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I've been looking at Facebook to see if there are any Expat groups I can join on there.......... and there is bloody loads!! Is anyone already in an Expat Facebook group that they can recommend, or does anyone know if there is an 'official' BE one??

Thanks peeps :p

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i am on facebook. but i didnt know there were expat groups.

I play parking wars with all the family and constantly looking for new streets to park on if anyone is interested in letting me be their friend lol.

And i play bingo every day. I get my five cards a day and it keeps me quiet for about an hour. Oh the little pleasures in life..

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I'm on there too, my mother invited me, how lame am I I needed a pensioner to show me the way :o

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www.meetup.com is another ...um... meet up site.
We found a San Francisco group and they were not a bad bunch of people.
They had all transported the drinking culture abroad seamlessly! ;-)

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Someone on here set up a BE expat face book group a while back...I can't remember the thread title though, but you might find that and the link :)

Oh and speaking of FB...anyone else think the new layout is a steaming bag of shite?

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Is it the thread that was in the MBTTUK forum...set up by an expat in Canada I think?

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...light=Facebook

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...light=Facebook

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Im on there - and we have a BE-USA group on there. PM if you want an invite.

and i love the new layout - dont have to wade through pages of tripe to see someones photos or find their funwall now.

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I have one - see under this message - though it is a tweek Canada biased so you may not be interested...lol :eek:

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I've been on facebook for 9 months but I don't have any friends.
MsElui, will you be my friend?

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I'm in!! thanks soooo much :D

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yours was the one I was thinking of from earlier in the year.

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even though your madder than a bag of spanners I have always been your friend. I will pm you my detaiuls so you can invite me.

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I've been on there a while, a good way to keep up with folks.

looks like theres an 'official' BE group, but most folk seems to live somewhere called 'Australia'

Guess i should request a PM too.....

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Can't say. Never been on it.:ohmy:

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I had a facebook once ..people avoided it by the thousands...

I cant even remenber what happened ...it was far too complicated

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Mainly use mine for keeping in contact with family, although for some reason I recently seemed to run into a few people I went to school with. Always up for adding a few more people to my friends on there, so if anybody wants to just let me know by sending me a PM.

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I Love facebook. have little time for endless repetitive expat questions (even tough I'm currently amongst the struggling - but it's complicated). I love facebook chat, the photo album stuff and the updates.

Great way to keep in touch (pm me if you want to be friends!!)

Lou
xx

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I'm in this group with MsElui, if anyone wants to add me, you can.

I'm with Bob I hate the new layout.

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there are a few new people in the group who I dont know their board names. If you let me know I can update it to show the names so people know who everyone is.

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I love facebook - im sad like that!!

I also quite like the new layout, now im used to it!!

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I'm completely unfamiliar with Facebook! Is it really young like MySpace (I skipped that one) or does it cover a bit more of everyone? Maybe I'll have to poke around ...

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its a lot different to myspace - which i hate - its way to young for me. For me its a way to keep in touch with friends - share photos with them and see their photos, get reminders when its their birthday, find old friends, etc Its a lot easier to keep in touch with whats happening in their lives if you can see their one line status updates and can comment on it - than sitting down writing a letter or email that just doesnt ever seem to happen.

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what's the actual name of this "official" BE facebook group?

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I Love Facebook!!

I'm a total addict, not so much for the game playing quiz taking stuff, but more for catching up with old friends and the like. I've got people on there that I've not seen since primary school and its great to see what they've been up to - Plus we've managed to arrange a high school reunion on it which would have been much harder if Facebook wasnt around!

I must admit though, I'm a total profile whore.... I love looking at peoples photo's and stuff!!

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dont think there is an 'official' one as such.

People just set them up as they go along. so far ive seen the BE-USA one, a 'British Expats' one (seems to be mainly dingos), a MMBTUK one (from the moving back to the uk forum on here) etc etc.


ps anyone who sends me an invite on facebbok so i can invite them - please either pm me or include your BE board name at the same time as im always wary of random invites from strange people lol!

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yes but is that the actual name? - if I search for "BE-USA" I get a whole load of other stuff. Can you post (or pm) a link please?

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Dont get sucked into it .....

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it's a boring load of sh...

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Ms Elui I'll pm you so I can join the group too...please ??!!:D

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pm sent :)

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Can I join too? :)

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Meh.... I don't know how to send an invite! :blink:

Toon is the one who spends HOURS on facebook. There is both a general BE group, and a BE-USA group.

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it seems you have to be a friend of the person already to be able to invite them to the group. Once they are your friend then go to the BE-USA (or whatever group) page and the invite option is one of the ones on the top right. It brings up a list of all your friends and you just click on the ones you want to invite, then press the invite button. Its helpful if you post their screen name at the same time in the wall posts if you know it as we still have several waifs and strays that we havnt tied to a boardname.

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Ive just joined
I use facebook loads, I come on here everyday and read the threads, but dont often post - unless I have a question.
We are applying for an E2 visa then plan on moving to San Francisco, paperwork is with our lawyers at the moment, all being well it should go off to the embassy next week :)

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Good Luck with the visa...when do you "plan" to move to San Fran? I've never been there but I've heard it's great...you must be very excited:)

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hoping all being well we will move out in january

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That was why I didn't join back then :lol:

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Once you get past all the rubbish games, it's quite handy...best bit is being reminded when someone has a birthday.

But it's a good way of keeping up with friends and family, got loads of old school mates and uni mates on there and it's good to see at a glance where they are or anything fun they are up to as we're all pretty rubbish with keeping in contact at a regular basis.

The market section ain't to bad either, like craigslist, for finding/flogging stuff and jobs.

Also joining some of the groups are handy for networking.

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So what's happened to ginger nut? :D