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[kproche]

Success -- got my first choice of Facebook page names.

You can find me at www.facebook.com/kproche

Comments

[britgeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

I was horribly torn between johanna.mead and britgeekgrrl.

I decided to go for the latter. Why buck the trend? ;)

[kproche.livejournal.com]

yeah, that was my logic, too. Most of my accounts are kproche.

Except for a couple of boinkcoboy
and urban.jungleboy :-)

[esprix.livejournal.com]

Wait, weren't you already on FB?

[kproche.livejournal.com]

Yes, but at midnight EST they opened up the right to get a personalized shortcut URL instead of the weird hex-numeric URL that the system created.

So now there is an easy URL to get to my Facebook page

[esprix.livejournal.com]

Oh, I see. Shows you how much I FB. :) (I claimed esprix for the hell of it.)

[karisu-sama.livejournal.com]

Still debating whether to even GET a Facebook. :/ And I'd prefer the hard-to-find number - don't want random drivebys or mass-"friending".

[iamradar.livejournal.com]

You can set your Facebook to 'hidden' so that nobody can find you- you have to "friend" the people you want to see you. Otherwise, no one knows you're "lurking"!

I find Facebook a valuable tool when it comes to pictures as when someone 'tags' you in a picture, it automatically shows up in your photo album so you don't have to go hunting for it.

I block all applications (except keeping an on-line pet) so I'm not stuck playing games all day. :p

FWIW, Facebook was how I found out my grandfather was so sick; a friend of the family posted about it. All the annoyances I ever had with Facebook paled in comparison for me to be able to get in touch with my family and be there when my grandfather passed.

Edit: Also: Facebook is rather private: Nobody can see any information about you that you do not want them to see. For example, visitors to my profile will only see one picture and a list of who I have Friended (and if I wanted to, I could even change that). You don't need to worry about mass "friending".

[karisu-sama.livejournal.com]

It wants a freakin' first and last name!!! I don't USE those online - anywhere!!!

(Call me paranoid, but I made the decision to use images and NOT real names online ages ago. And yes, I HAVE been threatened by weapons-happy Neo-Nazis online - on Cosplay.com, in fact.)

[buddykat.livejournal.com]

Use Karisu Sama as your first and last names... I know plenty of people who have done something similar.

[lisa-marli.livejournal.com]

I couldn't believe it - I went way late and still got auntie.m - auntiem was even still available, but I thought auntie.m would be more readable.
Since I mostly use FB in Fandom, I have no problem with a fannish user name. I'm still findable under Lisa Harrigan (in fact, some of my husband's family has found me under Harrigan), so I'm comfortable with that.
And Karisu - My profile is open to Friends of Friends, which is why the relatives could tell is was me, we had relatives as friends in common.
Some of my friends I wouldn't have been able to find if they hadn't friended me, as they keep their information fairly hidden. So your visibility can vary quite a lot.