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MagGnome
10-19-2008, 09:34 AM
My own mother has joined MySpace and Facebook, and added me as a friend.

Cue awkward turtle.
astranoir
10-19-2008, 09:38 AM
My parents added me on facebook long ago... It is kind of awkward.
TrackZero
10-19-2008, 09:39 AM
It's what "Limited Profile" is for. As I explained to my parents when they joined, that's what they'd be seeing.
Squidbot
10-19-2008, 10:02 AM
My mother in law added me as a friend on facebook.
The turtle, it is awkward.
MagGnome
10-19-2008, 10:03 AM
Good idea Track. My mom already read through my MySpace. I haven't used that site in so long that I honestly had no idea what was on my profile. Now I know. :rolleyes:
Gormanimal
10-19-2008, 10:23 AM
Neither of my parents are on Facebook, and I'm very glad for that. Of course some of my other friends have their parents on and I still feel like I'm being watched.
Johan
10-19-2008, 10:26 AM
MySpace: Buffet for pedophiles, open diary for parents to peruse.

I just don't understand the interest in MySpace and Facebook. Of course, I'm posting on a forum, and a lot of people I know IRL have no idea why I do that, either. :)
Adam Blue
10-19-2008, 10:38 AM
My Mom has Facebook, Dad Myspace. I have a brother and sister in Korea, I'm in Texas, and they are in Florida with my other brother and sister. It's a good way to keep updated with everything happening. Although, I now only use MySpace for music. It is still very, very good for that. Facebook is especially good for traveling, keeping people up to date and making pictures easily accessible.

I think there are only problems if you look for them. My lil bro and sis have had MySpace for a while...and no problems with 'pedophiles' or anything like that.

But I totally enjoy the Facebook...I'm either here at CoG, or there.
MagGnome
10-19-2008, 11:28 AM
Yeah, I enjoy Facebook as well. MySpace not so much - I have a lot more friends that are on Facebook, and I like the setup of the site.

As for pedophiles, they are few and far between. Sure there are pedos on MySpace; then again there are pedos at the mall, in the park, walking down the street, etc. You are going to run into them everywhere, but they are truly a minority. You can thank the 24/7 news cycle for drumming up fear in parents everywhere.

Still, it's always good to be cautious.

Johan - you should get on Facebook now, since I'm sure your 12 children will be on there soon enough. ;)
Thanasimos
10-19-2008, 11:32 AM
I'm glad my mom sucks at technology, and that my dad isn't interested in stalking me.

And, Mag, I'm sorry for your loss (of privacy).
MagGnome
10-19-2008, 11:38 AM
My mom is terrible with technology as well - she doesn't even have the net at home. Some of the younger women that she works with helped her set it up.
Suave Peanut
10-19-2008, 11:41 AM
Both of my parents have added me on Facebook. I'm so glad I have nothing to hide! Well, there are a handful of tagged pictures of me being drunk, but my parents were at the party too so it's probably no big deal.

It's still weird. But it does make it easier to keep an eye on them since they moved to a different state.
JRR006
10-19-2008, 11:45 AM
I would feel awkward, too - not for myself, but for my sister, who never learned that one should never commit anything to paper or the internet that they wouldn't want their parents to read. Learned this the hard way when mom found my diary when I was twelve. Oh dear.

Facebook sometimes makes me uncomfortable. I see conversations and commenting going between my sister's profile and others, and it feels like I'm eavesdropping. Apparently they don't mind?

Anyway, parents on Facebook. What's the world come to?
Everyone vs Dinosaurs
10-19-2008, 12:11 PM
My mom is terrible with technology as well - she doesn't even have the net at home. Some of the younger women that she works with helped her set it up.



Damn the youngster women!
Radioguy9698
10-19-2008, 12:16 PM
both of my parents (who are divorced) are on myspace, awkward is not the word to describe it when they both want to add me as friends, because it then becomes a matter of whom i'm closer to...
Grifter
10-19-2008, 12:23 PM
both of my parents (who are divorced) are on myspace, awkward is not the word to describe it when they both want to add me as friends, because it then becomes a matter of whom i'm closer to...

You do realize you can have more than one friend right?
rinichanraar
10-19-2008, 12:31 PM
Thankfully, neither of my parents are particularly internet-savvy, so I think I'm safe for now. Both of them really only go online to check their e-mail or get directions.

If they saw how much time I spend at bars, I feel like I'd get a stern talking-to from my mother. My dad once patted my back because he heard I drank too much at some party from some people he and my mom see at church.

Also, how come we're not friends?! :mad:
pomeroy
10-19-2008, 12:41 PM
Also, how come we're not friends?! :mad:

Mags is too cool for school.

