Facebook grrrr

[rogesse]

EEK Twosheds, how aweful - your right, at least I could ignore the endless emails clogging up my system!

[Two_Sheds]

The issue I have with it ... is that details of my private life can be put on by other people

People who gossip will always gossip, whether it's online or verbally.

i thought i was just expressing my opinion, same as everyone else; didnt mean to be "arguementative"??

Zazen was simply saying that FB discussions tend to get very heated. She didn't imply that you were being argumentative

[di]

The issue I have with it (and other social networking stuff I guess) is that details of my private life can be put on by other people (generally in a malicious way) and I have no idea. I never enjoy someone else telling me about something that s/he shouldnt know about, but then tells me "Oh, XXXXX put it on Bookface."

Aaaah...but if you were their friend on BookFace then you'd at leasst know which juicy bits of your gossip they were publishing
What confuses me more is when non Facebook family members already know my 'news' because a friend of a family member of a friend phoned them up to tell them first

I've just had a lovely time uploading pics of my girls Birthday and being able to compare them to last years...also they're there and popped in an album together for family to have a look and see how she's grown in a year too.(and no doubt MIL will be on the phone in the morning panicking that someone saw pics of the kiddies on skateboards)

[Marthaclematis]

I lurrrrrve FB. Its brought different generations of my family closer together - and I've always been quite a prolific communicator; in the 'old' days I would write letters;- getting a letter back from my 25 year old nephew was a rare occurance, now he can show me pics of his new car or his latest holiday within seconds. For his mum too its great to know he's still alive!
I don't post anything too personal, though I do get a bit 'lary' after a few vino's, and I have to say, its been a good opportunity for me to show my very first boss who said to the sixteen year old me... "I can see you when you're 21, with three snotty nose kids hanging around your pinny, in your council house" that actually things turned out VERY different indeed .... So stick that up yer 'oota Mrs. Childish maybe but its very satisfying!

[Alison]

I didn't get it at first, but when I looked into the service etc I realised that they'd pretty much have a real time search engine Google soon caught onto them mind I guess it's because of my job, but the power that they could open up to real time searches would be immense! (not sure if they have done so already, as I dont use it!)

Ah but you see I have absolutley no idea what any of your post is about

On the subject of facebook, it has it's uses but I do get very annoyed that some people I know have got very lazy and can't be bothered to communicate in any other way, you know, actualy speak to people! They think that it is acceptable to just post a status update and don't ever feel the need to speak to somebody in person. My mum is in her 70s, has no interest in computers and really appreciates a chat on the phone. I find it rather rude when by brother tells her that if she wants to know what he's up to she should get a computer when all she really wants is him to speak to her every couple of weeks. Me and my other brother manage it OK so why does he have to be so selfish. He's not the only one either, not facebooks fault but very annoying.

[abby]

I play Bejeweled Blitz on Facebook and with the time I spend on this site its a wonder I get anything done.

[Hilary B]

If you find a friend is posting constant tedious trivia on your 'wall', you can block them. If they insist on telling you every petty achievement on some game, you can block that without blocking the person.
My main reason for sticking with it is one particular 'game' which simply suits me. It's not one of the mass player things actually run by FB, or by a big organisation like Zynga, it's a zoo simulation, with loads of genuine information, and quite a lot of the profits from it (you can play without spending anything, that is far from the only way it provides an income for the developer) go to wldlife charity. At present a fair bit is going to help the rescue efforts over the Gulf Oil Spill.

[Two_Sheds]

If you find a friend is posting constant tedious trivia on your 'wall', you can block them. If they insist on telling you every petty achievement on some game, you can block that

Yes, good point.
To do it, hover your cursor at the right of the annoyance, and HIDE will appear. Click on it.

[piskieinboots]

I found I was 'hiding' so many people I figured it was time to hide me

[beefy]

You can delete "friends" as well . I'm on Facebook , if you send me a friend request with a message saying your so and so off the vine I'll accept it . A few months down the line if I think we ain't got much in common I'll delete you . No hard feelings .
It's like all the other stuff on the internet just because it's there dosen't mean you have to use it . Try it and see what you think - if you don't like it stop using it and delete your account.

[bobleponge]

Aaaah...but if you were their friend on BookFace then you'd at leasst know which juicy bits of your gossip they were publishing

Aaaaah, but if I'm not their friend on BookFace, and have absolutely no wish ever ever to be so, they still have the right to write anything they want about me, and even publish photo's that they have received 3rd or 4th hand.

I have no issues per se with people using social media if thats what they choose to do (I use a telephone and email) but I have huuuuuuge issues with malicious damaging words about myself being sent around a vast generally unregulated cyberspace.

[Two_Sheds]

Yeah Bob, I agree with you, but Facebook isn't the issue. These people would do this anyway: whether verbally, by letter or whatever. It's just the method that's changed, not the message.

(I am very curious what you've been up to though, to have vexed someone so much...?!)

[FionaH]

(I am very curious what you've been up to though, to have vexed someone so much...?!)

I have to say, so am I

[bobleponge]

Yeah Bob, I agree with you, but Facebook isn't the issue. These people would do this anyway: whether verbally, by letter or whatever. It's just the method that's changed, not the message.

(I am very curious what you've been up to though, to have vexed someone so much...?!)

I agree totally its the method not the message thats changed, however even Stevie Wonder could see that todays modern methods can be accessed by far far more people than would receive the letter or be spoken to as in days of yore.

As for the ire incurred, there is a specific issue but its more the principal that I disagree with. My private life should be exactly that.

[zazen999]

I agree totally its the method not the message thats changed, however even Stevie Wonder could see that todays modern methods can be accessed by far far more people than would receive the letter or be spoken to as in days of yore.

As for the ire incurred, there is a specific issue but its more the principal that I disagree with. My private life should be exactly that.

How did they find out about the chicken in the first place? Oops. Sorry.