Catters on Facebook

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: Emma B
Date: 08 Nov 08 - 07:05 AM

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: Emma B
Date: 08 Nov 08 - 07:06 AM

ooops! that was supposed to be 123 now! guess you all found the group :)

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: quokka
Date: 08 Nov 08 - 07:13 AM

I just joined the Mudcat Cafe group as well.

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 08 Nov 08 - 07:54 AM

I'm there but I'm someone else, and I'm different again on MySpace

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: quokka
Date: 08 Nov 08 - 08:02 AM

Multiple personality, or just a very private person? (Grin)

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 08 Nov 08 - 01:59 PM

I joined Facebook this week. Somebody told me too last weekend. And I grew week in the end and joined. And curiosity I suppose.

I am on My Space (different name) to keep up with younger daughter and on Live Journal (yet another handle)to keep up with older daughter's friends. I rarely add anything to either. Just read posts and comment now and then, especially when someone needs a hug.

'Spect it will be the same for Facebook.

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 09 Nov 08 - 02:48 AM

That should be Weak in the end. I need more sleep.

So I went on and joined the Mudcat Cafe group. I am not able to post to the Wall, though I can to a discussion thread. What is that all about?

Not very many people on this yet and I've see only one person I know.

Think I'll go on LJ and MS to check up on people.

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 10 Nov 08 - 07:39 PM

Cyber criminals target Facebook users Facebook has been infiltrated by Nigerian scammers and other cyber criminals who use compromised accounts to con users out of cash.

Now that even non-tech savvy internet users know not to respond to, or click on links in, emails from strangers, online thieves have turned to social networks and are finding it is easier to trick people when posing as their friends.

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 22 Nov 08 - 12:37 AM

The Mudcat group now has 137 at last count.

I notice that some of you have set things so that you cannot accept friend applications. OK - but I have notified the rest of you and asked you to add me as a friend, but only about half have yet responded.... That's Life.

You can check out the mutual friends link too. A couple have asked me for the Secret Squirrel Mudcat code before letting me in .... :-)

My FB handle is   

Fooles Troupe

Robin

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 23 Nov 08 - 03:37 AM

For those who are interested, there is now a Facebook group
Folkies in S.E. Queensland

It is open world wide.

"Use it or Lose It!"

:-)

Robin

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: Cathie
Date: 23 Nov 08 - 03:57 AM

Sorry Robin,

I have now confirmed you as friend.
I am so suspicious and when I searched Fooles Troupe for a match, computer said 'no'.

I found the on-line chat thing yesterday - so much easier than msn.

Cathy (on facebook) Cathie (on mudcat)

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: JedMarum
Date: 06 Dec 08 - 11:18 AM

I HATE this f*cking Faecbook thing! It is sooo frustrating. Everytime I try to sort out how to use it, I end up back in the same place, doing the same and starting all over.

What is it all about? How do you use the GD thing? Why would I bother!

If it was real book; I'd kick it to the trash!!

;-)


He screamed, laughing at his own impatience and inability to grasp what many find simple

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 06 Dec 08 - 03:26 PM

Jed,

It became more tolerable for me when I dumbed down about every aspect of it I could find. Don't let people invite you to new games, don't accept offers of do-hickies and gewgaws, and watch out for all of the "Wall" applications.

SRS

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: DebC
Date: 06 Dec 08 - 04:23 PM

I agree, Jed. Facebook has been very frustrating for me too. It's great if you just want to have a regular profile. But if you are trying to use it as a promotion tool, it's a friggin' nightmare.

Since I created a regular profile first, I have had one helluva time trying to create an artist page. What I have settled for is doing the Reverbnation.com "my band" thing. It sort of works, but unfortunately, I still cannot figure out how to communicate with the "fans" that have signed up through facebook. If anyone else figures this out, I am all ears. Here's My Band Link

Deb Cowan

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: artbrooks
Date: 06 Dec 08 - 04:35 PM

Well, I joined Facebook...But I'm not sure if I can handle hanging out there as well as here - something has to give.

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 07 Dec 08 - 10:50 AM

Don't give up on Mudcat!

All the lovely new Mudcatters don't replace older 'Catters, they just add to the wonderful mix of personalities here in this great institution (or something like that!)

sandra

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: Maryrrf
Date: 07 Dec 08 - 03:00 PM

I also joined Facebook out of curiosity. I'm enjoying the novelty of it, but not really trying to do anything beyond the basic profile.

