On Jan 10, 1:21*am, "Larry L" wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote



Call me Mr. Sociable. ;-)

I never got an invite. * *You must have invited the only other Larry
Linthicum on FB .... he's also from California .. no connection

I found the ROFF group and snuck in uninvited ... hope that isn't the thing
Myron feared most



LOL. This whole 'invite' think is creeping up on epic humor, and I'm
the only one enjoying it. That aside comment about Ken inviting folks
was absolutely random...had nothing to do with anything and there was
no precedent behind it. Just tossing Ken's name into the fray for no
reason whatsoever. Funny to watch him get that big-eyed "who me?"
innocent face about it, and stumble around in confusion about it for a
few days, then see it spread to you. I suspect in a few days, everyone
on ROFF would be pelting Ken for invites to something or other... lol

In any case, I'm not worried about uninvites being on FB-roff; the
more the merrier. I just don't want the search and spambots to be
given tacit approval to do anything with my personal site (pictures,
posts, etc) by default because I'm a member of an open group. There
are enough weirdnesses with FB security settings that I don't trust
this particular one.

And merely not giving FB any info does not protect you. Pictures of
you that OTHERS post become part of the mix, and you have no control
over that. FB also recently had an application that monitored your
computer for Amazon.com and eBay purchases, and let your friends see
what you had recently purchased! You only had about 20 seconds to opt-
out of this before it was installed, then you lost the option of
deleting it forever. It raised a huge furor online before FB removed
it: people saw it as only being a heartbeat away from FB posting your
recent website search histories, and sites you frequent.

I have to be especially paranoid about identity theft: those who know
my lifestyle (folks who have lived internationally like JR, etc)
understand. I am the ultimate guardian of my own security, so my
preference is not to be on an open group. But I'll be around, and
lurking on FB-roff, and posting if I can figure out how to do it as a
non-member.

--riverman