On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 15:00:17 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 23:40:16 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> What does "tag" me mean? I know what it means to tag someone in a photo
> >> but
> >> not beyond that.
> >
> > I use the @ symbol and start typing their name.
> > https://www.facebook.com/help/218027134882349
>
> That wasn't very helpful. It said that it may send them a response.

Huh? Are you sure you use Facebook? It said and I quote: When you
*comment on a post*, you can link to someone in your response by
following the same steps as above.

IOW it's a thread and you are replying to a post, probably to someone
upstream. FB doesn't do subthreads, it's just one long conversation.
If you comment on a friend's post, there are often many people
involved that you don't know because they are your friend's friends.
Maybe you are replying directly to a comment upstream. How will that
person know you're replying to him/her if you don't tag them? Maybe
you've unsubscribed from notifications of new comments on the thread
- which I do when they are long and active with lots of participants I
don't know and I'm tired of the subject. How are you going to know
someone has replied to one of your comments without being tagged?
Like I said, FB gives you the notification and then it's up to you to
read and reply.

> If I want to send someone a message, I just send it!

How are you going to email them if you aren't on their FB friends
list? My settings are for friends only and I don't want to "friend"
some stranger just so they can send me a private email. Ain't gonna
happen.


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