"graham" > wrote in message
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> "S Viemeister" > wrote in message
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>> On 9/6/2013 2:26 PM, graham wrote:
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>>> I joined at the behest of Mike for the uk food group. After a few months
>>> of
>>> "friending" as FB raids one's e-mail address book, I got fed up with the
>>> barrage of requests, and other trivia. Also, it seemed that every time
>>> someone farted, they updated their page and that led to another round of
>>> FB
>>> e-mails. I really don't see the point of it.
>>>
>> I don't allow FB access to my address book, and I've turned off most
>> notifications.
>>
> I may have been naive but when I joined FB I didn't know of all these
> restrictions that one could apply. I first realised something wasn't
> "kosher" when I started getting suggestions or requests to "friend"
> someone who was in my address book.
> Similarly, I wasn't aware at first that one could control notifications.
> It just became a bloody nuisance, and I'm using delicate language there!
> On a parallel topic, I've just cut back my cable sub so that I now get
> only the basic channels. From what I can judge, I'm not missing much, if
> anything!
> Graham

I have never gotten that. I do see suggestions of people who have mutual
friends.