And CoG-ers.
rinichanraar
10-19-2008, 12:55 PM
Mags is too cool for school.

And CoG-ers.

What are you talking about? Gnomey isn't too cool for anything! (Kidding, kidding, love you, Gnomey.)

Oh, boo. Well, at least you and I are Facebook friends, pom-poms. ;)
Johan
10-19-2008, 01:03 PM
You can thank the 24/7 news cycle for drumming up fear in parents everywhere.

Pedos ARE everywhere! Don't leave the house! :eek: Evidence:

http://www.carolesgifts.com/beanie+bears.jpg

I kid. I don't live in fear; I live with a shotgun. ;)
The Iron Weasel
10-19-2008, 01:08 PM
I think my parents would disown me if they added me on facebook, because they'd find out what a raging drunk I am.
pomeroy
10-19-2008, 02:15 PM
Oh, boo. Well, at least you and I are Facebook friends, pom-poms. ;)

Word to your mother.
Inspector Fowler
10-19-2008, 02:34 PM
My boss regularly looks at our Facebook and MySpace profiles. People have gotten in trouble for talking shit about our work in their profiles.
KingGorilla
10-19-2008, 02:45 PM
MySpace: Buffet for pedophiles, open diary for parents to peruse.


Then your Myspace handle "Softhandshascandy" indicates what now?
Johan
10-19-2008, 02:47 PM
Then your Myspace handle "Softhandshascandy" indicates what now?

:D Well played!
Slack3r78
10-19-2008, 03:21 PM
My parents don't really do the internet thing, but I have my best friend from HS's mom friended on Facebook, and she's pretty much my second mom.

Two of my sisters have me friended on Facebook. I set up a 'Family' friends group and locked things down where they basically get to see that I have a profile and that's about it.
Radioguy9698
10-19-2008, 04:17 PM
You do realize you can have more than one friend right?

it's not that simple, they had a messy divorce....and wild rumors about her and a 17 yr old asst. youth director at her church..
Grifter
10-19-2008, 04:37 PM
it's not that simple, they had a messy divorce....and wild rumors about her and a 17 yr old asst. youth director at her church..

What the fuck does that have to do with you adding both your parents (or neither of them) to your Myspace page? If you want to be fair add them both (or neither) if you don't give a shit add the one you like more, if there is one.
pseudopseudo
10-19-2008, 05:11 PM
My mom added me on Myspace a long while ago, when we didn't live in the same city. She said it was the easiest way to keep track of how I was doing, as I'm horrible at phone correspondence, and I was in the habit of writing personal blogs every other day or so. It didn't seem that awkward at all.

Now that we both live in the same city, I don't think she's logged in for months.
MagGnome
10-19-2008, 05:40 PM
Also, how come we're not friends?! :mad:

I'm not Facebook friends with anyone on COG. :o


Mags is too cool for school.

And CoG-ers.

It's not that. I guess I just haven't thought about it that much. You guys will know all about the real me then, and not just the Gnome side. That could be scary.
MagGnome
10-19-2008, 05:41 PM
Pedos ARE everywhere! Don't leave the house! :eek: Evidence:

http://www.carolesgifts.com/beanie+bears.jpg

I kid. I don't live in fear; I live with a shotgun. ;)

That picture would be priceless if someone shopped a pedobear head on each of those Beanie Babies.
Atepsflame
10-19-2008, 05:46 PM
My mom added me on facebook a few months back. I think my sister goaded her into doing it. It would be awkward, if I ever actually used my facebook profile. None of my friends ever use it to communicate with me, so I log in maybe once every couple weeks. It seriously baffles me what people see in that site.
pseudopseudo
10-19-2008, 05:48 PM
My mom added me on facebook a few months back. I think my sister goaded her into doing it. It would be awkward, if I ever actually used my facebook profile. None of my friends ever use it to communicate with me, so I log in maybe once every couple weeks. It seriously baffles me what people see in that site.

When it first debuted, I sold it to my friends as "Myspace without all the stupid bullshit". Since then... it's become oversaturated with said bullshit.

At least people can't alter their profiles on Facebook to make it look like a pinata filled with glitter and day-glo colored intestines (put to a soundtrack of the latest emo flavor of the week) exploded all over the intarwebz.
Sandman
10-19-2008, 05:51 PM
I stopped using Facebook when they started allowing people without a .edu address to join. That's why I liked it at first...I knew that people were who they said they were. Plus it wasn't as flashy and crazy as mySpace.
maverick106
10-19-2008, 05:52 PM
It's not that. I guess I just haven't thought about it that much. You guys will know all about the real me then, and not just the Gnome side. That could be scary.

