Facebook has redefined via (?)

[Towse]

Barbara sent an e-mail explaining that the "via" she was referring to
had happened with no input on her part. I sent her a note with a link
explaining Facebook's implementation, which was designed to mimic the
way folks on FB, like me, were already sharing links.

http://mashable.com/2010/01/16/facebook-via/

Now that it's all clear as mud. ...

--
Sal

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On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Towse <my.cache at gmail.com> wrote:
> That's exactly it, Lisa. When I post a FB msg that includes something
> I got from someone else, I usually add a (via xyz) sort of tag to it
> so that others will know where I got the information -- a FB hattip
> [blogspeak], as it were.  If I start the msg out with via xyz, what
> shows up on FB is Sal via xyz yadda yadda.
>
> --
> Sal
>
> Ye olde swarm of links: thousands of links for writers, researchers
> and the terminally curious <http://writers.internet-resources.com>
>
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Lisa Galvin <lisagal23 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Perhaps the "via" refers to John's source of the message, rather than yours? That is, John received it via Mary from a third source, and then John posted it to you?
>>
>>> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:46:11 -0600
>>> From: bhneed at GMAIL.COM
>>> Subject: Facebook has redefined via (?)
>>> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>>>
>>> ---------------------- Information from the mail header -----------------------
>>> Sender: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>>> Poster: Barbara Need <bhneed at GMAIL.COM>
>>> Subject: Facebook has redefined via (?)
>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> I am getting FB updates labeled X via Y where message is posted by X
>>> who got it from Y. (So if a link is put up marked John via Mary then
>>> John is a person you know and is the immediate source of the link; you
>>> may or may not know Mary and she is John's source). I can't get that
>>> and the OED definition does not seem to work either. I would have to
>>> say either John from Mary or Mary via John.
>>>
>>> Barbara
>>>
>>> Barbara Need
>>> Chicago
>

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