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Post by louie on Mar 23, 2018 8:24:47 GMT -5
I use the "Unfollow" feature when Friends get toxic with their alt-right drivel,I don't have too many of those types though. I do like the snooze for 30 days feature also. If I have to re-snooze, I unfollow. My list of people grows shorter.
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Post by highlandannie on Mar 23, 2018 10:51:35 GMT -5
With FaceBook you Get what you pay for. That really depends on the user. I enjoy it and love keeping in touch with friends and family around the world. I love sharing photos of our travels and love seeing the photos of my friends.
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Post by rosa427 on Mar 23, 2018 14:01:30 GMT -5
At one time I thought about it...thought that FB was creepy...actually still think that. But, staying in touch with out-of-town family and friends is the saving grace. I use the "Unfollow" feature when Friends get toxic with their alt-right drivel,I don't have too many of those types though. That's one of my favorite features, I've made good use of it and now, my page stays uncluttered except for updates I want. I will keep my FB, especially for the reasons you site, it's a great way to keep abreast of people you wish to in such instances, I'm not much of a phone person anyway. Also, I am on there Sundays to meet with my TWD group, we chat during the show; more like we click scream during the show and it's fun. As someone else mentioned, lack of privacy, that came with the territory from day one, but, then I barely allow many of my friends to view all my info on my page, so I do make use of some of the privacy settings, either way. I also don't use all my real personal info, my age, part of name and birthday aren't exact. If there's a place to fear it's our phones if we use it for anything more than making a phone call, plus your credit card, computer, everything lends to being tracked. It's part of the times we live in, unless you go off the grid completely live in a solar run cabin get your water from the rain, yada, yada, yada.
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Post by Bob on Mar 23, 2018 16:43:50 GMT -5
I think if you use FB as your sole/primary source of news, you're doing yourself a disservice because you're likely only going to see news that's tailored for your profile. On the other hand, if you use FB as a means to engage socially with family, friends and folks with whom you have a common interest, then it serves a valuable function. So here's a real-life, curren time example. My sister, just a short time ago was able to quickly tell everyone who would care, that my niece was on her way to the hospital to hopefully deliver a baby girl. Immediately, all of my sister's friends know that an important event is going on, as do my niece's friends and family. Are there drawbacks? Sure. It's a tradeoff. If you're careful about what you post and take a common sense approach to privacy, you should be fine, but I certainly get why folks would opt out. That said, your credit card, department stores, online stores, etc., all share your info. There really is no privacy anymore unless you're off the grid.
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Post by Warrigal on Mar 23, 2018 20:01:36 GMT -5
I'm not worried about Facebook either.
My 'friends' are all family and apart from my eldest who is intellectually handicapped, they are all sensible about what they post. Our church and church childcare centre both have Facebook pages and locally there are a number of buy and sell pages that people use to sell off children's clothing and toys and other goods. All useful means of communication.
I use Twitter to keep up with a lot of politics because by following a number of people from both sides of politics I stumble on some very useful links. And a lot of dodgy ones as well. It is up to me to sort out the true from the fake. Google helps me in that regard. Twitter is also a great source of political cartoons, which I find amusing if they hit the target squarely.
I rather imagine that kids at school are already being educated about social media, how it works and what to be wary of.
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Post by highlandannie on Mar 24, 2018 2:25:22 GMT -5
I think if you use FB as your sole/primary source of news, you're doing yourself a disservice because you're likely only going to see news that's tailored for your profile. On the other hand, if you use FB as a means to engage socially with family, friends and folks with whom you have a common interest, then it serves a valuable function. So here's a real-life, curren time example. My sister, just a short time ago was able to quickly tell everyone who would care, that my niece was on her way to the hospital to hopefully deliver a baby girl. Immediately, all of my sister's friends know that an important event is going on, as do my niece's friends and family. Are there drawbacks? Sure. It's a tradeoff. If you're careful about what you post and take a common sense approach to privacy, you should be fine, but I certainly get why folks would opt out. That said, your credit card, department stores, online stores, etc., all share your info. There really is no privacy anymore unless you're off the grid. I first joined FB in 2008 when we were living in Uganda. I thought at the time it was only for kids, but then discovered my brother's wife had joined. Soon after joining my sister's first grandchild was born. My sister in law and I were in the 'cyber waiting room' and saw photos of the new baby which had been posted by nephew - the new daddy.
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Post by birdgal on Mar 25, 2018 16:55:20 GMT -5
I never joined FB. I keep in touch with family and friends the old fashion way. A landline. Remember those? lol. Also a cell phone. I don't think I'm any safer than anybody who is on there. I'm just not into it. I believe somebody, somewhere, is aware of every key stroke I make anyway.
Even if you're not paranoid Big Brother is still watching you. lol.
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Post by highlandannie on Mar 26, 2018 1:18:10 GMT -5
I never joined FB. I keep in touch with family and friends the old fashion way. A landline. Remember those? lol. Also a cell phone. I don't think I'm any safer than anybody who is on there. I'm just not into it. I believe somebody, somewhere, is aware of every key stroke I make anyway. Even if you're not paranoid Big Brother is still watching you. lol. Guessing that everybody you keep in touch with is in the US, not all around the world with big time differences?
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Post by terry123 on Mar 26, 2018 5:03:49 GMT -5
I will keep mine for now. I don't post much but like to keep up with my high school friends that I have not seen since then.
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Post by nkat on Mar 26, 2018 12:29:29 GMT -5
Per CNN the FTC is now officially investing Facebook. Seems like The Trump Campain got a lot of info from Facebook before the elections.
NKat
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2018 9:25:01 GMT -5
I was on FB for about 5 years until 3 people from my past contacted me at various times. I didn't like these people and wanted no interaction with them for various reasons. So I quit FB. And it does take a while to rid yourself of FB.
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Post by highlandannie on Mar 27, 2018 9:48:03 GMT -5
I was on FB for about 5 years until 3 people from my past contacted me at various times. I didn't like these people and wanted no interaction with them for various reasons. So I quit FB. And it does take a while to rid yourself of FB. You can easily block people you don't want to contact you.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2018 9:54:35 GMT -5
I know that, but they looked up my address and phone number. I had a land line at the time. And people will find you if they want to. If they see you as a friend to someone else, they can also find you very easily.
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Post by highlandannie on Mar 27, 2018 10:00:31 GMT -5
I know that, but they looked up my address and phone number. I had a land line at the time. And people will find you if they want to. If they see you as a friend to someone else, they can also find you very easily. I don't list my phone or even my town, although my mobile is listed so I can use the app on my phone. However, that is listed as only being seen by me. Also my friends list is private - only other friends can see them, and not friends of friends or the public. We also have an unlisted phone number. I have my birthday but I put the year of birth as 1917. I don't list any of my previous surnames so no ex's could find me. I get so much benefit from being on FB. I've also found former coworkers, former inlaws, etc. And the FB groups I'm on are Scotland, American Expats, local groups, and occasionally join over 60's groups.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2018 10:05:18 GMT -5
I see that you get numerous benefits from Face Book. So you have no reason to discontinue your membership.
In my area at that time, a person had to pay a fee to the phone company to keep their phone number and address private. I only have a cell phone now, but I still wouldn't go back to FB.
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