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Hey all... I bit the bullet n got on facebook like the other 5 billion members of the human race (well, the good looking ones anyway). Wanna add me, PM me :) Place needs some colour, haha. Offset all those supermodel insurance brokers and test pilots. maybe we could start a cult of some kind.

guess anyone else that wants their ranks swollen (nothing like a nice swollen rank) might as well stand against the blood spattered wall here with me.

thanks for allowing me to clutter up your day with commercialist references :P

VM

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i recommend anyone with a fb account to add vert. i just did. hes a very,VERY handsome man.

i just hafto work out how to set his photo u as my wallpaper and i will never leave home again.

thats if i got the right guy, theres half a squillion peeps on there with verts name. im just guessing hes the sexy one. :wub::wub:

mmm swollen rank

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did u add me vert? or have i asked the wrong dude to be my friend? i just took it for granted u were the suave good lookin one. i dig fb, its like a time warp, all ur relos and schoolmates come out of the woodwork catch up with heaps of peeps from ur past.

half of sab is on there! sina has a nice pic all done up in a tux, worth signing up 4 that alone!

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I found some SAb people on there that I thought would never get on facebook. hehe

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surprising amount of well intentioned perverts around these parts.

Yes mr nito, I am the disturbingly attractive hairball. I am rarely allowed to go to the shops on my own, for fear biological timebombs aka middle aged women will abduct me for some turkey baster action.

It WAS sina in the suit... Earl B Farqued.

cheers all

VM

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I've got Facebook connections to one or two of ya but don't know enough names.

If one well-connected node sets up an Aussie ethno Facebook group then we can all connect through there.

I'm looking at your swollen rank, incognito (if that is your real name).

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If one well-connected node sets up an Aussie ethno Facebook group then we can all connect through there.

I just made a group Australian Ethnobotany in facebook. I have set the access as secret so you need to be invited by a member. It’s set up as a meeting place although I think people should really consider if they want to have such a public profile. It will really just be contact list. I don't expect there is any kind of discussion. Anyway do what you like :)

I have invited those of you I know. Please invite your friends.

Cheers

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i de-registered because i don't want everybody i know to know everybody i know.

does anyone feel the same way and how do you deal?

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i de-registered because i don't want everybody i know to know everybody i know.

does anyone feel the same way and how do you deal?

I kind of feel the same way but there is nobody on my list that would mind being known and if they do they shouldn't be on facebook.... also I don't mind people knowing really... I get what you mean though.

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I'm on there now, WT...

Thunder - i'm sort of in the same boat as WT. By being on facebook you open yourself to public scrutiny, and i guess thats just a part of it.

i've got like 180 odd people on my list, from old school mates to normal crew... i think most people would blend in pretty easily, so there's no real problem for me... :)

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You didnt invite me?

yeah, I tried to invite you again and it said you had already been invited... :) you should have a little notice.

if you can't find it we can make it public for a while for you to join.

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By being on facebook you open yourself to public scrutiny, and i guess thats just a part of it.

well, thanks for making it clear in my mind. i don't need any more reasons to surf anyway.

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Cool idea WT - could someone please let us know what sort of security is offered for the Australian Ethnobotany group on FB? I know it is classed as a private group and doesn't come up in your profile, but just want a bit more info on the security side of it before adding my mug shot to the group (and everything about me). Dont particularly want to join if it means that every joe blow can see my profile without becomming a 'facebook friend' or whatnot.

Hi Ace,

I can't take credit for the idea, I just set it up (in about 2 mins) :)

Basically, regarding security on FB there is no more security for the group than any FB profile. Membership in the group is by invitation only - so we hope only good folks get an invited. I don't think people can see your full profile unless they are your friend. Not really sure. :) I'm not too worried as I don't have any information on my facebook that I wouldn't want people knowing.

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If people ask me to be their friend, can they pm me who they are so i know who is who, else i end up with a heap of names added and i got no idea of who they are... :blush: esp if i haven't traded with them or anything...

I got you Teo, and WT... :) thanks...

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Its all about your privacy settings, as long as its set so that only your friends or only friends or friends can see your profile than strangers cant view it, plus you can also choose how much of your profile these people can see unless they are accepted as a friend.

So for example, I have it set so that people can only see my basic profile until accepted with is my basically just the stuff at the very top of ones profile page however you can make it so that people can only see your picture and those choices you have allowed such as 'send a msg' 'view friends list' etc.

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Hi Gilligan,

I thought adding 'AA.' at the bottom of the msg would indicate who it was. ;)

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One of the downsides of such a group is the ease it would give a surveillance operation to infiltrate and collect information on members and their relationships to each other. While no doubt the same could happen here, on facebook there is much less of a veneer of privacy and people's relationships are mapped out in much more detail.

Don't wanna rain on the parade, I'm sure it will be a fun group, but I don't think I'll join for that reason.

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Hi Gilligan,

I thought adding 'AA.' at the bottom of the msg would indicate who it was. ;)

Duh... I didn't see that. LOL.

No wuckers Andy, gotchya, cheers...

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Bleh... if they want to waste their time on surveillance with me, sweet as... they can come and check me out if they want... I've got a cactus collection, that's pretty much it. There aint nothing they can ping me for, cos i don't have anything for them to ping me with. hence i aint fazed in the least...

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