?

Nove, did you get a look at Treknation yet?

It was the early 2000s as near as I can
recall it.If it was deleted at that time...

I looked at Treknation, but couldn't find that discussion. If you could tell me your username, I could look for that, but if you were banned, your posts may have been deleted anyway. Also, the posts don't seem to go back very far, so it's probably gone.

Kevin - KAM....Don't you think you get Facebook invitations *because* you don't have an account?
True.

I guess it's just an old High School reaction. Back then the school bullies realized that if they acted like your enemy & said what they were going to do to you even the dumbest teacher might realize they were up to no good, whereas if they loudly called you a "friend, buddy, old pal" the dim-witted clods (teachers) would look the other way while they got close enough to punch you in the kidney and/or knee you in the groin. So when people I don't know, or don't know that well, start inviting me to be their friends I run like hell the other way.

Nove, I wrote to you via Butch
tell me if you got it
(sueartwu@aol.com)

thanks

I don't want to give you my e-mail address, but if you want to tell me something, just post it here. Thank you.

can mod delete ? dec 3 210, 4:17pm and
Nove's response thanks (and this one too)

If you are going to ask for all your posts to be deleted, then don't post them.

I have 51 spam emails since I opened
up my email address, you want it?
I can send you some pornbots too, Viagra, etc.

mod dont delete this yet.
This was for Nove, btw., not for you.

and my 3 Stooges, Rodney and Amr will tell me Sigh.

Why should a mod have to bow to your every whim Sherman? You post something up there in it is pretty much at the discretion of the mod whether they choose to erase it or not and as a rule unless they violate nit-central rules then it won't be done.

As Scott said, if you want your posts deleted then don't post them at all.

And all 51 of those spams are dictionary attacks, not scraping from here.

Or else the spambots are scraping Facebook, but the odds of them getting it from here are slim.

uh, ScottN,they are pornbots also.
its 157 and climbing

give me your email and I'll send em. No wonder
the Chief says for the CHief!, if I write to him!

Gee where is Amr?

mod dont delete this then.(or the other posts).

It's probably a dictionary attack. Turn on your ISP's spam filtering, or dump AOL for someone with a better one.

I'm still around. I just don't feel like responding to your every attempt to have people pay attention to you. You know what I'm saying?

Also, even though Rodney is no longer speaking to me (for other unrelated reasons) he is absolutely right about how the NitCentral Mods don't have to do what you want them to do. They are not here to cater to your whims, or anybody else's!

Sorry to be blunt, but that's the way it is.

Happy Holidays.

By the way, I deleted my FB account, just because I felt like it. So don't try to find me there.

Also, even though Rodney is no longer speaking to me (for other unrelated reasons) he is absolutely right about how the NitCentral Mods don't have to do what you want them to do. They are not here to cater to your whims, or anybody else's!

Why am I not speaking to you?

Rodney, I have nothing against you. I merely thought you were no longer communicating with me because I spoke disparagingly of the sport Cricket sometime earlier this year. I believe you were somewhat offended that I would say that nobody in America cared about it, and that in the rest of the world, it was a "dying sport".

Also, I looked back through some of my earlier posts and you seemed to dislike me because I was ranting about various Trek-related topics that you did not agree with, but specificially because of my "spouting off" against John Lang about his fascination (that's putting it mildly) with Marina Sirtis.

And finally, it appeared that you un-friended me from Facebook sometime this year, before I deleted my account.

If I am somehow mistaken, please let me know.

I was disliking you when you were behaving like a rude jerk to Benn, Todd et al on Music. And yes, you were rather mean to John as well but you seemed to calm down and start behaving yourself- all of that happened before I friended you on FB- I never defriended you.

I see. Are we cool now, then, or what?

Rodney and Amr are like 2 school bullies
I knew in school in the 70s!

Yeah, it's very annoying to be constantly bugged by someone who makes posts then later wants them removed, or wants posts by people who responded negatively to their posts, or some combination of the above.

If I feel the posts did not violate the standards of NitC (cursing, attacks, etc.), then I generally don't delete posts.

There are exceptions, but it depends on a combination of time, mood & whim.

Rodney and Amr are like 2 school bullies
I knew in school in the 70s!

Would you care to explain that one a little further? Or shall I just give you a wedgie and steal your lunch money now ;)

Now, now! No beating up other students on school grounds! You'll have to go elsewhere to beat them up!

No, give him a swirly!

Rodney and school principal , I got beat up just outside the fence of the school. The bully wanted me aressted (I was 8 or 9 and the only N- in the class) and the principal told me I'm suspenDed and detention.the prinicpal told him he should contact the local police department.
He starts the fights and I get the shaft.
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Btw, since i opened my account, I got 220
spams, like Viarga!, College education (I'm 50s)
and pornbots.I need a spam remover.
Maybe the Chief needs a spam remover too !

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a stupid robber put his picture on Facebook.
The cops v ery happy to see his mug shot there.
He even stole the laptop in the guy's home!

