tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425732352511468694.post230773089132532692..comments2023-08-20T04:55:39.436-07:00Comments on Ars Psychiatrica: Saving FaceNovalishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10501890494890617030noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425732352511468694.post-49508274930917073122009-10-02T02:15:18.016-07:002009-10-02T02:15:18.016-07:00Exactly what weddings are like: a pot pourri of de...Exactly what weddings are like: a pot pourri of decidely unaromatic tensions and confluences existing for the mere random fact of two decidely magnetised individuals spinning in delirious tandem with one another creating a whirlwind of centrifigal forces that produce an awkward stratification of uncoordinatable kin and friends, along with the obligatory unavoidable scum which tends to rise to the surface of such occasions.<br><br>Actually, your analogy of Facebook as a lifetime worth of friends and family in one great room reminds of one imagined afterlife described by David Eagleman in his great collection of tiny fictions 'Forty Tales From The Afterlives': the afterlife is populated by all the people you've ever encountered and remember in life - significant and insignificant; so it's as empty/full/inane/fulfulling/dull/exceptional as your actual life was...what an idea!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425732352511468694.post-81421586600964188962009-10-03T00:53:39.799-07:002009-10-03T00:53:39.799-07:00Yes, blocking is very distinct from unfriending. W...Yes, blocking is very distinct from unfriending. When you unfriend someone, your "link" is cut but you can still see each other everywhere, and a friend request can always be remade. Whereas if you block someone, neither of you will see anything at all about each other. And yes, it is really invisible to the person blocked. How are they going to know you're blocking them if they can't even see your existence on Facebook? :) It was designed for the situations of stalkers and abusive types -- it's not something meant "just" for someone you want to avoid. (Why is it that you don't mention that possibility and only talk about an immature situation of snobs blocking people?)<br><br>I guess I'm lucky in that I do have a critical mass of friends who carry on stimulating discussions regularly, it's really enjoyable. As a matter of fact, friends from different circles *have* interacted with one another, and positively.fraisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08312672430004079169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425732352511468694.post-48348205092893515242009-10-17T09:04:16.168-07:002009-10-17T09:04:16.168-07:00Another option is simply to "hide" the s...Another option is simply to "hide" the status updates of the friends that post too often for your tastes. You can do that by clicking the link to the right of each status update on your home page. This is also a private situation somewhat akin to choosing to screen your calls. It will not remove or block your friend, just hide their status updates from your stream. <br><br>Don't want to know what your sister in law ate for breakfast...and lunch...and dinner? Hide her updates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425732352511468694.post-49274948990447625882009-10-17T19:31:01.962-07:002009-10-17T19:31:01.962-07:00I have felt it's always as if onewere going to...I have felt it's always as if one<br>were going to a frat party 40 years<br>after ones college days.<br>In any event I stay on FB as we have several artists in my field with the same name as me,something on the web has to separate our work to the masses and in a seconds flash one<br>sees my work and not of my namemates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com