Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby.... - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T10:38:17Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/537324:Topic:10097?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A10162&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThat guarantees we live to be…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-25:537324:Comment:122002007-03-25T03:46:01.338ZJoy Calderwoodhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Dragonlily
That guarantees we live to be 100, right, Rose? Smart move.
That guarantees we live to be 100, right, Rose? Smart move. I can't die before I read ALL…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-23:537324:Comment:114402007-03-23T23:39:21.583ZRosehttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/rose
I can't die before I read ALL my books, and the holds from the three library systems I use.
I can't die before I read ALL my books, and the holds from the three library systems I use. To Hell with the self-promoti…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-23:537324:Comment:111292007-03-23T19:10:43.070ZSteve Allanhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/SteveAllan
To Hell with the self-promotion, I'm just waiting for the big circle jerk.
To Hell with the self-promotion, I'm just waiting for the big circle jerk. Well, I guess you guys are ri…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-23:537324:Comment:110702007-03-23T17:59:02.144ZKevin Burton Smithhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/kvnbsmith
Well, I guess you guys are right. I'm just being too paranoid or something. I'll just relax and try to live with it. I'm now clicking "Accept" all over the place.<br />
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And hey, who couldn't use more friends?<br />
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Still, I dread the day the BSPistas discover this place and it becomes one big circle jerk of self-promotion.<br />
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"Oh, your book is wonderful, Earlene. Be my friend."<br />
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"No, your review of it is wonderful, Tippy. Be my friend."<br />
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"Well, gee, I think you're both wonderful. Will you be my…
Well, I guess you guys are right. I'm just being too paranoid or something. I'll just relax and try to live with it. I'm now clicking "Accept" all over the place.<br />
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And hey, who couldn't use more friends? <br />
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Still, I dread the day the BSPistas discover this place and it becomes one big circle jerk of self-promotion.<br />
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"Oh, your book is wonderful, Earlene. Be my friend."<br />
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"No, your review of it is wonderful, Tippy. Be my friend."<br />
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"Well, gee, I think you're both wonderful. Will you be my friends?"<br />
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"Why thank you, Dougie!"<br />
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"Hey, let's all be friends together."<br />
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"Gee, that sounds swell!"<br />
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Fade to closed bedroom door... I've heard about the mortgage…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-22:537324:Comment:105922007-03-22T21:09:35.336ZDaniel Hatadihttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/danielhatadi
I've heard about the mortgage agent thing. That bugs the crap out of me. Ning will be adding the ability to block requests outside of Crimespace sometime soon.<br />
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Steve: 23
I've heard about the mortgage agent thing. That bugs the crap out of me. Ning will be adding the ability to block requests outside of Crimespace sometime soon.<br />
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Steve: 23 I think the friend thing is a…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-22:537324:Comment:105312007-03-22T19:58:59.861ZSteve Allanhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/SteveAllan
I think the friend thing is a riot. I'm almost 34 and I'm accepting and rejecting friends like I'm back in junior high. Hell, I really don't turn anyone down, except that mortgage guy - who the hell would be interested in applying for a mortgage here? "Hey, Steve, how'd you go about getting your mortgage agent?" "The guy asked to be my friend on ning."<br />
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What exactly do we do with our friends anyway? Is it like creating a cabal? I thought Crimespace was the cabal.<br />
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Daniel, didn't you create…
I think the friend thing is a riot. I'm almost 34 and I'm accepting and rejecting friends like I'm back in junior high. Hell, I really don't turn anyone down, except that mortgage guy - who the hell would be interested in applying for a mortgage here? "Hey, Steve, how'd you go about getting your mortgage agent?" "The guy asked to be my friend on ning."<br />
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What exactly do we do with our friends anyway? Is it like creating a cabal? I thought Crimespace was the cabal. <br />
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Daniel, didn't you create this thing for world domination, sort of like the illuminati? Word.tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-22:537324:Comment:105012007-03-22T19:43:02.774ZJ.D. Rhoadeshttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JDRhoades
Word.
Word. And I SHOULD ADD I only saw t…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-22:537324:Comment:103852007-03-22T16:17:51.289ZSandra Ruttanhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Sandramre
And I SHOULD ADD I only saw the friend thing, for myself, as a way of welcoming newcomers. A click of the button that says, "Hey, great to see you here." <br />
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'Nuff said.
And I SHOULD ADD I only saw the friend thing, for myself, as a way of welcoming newcomers. A click of the button that says, "Hey, great to see you here." <br />
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'Nuff said. Good question, Kevin. Sorry I…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-22:537324:Comment:103832007-03-22T16:17:41.061ZChester D. Campbellhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Gregwriter
Good question, Kevin. Sorry I can't be your friend, but I avoid the bars. In the first place, I can't stand the smoke. And, secondly, at my age I do well to hear the person next to me in a noisy background. The rest is all black noise (that's the discordant reverse of white noise).<br />
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I've been looking through the list to see who I know and invite them to do the friend thing. A few I only know from corresponding on lists or saying hello at a converence. They may not remember me. But what the…
Good question, Kevin. Sorry I can't be your friend, but I avoid the bars. In the first place, I can't stand the smoke. And, secondly, at my age I do well to hear the person next to me in a noisy background. The rest is all black noise (that's the discordant reverse of white noise). <br />
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I've been looking through the list to see who I know and invite them to do the friend thing. A few I only know from corresponding on lists or saying hello at a converence. They may not remember me. But what the hey! <br />
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On accepting friends, I just okay them all. I'm nondiscriminatory. You never know when a friend might come in handy. Well, here's my philosophy on…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-22:537324:Comment:103542007-03-22T15:50:26.332ZSandra Ruttanhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Sandramre
Well, here's my philosophy on the friend things, as schooled by those on MySpace who know this stuff better than I.<br />
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I understand from them it's... impolite, to put it nicely, to decline a friend request. I don't know if this works something like ranking your site's relevance on google but I get the impression the more friends the better it is for you. No Christmas card, birthday, anniversary or book launch gifts required.<br />
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I certainly can't keep up with everyone on here. Sometimes I come on…
Well, here's my philosophy on the friend things, as schooled by those on MySpace who know this stuff better than I.<br />
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I understand from them it's... impolite, to put it nicely, to decline a friend request. I don't know if this works something like ranking your site's relevance on google but I get the impression the more friends the better it is for you. No Christmas card, birthday, anniversary or book launch gifts required.<br />
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I certainly can't keep up with everyone on here. Sometimes I come on and see in the side column some new faces and send an invite. But I haven't scrolled through the list and hit everyone.<br />
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Any request I receive I will accept and I'm not concerning myself with knowing people or whatever. There are a lot of readers coming on - some I know, some friends of people I know - and if I went on the basis of people I know only then who would I be snubbing? That's not a way to make anyone feel welcome here, in my opinion. I suppose it would be better if there was no friending thing, as this seems to have been a real issue for some people, and I don't want to see people getting hurt feelings over it.<br />
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(Edited to add) And at the risk of sounding horribly rude this isn't the first time someone's mentioned balking at the friend thing on their chatterwall, blog or now, the forum. My apologies to anyone who has been baffled/bothered/offended by a friend request I sent them. For me, anyway, I will take no offense if you reject it. A big flippin' deal is being made out of nothing, again, in my opinion.