Hold up. Is the Gnome side the back side or front side?
MagGnome
10-19-2008, 06:20 PM
Hold up. Is the Gnome side the back side or front side?


The Gnome side is the sunny side. :cool:
pseudopseudo
10-19-2008, 06:23 PM
The Gnome side is the sunny side. :cool:

It's Always Sunny In Gnome-adelphia?
ShivaX
10-20-2008, 01:03 AM
My mom added me on facebook a few months back. I think my sister goaded her into doing it. It would be awkward, if I ever actually used my facebook profile. None of my friends ever use it to communicate with me, so I log in maybe once every couple weeks. It seriously baffles me what people see in that site.

I've had on and off chats with people I used to work with years ago and some of my old classmates, but I don't really see what all the fuss is about. Its cool to see pictures of people and see whats going on, but I'm not big on sending virtual drinks and crap like some of them seem to be.
MagGnome
10-20-2008, 05:30 AM
It's Always Sunny In Gnome-adelphia?

Haha, indeed. :D


I've had on and off chats with people I used to work with years ago and some of my old classmates, but I don't really see what all the fuss is about. Its cool to see pictures of people and see whats going on, but I'm not big on sending virtual drinks and crap like some of them seem to be.


I don't do any of that crap either, but it is nice to keep up with people in different parts of the country. I also enjoy looking through photos that friends have posted, and reading about their likes and dislikes, etc. I don't spend hours a day doing it, but I do check it for a few minutes each day.


I need to join the COG group and add Rini.
Squidbot
10-20-2008, 05:47 AM
There's a CoG facebook group?

And I hate all that "So and so threw a sheep at you" spam.
Ghostbear
10-20-2008, 08:51 AM
There's a CoG facebook group?

And I hate all that "So and so threw a sheep at you" spam.

Agreed, I mostly ignore all that crap.
roboninja
10-20-2008, 09:29 AM
My own mother has joined MySpace and Facebook, and added me as a friend.

Cue awkward turtle.

...and we now know why I quit Facebook. I have around 15 friend requests waiting, but I have not even logged in for several months. Privacy > boring minutiae about my life.
Loki
10-20-2008, 09:33 AM
Want to know awkward? My boss recently added me on Facebook...
MagGnome
10-20-2008, 03:27 PM
Want to know awkward? My boss recently added me on Facebook...

My former boss added me as soon as she was no longer my boss.
LongStepMantis
10-20-2008, 03:39 PM
Makes me glad of two things.

That I don't use Myspace or Facebook, and that my parents have no clue what either of them are. ;)
Loki
10-20-2008, 07:46 PM
My former boss added me as soon as she was no longer my boss.

Not former: Current. Had to delete a lot of pictures.
Expugnare
10-20-2008, 08:56 PM
I find facebook is just a good way to keep in touch with friends that I don't necessarily see everyday. If you have enough active friends it becomes sort of a private forum almost.
MagGnome
10-20-2008, 09:25 PM
Not former: Current. Had to delete a lot of pictures.

Yeah, that is awkward.

My former boss added me while she was still my boss. I thought it was afterwards, but I forgot that she was still my superior at the time. We were pretty cool with each other though - she even set me up with a friend of hers.
Xerxes
10-21-2008, 09:15 AM
Glad my parents do use the webs. Then they'd see how few friends I have.
TheFlyingOrc
10-21-2008, 09:28 AM
On a related note, is there a way to tell if someone is showing you their limited profile?
LongStepMantis
10-21-2008, 09:30 AM
Glad my parents do use the webs. Then they'd see how few friends I have.

Who needs meat-sack friends when you have us? :D

http://www.nataliedee.com/040806/power-friends-power-up.jpg
MagGnome
10-21-2008, 11:54 AM
On a related note, is there a way to tell if someone is showing you their limited profile?


The limited profiles are much smaller than the full ones, so that's the easiest way to tell.
Xerxes
10-21-2008, 12:57 PM
Who needs meat-sack friends when you have us? :D

http://www.nataliedee.com/040806/power-friends-power-up.jpg

Hmmm, I should get marble slab to cheer me up. Good thinking.
TheFlyingOrc
10-21-2008, 01:23 PM
The limited profiles are much smaller than the full ones, so that's the easiest way to tell.

In what way? I mean, I'm not sure if a person put my on limited or if they just don't put a lot of stuff on their profile.
Soap
10-21-2008, 01:28 PM
In what way? I mean, I'm not sure if a person put my on limited or if they just don't put a lot of stuff on their profile.

I think the limited profiles don't let you look at people's pictures. You have to first be added as a friend to see the whole thing.
rinichanraar
10-21-2008, 01:44 PM
In what way? I mean, I'm not sure if a person put my on limited or if they just don't put a lot of stuff on their profile.