If it's any consolation, I was bullied too, in both middle and high school. Having Asperger's Syndrome, I was a little bit odd and unconventional in certain areas, that could be why. Luckily, it was mostly the verbal type of bullying, it wasn't as if other kids were trying to beat me up all the time. One guy once threatened to, but he never did. Eventually, I stood up for myself to somebody who was harassing me, and he did not bother me again. And no, I did not beat *him* up!

Anyway, you are right Laforge, that WAS a stupid criminal! They are a dime a dozen in this world, that's for sure!

And I told you, drop AOL and switch to a provider that has better spam filters.

Gmail comes to mind.

Ok- so LaForge is yet another name... I must start keeping track.

In regards to bullying I really don't think you know what bullying really is. I've experienced it both as a child and as an adult. I just choose not to moan and whinge about it on here. But once again your story doesn't make sense...

So you got suspended because you were bullied? The bully wanted you arrested? It. Makes. No. Sense!!

Seriously Sherman, how do you expect us to sympathize with you when you come up with these ridiculous stories?

Rodney, I wholeheartedly concur.

I thank my lucky stars that I had it relatively easy in school (early to mid '90's) compared to some of the horror stories I read about in People magazine or see on shows like 20/20. What I went through (the verbal taunts and occasional threats of violence being done to me) is nothing compared to the massive wave of bullying and harassment some of today teenagers have been subjected to.

I really think it is sad, and I wish it would stop for good. So in a way, I sympathize with you Laforge, but in another way, I wish you would just stop whining about the past and move on with your life.

Is any of what I am saying making any sense to you? I hope it does!

I didn't get it easy in school until I did what all victims of bullying should do- I spoke out. I named and shamed the people. They were dragged in front of the principal alongside their parents and told that if they so much as sneezed in the wrong way they would be expelled. I didn't care if I got shunned by the students because I was already pretty much shunned.

I, like Andre, wish it could be stamped out for good but these days of Facebook, MySpace, texting make it that much easier for bullies to do their thing undetected...

Oh and Andre- yes we are cool

Thanks, Rodney.

[i]So you got suspended because you were bullied? The bully wanted you arrested? It. Makes. No. Sense!! [/i]

I don't know about an arrest, but suspension was fairly common where I went to school.

My schools were more worried about fighting than bullying. So even if you were defending yourself from someone who came up to you and started throwing punches or whatever it was generally treated as fighting where both kids got punished.

During middle school I twice ended up getting ISS (In School Suspension) for cases where more assertive kids picked on me and after they laid hands on me I responded in kind.

Rodney, if you ever again say to Sherman "Would you care to explain that one a little further?" even in jest, you'll find out from the rest of us what bullying really is! Never encourage him!!

;)

Callie, if Rodney goes off like that again, I *do* have some extra nishta.

Now where did I leave that ribbon device?...

Ihatespammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I got 330 spam emails since I asked
Nove to write to me that's what I get for
...College education funds is fine, but do I
need Viagra ?

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btw, I got anti-spam blocker and its reduced to
30!

Next life Brian,dont be born a N-
or a C-, or a G-,
-
the kid really hated my color..and he was
purple.

no joke.

Scott, what is "nishta"?

Also, Callie, were you bullied too? Join the club!

I got 447 spam emails now, and pornbots.
Someone help., maybe the Chief better see
this.

Guess what? We don't give a darn about how much spam you get. I told you how to deal with it already. Dump AOL. It sucks. Use Gmail or Yahoo mail. They have good spam filters.

And what do you think the Chief can do about it?

Andre, it's from Stargate. It's a drug that will cause the recipent to worship the giver as if he were a diety.

Callie and I had a gag going on one of the Stargate boards about it.

I'm well aware of what nishta is thank you

It's a big, honking drug....

So, uh Facebook. How about that?

I'm sorry you left FACEBOOK, Andre. However, if you decide to return, you can always "BLOCK" unwanted people from your FACEBOOK account.

ScottN - worship's the last thing I need from him!

Oh yes, we were talking about Facebook, weren't we? I have an account but not under my real name (so Sherman can't find me ... snigger). I don't use it all that often and when I do, it's only to watch the postings of a friend of mine, but generally I've not found FB all that interesting. It may be because I haven't investigated its possibilities in enough detail, but I also have an account on LiveJournal (again under the alternate name) and I have to say that, to me, that's a more user-friendly system with better communities/groups.

uh Callie, I wrote to you one day when we had
the attack of the Spambots on Nitcentral, and then the pornbots later on.I even know know your
real email address.you better change everything,
Callie I may even know your password..(not yet).

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btw, Nove you are a man , arnt you? Some people
are totally oppoosite of what they really are.

My god, Amr, we finally agree on something!!!

woweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
Joy.

(The stupid guy who put his mug shot on Facebook)

Callie? I'd like to be your Facebook friend, especially since I don't see you around here as often as I used to, so if you want, search for me under my name. There are a few Luigi Novis on FB, but my profile pic is a pencil illustration of some ruins with an archway as the focus.

