Facebook!

[SuperSwede]

So who has a facebook profile? My wife _convinced_ me to join, and its pretty fun. We really should have a fretnet group there, so join up and add me ( search for : calle nordqvist ).

 

[Robert]

I created a group and invited a few fretters. Search for Robert Renman to find me on there.

 

[SuperSwede]

Yeah I saw that.. join up everybody!

 

[Jampy]

Found you Robert and found the group, since your the admin on the FB group is there a way to add our fret user names to our real names ??

I guess it would make it easier to know whom we are talking to..

Just a thought..

 

[sunvalleylaw]

I am on! Will add a photo later.

 

[Tone2TheBone]

Gimme a shout guys.. Ted Shiskoski

A shoat oat Ted? heh I signed up but I'll have to verify the link from home. Don't do anything too fun till I get there. ancake

 

[ted s]

ya, I can't get there from work either.

 

[just strum]

OK, someone has to come along with this post, so let it be me.

What are you guys talking about?

 

[SuperSwede]

Its a global phenomenon! You can spend lots of hours doing absolutely nothing, find long lost friends & future ones as well.

www.facebook.com

 

[Robert]

It sure doesn't beat our forum though for us guitar aficionados, I hope?!

Please don't abandon us for Facebook!

 

[ted s]

It sure doesn't beat our forum though for us guitar aficionados, I hope?!

Please don't abandon us for Facebook!

never

 

[SuperSwede]

No way.. this is THE place to be if you have a little extra cash and a wife that doesnt check the bank book too often ;-)

 

[Tone2TheBone]

No way.. this is THE place to be if you have a little extra cash and a wife that doesnt check the bank book too often ;-)

Can you say...Pay Pal?

 

[SuperSwede]

Can you say...Pay Pal?

Ok: Pay Pal

 

[Robert]

No way.. this is THE place to be if you have a little extra cash and a wife that doesnt check the bank book too often ;-)

What do you mean by this?

 

[Tone2TheBone]

He means people here fall victim to G.A.S.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

It sure doesn't beat our forum though for us guitar aficionados, I hope?!

Please don't abandon us for Facebook!

Nah, not possible. I joined but likely will not be able to keep up with facebook all the time. My internet "time waisting" is mostly done here. ancake :beer:

 

[Brian Krashpad]

I'm on facebook as Brian Krashpad, same as everywhere!

 

[Algonquin]

Its a global phenomenon! You can spend lots of hours doing absolutely nothing, find long lost friends & future ones as well.

www.facebook.com

Thanks for posting this SuperSwede!

I actually saw an old friend on there from Kindergarden that I haven't seen in well over 20 years.

You made my day.

Thank you.

 

[warren0728]

anybody worried about putting all your info out there....looks like you have to sign up to look around....i'm on the fence on this one

ww

 

[just strum]

anybody worried about putting all your info out there....looks like you have to sign up to look around....i'm on the fence on this one

ww

Warren, I'm with you on this - not real keen at putting too much info out there. What I usually do in cases like this is use all of Shiners personal info.


Robert, I just got here and did a lot of promoting for this place - I'm sticking around until I get the boot.

 

[duhvoodooman]

Not to worry, guys. By default, only other Facebook members that you have personally confirmed as "friends" can see that info. My daughter's been on it for about a year. As an overly protective father, I wouldn't allow it if it wasn't secure....

 

[Algonquin]

:AOK:

Not to worry, guys. By default, only other Facebook members that you have personally confirmed as "friends" can see that info. My daughter's been on it for about a year. As an overly protective father, I wouldn't allow it if it wasn't secure....

I believe DVM is right on the money here. It appears you can display, or hide as much info to the general public as you wish. Maybe the biggest risk you're taking is emberrassing your kids... :rotflmao:

I don't think it was suggested in any way, shape or form to abandon this site whatsoever for another... It was just a friendly post by a respected member of this forum.

Robert has made a group within Facebook called 'Guitar players who love TheFret.net', so in some small way you are promoting this site.

It appears to be very interesting, but doesn't compare to the information sharing that goes on here. Plus, this site (Thefret.net) has some good moderators keeping it all on the up and up... Good job Folks! :AOK:

 

[ted s]

Agreed, I don't think it would even be easily do-able to share the information that we do anywhere else except in this forum enviroment.

 

[warren0728]

gonna have to give it some thought....thought it sounded like a cool way to find old friends but it sounds like they would have to know i was looking for them and then give me permission to "find" them or am i missing something...

ww

 

[Algonquin]

Absolutely... you should always consider carefully what you post on the Net. I've read some folks wouldn't even post pics of their Goldfish... and I can't say I blame them. The Net can be wonderful, but it can also be less than that.

I found an old friend today that I haven't been in contact with in 20 years... and I'm feeling pretty good about that right now.

I think one of the good 'Safeguards' that site has, is that you have to accept a 'Friend' request from a user prior to them seeing your stats, and you are in control of what 'Stats' you want the public to see.

If you wish to try it out and don't want to offend anyone, join and add me as a friend within the 'Guitar players who love the Fret.net' section to see if it's something you are comfortable with. If it isn't... you are welcome to delete the 'friend' invite, and since I know your concerns, wouldn't feel slighted in the least.

A few other Fretters have joined... but 'Facebook' is not a substitute for the Fret.

Sincerely,

David

 

[SuperSwede]

What do you mean by this?

That this site makes me want to buy more guitar related stuff than I really need

I just wanted to let people here know that facebook is a fantastic tool for finding old friends, and keeping in touch with all your friends. Not all friends are interested in guitars and end up here, so I see no problems with these kind of threads?

 

[Robert]

No problemo mate. It's a phenomenon, Facebook. I recently read an article in Wired about how it got started and how it evolved. Very interesting. The amount of people that now are signing up every day is insane.

 

[marnold]

Well, I tried to do the sign-up thing last night, but I never got a confirmation email. Oh well.

 

[Tone2TheBone]

Sounds like how myspace works. You can elect to only have friends and family view your pages that's how I have mine set up.