Help with the New X Marks Facebook Page

[Riverkilt]

So cool, I see Hank's announcement and go investigate...something new...Facebook pretty much baffles me and they change it a lot to make it even more confusing.

I wanna join the X Marks group - already joined the X Marks Rabble on Facebook but Hank says this is the "official" page. But can't find the join group button. Figure out its the "become a fan" thingie but everytime I click on that it comes up "error on page."

So I go to my profile and figure maybe I gotta come in that way but when I search for X Marks the Scot I don't get such a page...just all the X Marks the Spot stuff.

Worse, it takes forever on my dial up...so gonna go to bed and maybe it'll work tomorrow after work.

But if there's anyone out there who understands this new thing sure would like to know more. What's the point of it if we already have an X Marks group going? What's the difference between a Facebook "group" and a Facebook "page" and how do we join or show support...or is it just for businesses?

Enlightenment appreciated.

Okay, an update, went to close it out and go to bed and it now says "remove me from fans" so it looks like even though it just sat there forever and said "error on page" that I made the list...cool.

Still not sure what the point of it all is...like, what am I supposed to do as a fan? Still slipping and sliding around the bottom of the learning curve on this deal.

Ron

[Cynthia]

Ron, I do see you in the members list, so you're in there That was the way to join -- it just sounds like there must have been some issues (I was having a few yesterday, myself, with Facebook in general).

As far as a group over there (or two, actually), one was created before, but it wasn't an "official" group. It was still fun to join and it helped me find some of the members over on Facebook who might not have gone by the same name. Some of them wrote on the wall and said "Hey, I'm ___ at XMTS", so I was able to send a friend request (my settings are very private over there, so I'm hard to find).

The one you just joined is the "official" one.

I think the main difference between the "group" and "fan of" pages are that one is just a grouping of people... for example, if I wanted to form a D/FW Kilties group. The other is for fans of companies, bands, specific organizations, and in the case a webpage community.

It's just a great way to spread the word, as well as find each other in other social networking situations. We can chat over there (for example, on the wall, I see that someone has posted asking if anyone else is having issues getting on the board this morning) on the wall or I think I remembered seeing a discussion board as well.

I hope this helps some

[Riverkilt]

Thanks Cynthia, as in my edited post - even though nothing was happening on my monitor other than "error on page" apparently it did take.

This concept of being a "fan" and a "page" instead of a group is new to me. As slow as Facebook is on dial up out here in the boonies I don't go there often and it is often an ordeal of waiting when I do.

I get repeated offers to do this or accept this gift, or try this thingie from other folks. But if I say okay then I get a stern warning message that clicking on the thingie offer opens up everything I have to whatever it is....so I've decided to reject all such offers. Hope no one takes it personally.....and that means even hug offers from ladies...just don't understand those various offers or what the point is.

Its also kind of frustrating when I join an area kilt group by invitation to show support that as a result I get a constant stream of invites to go drinking with them. I quit drinking in 1989 for good cause and today in my work I see the devastation of booze on a daily basis. Now considering - just for my own sanity, not for moral reasons - of dropping out of groups that want me to go get drunk and eliminating friends who want to send me a bottle of whisky...makes little sense to me why anyone would broadcast that stuff...not just the booze...the teddy bears etc. But I'm olde and not with it.

Ron

[Cynthia]

No, I understand. The application stuff can be very annoying. I had a handful of them and ended up deleting most (except for two... one is a virtual pet, can't bring myself to delete him yet ).

I think there is an option to -- you must read carefully before you click -- to ignore invitations from that specific application. That way, supposedly you will not see another application invite from that specific application. Now, of course, you'll still get invites from all the 100's of other apps you haven't done this with, but over time the bigger ones will slow down or stop. They seem to go through trends. It seems like everyone on my friendslist will send out for one specific application -- like around Christmas, there was some sort of snowball fight app.

Anyway, hopefully that will help. And yes, most people do realize that there are those who don't do apps. I really only add myself to groups and fan pages of things that really get my interest. I don't add myself to everything that interests me. I'm trying to keep my profile a bit streamlined and small.

As far as the kilt nights with alcohol, I do understand. I drink, but I also understand there are people who don't. I would have no problem planning a kilt night around something non-alcoholic that would be fun for everyone. I will still have some kilt nights at a pub, though... but I respect if those members won't want to go to those.

Edited to add: Okay, I just got an app invite... the phrase you're looking for is "Block this Application". That should block any invites for that application, I believe

[sorcererdale]

I am glad this post has come up. I signed up too, but when I go to Facebook and look for the Xmts group, I can't find it. All my other friends on facebook show up most every day, and groups I can go to and check things out, but I cannot find XMTS one? How do we just check it out every time we are on facebook?

DALE.

[Laird O'the Cowcaddens]

I'm with Riverkilt, Facebook is exhausting to maintain. Someone is always sending me virtual things (angels ??,doughnuts ? etc). And the adverts...Sheeesh.

[Smayniac]

I agree about the applications, some of my stagehand friends are not busy enough lately and have plenty of time to send such things around. OTOH, I have reconnected with a number of HS and College friends, some even in the real world. The nature of the network is such that, when I find one person, there are frequently three or more others on their lists.

I do try to do most of my FBing(another new internet verb?) on the high speed line, I'm dial up at home too.

Bob