Callie! Would also like to friend you on FB- there's only one of me on FB....

Callie I may even know your password..(not yet).

If I choose to take this as a threat, Sherman, and report it as such to the Chief, you could find yourself banned from this site and even reported to your isp. I do not find this kind of talk amusing. If that's how you behave in the real world, it's no wonder you get the abuse that you do from people.

However, my Nitcentral email address is public knowledge and it'll take more than a moron like you to make me change it.

Tell 'em, Steve-Dave!

I know how serious you are being though, Callie, I could not resist making this remark, however.

I hope you are all right otherwise. Happy Holidays!

No, I wasnt serious about the password- but I do I want you to see my facebook, Callie
and the Chief ,if he has time-

and I dont kn ow
if you are a man or woman either
(really),like Nove
.

Facebook/sherman,

and yes, I wrote to you when we had the pornbot attacks.


let me know if you saw it, and you know my email too.
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but dont let ol whatshisname (my 3 stooges)there.

I'll do it for ya-sigh sigh and sigh.

Sigh.

Just for the record, Sherman, I am never going near your Facebook. I am not interested in it or you and I have not replied and will not reply to your emails. Stop asking.

Happy holidays to you too, Andre!

The only question I saw directed at me was whether I am a man. --- Yes. I don't see how I could be the "opposite of what I really am" (to paraphrase Laforge) because I don't think I ever implied one way or the other. (and FYI, I am not on Facebook)

Facebook debuts today as a public company; the stock IPO (which will be traded on NASDAQ) was set at $38 last night. The hype from the news media is so overwhelming and deafening, I hope it tanks big time, and closes today at 38 cents. And, I hope our pension fund trustees wait a while before buying the stock. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with potential investors last week, wearing his usual hoodie. For crying out loud, didn't he have the decency to wear a suit and tie? Then again, the investors were there to kiss his tush anyway.
I don't belong to any social network sites - no Facebook, no Twitter, no Pinterest, no MySpace (whatever happened to that?), no B-Frendz (Law & Order's mock MySpace. ) And, I never will.

Facebook needs to have reliable Customer Service, they should have Customer Service Numbers in Every Country of the World, where people can call to speak to actual human beings to resolve technical problems. Does anyone know of any Legitimate Facebook Customer Service Numbers that are Not a Scam, where you can speak to an actual person ? Facebook users often find it impossible to resolve and fix their technical problems by contacting the Facebook website

I have Zuckerberg's personal email and cellphone number. I'll get him to give you a call.

Oh, BURN!

I'm down with Bill Gates, I call him Money for short. I phone him up at home and I make him do my tech support.

I got Bezos for my financial needs. He's super sweet at lending me some money when I need it.

But I'm having a really hard time getting Memory Alpha updated....

I was serious, why can't
Facebook have decent customer service

Maybe because they don't care about you?

They don't need costumer service. What are people going to do? Get mad and transfer to Twitter?

You get what you pay for.

Well said, Kevin.

Also, consider this. If you're not paying for it, you're not the customer, you're the product.

Also, consider this. If you're not paying for it, you're not the customer, you're the product.

Excellent point. One that could apply to so many other things. Something I think we should at least sometimes think about when using any number of products.

Even if people do pay for it, let's be honest with ourselves, what is the loss of one customer going to cost the company? Yes, it can be a big loss for the customer. But, the company, who doesn't know the person may just see a customer as a number.

It also might not be that they don't care. Maybe there's just so many customers that the company isn't able to help on an individual level. I.e., they're so big, so many come and go every day and there's so much to do that they don't have the time to help one person.

Jeff, if you have a spare 90 minutes I suggest you watch this documentary to see how little these companies care about you.

Even if you luck into a human at tech support, it's mostly likely they have to read off a script that they're not allowed to deviate from.

I heard the news that Facebook is changing it's name to Meta ,
I don't like it, I don't think anyone likes it

I'm fairly certain Zuckerberg likes it.

I look at Zuckerberg's face and think, "Maybe the Reptilian Conspiracy Theorists have a point?"

There have been times I've gotten suspensions because Facebook took something I said out of context.

God help you if you use words such as "Isis" there. The word existed long before the terrorist organization, such as the Egyptian deity or the 1970's Saturday morning show. However you say the word, in regards to said deity or show, and Facebook thinks you're advocating terrorism.

The last time I got such a suspension, I contacted the Group Admin of the Star Trek page that I'm part of and asked her to contact the higher ups to appeal my suspension. She told me that there is no one to appeal to, it's all computer algorithms.

So you have to watch what you say.

Why did Facebook get rid of
the "Poke" feature, where you could poke
friends and they poke back.
Also ever notice how around 2012
Facebook had the category for
Inspirational People, a person could
Post About people that inspire them

Apparently they removed the poke feature because it reminded Zuckerberg of some losers he knew in school but hoped he meet in heaven….

LOL!

Rodney, but what about the category for Inspirational People ?

Yes they inspired him him to get rid of the poke…..