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Old 10-05-2014, 02:20 PM   #1
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Do you use Facebook ?

Always stayed away from it for various and sundry reasons but due to the HOA having a FB page I joined. Since then I have found it a nice way to re-connect with old friends and as well as keeping in touch with family spread all across the country/world.

What say you, do you Facebook ?
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Old 10-05-2014, 02:33 PM   #2
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Have been on it for several years for the reasons you mentioned. Welcome to the 21st century.
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Old 10-05-2014, 02:37 PM   #3
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Yes, but not as a way to reconnect with old friends. We have a disguised name and post as a couple, so old acquaintances won't find us. We use it to stay connected with the local nature enthusiasts plus the neighborhood. It works great for that through the group forums and the pages maintained by the local nature parks. Local folks we know quickly figure out who we are on FB. We do keep track of family members on Facebook but almost never post very personal stuff.
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Old 10-05-2014, 02:43 PM   #4
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Nope. Not that interested in other people postings nor do I want to share my life that much. I have heard horror stories about friends (of friends) posting about their drunk sexual exploits.... I really don't want to know that about them.

I always said I'd get it when my kids got accounts, to monitor them. But facebook has thankfully fallen out of favor for the younger generation. My 13 year old tweets, is on instagram, has a youtube channel... but only has a facebook account to promote his youtube videos - and rarely uses it for that. I know his passwords - so I just log on as him to monitor. (I do follow him on twitter and youtube, though.)

He said facebook is for "moms". None of his friends are on it - just the parents.
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Old 10-05-2014, 03:06 PM   #5
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Nope...no desire at all.
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Old 10-05-2014, 03:08 PM   #6
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I use it to keep in touch with younger relatives and also use a page dedicated to a hobby interest.
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Old 10-05-2014, 03:13 PM   #7
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Never even a thought to acquire it.......
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Old 10-05-2014, 03:19 PM   #8
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Only use it in "read only" mode occasionally -- No posting.

Also Feel that it might be useful to keep a directory of people from my past.
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Old 10-05-2014, 03:29 PM   #9
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I was a late adopter of Facebook but I find it invaluable in reconnecting and keeping in touch with relatives and friends abroad. I do think some people show poor judgment in what they post, though.
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Couldn't live without it. I am now in touch with around a hundred people that I would not be without FB... people I dearly appreciate knowing.
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I don't but DW does and she lets me know if anything "important" comes up.
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Old 10-05-2014, 03:59 PM   #13
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Old 10-05-2014, 04:00 PM   #14
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Nope. I do have an account for the occasional times I need to log-in but posting personal stuff is a no priority item. Half of what I see others post I'd rather not know (usually lowers my opinion of them). Email is set up to send anything from facebook.com into the junk folder.
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Always turned my nose up at it because it just seemed like a lot of "look at me and how great my life is" or so I've heard. Don't care to reconnect with people from 40 years ago, but OTOH the few I DO want to grill me on why I don't use FB. May consider the disguised name thing, but won't MZ hunt me down for that?
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DW has an account and it is for keeping up with family and her woman's church group. I can't stand Facebook although I have an old account that I very rarely look at. I usually can't remember my password for it so signing on is generally not happening.

I find LinkedIn more useful as I have found a few college pals and a really good old friend I lost contact with.
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Just curious, why do a lot of people say they use it to keep up with friends and relatives? Don't they know about email or is this so they can share with the world. I send group emails when I have something to share with friends and relatives. I don't want my pictures or comments to sisters and friends seen/read by all.
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Nope. I tried to find our photography class on it once, but couldn't figure it out. I can email and text whoever I want so I don't need Facebook


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Just curious, why do a lot of people say they use it to keep up with friends and relatives? Don't they know about email or is this so they can share with the world. I send group emails when I have something to share with friends and relatives. I don't want my pictures or comments to sisters and friends seen/read by all.
You might not believe this, but the younger generation seems to be using e-mail less and less. My 20 year old granddaughter in college prefers text messaging over e-mail. She says that her friends communicate the same way. I don't believe she has a Facebook account anymore (she deleted it a while back).

My younger sister (early 60's) hand writes me an occasional letter. It's a mixed bag the way families communicate as far as I am able to figure it out. One SIL sends a group e-mail on occasion, the BIL's usually use a phone for what it was designed for and make calls occasionally.
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Just curious, why do a lot of people say they use it to keep up with friends and relatives? Don't they know about email or is this so they can share with the world. I send group emails when I have something to share with friends and relatives. I don't want my pictures or comments to sisters and friends seen/read by all.
I am a long ways from a 20-something but even I know that E-mail is not a very useful form of social interaction -- ranks (with me) on par with Snail Mail. (And Bulk e-mails -- to me -- are on par with Junk Mail delivered by the USPS.)

FWIW, the User has complete control over who can read/see on one's account. I don't care who reads/sees anything on my page so I have no restrictions but I know many who place very tight controls on their "friends."
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