Facebook SEEN thing.. I HATE IT.

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  1. insignificant's Avatar
    • Vengeful, Imperial Overlord of The Student Room
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    Facebook SEEN thing.. I HATE IT.
    This is an everyday issue so can it be left here please.. ta.

    Does anyone else hate this? Was talking to a couple of people about it, and its silly, what if you want to look at a conversation but not reply straight away, need to think about it or something, gonna lead to people misinterpreting each others intentions and stuff.

    Plus this was added without us being notified of a change in terms and conditions and stuff, its kinda a big thing to add in.

    Anyone else feel the same way?
  2. Mathematix's Avatar
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    Re: Facebook SEEN thing.. I HATE IT.
    It's a free service.

    Ask them if you can pay £5 a month to have this, and maybe a few other things as an option.

    O wait.
  3. iamcharliewalsh's Avatar
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    Re: Facebook SEEN thing.. I HATE IT.
    I don't really like talking to people at all, so looking at these messages to see whether they're worth responding to has become much harder to do without them knowing that I'm ignoring them.
    And the fact that I now have to reply to my girlfriend's messages when I see them sickens me.

    NB: If you see this Izzy, I love you
    Last edited by iamcharliewalsh; 29-05-2012 at 22:03.
  4. xmarilynx's Avatar
    • TSR Demigod
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    Re: Facebook SEEN thing.. I HATE IT.
    What exactly is it?! I wasn't aware of any such change...
  5. james1211's Avatar
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    Re: Facebook SEEN thing.. I HATE IT.
    I don't see what difference it makes, so what if you read what they say and don't reply instantly, you're not their message slave.
  6. Mathematix's Avatar
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    Re: Facebook SEEN thing.. I HATE IT.
    (Original post by iamcharliewalsh)
    I don't really like talking to people at all, so looking at these messages to see whether they're worth responding to has become much harder to do without them knowing that I'm ignoring them.
    And the fact that I now have to reply to my girlfriend's messages when I see them sickens me.

    NB: If you see this Izzy, I love you
    LOL that you felt self conscious enough to edit this to just "I love you" and not the contradicting version

    Izzy will find you. :eek:
  7. LookIt'sPete's Avatar
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    Re: Facebook SEEN thing.. I HATE IT.
    ya, it's so hard to ignore people these days
    Last edited by LookIt'sPete; 29-05-2012 at 22:21.
  8. insignificant's Avatar
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    Re: Facebook SEEN thing.. I HATE IT.
    (Original post by xmarilynx)
    What exactly is it?! I wasn't aware of any such change...
    If you send someone a message, it tells you what time they saw it, like a time stamp.
  9. Foo.mp3's Avatar
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    • Location: Londinium
    Re: Facebook SEEN thing.. I HATE IT.
    I knew Facebook were pretty hawt on collecting information about ye but this is another level of corporate stalking! :ninja:

    Our spies report: he has seen your message

    To the OP, maybe relax a little.. anyone worth their salt will be similarly relaxed about such ting an ting
  10. Studentus-anonymous's Avatar
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    Re: Facebook SEEN thing.. I HATE IT.
    TBH I could live without it.
  11. rkseid's Avatar
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    Re: Facebook SEEN thing.. I HATE IT.
    Facebook account shutdown

    Beware, Facebook does shut down some accounts due to alleged intellectual property (IP) infringements. As for me, I did infringe, I named my account rFacebook, so go figure. It’s just funny that some were shutdown when they are really the real owners of that given identity. Take for example: ars tech####. But their account has been restored. My account, however, is locked up and is inaccessible happily ever after. So better check first if your account in Facebook contains IP material. More info can be found here:

    http://www.ereviewguide.com/news/201...n-do-about-it/

    Take care everyone.
  12. harrietx123x's Avatar
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    • Location: UK
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    Re: Facebook SEEN thing.. I HATE IT.
    (Original post by insignificant)
    This is an everyday issue so can it be left here please.. ta.

    Does anyone else hate this? Was talking to a couple of people about it, and its silly, what if you want to look at a conversation but not reply straight away, need to think about it or something, gonna lead to people misinterpreting each others intentions and stuff.

    Plus this was added without us being notified of a change in terms and conditions and stuff, its kinda a big thing to add in.

    Anyone else feel the same way?
    I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ON ABOUT!
    it's so irritating isn't it? I'm the sort of person who thinks about what they're going to say before they reply, or discuss my answer with others. However, once the person realises that you've actually seen a message straight away and not replied for a couple of hours, they get kinda pissed! GOD it's so irritating!
  13. Chris22's Avatar
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    Re: Facebook SEEN thing.. I HATE IT.
    If you ignore someone's message, it's still quite obvious that you've seen it and ignored it even without the 'seen' addition...
  14. Kaykee93's Avatar
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    I don't like it
    I like being able to ignore people! Or if I get a very awkward message that I don't know what to respond to, I like being able to say that I never received it


    TSR App <3
  15. scorpio22's Avatar
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    Re: Facebook SEEN thing.. I HATE IT.
    (Original post by insignificant)
    This is an everyday issue so can it be left here please.. ta.

    Does anyone else hate this? Was talking to a couple of people about it, and its silly, what if you want to look at a conversation but not reply straight away, need to think about it or something, gonna lead to people misinterpreting each others intentions and stuff.

    Plus this was added without us being notified of a change in terms and conditions and stuff, its kinda a big thing to add in.

    Anyone else feel the same way?

    (Original post by iamcharliewalsh)
    I don't really like talking to people at all, so looking at these messages to see whether they're worth responding to has become much harder to do without them knowing that I'm ignoring them.
    And the fact that I now have to reply to my girlfriend's messages when I see them sickens me.

    NB: If you see this Izzy, I love you

    (Original post by Jorgeyy)
    LOL that you felt self conscious enough to edit this to just "I love you" and not the contradicting version

    Izzy will find you. :eek:

    (Original post by Kaykee93)
    I don't like it
    I like being able to ignore people! Or if I get a very awkward message that I don't know what to respond to, I like being able to say that I never received it


    TSR App <3
    I HATE THIS....
    1- i feel obligated to reply after checking mails and im pretty laxy at that

    2- I get parnoid if someone has not replied back ater like 3 hours loool.
  16. Kaykee93's Avatar
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    Re: Facebook SEEN thing.. I HATE IT.
    I believe that I have just been caught out by this new feature :|
  17. agm23's Avatar
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    Re: Facebook SEEN thing.. I HATE IT.
    how does facebook 'know' they have seen the message?
    is it if they have clicked on it or something?
  18. micky022's Avatar
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    Re: Facebook SEEN thing.. I HATE IT.
    My heart bleeds for you all.
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