[Maven]

Yesterday, I found I was logged out of Facebook when I went there, and upon logging back in, I got a message that I'm banned from adding friends for 7 days (and I later found out I couldn't message anyone who wasn't my friend, either) because someone rejected one of my "Add Friend" requests. WTF is that about??? They have those little thumbnails of members with "Add Friend," but if you do, you can be punished if they reject you? I know the rule says you're supposed to personally know everyone you add as a friend, but c'mon, really? I have never met 95% of the people I have as friends on FB, and I really like having all those friends. It's even more so here; I haven't met anyone here (at least not to my knowledge), and I have lots of friends here. FB is a pain sometimes!

Then there's this guy on eBay. He is selling a Garfield watch for $132. I tried to see what was special about this watch. Is it real gold? I don't know, but there are several just like it on eBay for way less. I got mine for $16! Well, I sent him a question on eBay asking if it's the same as the others, and he basically told me he only knows about his merchandise, he can't speak for others. Then he told me not to contact him again unless I'm buying a product from him, because (he says) my asking him a question like that is against eBay's rules (it is???), and if I contact him again (other than to buy merchandise), he'll report me! Oh, gosh. I'm. so. scared.

i used to get the facebook thing all the time- and i mean, all the time.

i got 7 day block at first, then 14, and month blocks... and i know it is so anoying!

i don't really use FB now though- so that solved that problem...

[seeker1950]

Originally Posted by Maven

Yesterday, I found I was logged out of Facebook when I went there, and upon logging back in, I got a message that I'm banned from adding friends for 7 days (and I later found out I couldn't message anyone who wasn't my friend, either) because someone rejected one of my "Add Friend" requests. WTF is that about??? They have those little thumbnails of members with "Add Friend," but if you do, you can be punished if they reject you? I know the rule says you're supposed to personally know everyone you add as a friend, but c'mon, really? I have never met 95% of the people I have as friends on FB, and I really like having all those friends. It's even more so here; I haven't met anyone here (at least not to my knowledge), and I have lots of friends here. FB is a pain sometimes!

Then there's this guy on eBay. He is selling a Garfield watch for $132. I tried to see what was special about this watch. Is it real gold? I don't know, but there are several just like it on eBay for way less. I got mine for $16! Well, I sent him a question on eBay asking if it's the same as the others, and he basically told me he only knows about his merchandise, he can't speak for others. Then he told me not to contact him again unless I'm buying a product from him, because (he says) my asking him a question like that is against eBay's rules (it is???), and if I contact him again (other than to buy merchandise), he'll report me! Oh, gosh. I'm. so. scared.

I don't know much about the FB blocking thing. Although I do have FB, it makes me uncomfortable.

Re/Ebay, and your asking the fella a question...well, that's just rude. I have sold my art on Ebay for over 10 years. People ask me questions about it all the time....I mean specific questions about the process, the medium I use, and they don't intend to buy. I always answer them. That is what one should do on Ebay, in my humble opinion. I really think the guy who answered you so rudely should be reported, with his response to you copied and pasted in your report.
Patty

seeker- the block thing is if you try to add someone and they report you because they don't know you.

or at least that's how i see it anyway

I don't do Facebook...have too much social phobia for it, and the more stories I hear, the more I'm happy with my decision.

[Maven]

Maranara, I avoided Facebook for a long time, but I used MySpace. That finally got to be too much, so I gave FB a chance. It was fun at first, when I was able to check my previous posts for replies, and then post and share new postings, and then to do it the next day all over again. However, I have so many friends, that trying to keep up with the past posts (and possible new comments) plus add more, is just impossible! Still, that's not my problem with it. My problem is that, if you don't comment on someone's posts, after a while, even though they're your friend, you don't get their feed anymore. I think I should get all my friends' feeds, at least according to my preference settings, and if it's too much, it's my decision where to cut back (or IF to cut back).

Originally, FB was a lot of fun. Interesting discussions, comments, arguments, funny stuff, interesting news stories, cute pictures, etc. Lots of sharing. Then FB added stuff like their Timeline thing, things that don't always work right, or work just how they're supposed to but nobody likes it, and it's not so fun anymore. When I signed up, I thought you had to use your real name, which has advantages (like if someone you knew a long time ago and would like to get back in touch with looks you up) and disadvantages (like if someone you knew a long time ago but would not like to get in touch with looks you up). I would change it if FB would let me (I don't know if they would), but it would get confusing for my friends, so I just let it be.

i've actually had some very disturbing discussions on fb

the haitie earth quake.. in particular, people got really nasty about it

I didn't know that Facebook could do that..that goes way too far in my view. You should be allowed to contact as many people as they want. Those people who don't want to be contacted have their privacy settings set up which won't allow you to contact them anyhow. So I don't see why Facebook needs to intervene with that. I'm so glad I shut down my page. You can change your name as far as I know. Its under account settings and then Name.