> ... but then why would his name be there? ...

The great success as a 'social network', Facebook,  tends to spam all and
sundry with 'friend' requests at every opportunity and also on other
occasions :-).

It usually does this in the name of the person whose account it originates
the request from, but without informing them that it has done it. It even
usually hides such requests from the originator and to see them you may
need to be some other account holder.

Googletalk and the rest are social network wannabees.
One of Google's starting stated aims was "don't be evil" but in a world
where most other organisations  are evil by default, that's a bit of an
ask, and Google has been trying to redefine the meaning of "evil" ever
since.
If I received requests from CD for GoogleTalk, Facebook, Linked in (they
arrive regularly) or Starfire Zhu, I would not necessarily assume CD  had
had any active or knowing involvement.

Speaking of unsubscribbling (never a good idea), must be time for Tjart to
rejoin.


          Russell
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