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: Barry Finn
Date: 08 Dec 08 - 10:20 PM

I don't/can't do all the other playful things that are there either. I did the Reverb Band app & I can't figure it out at all but I don't really care that much to crawl out of my techno coffin & start walking on water.

Barry

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: JedMarum
Date: 09 Dec 08 - 09:18 AM

I've tried again. I created a profile. I started to look around and connect with people I know and it told me I had to create a profile! I am logged in, and I can see my profile - but it tells me I have no profile!

I've been in software development for decades. I've been using a wide variety of software for years. I can tell you facebook is BAD software! It is designed badly. There is no way on earth it should be so difficult to use. They are idiots!!

ok. rant is over. maybe i'll try again later ... maybe not

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: Dave Sutherland
Date: 09 Dec 08 - 09:28 AM

There is a new group just started "Make Folk Clubs More Friendly Places" - worth a look.

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: freda underhill
Date: 15 Dec 08 - 02:27 AM

I have a facebook site mainly to share photos with my kids and other family members. All the games, bombing etc I don't do for privacy reasons (they access and distribute your info in order to play) and also because it's like cyber junk mail.

As well, I get a lot of messages from people I don't know who are friends of people i do know.. SIGH.. which take the place of things I'd rather see from family. So I'm considering dipping out.

grumpy freda

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: mouldy
Date: 15 Dec 08 - 03:50 AM

I've been on for a while, and have added 'catters I recognise as friends, if requested. If I have ignored a friend request, it's because I didn't know who you were, and was being a bit cautious!

I don't do a lot more than the basics, except rarely. I join any groups that appeal to me, and sling the odd photo up on it.

Andrea (Robertson)

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: JedMarum
Date: 15 Dec 08 - 09:16 AM

OK - I've sorted things out and finally have a grasp of how to work the basics. I'm not sure how long I'll stick it out - don't see much use for it, but I'll try to keep an open mind. I found a few music friends I'd lost touch with - so that was a plus.

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: quokka
Date: 15 Dec 08 - 09:26 AM

I must admit I ignore any invitations to play games and quizzes and such - not because I don't like you but, like Freda, I'm a bit wary when they say they can "access your info and your friends info in order to use this application" or however the hell they put it. That just makes me cross - it is like junk mail, and I get enough of that in my letterbox!! I guess I want to keep a bit of privacy even in cyberspace - is that wrong? Having said that, I am enjoying catching up with friends in other places and cousins halfway cross the world. Several friends are overseas right now, and it's great to hear what they're up to as it's happening. So please don't think I'm a snob when I don't join in the games.

Cheers,

Quokka

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: kendall
Date: 15 Dec 08 - 09:27 AM

I'm in there somewhere.

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 15 Dec 08 - 09:37 AM

Well stick to the basic applications, the more you join, the more info it gives them.
Remember that Facebook is only free because they use the information you provide to sell advertising. The more information they have on you, the better targeted the advertising. The ads on your page will be different from those on your friends who have listed different interests.
Also remember that all photo's you post are theirs to use as they wish, without any royalties being paid to you as the owner of the pix.
Read their terms and conditions sometimes, basically it's like an insurance contract, whatever happens, it's your fault.
Sorry mate, my mistake, but you're wrong!!

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: kendall
Date: 15 Dec 08 - 11:41 AM

If they can sell a picture of me holding a cat, more power to them.

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 09 Jan 09 - 11:36 AM

I have created a Folkies in SE Qld group.

AND.....

Be sure to read The Great Mudcat Facebook Conspiracy!


:-)

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: open mike
Date: 09 Jan 09 - 01:19 PM

ok i finally joined the facebook thing and the mudcat group there..
appears as if music (streaming audio) is not included in this site, as in myspace. however there is video upload available.

there must be arouned 150 in the mudcat group now.
but since it is open to all, and different nick names may be used
there may be some there who have never even been here...or who are
using different "handles"

we shall see.

i travelled across canada a few years ago on a cowboy music train trip
and many of the folks from there are keeping in contact with each other thru facebook. looking forward to inter-acting with mud friends there.

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: CamiSu
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 01:17 AM

I've been on facebook for over a year, helps me keep in touch with all my exchange students all over the world. Andrea, I just left my marital status blank after I was widowed. I'm not looking so who cares?

