Everybody has a FaceBook account, by now, don't they? Do you have one?

[buckytom]

from the simpson's episode, when they went to a technology exposition:

NERD:I'm making a program to download porn a thousand times faster.
MARGE:Who need's porn that fast?
HOMERdroling)A.......thousand times...........gggraaaaaaaarrrrrrrrr

 

[CraigC]

Never had one, never will.

 

[Zhizara]

How do you delete it? I want out. I unfriended everyone. But that is all I seem to be able to do. I don't want to be on FaceBook at all. Too invasive.

Try this, Addie:

Email from Facebook

Open the email and at the bottom there should be something like "manage emails from facebook" or right click where it says sender (when you're in your Inbox) and select "mark all mail from this sender as junk" and all emails from facebook will automatically go to junk and self-delete in 10 days.

I also mark any emails that get through as "Spam".

 

[Gravy Queen]

Yes I have an FB account, been on it for a good few years. Yes perfectly happy with it, no not everyone can see what I post because I use the security and privacy settings.

Most of the comments here are made by people who dont use it or have enough knowledge of it to understand it, I've just read so many myths.

No prospective employers cannot see your page unless you choose to leave it open to the public (durrr).

Yes you can delete comments, photos etc just as you can here.

If you don't want someone to interact with you or see you on any other friends pages, you can "block" them. Stalking therefore cannot continue and if anyone "stalked" me I'd report it as I would in "real life". You can't hide behind a computer screen doh.

You can de-activate your account, and thats it, you are off Facebook.

This forum here is open to the public so if you are posting personal stuff, then anybody can read it..................

 

[Somebunny]

I'm with you Gravy Queen! I too have had a Facebook account for many years. If you use the security settings and privacy controls along with common sense I don't see an issue. I have found long lost friends and family through Facebook and I get to keep up with my closer family, let's face it my twenty something nephews and nieces are not likely going to sit down and write letters to me to tell me what is going on in their lives or to pop in a fun pic of their children ( sad but true). I don't post much on Facebook, but I do use it as a tool. As for being "found" on the Internet...... I work for local government, many aspects of my life are available as "public information", Internet or not. All you need to know is my name or my title.

 

[taxlady]

I guess that part of what I hate about FB is the dumbing down.

I have a journal on LiveJournal. On LJ, I can format my posts. I can choose a user icon that will stay with that post. I can easily set the privacy (who can read) for each post. I can choose which posts I want to see. I could get a paid account and never have to see any advertising.

But, FB wants to be easy to use. Never mind that I don't have to use HTML in LJ, FB doesn't want to scare me with the possibility of using HTML. It just dumbs it down to the lowest common denominator.

 

[Greg Who Cooks]

One real problem with Facebook is that you have to stay active and aware of privacy policy changes, and keep informed on feature changes, or otherwise you may find that policy/features have changed and could result in divulging more information than you intended.

The same applies to many or most Google services including Gmail and G+.

Note that my information comes from reading the numerous news articles about Facebook and Google privacy. I have never been a member of FB, nor does it appear that I will ever join.

I find far too much of my personal information on the Internet, not due to any fault of my own but due to ever wider indexing of all kinds of information sources. For example, property ownership records. I was very annoyed to discover that anybody knowing my real name can now Google my street address and unlisted home phone number. (However the information is out of date, I sold that house and now I'm cellphone only.)

I'm reacting to what I feel is too much personal information on the Internet by not joining social websites, so as to not contribute even more personal data. I don't mind discussing personal information nearly as much when I can retain my anonymity, such as here in the DC forum where my member name does not lead directly to my real name.

 

[Steve Kroll]

Yes I have an FB account, been on it for a good few years. Yes perfectly happy with it, no not everyone can see what I post because I use the security and privacy settings.

Most of the comments here are made by people who dont use it or have enough knowledge of it to understand it, I've just read so many myths.

No prospective employers cannot see your page unless you choose to leave it open to the public (durrr).

Yes you can delete comments, photos etc just as you can here.

If you don't want someone to interact with you or see you on any other friends pages, you can "block" them. Stalking therefore cannot continue and if anyone "stalked" me I'd report it as I would in "real life". You can't hide behind a computer screen doh.

You can de-activate your account, and thats it, you are off Facebook.

This forum here is open to the public so if you are posting personal stuff, then anybody can read it..................

+1

 

[Four String Chef]

I don't have one. I don't agree with what its become. "You didn't buy Facebook, just a mask. So, happy Halloween." :P

 

[Sir_Loin_of_Beef]

No, I do not have a facebook account, or any other social networking account and I do not plan on getting any. I guess I'm just basically anti-social.

