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Are any Nomads on Facebook?

24baja - 12-2-2009 at 12:56 PM

I have a facebook page and have found a group devoted to Bahia De Los Angeles. I just thought some of you might like to check it out. And maybe join.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=60733123474

Woooosh - 12-2-2009 at 01:00 PM

yeah- I do the facebook thing as it is the only sure way to find out what my family is up to... they all use it. But Baja facebook- no thanks. Nomads is fine.

Besides- they took the "geographic friends" feature away:
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/12/02/facebook.networks.cha...

[Edited on 12-2-2009 by Woooosh]

Skipjack Joe - 12-2-2009 at 01:13 PM

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Originally posted by Woooosh
But Baja facebook- no thanks. Nomads is fine.

nomads = inyourfacebook

David K - 12-2-2009 at 06:07 PM

Like Woooosh, I have family members who use it so I do, but I really don't care for it... some 4 + other Nomads on it I have seen and chatted with.

fishbuck - 12-2-2009 at 06:17 PM

I joined Facebook when I was interested in the Venezuela lady. She had a page so I joined it to read about her.
Some of my old friends from Massachsetts found me and that was fun for a while.
But now I never use it. It's a bit to difficult to use.

Ken Bondy - 12-2-2009 at 06:51 PM

I have a Facebook page. I reluctantly signed up at the urging of kids and grandkids, and all of a sudden found myself in contact with a bunch of old friends that I had not communicated with in years, including some I knew when I lived in Brazil 45 years ago. I read today that there are 350 million Facebook members. Like David, I find it kind of cumbersome to use, and very non-intuitive. Nonetheless I am there.

Bajahowodd - 12-2-2009 at 06:58 PM

Ken, notwithstanding, Blech!

vandenberg - 12-2-2009 at 07:12 PM

You can just pick the folks you like on your page, so can't see the problem. I only communicate with about 15 friends and family. Some I found after not having heard from in ages.

grace59 - 12-2-2009 at 07:57 PM

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Originally posted by Skipjack Joe

Quote:

Originally posted by Woooosh
But Baja facebook- no thanks. Nomads is fine.

nomads = inyourfacebook

24baja - 12-2-2009 at 08:34 PM

I use facebook to stay in touch with family and friends, however I did think that some Nomad somewhere might enjoy talking to other BOLA people who may or may not know about Nomads.....silly me for thinking!

fixtrauma - 12-2-2009 at 09:13 PM

I use Facebook. Started when my kids were in college. Now still use it usually for a little bit just about every day.

nobaddays - 12-2-2009 at 09:15 PM

I have a page and use it also.

facebook

msawin - 12-2-2009 at 09:20 PM

Yep, I do it along with my wife with her log in ID. It is a family thing that is easy to see what we are doing at present time. We have a large number of Tripui' ites that connect also and stay in touch.. Pick who you want to stay in touch with...... marty

ps... you can delete folks that you are tired of of..

Mulegena - 12-3-2009 at 01:53 AM

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nomads = inyourfacebook

Hehehehe, thas funny-- an' true.

About Facebook, I love it. Like Nomad you can post photos and create discussions, and you decide who gets to play in your sandbox.

Sometimes I've copied and pasted a link someone's posted here on Nomad because its about Baja.

bajafam - 12-3-2009 at 10:02 AM

we are on facebook, too!

bajafam's facebook page

we use it to keep in touch with family, friends, and people we meet on our travels. I like it because it's all over the world. We met a couple from Israel on our last Baja trip and keep in touch with them through FB.

[Edited on 12-3-2009 by bajafam]

BMG - 12-3-2009 at 10:21 AM

Yeah, I have a Facebook page. Can't wait to wake up every morning to see what my 2nd cousin in Kalamazoo scored in 'Starz Blitz' and how many more fish little Bobby has in his online 'Aquarium'.

Mulegena - 12-3-2009 at 11:09 AM

Facebook can be as interesting as you wish it to be. I don't participate in all those games and applications. I find it a pretty interesting group of people-- just like Nomad.

Sharksbaja - 12-3-2009 at 11:15 AM

Have one but only use it with people I ACTUALLY know. Otherwise how the hell do you know who you are dealing with.

Mulegena - 12-3-2009 at 11:22 AM

Many great groups on FB, like Animal Rescue Site, Bay of LA, Bay of Asuncion; you search it, you may find it.

bajafam - 12-3-2009 at 05:49 PM

Malarimmo's has an fb page too.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1607743327&ref=nf...

[Edited on 12-4-2009 by BajaNomad]

BajaWarrior - 12-3-2009 at 06:46 PM

I started my FaceBook page this past summer as my 30th High School re-union was coming up. Great way to keep in touch with friends and family. Very user friendly.

jeans - 12-3-2009 at 08:41 PM

Yeah, but do youTwitter?

[Edited on 12-4-2009 by jeans]

BajaWarrior - 12-3-2009 at 10:07 PM

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Originally posted by jeans
Yeah, but do youTwitter?

[Edited on 12-4-2009 by jeans]

No! I'm not ready for that yet... :lol:

BajaNuts - 12-3-2009 at 11:02 PM

I got on FB this last summer. It started while searching for connections to a bad business deal, but I ended up finding a few HS friends.

