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[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Anyone here send me one?

A name is very similar.

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

Gee Jim Never knew you were on FB

[M. Henley Class President Find all posts View Profile Close M. Henley]

Well...

What name should we search with? JLB, OF Herd Enemy, Joe Btfsplk...

[billymach4 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close billymach4]

Your Neighbor.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Anyone here send me one?

A name is very similar.

The name inviting me is very similar to a person here.

[jackio Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close jackio]

Wasn't me. I'm new to FB and just learning the lay of the land.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Wasn't me. I'm new to FB and just learning the lay of the land.

That explains why the invitation did not come from jackio.



I'm wondering why someone would bother to send me an email inviting me to be on FB, or the others I get, when they could just say whatever it is they want to say in the email?

Is it about keeping score, having more friends than yours friends have friends?

[PigsDad Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close PigsDad]

I'm wondering why someone would bother to send me an email inviting me to be on FB, or the others I get, when they could just say whatever it is they want to say in the email?

That's like asking why someone would call you on the phone when they could send you a telegram.

Or send you and email when they could call you on the phone.

You get the point. FB provides an easy way of indirect communication; much less "in your face" as one-on-one communication. FB allows the general masses to communicate using a different medium that, until FB arrived, wasn't nearly as accessible to the general public. I think of it like a newspaper model: publish information and subscribers can choose to read it or not.

That is a significantly different model of communication vs. email. IMO, one won't replace the other, it just depends on which type of communication you prefer.

Kurt

[Hobbitess Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Hobbitess]

I'm wondering why someone would bother to send me an email inviting me to be on FB, or the others I get, when they could just say whatever it is they want to say in the email?

E-mail is for needed info; Facebook is for hanging out.

That said, I do think some people get competitive about "collecting" friends, while others collect friends they talk at but don't read. I'm the opposite; I actually read my feed so don't want too many people posting to it.

[M. Henley Class President Find all posts View Profile Close M. Henley]

Your Neighbor.

??

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

You get the point.

Oh, I do?

OK

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

Apparently someone thinks you are worth $ 174 and change. : http://news.yahoo.com/much-facebook-...134305887.html

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Today's invite was from Howie Mandel. It was entitled "Howie Mandel," which is why I concluded it was from Howie Mandel.

Well, that and the fact that it invited me to be a contestant on Deal or No Deal.

Is that still on?

Boy, I bet I would be great on it. So much for the witness protection program. I'm tired of being John Smith any way.