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Facebook Groups: Glitchy? Yes. Evil? Meh
Facebook's latest update, GroupsCalacanis points out via his blogNew groups vs. old groups … wait ... what?Old groups: New groups: Why should I even care about this "new" group thing?- Create shared docs for a class project
- Chat with all the members of your band at once
- Chat privately
- Control who sees what
- Go to www.facebook.com/groups
- Click "Create group"
- Decide whether your group is 1)Open: Anyone can see membership and activity 2) Closed: Non-group members can see membership, but not activity or 3) Secret: Membership and activity is not shared with nonmembers.
- Invite friends by typing names into the invite prompt. (Again, you can only add current Facebook friends, but your friends can in turn invite their friends.)
- I added myself, deputy editor Wilson Rothman, and my boss.
- I then deleted my boss — as a test, not because he necessarily does or doesn't like bunnies.
- Then I added my boss back to my "People who like bunnies" group, and contrary to what Facebook claimed, he added back just fine. But …
- I attempted to delete my boss again, and even though I was quite clearly clicked the "X" under my boss's name, I was deleted from my own group.
- Wilson valiantly attempted to add me back and was not allowed. Through no fault of my own, I am now banned from the very "People who like bunnies" group I founded.
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