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January 20, 2010 at 11:07 AM
charliespencer

Gods of us all, I joined a social site.

by charliespencer . Updated 16 years, 5 months ago

It was an accident, I swear. All I wanted to do was add a comment to a news article on NASCAR.com. I didn’t realize the required account was anything more than the minimal username and password we have here. Then I started poking around and found references to ‘Buddy Lists’, privacy settings, ‘Auto Friending’, approving content others add to ‘my page’ (whatever that is); all that nonsense I’ve so far successfully avoided.

I said something colorful and tried to relax a certain involuntarily clenched muscle. Now I’m desperately looking around the site for a FAQ. I used a variant of my ‘Palmetto’ alias and the SC flag logo I use here on that site. I don’t want to do anything there to damage the already questionable online persona I’ve established here, even by neglect.

I’m not sure what I’ve gotten into or if it’s worth the effort of policing it just to chip in my two cents occasionally. Sumbich.

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