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Facebook Friends & Games - 1/15/2009 12:13:53 PM
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flowerz
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My kids, husband, and myself are all on facebook. I really enjoy it for keeping in touch with family and friends.
I have noticed that most of the people my age (middle age) add people on as friends, who we know at least a little, or are related to. On the other hand, younger people seem to add anybody and everybody, almost. It is like a contest to see how many "friends" you can get. As my son said it, as long as they don't hate your guts, it's ok add them.  Have you noticed this to?
What games do you like to play on facebook? My favorites right now, are geo challenge, bowling, & pet society
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RE: Facebook Friends & Games - 1/15/2009 12:23:59 PM
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Guess I need to join up.
Ds2 is a member.
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RE: Facebook Friends & Games - 1/15/2009 1:11:13 PM
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lexie
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It's not just kids adding people to their lists so they can have a whole lot of friends. I'm in my late 20's and have friends my age and older who are doing this. Two of my friends were having a competition to see who could get to 500 friends and then 1000 friends first.
I've had people try to add me just because we have a couple mutual friends. One person said we knew each other from this group where she met our two mutual friends. But I wasn't a part of that group, I knew those people from high school. So it was obvious we had never even met.
When I signed up I added a lot of people who requested. A short while ago I deleted the people who I don't talk to on it. Since then a few of them, who never even said hello after I added them, have been trying to add me back. Now I'm ignoring them, which I should have done in the first place.
As for games - I like Wordscraper. I love playing Scrabble but my husband is not into it so it's nice to be able to play with friends.
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RE: Facebook Friends & Games - 1/15/2009 2:22:59 PM
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I've noticed the 500 friends thing with some of the teens on FB (hubby and I are youth directors at church). I just checked and I have 198 friends (I had no idea until I looked, LOL). My friends are people I grew up with, went to high school with, went to Bible college with, went to church with, many many family members, etc. I talk with a very large number of them.
I don't play games or add any apps. Meh. I just like being social.
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RE: Facebook Friends & Games - 1/15/2009 2:25:27 PM
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I have over 200 friends...I would say 2/3 are IRL friends, the others are friends from the 2 forums I post on (here and another)
I have had a few people I knew from high school ask to be added, and I agreed...only to delete them later. I have people added that I don't talk to too often, but I still consider friends. People from our various duty stations, high school, current station...ect.
I have had a few annoying requests for people to add me as a friend simply for pet society. Those are ignored. I go through every couple of months and delete those who don't talk to me often, or whom I just don't feel like having anymore LOL
I like scramble, scrabble, PS, soduko.
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RE: Facebook Friends & Games - 1/15/2009 2:30:21 PM
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I don't talk to a lot of people on Facebook or myspace so I don't mind having them on there if they don't talk to me.
I have a few family members, a few friends from high school, and mostly church friends or CW friends on there.
I don't do the apps because I generally use the FB application on my phone and you can't play the games and all that through the phone. I do search out and send flairs to people though. I looooove those. 
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RE: Facebook Friends & Games - 1/15/2009 2:35:28 PM
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Auben
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One person I only added because she headed up my class reunion last summer. We were never friends in HS and I never expected to talk to her again. But she and I have chatted back and forth a few times in the last couple months. It really surprised me.
I could have posted this Christine. It was really surprising. Of course she talks to everyone so I get to spy on all the crazy 80s hair and update photos of all the people I don't really want to add.
I have @50-60 friends. I'm a friend minimalist. If we don't chat occasionally, out you go.
I don't have anyone from Crosswalk on there (other than Kuku who I know in real life). I play Geo Challenge and Pathwords mostly.
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RE: Facebook Friends & Games - 1/15/2009 3:45:11 PM
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My SIL's have ALOT like over 250 each. They have alot from high school, people they knew in other churches, their current church people etc.
I don't add someone unless I know them well enough to let them see my life. Facebook to me is my personal space and if you don't talk with me, know me, then I won't add you or I will delete.
I like playing wordgames, scramble, pathwords, wordscraper, scrabble, and bowling and guess the sketch
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RE: Facebook Friends & Games - 1/15/2009 4:09:38 PM
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FunBetty
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I have 400+ friends, and that is after constantly weeding through them. And yes, I know all of them irl except for my CW friends. I've moved around so I've connected with a lot of people over the years. Old school friends - I generally only add the people I was actually friends with and desire to keep any contact with them.
I love the flairs app. But mostly I use fb to keep up with everyone.
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RE: Facebook Friends & Games - 1/15/2009 4:33:57 PM
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I only add people I know, either IRL or online. :)
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RE: Facebook Friends & Games - 1/16/2009 9:22:32 AM
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lexie
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I ignore a lot of invites for applications. It's not that I'm trying to be rude to the people that send them, I'm just not on Facebook long enough to really use them. My SIL used to send me the craziest ones until I finally told her to stop. Even still I get ones from her but she's selective about the ones she thinks I would like. It's just when the applications don't come from Facebook, but outside sources, I'm kind of worried.
I still think one of the funniest friend requests I ever received was a guy from high school who said "we didn't talk to each other in high school but maybe we could start now." We had mutual friends so I added the guy. Did we ever say a word to each other?
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RE: Facebook Friends & Games - 1/16/2009 11:05:49 AM
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lexie
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LOL...my dad's "girlfriend", aka the reason my parents marriage ended, sent me a friend request once. Yeah right!!!
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RE: Facebook Friends & Games - 1/16/2009 1:06:18 PM
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Yea facebook is nice :) Everyone seems to be on there too... I don't play to many games or anything but I do play around in pet society
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RE: Facebook Friends & Games - 1/16/2009 4:18:57 PM
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I am a Facebook Scrabble addict. LOL...have no one to play with IRL, so I love to play that on there.
Most of my friends are from here or are family, some old school friends. I like having family on there because they can see how things are going with Brian and some of them we only see once or twice a year, if that. I've also gotten closer to a couple cousins because of FB.
I ignore a lot of requests/applications. I started out doing them all, but now just do the ones I like.
Tinkerbell, I love your latest avatar. Ha!
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One girl I know has that many. And she says that only about 2 of them are real-life friends. There's no way you can keep in contact with that many people. A lot of people have all their old school friends. All the way from elementary school. I've had some of my old "friends" add me. I will usually add them, but when I realize that they won't even say hi back I delete them. Pretty much they just want to look at my pictures I'm thinking. Some I don't even accept. 
Christine 
. I don't use many apps, though. I like flair and I started the dot game, graffiti and heroes but haven't done much with them.
And there's nowhere to add personal, private notes about people. I tried adding a "secret notes" app that promised to do that, but it must not be working since the format change. I posted a question about it and have gotten no response. 
I can check my e-mail at work, but facebook is blocked, so I'll often read my wall posts, messages and comments via e-mail notification, and then forget to reply when I get home. So... if I'm very sorry if I have ignored any of my CW friends on facebook... it was unintentional 
