More about r.p.c.a. and Facebook

"MaryL" wrote in message
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"Adrian" wrote in message
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:
Adrian wrote:
news wrote:
Umm, who are you?
If you were a regular of the group you'd know.

Not true! (I've been a "regular" for nearly ten years, and I've never
encountered him before.)

I think you're lying.

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Adrian

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I also don't have any recollection of him. I admit that I often skim over
a lot of messages, especially if it is a long thread. However, it
wouldn't surprise me if I had actually replied to some of his messages and
then forgotten about it. For one thing, I don't always associate the name
with the message.

MaryL


If I am correct Robert used to go by Bobcat who has been posting since
2001 and I think Dusty is or was one of his cats. I deal with so many
people everyday now I can't keep names straight anymore ;-)

Patok wrote:

Adrian wrote:
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:
Adrian wrote:
news wrote:

Umm, who are you?

If you were a regular of the group you'd know.

Not true! (I've been a "regular" for nearly ten years, and I've never
encountered him before.)

I think you're lying.

I think you're wrong (and it wouldn't be the first time either ).
It is possible that Evelyn really didn't notice the creature. I felt the
same as she did, but decided to check. To my surprise Robert (or Bob)
Catt has about 35 messages here on rpca for the past one year. I'm
certain I've read every one of them (I read all messages), but the name
rang no bell; it's as if they slid accross and did not register at all.
I'm guessing something similar happened to Evelyn's perceptions.
Anyhow, I for one won't miss him, as I was not even aware he was here
before.

Isn't he the same guy who posts about Mooch, the neighborhood friendly
feral who lives in a house he built for him on the front porch?

Joyce


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Joyce

There is no alternative to being yourself.

Yowie wrote:

wrote:
Adrian wrote:

wrote:

I've never seen the aforementioned individual
do anything reprehensible here. He's opinionated, but so are many
of us.

Maybe you missed it, Joyce, but the way the individual acted
certainly wasn't trivial, it led to several people leaving the group
permanently.

You mean this little argument about facebook? People left over that??

Feel free to email me privately if that isn't what you're talking
about. No sense dragging everyone through something unpleasant twice.
Just remove the XXX from my username before sending.

E-mail sent. It was not about facebook.

Got it! And sent a reply. Thanks for the reminder. I was here when all
that happened, but I had completely forgotten it. Such is the state of
my memory these days...

I got Adrian's email too.

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Joyce

There is no alternative to being yourself.

"Adrian" wrote in message
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wrote:

For the reasons I've given here in a previous post, and after a brief
interchange with a certain member of this newsgroup, I've decided to
restrict my involvement with r.p.c.a. to its group at Facebook. Other
people
have written to me me about this individual, and their comments about
him
are part of the reason I will no longer be reading or posting to this
newsgroup. As of today I've removed it from my list.

I think it was pretty childish of people to send private emails about
someone
on this group, in response to a public disagreement that stayed entirely
wihin the bounds of civility, if not warm fuzzies. Almost everyone on this
newsgroup gets grumpy from time to time, so why does "this individual" get
singled out for sneaky gossip? I've never seen the aforementioned
individual
do anything reprehensible here. He's opinionated, but so are many of us.

On the other hand, if that trivial disagreement is the worst thing Robert
has seen on usenet, maybe he really *doesn't* belong here.

Maybe you missed it, Joyce, but the way the individual acted certainly
wasn't trivial, it led to several people leaving the group permanently.
--
Adrian

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I'm puzzled about this. I don't have any idea who or what all of you are
talking about. The whole thing is too cryptic for someone who isn't "in" on
the controversy.

MaryL

On 11/13/2011 08:39 PM, MaryL wrote:

wrote:

I, too, am completely lost on what happened. Of course. I did have
"puter problems for a while and probably missed some things.MLB

"jmcquown" wrote
I really don't understand peoples hostility to Facebook when they're
happy
to use usenet which is accessible by anybody. With Facebook, you can
decide
who can or can't see your posts.
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Adrian


That's *exactly* the problem I have with Facebook. I don't have to want
to be invited to join. It reminds me a lot of moderated newsgroups and
web forums where people can decide what you can and cannot post. With
rpca on usenet, I can easily killfile someone (and vice versa) if I don't
like the things they're posting.

Jill

It's simple to killfile on Facebook. Shoot me an email if interested in
learning how to do it.

"Judith Latham" wrote

employers check out facebook if you apply for a job. It's worrying as
things can be posted on facebook that you don't know about and again,
have no control over.

No one sees your posts on Facebook unless you allow them to. Learning how to
control who can see your posts takes a little bit of investigation but is
really not difficult at all. As to r.p.c.a. on FB, unless you are a member,
you can't even read the posts on the group.

On 11/13/2011 09:07 PM, Pat wrote:
"Judith wrote

employers check out facebook if you apply for a job. It's worrying as
things can be posted on facebook that you don't know about and again,
have no control over.

No one sees your posts on Facebook unless you allow them to. Learning how to
control who can see your posts takes a little bit of investigation but is
really not difficult at all. As to r.p.c.a. on FB, unless you are a member,
you can't even read the posts on the group.


Somehow that does NOT sound appealing. I know what I think already.
What I like to do is find out how others think....and not require
permission to do it. MLB

"Adrian" wrote in message
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:
Adrian wrote:
news wrote:
Umm, who are you?
If you were a regular of the group you'd know.

Not true! (I've been a "regular" for nearly ten years, and I've never
encountered him before.)

I think you're lying.

--
Adrian

Why would she do that? She could have missed his posts, or forgotten seeing
them.

Joy

On 11/13/2011 2:45 PM, Judith Latham wrote:
In . net, MaryL
wrote:


"jmcquown" wrote in message ...


wrote in message
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wrote:
"Robert Catt" wrote in message ...

For the reasons I've given here in a previous post, and after a brief
interchange with a certain member of this newsgroup, I've decided to
restrict my involvement with r.p.c.a. to its group at Facebook. Other
people have written to me me about this individual, and their
comments about him are part of the reason I will no longer be reading
or posting to this newsgroup. As of today I've removed it from my
list.

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I have taken the opposite approach (but certainly not because of any
of our posters). I refuse to use Facebook, for this group or any
other group. My objection is to Facebook itself, not to individual
posters.

MaryL

I really don't understand peoples hostility to Facebook when they're
happy to use usenet which is accessible by anybody. With Facebook, you
can decide who can or can't see your posts. -- Adrian


That's *exactly* the problem I have with Facebook. I don't have to want
to be invited to join. It reminds me a lot of moderated newsgroups and
web forums where people can decide what you can and cannot post. With
rpca on usenet, I can easily killfile someone (and vice versa) if I
don't like the things they're posting.

Jill

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Agreed. In addition, Facebook is notorious for sharing information.
The r.p.c.a. group seems to be an "invite only" group, but even that
would require members to use personal information to sign up. Facebook
has a history of changing their "rules" in ways that may not be
acceptable to users.

MaryL

I agree. There are far too many people trying to control me, some I have
to tolerate but I refuse to have it in my personal life. Also many
employers check out facebook if you apply for a job. It's worrying as
things can be posted on facebook that you don't know about and again, have
no control over.

Facebook? No thanks.

Judith


I have had a "friend" "tag" one of my photos that I didn't want public
and by "tagging" me made the photo available to all other FB users.
However, if it's the only way to communicate with a lot of now "FB only"
friends, then I'll suck it up and do it.

This group is too precious to me to avoid it in any way.

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