WilliamC Hates Facebook Yet Has Created an Account

[WilliamC]

Ok, I hate facebook as to me it represents the ultimate invasion of privacy. Yes it is irrational and I'll work on it but for now I hate facebook.

But I created an account to get in touch with Ron Paul folks in Mississippi and now I have a simple question.

Can I send messages to someone without making them my 'friend'?

I'm not interested in using facebook to be friends with with anyone, I just want to communicate with people to help Ron Paul get elected. After that I'll cancel my account.

I hate facebook.

 

[ShaneEnochs]

Yes you can.

 

[MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2]

Can I send messages to someone without making them my 'friend'?

Yes.

I have a FB acct and I do two things there. I upload baby pics, and rant about Ron Paul, and the emerging police state. I make my rants public. It's all being crunched anyway, even whatever you write here and unless you're doing severals thing to make it not get attached to you, it is and will be. I just decided that shutting up wasn't helping any.

 

[Constitutional Paulicy]

Ok, I hate facebook as to me it represents the ultimate invasion of privacy. Yes it is irrational and I'll work on it but for now I hate facebook.

But I created an account to get in touch with Ron Paul folks in Mississippi and now I have a simple question.

Can I send messages to someone without making them my 'friend'?

I'm not interested in using facebook to be friends with with anyone, I just want to communicate with people to help Ron Paul get elected. After that I'll cancel my account.

I hate facebook.

Caution. If they are not Paul friendly they will report you as spam and your account will be closed.

 

[WilliamC]

Yes you can.

How?

 

[WilliamC]

Caution. If they are not Paul friendly they will report you as spam and your account will be closed.

I only plan to communicate with people I already know who are either friends or allies.

I just don't give a damn to create some friend network on facebook is all.

I hate facebook, yet do not want to shut them down, just not to be involved.

 

[MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2]

Just go to their page and there should be a "send message" button on the upper right.

 

[WilliamC]

Yes.

I have a FB acct and I do two things there. I upload baby pics, and rant about Ron Paul, and the emerging police state. I make my rants public. It's all being crunched anyway, even whatever you write here and unless you're doing severals thing to make it not get attached to you, it is and will be. I just decided that shutting up wasn't helping any.

Oh I know I am not anonymous and way back in the day on usenet posts I used my full name.

I just don't say things I wouldn't say in a newspaper editorial.

But facebook is just asking for the world to know my buisness by me volunteering to put it out there. I'm not interested that much in other people in the abstract, I will visit/phone/email but the hell with using facebook as a means of keeping in touch, I'm not that shallow.

I hate facebook, and yes I am working on it because there is a bit of irrationality here but still, facebook is like television in my mind, there is really no reason to turn it on.

 

[WilliamC]

Just go to their page and there should be a "send message" button on the upper right.

Thank you, searching....

using ctl-F and searching for send the only send option I have is "send friend request"

I do not see a send message button.

I hate facebook.

 

[Tyler_Durden]

I have most of my High School class on my facebook, old co-workers, old friends, and have added alot of Paul people the last six months. (My most coveted FB friend is Ron Paul's son, Dr. Robert Paul

Anyhow, don't be discouraged by the number of apathetic people who don't respond to your knowledge bombs, videos, articles, etc. I sometimes think "this article headline will wake people up" and excitedly post it. Then........crickets. It can be discouraging sometimes.

 

[WilliamC]

I have most of my High School class on my facebook, old co-workers, old friends, and have added alot of Paul people the last six months. (My most coveted FB friend is Ron Paul's son, Dr. Robert Paul

Anyhow, don't be discouraged by the number of apathetic people who don't respond to your knowledge bombs, videos, articles, etc. I sometimes think "this article headline will wake people up" and excitedly post it. Then........crickets. It can be discouraging sometimes.

I don't want to keep in touch with people using facebook, that's the point.

If I do personal visits, phone calls, or email is the way I do.

If someone from my past is too damn lazy to use the above then I'm not that interested in talking to them.

I hate facebook.

 

[MozoVote]

It's OK WilliamC, you're not alone. I have two "fake" accounts on FaceBook, just so that I can read links people send to me in -email. I am not "invested" in these for networking and willing to delete them at any time.

When you register, you have to be sure and deny FaceBook permission to automatically "look for friends". It will scour your mail client and spam them with invites.

 

[Barrex]

Yes you can.

I smell Obama supporter


What I did was: Went to Fox, Cnn and other MSM facebook pages and post news about money-bomb there.....some people join

 

[Tyler_Durden]

Make sure you play with the Privacy features. FB is all about Security Breaches. My newsfeed shows when my friends "Like" pages, pictures, what articles they are reading, etc. etc. FB really does suck.

 

[MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2]

Thank you, searching....

using ctl-F and searching for send the only send option I have is "send friend request"

I do not see a send message button.

I hate facebook.

Maybe they turn it off for new sign ups until you reach X amount of time or X amount of friends. It is also a setting for you, where you can prevent non "friends" from sending you messages. So it won't be on every page or everyone's page.

 

[VBRonPaulFan]

fyi, from what I hear it's basically impossible to 'cancel' a facebook account. when you try to cancel it, they basically just de-activate it but it never really goes away. they figure you'll come back at some point and your page will be sitting there waiting for you, exactly the way it was when you 'cancelled' it prior.

 

[WilliamC]

added this to my 'profile' and nothing else.

I only use this account for Ron Paul related activities, after the end of the 2012 campaign I will be deleting it.

If you want to contact me use my email or phone if you have it, otherwise go away.

 

[Constitutional Paulicy]

I have about 1,400 avid Ron Paul supporters as friends I try to provide content to their feeds everyday without exception. I'm here if you need daily updates on events.......

http://www.facebook.com/constitutional.paulicy?sk=wall

 

[WilliamC]

I have about 1,400 avid Ron Paul supporters as friends I try to provide content to their feeds everyday without exception. I'm here if you need daily updates on events.......

http://www.facebook.com/constitutional.paulicy?sk=wall

Thank you.

 

[Massachusetts]

I've thought about getting rid of my Facebook. I really should.