I reached out to a couple HS friends who were important to me, and one reply I got was " OMG! I've been looking for you for 2 1/2 years!". I had her physical mailing address and I think she had mine, but that is so ...."old school"...that I really didn't know how to go about contacting her!

I thought about a phone call..............no.....

Since that initial contact on FB I have connected with all but one of the HS friends I've always wondered about. It's not a big "circle of friends", less than 10.

But they were and are still important to me and I valued their friendship then and now. So if FB can help reconnect with some past friends.....It's a GOOD thing!

But like all good things, it can be overdone! One friend is on FB more than some Nomads are on BajaNomads! Hard to believe it but it's true! :lol:

And I have also had contacts from some distant acquaintances that I thought was kinda strange, so I ignored them. I knew who they were, but did not consider them friends except that we went to the same school.

NO twitter!

Cyanide41 - 12-4-2009 at 07:57 AM

I use it all the time. even on my cell phone. Then again, I am a lot younger than most Nomads. Both of my parents are on there.

Martyman - 12-4-2009 at 09:33 AM

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Originally posted by jeans
Yeah, but do youTwitter?

I'm keeping my sexual proclivities to myself, thank you very much!

Yes I have a stupid facebook, what else am I supposed to do at work?

Cyanide41 - 12-4-2009 at 09:40 AM

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Originally posted by jeans
Yeah, but do youTwitter?

[Edited on 12-4-2009 by jeans]

why yes, I do. jkiss77

Udo - 12-4-2009 at 10:16 AM

I also have a facebook page, and my profile is no different than the one I use on Nomads. The foto is way different though. :tumble:

Santiago - 12-4-2009 at 10:33 AM

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Originally posted by jeans
Yeah, but do youTwitter?

[Edited on 12-4-2009 by jeans]

"Twitter" is a noun, not a verb. Therefore, one cannot Twitter, one can only Tweet.

I believe this makes the score 3 - 2, my flavor. Not that I'm counting.

24baja - 12-4-2009 at 02:29 PM

I have yet to learn to twitter, and am glad to see so many people FB. Enjoy!

Lauriboats - 12-4-2009 at 06:06 PM

I am on facebook and really enjoy it.

jeans - 12-4-2009 at 09:03 PM

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Originally posted by Santiago

Quote:

Originally posted by jeans
Yeah, but do youTwitter?

[Edited on 12-4-2009 by jeans]

"Twitter" is a noun, not a verb. Therefore, one cannot Twitter, one can only Tweet.

I believe this makes the score 3 - 2, my flavor. Not that I'm counting.

Ok...you're going to make me s'plain myself.

See the edit? I originally had said "Tweet", but I thought the term would be lost of some, and others may have wondered about making noises...didn't want to go there... hence the change.

You may have noticed that a number of nouns have made the transition to verbs...

Do you "Party?" Do you "Friend" someone of Facebook"? You've never "Googled"?

"Texting" must drive you crazy.

The word 'verb' is a noun. Let's come full circle and call it the verbing of nouns.

What's the score now, Twit??
:lol:

Pops - 12-4-2009 at 09:05 PM

Pops Supino

Sharksbaja - 12-5-2009 at 02:15 AM

That's some face ya got there Pops. :lol:

I don't get it. It's a place where you show your face......isn't it?

I'm cornfused???

BajaNomad - 12-5-2009 at 03:31 AM

I posted info on the Dia de Reyes event to my Facebook friends just now....

dtutko1 - 12-5-2009 at 07:47 AM

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Originally posted by Ken Bondy
I have a Facebook page. I reluctantly signed up at the urging of kids and grandkids, and all of a sudden found myself in contact with a bunch of old friends that I had not communicated with in years, including some I knew when I lived in Brazil 45 years ago. I read today that there are 350 million Facebook members. Like David, I find it kind of cumbersome to use, and very non-intuitive. Nonetheless I am there.

dtutko1 - 12-5-2009 at 07:53 AM

I have almost the exact experience about facebook as Ken Bondy except for the Brazil thing. The concept of finding old friends and keeping in touch with an extended group of friends and family is appealing enough to put up with it's problems.
Don

Tomol - 12-10-2009 at 07:29 PM

I confess to being a Facebook marooon despite having my own page.

Reading this thread it occurred to me that I could share a few pictures of my last two dive trips (Bahia Torgugas/Punta Eugenia and San Francisquito) that are on my "wall". Do I have to be "friends" before people can view my pictures?

Ken Bondy - 12-10-2009 at 07:48 PM

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Originally posted by Tomol
I confess to being a Facebook marooon despite having my own page.

Reading this thread it occurred to me that I could share a few pictures of my last two dive trips (Bahia Torgugas/Punta Eugenia and San Francisquito) that are on my "wall". Do I have to be "friends" before people can view my pictures?

Tomol
You might want to look at Flickr. It's a very social photo hosting site, easy to use and a lot of fun. Makes it easy to post photos here on Nomad, or any other site that accepts photos. ++Ken++

PS I want to see your dive photos, particularly from San Francisquito