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I enjoy Facebook--but only have as friends those that I really know in "real life".
A smart choice, you would or maybe wouldn't be amazed what people do over unsecured internet feeds. Studies have shown that the average FB user has 190 "friends". Really? Wow, the average user has 190 people that they consider friends. I bet they don't know over 30 of them in real life. So who exactly are all these other "friends"? And what are they looking at your FB for?
Maybe, just maybe, some of them don't have you or your families best interest at heart. But at least the majority of you probably have your FB page protected.
One other thing about Facebook that hasn't been mentioned, probably because of the average age of the posters here, but, companies use FB every day to weed out potential employees.
Part of our job application/interview/check on every potential employee is to check any and all social media sites they may be on, along with a complete background check.
Rightly or wrongly, pictures of you in 75 different nightclubs, making it "rain", probably won't get you the job. And no, this individual was not who you would think of stereotypically. He was middle aged, white, school teacher. Think about that for a minute.
And for the record, I can see the usefulness of the technology to keep tabs on friends and loved ones, but I also see that this technology is raising/creating a generation of narcissist's, IMHO.
I see no value in them either for business or personal use. They are apparently ultratrendy for people between the ages of ten and thirty as well as for middle aged people trying to be young. I'm curious to know if there are any in the geriatric subforum who are involved in this.
My uncle was in his eighties when the internet hit town and he was on it like a fly on wet cow stuff on a hot afternoon. But then, he was a radio operator during WW2, so his love of tech came honestly. You may see my dedication to his service in my photo albums "Lest we forget".
The rest of the clan doesn't really seem to know what to do with it.
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I notice quite a few who DO use FB with that problem.
Facebook is very interesting in that it allows you to see habits of people that you were previously not privy to. What I meant by the statement that some people who avoid FB have extreme emotional volatility is the type of person who has a page, engages with people, but then something negative happens in their life - that they have caused - and they deactivate their FB page. Later on, they put it back - then there is another round - from the outside it looks like they are seeking attention - and I truly do not know what is causing such extreme dramatics - but I have seen this with a few truly unstable people.
Using the participation or non-participation in Facebook as a litmus test one way or the other is close to the most absurd thing I've ever heard of. If ever proof were needed of people's irrationality, this thread is it. (No, I am not saying that everyone who posted here is irrational, not at all. I am saying that CERTAIN responses give proof of irrationality.)
Using the participation or non-participation in Facebook as a litmus test one way or the other is close to the most absurd thing I've ever heard of. If ever proof were needed of people's irrationality, this thread is it. (No, I am not saying that everyone who posted here is irrational, not at all. I am saying that CERTAIN responses give proof of irrationality.)
Yeah, but you should hear what they say about people that wear white socks!
Facebook is a fascinating window into human behavior and cultural practices for those who are interested in or have studied psychology, sociology, or anthropology.
I use Facebook (but not Twitter) to keep in touch with distant friends. It's nice to see casual posts from friends and family. If you are going to use Facebook, you really need to learn how it works and what the setting for things like privacy and the types of posts you want (or don't want) to see. I keep the number of people I "friend" down to around 40 to keep my News feed from being cluttered and I set the types of posts I want to see. If there is someone who posts too much, I just change the settings for that poster so that either I don't see that many posts or that I have to go and look specifically at their FB feed to see anything.
My privacy is set so that only people I friend directly can read what I post in my own feed and only friends of friends can read what I post on other people's status or posts. I also use a Greasemonkey script and Adblock to block unwanted ads, animations, games, "suggestions," chat, etc.
There are also ways to set up Facebook so that you can post a status update and only certain groups of friends will see it: say you want to post a pic of a person (grandchild, whoever) and you only want your immediate family to be able to see it - you set up a group titled "Family" with all the people you consider family and then when you post the pic, you set the privacy permission to ONLY "Family."
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