 

[Merlot]

One real problem with Facebook is that you have to stay active and aware of privacy policy changes, and keep informed on feature changes, or otherwise you may find that policy/features have changed and could result in divulging more information than you intended.

The same applies to many or most Google services including Gmail and G+.

Note that my information comes from reading the numerous news articles about Facebook and Google privacy. I have never been a member of FB, nor does it appear that I will ever join.

I find far too much of my personal information on the Internet, not due to any fault of my own but due to ever wider indexing of all kinds of information sources. For example, property ownership records. I was very annoyed to discover that anybody knowing my real name can now Google my street address and unlisted home phone number. (However the information is out of date, I sold that house and now I'm cellphone only.)

I'm reacting to what I feel is too much personal information on the Internet by not joining social websites, so as to not contribute even more personal data. I don't mind discussing personal information nearly as much when I can retain my anonymity, such as here in the DC forum where my member name does not lead directly to my real name.

I was shocked by gmail/ google. I was setting up my childs computer and all of my information popped up on his screen at setup, including my entire list of contacts.

 

[taxlady]

I was shocked by gmail/ google. I was setting up my childs computer and all of my information popped up on his screen at setup, including my entire list of contacts.

Were you logged in to Gmail? I certainly can't see any of my friends' contacts.

 

[Barbara L]

One real problem with Facebook is that you have to stay active and aware of privacy policy changes, and keep informed on feature changes, or otherwise you may find that policy/features have changed and could result in divulging more information than you intended.

The same applies to many or most Google services including Gmail and G+.

Note that my information comes from reading the numerous news articles about Facebook and Google privacy. I have never been a member of FB, nor does it appear that I will ever join.

I find far too much of my personal information on the Internet, not due to any fault of my own but due to ever wider indexing of all kinds of information sources. For example, property ownership records. I was very annoyed to discover that anybody knowing my real name can now Google my street address and unlisted home phone number. (However the information is out of date, I sold that house and now I'm cellphone only.)

I'm reacting to what I feel is too much personal information on the Internet by not joining social websites, so as to not contribute even more personal data. I don't mind discussing personal information nearly as much when I can retain my anonymity, such as here in the DC forum where my member name does not lead directly to my real name.

No wonder I couldn't find you in the phone book! So your name isn't really Greg W. Cooks?

 

[Merlot]

Were you logged in to Gmail? I certainly can't see any of my friends' contacts.

Honestly I don't know how it happened. I was just going through a setup process and the next thing I know this whole screen list full of my info came up asking if I wanted to add it to his computer!

 

[Greg Who Cooks]

No wonder I couldn't find you in the phone book! So your name isn't really Greg W. Cooks?

No, but my real first name is Greg. According to the 1990 US census my name was the #37th most common male given name in that year, almost 650,000 with same name.

I think it's a poor idea to use real last names on the Internet, for privacy reasons and for personal safety reasons.

 

[Kylie1969]

I totally agree with you Greg...first names are fine, but I would not use my last name on any forum

 

[Mel!]

NO! I was contacted by a stalker. Not safe. Too much like Big Brother.

Put a fake name on your FaceBook account. That is what I do, because I am not keen on folks looking at information about me, unless I know who they are.

 

[Addie]

No, but my real first name is Greg. According to the 1990 US census my name was the #37th most common male given name in that year, almost 650,000 with same name.

I think it's a poor idea to use real last names on the Internet, for privacy reasons and for personal safety reasons.

My youngest son is named Gregory. I have never called him Greg. When he is around me, he tells his wife and everyone to call him Gregory. I don't know how this started, but I think it is funny. Other folks can call him anything they want to. I just call him Gregory.

Only one of my kids has a nickname. But I am the only one who uses it.
Everyone else calls him by his full given name. When he was born, my father took one look at him and started to call him Spike. He said he was big enough for the name. So we all called him that. When he started school, the teacher would do roll call every morning. Then one day he came home crying. The teacher never called his name. He didn't even know his given name. So I had to go to school and tell the teacher to call him Spike. That is the only name he answers to. And he couldn't understand why he had to learn his given name. He had a very confusing first grade year.

 

[justplainbill]

'You can call me Ray, or you can call me J ...'
There was a fellow at work whose automobile license plate 'number' was "NOT BOB". Robert would go ballistic if you referred to him as Bob. In deference to his wishes, some people began referring to him as pizzaface.

 

[Addie]

'You can call me Ray, or you can call me J ...'
There was a fellow at work whose automobile license plate 'number' was "NOT BOB". Robert would go ballistic if you referred to him as Bob. In deference to his wishes, some people began referring to him as pizzaface.

I don't understand the folks who use just an initial for their first name. J. Robert Smith. All I can think is that the parents gave that person a horrible first name.