I think it's not possible to tell for sure because the whole "limited profile" thing is fully customizable, so one would be able to select which things to block someone from seeing. You'd have to make an educated guess (or ask someone else who's friends with him/her what's visible on his/her profile). Apparently, "limited profile" doesn't really exist anymore, and you have to choose which things to block someone from.

Here's an explanation from Facebook:
The Limited Profile functionality has been removed from the Privacy page as part of a change to make our privacy controls more robust, and to allow our users more comprehensive control of their privacy settings. If you had people on your Limited Profile, they have been moved to a new friend list called "Limited Profile," and this friend list has been added to the appropriate places on your privacy settings.

For example, if you hid your Wall in your Limited Profile, the new Limited Profile friend list has been placed under the "Except These People" setting for Wall. However, due to the new privacy controls, we no longer support the hiding of your Mini-Feed as content level privacy settings ultimately control the visibility of your actions on Facebook. Therefore, if you prevented people on your Limited Profile from seeing this information, it will now be visible.

Keep in mind your current privacy settings still apply and the Mini-Feed is simply an aggregation of other actions on the site. For example, if a user isn't allowed to see your tagged photos, he or she will not see a photo tagging story in your Mini-Feed, even though you can view the story.

We recommend that you review the new privacy settings, as many features have been added that give you more control over the visibility of your content. You are now able to customize which friends and friend lists are (or are not) allowed to view your content. To use these options, just go to any privacy setting and select "Customize" from the drop-down list. You can also review and edit your friend lists from the Friends page.

I think the limited profiles don't let you look at people's pictures. You have to first be added as a friend to see the whole thing.

Every time I see your name, I think of Call of Duty 4. :)
Xerxes
10-21-2008, 03:20 PM
Hmmmm my aunt and uncle are on the net. I've just been avoiding them so well it wasn't worth mentioning. It does scare me when they send me instant messages.
GunnyMo
10-21-2008, 03:23 PM
Cue awkward turtle.

Gay or not. Hate crime or not. You're getting a punch in the penis! :p
Soap
10-21-2008, 04:54 PM
Every time I see your name, I think of Call of Duty 4. :)

Everytime I see your name...I want to unzip it (.rar)

;)

Edit...damn did that sound pervy?
MagGnome
10-21-2008, 06:01 PM
Gay or not. Hate crime or not. You're getting a punch in the penis! :p

What if I told you I was into CBT?

I'm not.
GunnyMo
10-21-2008, 06:05 PM
What if I told you I was into CBT?

I'm not.

I'd probably say, "What the hell is CBT?" :D
MagGnome
10-21-2008, 09:23 PM
I'd probably say, "That's what Google is for!"

Don't say I didn't warn you.
Hotcod
10-21-2008, 09:32 PM
i've got no family on any of my things... i wouldn't mind my older brother and his wife and my cousins i've just not gotten around to it yet... it's more that i don't like having the people in the house seeing stuff like facebook. I don't know why, i think it's beacuse is some what value the privacy of having things to my self. I don't like having to live at home while i finish of uni, after living on my own or 3/4 years it's a pain... It's why i stay up late so i can have the house to my self (only time i get any work done it fucks with my sleep pattens) so yes..... what was my point?

I think it's that my freinds are something i can "escape" to and having my mother see even a limited profile would erode that freedome some what... that and the fact me and my friends have a... interesting... sense of humour with one another. I'm just not sure she'd understand some of it and take it the wrong way
rinichanraar
10-21-2008, 09:42 PM
Everytime I see your name...I want to unzip it (.rar)

;)

Edit...damn did that sound pervy?

It actually did sound kinda' pervy, but it was also clever, so I enjoyed it. ;)
GunnyMo
10-21-2008, 09:42 PM
I'd probably say, "That's what Google is for!"

Don't say I didn't warn you.

lol well, I'm already medicated so I should be fine.
GunnyMo
10-21-2008, 09:44 PM
Oh god! My eyes! Wait...Cognitive Behavior Therapy? Thanks for the warning! :p

Don't worry, I saw the naughty one too!
Generation ABXY
10-21-2008, 10:16 PM
I'd probably say, "That's what Google is for!"

Don't say I didn't warn you.

Crap! :eek:

You know, in my day, I've encountered some strange fetish - really, really strange, in fact - but that's the sort of stuff I just can't wrap my head around.
MagGnome
10-22-2008, 05:28 AM
Crap! :eek:

You know, in my day, I've encountered some strange fetish - really, really strange, in fact - but that's the sort of stuff I just can't wrap my head around.

I don't really understand it either. From what I've heard, it's mostly straight guys that are into it.