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Um...I may be out of it, but I thought Facebook was for college students - is everyone on it now?

Maybe someone can create one of those "McMegan is kinda awesome" groups or something like Yglesias has? (I'd do it but I'm trying to stay groupless.)

Dr. Manhattan: Facebook opened up to the public a while ago. However, you have to be registered to view others' profiles.

I will totally create a Megan McArdle fanclub group if people here want it.

Well I don't know about the rest of you, but *I* certainly want a fan club

Swimmy: I would join. Do it!

Ok, but only if I also get to be Megan's friend. (If it helps, we have met in the real world, at least once.)

Or, you know, even if not, because I already made it: http://gmu.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4211184795

Join! Get your friends to join! Send random messages to unknown people on Facebook asking them to join!

Whoops! html proper link for the lazy.

Facebook is wonderful platform to stay connected with loved once, but it is better stay away from complete strangers. I'd some bitter experience in the past, I too interested to join in Megan McArdle fanclub group...
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what, there are real people out there somewhere? who'da thunk it?

I actually know in the flesh.

You mean, like, in the Biblical sense?

As the Onion reported, if the system goes down, you could be left friendless.

I'm not sure I even like the social networks, though I guess Facebook comes closest to something appropriately adult.

There is the worry that the "worlds will collide" where casual coworkers, random associates and C-List "friends" you consider semi-toxic will come into contact with your treasured friends by virtue of being made a friend. So then you have to be a maniac about monitoring your privacy settings and even then you wonder if someone is actually seeing something or getting some information you don't want them to have.

I can totally understand the standard of keeping one's Facebook realistic by limiting it to real contacts (and further, family and friends).

I probably have what I consider five true friends, (with 1 being somewhat loyal but unreliable), and of the four that I might link to, none of them use social networks.

Which is why my largely unused Facebook page remains rather unsocial.

(I also have a Myspace page that I use to market a self published short story book, though, I guess that page is kind of just sitting there largely unused as well).

I will totally create a Megan McArdle fanclub group if people here want it.

Wow you would totally be my fucking hero if you did that. Can you totally post the address? I'd totally want to see pictures of people who think this butthead has anything important to say.

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The link is posted above. Not only can you see pictures of me, a person who thinks Megan has enough important things to say that she's worth a Facebook fanclub, if you're a good enough internet sleuth, you can also find pictures of my dick.

Fuckin' trolls, man.

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