BUT I did manage to finally find my host brother and some friends when I searched for the right person on facebook. After 38 years. To me it was worth it for that alone!

I have the same name everywhere--I am the only one in the world I think. There IS an advantage to an unusual name.

I enjoy that so many other parents are there at their kids' behest. My youngest just started a group called Buster House AFSers--open to any kid who has stayed with me (Whether AFS or not) It's kind of cool.

CamiSu

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: open mike
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 01:29 AM

for those who are not familiar...A.F.S. is American Field Service an 'exchange" student program...i hosted a student from Sweden in 1970 and we have kept in touch....it is a great program...
http://www.afs.org/afs_or/home

when i saw you said you were looking for a host brother i thought
you meant "lost" but now i see "host" is probably what you mean.

maybe a lost host/??

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: CamiSu
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 01:41 AM

Oh Yes. I had not had any contact since I left in August of 1971. And my Turkish never got to be much, and I never got replies to my attempts to find my host dad. Susan AR has also been a host sister, to a kid I visited in Cyprus as he was hosting the year I was there. In the small world dept.

Anyhow I got involved again about 10 years ago. I get the kids who are having difficulties, and sometimes keep them (I've also hosted a few the whole year--mostly from Thailand for some reason) and right now I have a boy from Turkey and a boy from Portugal, who have been double placed since the beginning and really did not want to be split up.

They really keep your mind off your troubles...I've had 5 for some time or other in the 11 months since my husband died. And these 2 he would have LOVED!

So OM, did you have a son, daughter, or brother or sister?

But American Field Service is TOPS!

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 05:33 AM

""MySpace really seems to have a different purpose. It is good if you are a performer and want to put your songs on there, but apparently there are different categories in MySpace and if you are a performer you have to join as a performer. Not sure how - I didn't know about that till later.""

Same for me Jenny.

I've got two IDs on there, one as Don Thompson, and one in my gig name "Wysiwyg".

You actually have to navigate through the bands link and join as a band (they don't seem to have heard about solo artists).

To have two IDs you have to use two distinct E-Mail addies, but that shouldn't be a problem, as most ISPs allow you to have several mailboxes.

Don T.

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: Dave (Bridge)
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 06:47 AM

ning.com looks like fun and more useful for group things. Must give it a try

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: Janie
Date: 13 Jan 09 - 10:45 PM

Just joined Facebook, mainly out of fear the 'Cat will be down awhile. Looks like more bells and whistles than I care to sort out, mostly.

If was nice to see all the photo's of Mudcatters in the Mudcat Cafe group. However, there are many people I can't match up with their Mudcat handle. (And in case you run into the same thing with me, on the Facebook Mudcat group I'm Mary Jane with the last name that begins with E.

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 17 Feb 09 - 10:55 AM

Facebook changes terms of service.

Facebook's terms of service (TOS) used to say that when you closed an account on their network, any rights they claimed to the original content you uploaded would expire. Not anymore.

Now, anything you upload to Facebook can be used by Facebook in any way they deem fit, forever, no matter what you do later.* Want to close your account? Good for you, but Facebook still has the right to do whatever it wants with your old content. They can even sublicense it if they want.

FYI.

SRS

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: katlaughing
Date: 03 Mar 09 - 11:20 AM

Thought some of you might enjoy this. I found it on youtube:

THe Facebook Song.

My apologies if it's already been posted.

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: Phil Cooper
Date: 03 Mar 09 - 03:56 PM

The facebook song is great! I recently put up a facebook profile too, though. You can type in Phil Cooper and hopefully find it. I generally try and not tell the world what I'm having for lunch.

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: sian, west wales
Date: 04 Mar 09 - 04:33 AM

Great song!

And it should be noted that Facebook have withdrawn those Terms of Use and are drafting up a new agreement - with the previous agreement back in place pending developments. FB users can participate, apparently, through the FB Blog.

sian

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: GUEST,goat fell
Date: 04 Mar 09 - 07:36 AM

i joined facebook and it's great
Tom Hamilton

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: dwditty
Date: 04 Mar 09 - 07:58 AM

Another great Facebook-based Youtube video:

Facebook Reality

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: dwditty
Date: 04 Mar 09 - 07:58 AM

FACEBOOK REALITY

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: GUEST,KevBoyd
Date: 04 Mar 09 - 12:19 PM

I have a Waterson:Carthy group on Facebook.

