[Blindtlk] [nfbcs] facebook groups question (was Re: Does anyone know?)

Fri Oct 1 04:37:31 UTC 2010

Thanks Jim!  I appreciate that suggestion and will try it.  I knew there had
to be a way.

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Subject: [nfbcs] facebook groups question (was Re: Does anyone know?)

Howdy,

Using the standard facebook web interface, a user can create lists of
friends and then send a message to such a list.

The problem is, I don't know how easy this is to do with speech or
with the mobile interface.

So, it's definately doable, but I haven't needed to use it so I don't
know if it's accessible.

Start by trying to manage your friends, see if you can create a list
called "hometown" and then add those friends to that list.

If you can to this, then click on "messages" and then "new message",
instead of typing a friend's name, type "hometown"

That should work.

Feel free to contact me if you have more questions.

Jim

On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 06:32:10PM -0700, Jim wrote:
> Thanks for your help guys.  I kind of knew that particular answer, which
is
> why I thought there might be an easier way.
> 
> I'll explain why I asked, since I got these great answers.
> 
> I got in touch with folks from my home town through Facebook that I hadn't
> talked to since high school or thereabouts.  Believe it or not, I don't
have
> their email addresses because many of them just said that they were
keeping
> in touch more through facebook than through regular email.
> I will be going home for about a week and wanted to see if there was any
> interest from them regarding getting some kind of gathering organized
while
> I'm there.  
> 
> And seriously, I'm aware that I could send each person an email, but I
> thought there was a way to send a group message to several folks at once.
I
> wasn't trying to ask this question to annoy people.  And yes...I'm aware
> about facebook security as well.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
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> 
> yes there is.
> 
> Just like mike said send e-mail on facebook.
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>   From: Mike Freeman<mailto:k7uij at panix.com> 
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>   Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 7:19 PM
>   Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Does anyone know?
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> 
>   Send 'em an email! (har)
> 
>   Mike Freeman
>   sent from my iPhone
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> 
>   On Sep 30, 2010, at 16:06, "Jim"
> <jp100 at earthlink.net<mailto:jp100 at earthlink.net>> wrote:
> 
>   > Howdy Facebook users,
>   > 
>   > 
>   > 
>   > Does anyone know if on Facebook, one can write something to only a
> select
>   > group of people without having to post it as an event?
>   > 
>   > For instance, I want to let my friends from my home town know that
I'll
> be
>   > going to visit but don't need to let all of my other friends know so
as
> not
>   > to clutter up things on their end.
>   > 
>   > I thought of doing it as an event, but that's probably not the way to
> go.
>   > The group is large enough.
>   > 
>   > 
>   > 
>   > Any ideas?
>   > 
>   > Jim
>   > 
>   > 
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