My wife LOVES Facebook. She’s on it all the time, and has been for years. My kids, 18 and 16, think Facebook is stupid. I agree with them. And for that reason, we don’t talk about it. Ever.
I have grown to HATE Facebook. Recently, FB changed their privacy policies, and it was for the worse, of course. I didn’t notice anything, until, one day, my Galaxy smartphone had been seized by FB adware. Every time I changed pages, a full screen ad would appear, and I couldn’t get rid of them. After some digging, I discovered that FB was the culprit. I first went to my FB controls, and removed ALL permissions, then promptly disabled the FB app. on my smartphone. Afterwards, it still took some tweaking, as FB had backdoors that I had to close. I haven’t posted on there in months, and found that no one really cares. “Friends”, HA!
@callow
when i got my first smartphone, FB was pre-loaded. not inderstanding yet about permissions, i opened FB which promptly read all my contacts. so fuck FB. it gets its own device and browser. so that i dont care what it does to the device.
and then i forget to look at it cause “another device” which means i’m two years behind on family photos.
@Lurker “Facebook privacy” is and always has been an oxymoron. They sold the idea that certain things can only be seen by “friends” when in reality, anyone with some tech savvy can access anything on Facebook.
I’ve slowly withdrawn from Facebook. It’s just a bunch of people that have probably unfollowed me because I get very little comments on anything I share there.
Be friends, but unfollow each other because you’re not really friends anymore. Makes a lot of sense.
Anyone have a favorite Facebook Screw-up? This one is mine: The new head of MI-6 was “outed” by his wife, who not only posted her excitement about her husband’s new job, but also the details of their daily life, friends, vacation plans, and family photos. Needless to say, his time in the job was short.
@rockblossom What about any millennial looking for employment? Pretty sure many opportunities were lost due to HR checking FB pages and finding hijinx and shenanigans.
Not that what they did is any different from what I did at that age, but they get to have everything documented for the world to discover. OMG.
But how will I know when another JP Sears video comes out? And what about furry guy Friday, huh? And mature man Monday? You people are just using Facebook wrong.
Irk is right. Facebook is the worst.
@djslack I just stopped by to say the same thing, so…
Facebook is the worst.
So many hours gained back.
My wife LOVES Facebook. She’s on it all the time, and has been for years. My kids, 18 and 16, think Facebook is stupid. I agree with them. And for that reason, we don’t talk about it. Ever.
@ACraigL Facebook is software. It’s horrible or great depending on how you use it.
Exactly right. Horrible if you do use it, and great if you don’t.
@matthew Boom!
I have grown to HATE Facebook. Recently, FB changed their privacy policies, and it was for the worse, of course. I didn’t notice anything, until, one day, my Galaxy smartphone had been seized by FB adware. Every time I changed pages, a full screen ad would appear, and I couldn’t get rid of them. After some digging, I discovered that FB was the culprit. I first went to my FB controls, and removed ALL permissions, then promptly disabled the FB app. on my smartphone. Afterwards, it still took some tweaking, as FB had backdoors that I had to close. I haven’t posted on there in months, and found that no one really cares. “Friends”, HA!
@Lurker Had to look that one up since I’ve never seen a full screen ad on my phone. They do exist but they if they seize your phone something is terribly wrong. http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2016/02/25/facebook-launches-interactive-full-screen-ads-called-canvas/#gref
@callow
when i got my first smartphone, FB was pre-loaded. not inderstanding yet about permissions, i opened FB which promptly read all my contacts. so fuck FB. it gets its own device and browser. so that i dont care what it does to the device.
and then i forget to look at it cause “another device” which means i’m two years behind on family photos.
@Lurker “Facebook privacy” is and always has been an oxymoron. They sold the idea that certain things can only be seen by “friends” when in reality, anyone with some tech savvy can access anything on Facebook.
@rockblossom If you can actually access things that should be protected, Facebook does pay out money for bugs and vulnerabilities that you find.
Disabled my page years ago. Guess what, my friends that care still know what I’m up to because we TALK ot Text. Or we get together, novel idea eh? Lol
I’ve slowly withdrawn from Facebook. It’s just a bunch of people that have probably unfollowed me because I get very little comments on anything I share there.
Be friends, but unfollow each other because you’re not really friends anymore. Makes a lot of sense.
@RiotDemon Same here. I pretty much only use it for my family.
@RiotDemon Totally AGREE!!!
Anyone have a favorite Facebook Screw-up? This one is mine: The new head of MI-6 was “outed” by his wife, who not only posted her excitement about her husband’s new job, but also the details of their daily life, friends, vacation plans, and family photos. Needless to say, his time in the job was short.
@rockblossom What about any millennial looking for employment? Pretty sure many opportunities were lost due to HR checking FB pages and finding hijinx and shenanigans.
Not that what they did is any different from what I did at that age, but they get to have everything documented for the world to discover. OMG.
@rockblossom Somebody I know posted a picture of her Mom before she was married, along with her name. Then she tagged all her siblings.
Only thing we do on FB is manage group events: sports practice or pick-up games, and social event planning.
But how will I know when another JP Sears video comes out? And what about furry guy Friday, huh? And mature man Monday? You people are just using Facebook wrong.