Re: What are the odds, Ken?

Quoth nowhere@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Anen <anne.magee@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>>Facebook, is of course, a scam, but you get to poke people. And I've
>>found two ancient friends (one actually from high school!) and one
>>sort-of friend that I'd totally lost track of. And I know a lot more
>>about what my relatives (dad, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law,
>>three nieces, and a nephew) are getting up to. (Not always a good
>>thing, especially the almost-18-year-old who just started university
>>[do they *ever* have classes at university nowadays or do they just
>>party 24 hours a day every day???])
>
>Well I accidentally discovered a family member with whom I hadn't had
>any contact for years on a Usenet Newsgroup.
>
>As I use a fake email address and a pseudonym, he had no idea who I
>was.  I've been writing on that newsgroup for some time now and he's
>still blissfully unaware of who I am.
>
>Don't necessarily need Facebook, Arsebook, Elbowbook, Fiends Reunited
>or any of that junk to find people.

Friends Reunited is a pain in the patoot. It keeps sending me email
telling me there are new people there but none of them ever fit into
my schools during my years. Maybe this has something to do with the
fact that I was 10 when I left Scotland. 

I never run into an old acquaintances anywhere, usenet, street,
whatever, except Facebook. I had been searching for one of those
people for years (off and on) but had no luck (fairly common name and
I had no idea where she lived any more. We lost touch when we both
moved at about the same time.) That alone makes Facebook worth it for
me. It's also good for keeping track of the younger generation, who
seem to like that kind of thing. This isn't to say I actually *like*
it, but it's less annoying than other sites I've looked at. Especially
now I've got rid of the ads. I just wish people would stop adding
those daft applications and sending out blanket invitations to
everyone on their friends list.

If someone starts a site called Arsebook, I will certainly give it a
look.

Anne
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