Comments on: Did we mention the Overlawyered.com Facebook Group?

By: wavemaker

wavemaker — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:58:28 +0000

I must confess that I was a little dismayed when, in attempting to respond to Walter’s invitation to be his “friend,” I was brought to a screen that asked me how it was that I met him, none of the selections of which was “we have mutually shared views on law and public policy.” Being something of a practical joker, I thought of checking the “we hooked up” box, though, but blanched and demurred.

By: Wheat

Wheat — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:03:22 +0000

Have you tried giving out free OL koozies? I know that many moons ago in law school, any vendor that gave away free koozies got my attention. Much moreso than Lexis and their free highlighters… bah!

By: Ted

Ted — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:55:25 +0000

I’m just looking for ways to expand our readership to the law students and lawyers of tomorrow who are getting indoctrinated into the wonders of tort law. I’m open for other suggestions, since this one looks like a bust.

By: Deoxy

Deoxy — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:41:20 +0000

I heartily second Jake’s comment.

By: Jake

Jake — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:46:16 +0000

Good heavens, one comes to Overlawyered for serious commentary on the law, not suggestions that we should join our children on Facebook.

By: Stewart Peterson

Stewart Peterson — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 15:21:33 +0000

Have you looked at an upgrade to MT4?

By: jb

jb — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 06:35:51 +0000

I’m on Facebook, but I scrupulously keep everything political off my profile there.

Griffin3: It’s not like Myspace. Your profile is pretty much locked down to people you’ve already friended, who you can find by searching by name. So all that has to be public is the fact that you have an account at all (and you can leave everything blank but an email address, so facebook itself doesn’t know anything more about you).

By: Griffin3

Griffin3 — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 12:09:51 +0000

Uhm, I’m not entirely sure about this, but don’t you imagine a anti-legal, mostly libertarian, get your lawsuits out of my wallet crowd would be kind of low on “joiners” ?

I was even a bit trepidatious about clicking “Remember my personal info” here in the comments section, much less inclined to sign up to some myspace equivalent where I might find hundreds of “new friends” that I didn’t know …

By: KB

KB — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 10:05:15 +0000

My understanding is you didn’t want anyone to join Facebook just to sign up so this might be a sign the people who read Overlawyered are not members.

By: kimsch

kimsch — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:12:47 +0000

I was #96! There’s still a ways to go!