On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 4:09 PM, <joe@actionline.com> wrote:

I don't use facebook much ... mainly only to respond to friends and family
who send stuff to me.  It just seems rather intrusive and confusing to me.

Recently, facebook has been popping up a window that wants me to confirm
some links that it "threatens" to put on my facebook page and "forces" me
to either confirm them all or click on a link with check boxes for various
things that I am told I have to uncheck if I don't want those links
included on my page. Everything on my page is grayed out and I am forced
to respond to facebook's demands in one way or another.  Below is the
message I see in their popped up window that locks up everything else:

"Confirm the Pages that will be on your profile
Uncheck any Page you don't want to link to. Linking to education and work
Pages may also create additional Pages, such as for your major or job
title. If you don't link to any Pages, these sections on your profile will
be empty. By linking your profile to Pages, you will be making these
connections public. Learn more."

I can't even close and exit the facebook page.

So, at the command line, I type "xkill" and blow away my current Firefox
login. But even then, if I restart Firefox too soon, it restarts facebook
with the same "do it facebook's way or else" pop-up.  So, I use "xkill"
again and then I have to wait for a while before I can restart Firefox.

What's up with this kind of "I WILL control you and your every action and
you can't do anything about it" garbage?