facebook fantasy

[JETman]

Another solution is just not to bother with Facebook at all. Then you don't have to worry about settings, and lo and behold, you won't die without it either.

Couldn't have put it better myself

MG

Thank you. The obvious is lost on many here.

I have received great pleasure from Facebook in reconnecting with old friends who I knew decades ago, but lost touch with. They have now become some of my closest friends again. This has added to the quality of my life very significantly. It would not have happened except for Facebook. One can be glib about dismissing something, and ridiculing others, but there can be more than one credible way to look at an issue.

I was not ridiculing anything. As you may recall (if not, look it up), my first post was a response to someone who wondered aloud why anyone could possibly find anything wrong with Facebook. AFAIC, you do what makes you happy, and I'll do the same. I'd hate to be the guy, though, who signed up for Facebook only to find out that the person(s) I was looking for was not a member.

[Tim McG]

You're always good at reminding me how much your cheese has slid off your cracker.

Denial is not something to aspire to, Rostasi.

Just sayin'.

[Blue Train]

Facebook draws user ire with email switcheroo

For anyone interested.

Click on your avatar, or go to the upper right and click on your name/handle. Click edit profile.

Look on the left for Contact information. You can set your settings for your actual email and facebook to what you want.

[Quincy]

As for reconnecting with old friends: I seem to remember something called "email" -

something that hasn't stopped more than enough "old friends" from getting in touch.

The female friends who take on their husband's last name can be tricky to find in the white pages and the like. It's much easier in FB. A phonebook/database with photos (all depending on one's settings regarding searches of course), along with the way it shows friends of friends etc. is a pretty powerful search tool, even if you loathe everything about it.