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> Facebook was similar, but you could throw sheep at your friend/girl you liked, and it might be ambiguous.

Throwing sheep is an idiom I'm unfamiliar with and urban dictionary isn't helping (https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=throw%20a%20...) what does it mean in this context?

I liked the idea of circles. It solves the problem of having to create multiple accounts (one for work, one for friends, one for parents, etc) that a lot of people were doing on facebook/insta so that they didn't have to self-censor as much. People don't always want to broadcast a night of drugs and drinking to your employer or your Mom but still want to send photos of your wild night out to your friends.

[nos482]

Not an idiom, it was an alternative to the "poke" https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/throw-a-shee...

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Thanks! I would never have guessed that. Facebook seems like a strange place.

[Jerrrry]

>Throwing sheep is an idiom I'm unfamiliar with

He likely meant "throwing shade."

[AlbertCory]

One wonders what "throwing sheep" would actually mean, as slang.

is it similar to "being pwned"?