Check it out and please feel free to join: http://www.tinyurl.com/waterson

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: PoppaGator
Date: 04 Mar 09 - 01:18 PM

I joined Facebook just a couple of weeks ago, at the behest of my two sons, both aspiring comedians. It has turned out to be a good, easy way to keep track of their activities.

Over there, of course, my name is my real name: Tom Henehan. There's another guy on FB with the exact same name; we've determined that we're not related, at least not within the last 3-4 generations. He lives in Minneapolis; I'm the one in New Orleans.

FB has recently more-or-less replaced Mudcat as my primary "pretending-to-work" vice. We'll see if things stay that way or I'll eventually/gradually return here. I seem to be doing more browsing/reading and less writing there than here, and what I type over there is generally less serious and less lengthy than my contributions here have generally been.

Because I joined up for and with my boys, I have quite a few so-called "friends" who are half my age, most of whom are aspiring comics or comedy fans, so there's a lot of smartass banter and one-liners going on in my FB world.

I don't know if it's coincidence or what, but many of my contemporaries ~ not just current friends, but also long-lost college classmates and other semi-distant acquaintances in my age-group ~ seemed to join Facebook at almost the exact same time as me. Also, FB seems to have been in the news more lately. I seem to be part of a social-network population explosion!

I have connected with a dozen or so Mudcatters on Facebook already, and look forward to "befriending" more. (The estimable Kendall Morse became my friend #100 yesterday or the day before.)

Thoughts on Facebook vs MySpace: My kids were on MySpace long before Facebook, and I would look in on their pages occasionally without ever wanting to join up. Many MySpace pages are cluttered and confused in comparison to Facebook, where a clean-looking (if somewhat "corporate") design is more-or-less imposed upon you. MySpace is much better for posting music, it seems, and if I were a working musician I'm sure I would have long since gotten involved with MySpace; Facebook is all about text, photos, and video.

So, if you're a Facebooker, look me up under my name, Tom Henehan, and/or my group page, "Old Hippie Shit." My older New-York-based son is Cassidy Henehan, also found under "Too Cool for School" and "Comedy Clubhouse @ The Telephone Bar"; younger brother Mike is in New Orleans and his various comedy gigs and burlesque-emcee engagements can be found under "Good God Damn Irregulars."

And, oh yeah, there's also my younger brother Paul Henehan, who lives in the UK and is busy every weekend as the drummer in a group called "Eden Burns." I believe they're a sort of classic-rock cover band. Paul and the band are both on Facebook, and their next gig, in Bury St. Edmunds, is currently listed as an "event," Jo's Birthday Bash.

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: sharyn
Date: 04 Mar 09 - 04:20 PM

I just joined Facebook: a writer friend told me it was a good way to impress publishers and agents since you could prove you know other people who might be interested in your work. To find me there, look for Sharyn Dimmick.

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: DannyC
Date: 05 Mar 09 - 11:22 AM

Got on FB as Liam Fancy a couple of weeks ago.

It seems to have boosted the numbers we've been attracting to our various gigs, so it's been a good local/regional networking service. I have also been able to place some names to the faces of some semi-regulars that come out for our music, and that has been a nice benefit.

Amazingly, my very shy Appalachian soulmate/musicmaker/wife/partner created an account and started posting old pics of the places she's been and the music she's made, and it has been a delight watching her touch base (from a slight distance) with those days.

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: LynnMagnuson
Date: 25 Apr 09 - 05:27 PM

Is this the same Danny C. that I just emailed on AOL. YOU'RE over here too. GREAT place to find old fogies music like we play. Stuff like "Blowin' In The Wind", "This Land Is Your Land", etc. Until next time at the Community Grill, or better yet at a gig somewhere, chao!

Lynn in New Orleans
http://www.myspace.com/lynnmagnuson

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: open mike
Date: 29 May 09 - 07:05 PM

re-freshing this for jeddy
(look in search box before posting a new thread)
i thought i had posted my face book page on a
mudcat thread...but maybe not...;

here is mine--http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1094866528&ref=profile

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: jeddy
Date: 30 May 09 - 04:10 PM

sorry i keep forgeting to search for old threads

Subject: RE: Catters on Facebook
From: topical tom
Date: 02 Jun 09 - 03:54 PM

I finally decided to blow my cover and join Mudcat Cafe on Facebook. I am here