Facebook-delisting, changing status

[Cataboo]

One thing people should do is never use their real email addresses (other than for friends & family). Create a gmail account or 4, and set it to auto-forward anything sent to that account to your real email account.

If you need to start a facebook account, buy something, or whatever - give them the gmail account address.

When you start getting spam or something to that gmail account or annoying people, you can then delete that gmail account or cancel the autoforwarding so you don't have to deal with it.

If you pay the $20 a year or whatever for a pay yahoo email account, they then give you 2 email address, and a bunch of throw away email address - I can generate an unlimited # of email addresses that go to my yahoo account, that I can email out with, and that I can delete when they get too much spam.

Yes, it's complicated - but my "real" yahoo email account I've been using for over 10 years now. It would be a huge pain in my neck to have to change that email address or get the information off of it.

[ny biker]

Lance has a son and two daughters, not 3 boys, and I'm pretty sure his house is off the beaten path, so it' probably not within walking or riding distance of their school(s). Not to mention, he can't ride his bike right now. Anyway.

Most of the people on my facebook friends list are adults over 30. However I have 3 teenagers - my 17-year-old nephew, my cousin's 16 year old girl, and my other cousin's son who I think is 14. I wasn't sure about inviting the cousins' kids to be friends, because I figured they probably wouldn't be interested in having a grownup like me reading their stuff, but one of their mother's asked me about it so I friended them. So far it's been interesting. The 16-year-old girl uses lots of texting abbreviations, so I don't understand most of what she's saying. The 14-year-old mostly posts "Bored please text me."

[Irulan]

. I wasn't sure about inviting the cousins' kids to be friends, because I figured they probably wouldn't be interested in having a grownup like me reading their stuff, but one of their mother's asked me about it so I friended them.

My sons ( in college) have let me know that there is actually a facebook group for kids who are creeped out by their parents' friends "friending" them ( or attempting to, I guess) They told me not to do it in no uncertain terms

[Cataboo]

I know my little brother is creeped out by having the rest of his siblings friending him. I told him how to put us in a separate family group & limit what we see.

I'm definitely not a teenager, but if my Mom was on facebook, I certainly don't want her to friend me.


She saw me instant message my little brother at 2 am last night, and promptly called me to demand that I go to sleep and give me heck for my eratic sleeping schedule.

[ny biker]

I know my little brother is creeped out by having the rest of his siblings friending him. I told him how to put us in a separate family group & limit what we see.

I'm definitely not a teenager, but if my Mom was on facebook, I certainly don't want her to friend me.


She saw me instant message my little brother at 2 am last night, and promptly called me to demand that I go to sleep and give me heck for my eratic sleeping schedule.

My boss and her boss are both on my friends list, so I can't do much with FB during work hours, except at lunchtime.

I figure the teenagers can always unfriend me later if they want, and I won't be offended. Mostly I think this is an easy way to share photos with them from holidays and stuff.

I wouldn't friend the children of people who aren't related to me.

[Possegal]

Oh my Andrea, what a horror story!

I am "friends" with my cousins kids on FB, but they are in their early 20s and so it isn't that big of a deal. My nieces and nephews are also on my FB list. Two are still in middle and HS and those two, I don't get as much info on. I don't want to know as much about them. The others are closer in age to me than their parents/my siblings. So they have been friends of mine long before FB. My sister though, the mother of the HS age daughter, has not "friended" any of her daughters friends, but several of them have sent her requests. I think she does the same thing, just sets it to not get that much info from them.

I keep up-to-date with folks this way, and can share photos and videos much easier. My sister called me the other night - did you know "Nephew" had moved to Chicago?? Me - yes, Her - How did you know?, Me -Facebook. Then two more family things, two more times I did know and knew through FB. So, all and all, I like it and am glad I joined.

[ASammy1]

I've been on FB for a while now too and although I've never had a problem with it, I did have problems on myspace.

My now ex-husband had a page dedicated to St. Andrea and had posted pictures of his friends wearing my wedding dress. At this point I was already living in another state. Some of his friends have tried to "friend" me on FB... Friends who I know don't like me, so I've "ignored" them. I've also blocked my ex husband and his baby mama (my ex-best friend) from seeing anything about me.