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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]An in that context, it would feel pretty weird if someone I didn't know very well would greet me with something like "oh I saw you had a nice vacation in Florida [when I was there for a friend's bachelorette]" or "wow seems like you had a great time at that wedding [of people this person doesn't know at all]." Like I get there is nothing wrong with them having seen those posts and to remember them later, but it would feel jarring and strange to have it brought up months later as though it was a significant thing in my life. When in reality, the stuff I posted on Facebook was rarely the most important stuff going on with me -- it was just the stuff I happened to do with people who posted about it to Facebook. Like being a guest at a wedding or attending someone's baby shower is fun but generally not a major highlight of my year. So being asked about it later as though it was equal to getting engaged or having a baby felt very odd.[/b]

Let's understand that it's perfectly ok to talk to someone about an event or experience  they had,  even a year ago. Yes, it is, dear.

It's ok to reference a picture or event people posted about. There's no secret club, no "what is said on FB, stays  on FB."  You are all mature adults,  yes adults,  and your parents are adults.  You are  now in the adult world. Not high school. [/quote]

NP. Yeah…there’s no secret club. You can talk about whatever you see on Facebook. But, kind of like how you cut and pasted and bolded PP’s comment instead of just replying to her post, it will seem odd and out of place.[/quote]

Do you want me to teach you how to do that?  I'd be happy to, because  it's good  to use when one is replying to a specific part of the text,  not the whole  response. The bold highlights that is was  a previous response with out having to eliminate text, or highlight within a text box. That focuses the conversation.  This is simple actual online thread etiquette that you seem to be unaware of considering  this is an entire post of made up  rules, not actual   rules.  Again, we aren't in middle school. It does  seem odd, I imagine to a 12 year old. [/quote]

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