Poll: Facebook use

[Moemg]

I use it to keep in touch with my nieces and their children and some former co-workers . I avoid it during major elections as my family have strong opinions .

 

[NW-Bound]

We have not been on FB, and see no reason to. My children are in town and I see them at least once a week. I have not seen their FB, and not too interested in their daily life. Perhaps the less I know, the better. Same with other relatives and friends.

 

[drb391]

didn't sign up til retired. lots more time to (waste?) there now. good way to keep up with folks from work. also, hooked on Candy Crush and DoubleDown Casino

 

[jerome len]

I'm on it, sort of like to keep up with old friends but don't post anything myself.

A couple of years, ago, I was conerned about it being a dating site; an old friend of my friends wife heard from an old boyfriend that had just become "availble'.....he wanted to catch up and have lunch.....make a long story short, he wanted to rekindle an old romance and it would have become a problem except my friends wife shut him down and exited Facebook. So, I enjoy keeping up, mostly with old business friends, and am careful that nothing interferes with my fantastic relationship with DW. DW can see my page and I see hers.......both boring since we use it so little.

 

[aja8888]

I'm on it, sort of like to keep up with old friends but don't post anything myself.

A couple of years, ago, I was conerned about it being a dating site; an old friend of my friends wife heard from an old boyfriend that had just become "availble'.....he wanted to catch up and have lunch.....make a long story short, he wanted to rekindle an old romance and it would have become a problem except my friends wife shut him down and exited Facebook. So, I enjoy keeping up, mostly with old business friends, and am careful that nothing interferes with my fantastic relationship with DW. DW can see my page and I see hers.......both boring since we use it so little.

We have two adult children who rekindled old relationships on FB and ended up in messy divorces, but married the "new" folks. Wow, crazy and expensive stuff.

 

[ERD50]

I use it to keep in touch with my nieces and their children and some former co-workers . I avoid it during major elections as my family have strong opinions .

That is the major reason I've avoided it. I've seen some of the posts from extended family that come across to DW's account. Sure, people can have their own views, but when they post stuff that is just 100% factually wrong, and then use that 'holier-than-thou' tone to put down that other group with their wrong info, well, I would have hard time not jumping in to 'educate' them.

And with no moderators to keep me in check, who knows where that could lead!

If there was some kind of 'stupid comment' filter app for FaceBook, I'd be more likely to use it. It could be nice to get some updates, w/o the 'what I had for lunch' and bone-headed stuff. DW keeps me up to date on family stuff, good enough for now.

-ERD50

 

[timo2]

Using Facebook is the easiest way I can communicate with my nieces and cousins. That is why I signed up. Since then, I have found that the various social issues I care about all have active pages, and I primarily use Facebook to get updates from them.

 

[foxfirev5]

DW uses it to keep in touch with family, friends and check on former coworkers. I haven't found the need as my w*rk email is more than enough interaction. Maybe if I ever retire I'll try it.

 

[HFWR]

Sure, people can have their own views, but when they post stuff that is just 100% factually wrong, and then use that 'holier-than-thou' tone to put down that other group with their wrong info, well, I would have hard time not jumping in to 'educate' them.



And with no moderators to keep me in check, who knows where that could lead!



-ERD50

But such is the nature of politics. I would add "these days", but the politics and the newspapers of earlier days were pretty bad, if not worse.

I have chimed in once in a while, but rarely does anyone retract the post, or go "Oops"... In fact, they'll usually post another discredited meme in short order.

I guess I keep hoping that people will discover google...

 

[braumeister]

I guess I keep hoping that people will discover google...

I used to routinely send people links to snopes.com to show them the error of their urban legend postings, but even when they acknowledged it, they usually posted another one a week later. I finally gave up and just started ignoring them.

 

[CyclingInvestor]

Not a user, none of my friends use it (mostly engineers, programmers). I did set up a phantom FB account for everyone for when we need to see something there.

 

[easysurfer]

I voted for the third choice since that's the closest to what I am. That is, a "reluctant user." I tried to hold out but joined up to be in the loop as friend would talk about things which were months old to them, but just new news to me.

I am still holding out though on the smartphone thing.

 

[ERD50]

I used to routinely send people links to snopes.com to show them the error of their urban legend postings, but even when they acknowledged it, they usually posted another one a week later. I finally gave up and just started ignoring them.

I guess I've been obnoxious enough about it (but IMO, not as obnoxious as the people who forward these stupid things) that people rarely send these to me, or if they do include some caveat like 'not sure if this is true or not, but....).

And then DW forwards one, and thought it was OK because, get this... within the email itself, it said "This checks out on Snopes"!

I had to calmly say to DW - did you check it on Snopes, or did the scammers tell you it was checked on Snopes, and you believed them? If the bank called, and said "This is your bank, really, just ask us, - can we come to your door and have the key to your safety deposit box?".

-ERD50

 

[scrabbler1]

I guess I've been obnoxious enough about it (but IMO, not as obnoxious as the people who forward these stupid things) that people rarely send these to me, or if they do include some caveat like 'not sure if this is true or not, but....).

And then DW forwards one, and thought it was OK because, get this... within the email itself, it said "This checks out on Snopes"!

I had to calmly say to DW - did you check it on Snopes, or did the scammers tell you it was checked on Snopes, and you believed them? If the bank called, and said "This is your bank, really, just ask us, - can we come to your door and have the key to your safety deposit box?".

-ERD50

Whenever I'd get one of these multi-forwarded emails which said "This checks out on snopes," I always looked it up myself. Most if not all of the time, it had not been checked out on snopes or one of the other handy fact-check websites such as factcheck.org and politifact. I would often hit "reply all" and refute the bogus claims in the email with my own verifications to the contrary (along with a mild scolding LOL). It got really bad during the 2012 presidential campaign but I figured if I could at least educate some of the email's other recipients (I figured the original sender was a lost cause) it was worthwhile. And if I got removed from the original sender's list, that was fine, too.

 

[M Paquette]

I created a Facebook account and then completely locked it down as an experiment. Using one of the many 'back doors' Facebook leaves open, I monitored the number of times various 'bots poked at the account in different ways.

It's pretty insane.

I'd never put anything about my actual life, my family, or friends on Facebook. I might as well print my name, address, family info, cellphone number, etc on a T-shirt. It's worth bearing in mind that the CEO of Facebook doesn't believe in privacy.

https://twitter.com/x/status/13012581261

Report: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Doesn’t Believe In Privacy | Business | WIRED

Facebook's Zuckerberg Says The Age of Privacy is Over – ReadWrite

Mark Zuckerberg’s theory of privacy - The Washington Post

 

[aja8888]

I created a Facebook account and then completely locked it down as an experiment. Using one of the many 'back doors' Facebook leaves open, I monitored the number of times various 'bots poked at the account in different ways.

It's pretty insane.

I'd never put anything about my actual life, my family, or friends on Facebook. I might as well print my name, address, family info, cellphone number, etc on a T-shirt. It's worth bearing in mind that the CEO of Facebook doesn't believe in privacy.

https://twitter.com/x/status/13012581261

Report: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Doesn’t Believe In Privacy | Business | WIRED

Facebook's Zuckerberg Says The Age of Privacy is Over – ReadWrite

Mark Zuckerberg’s theory of privacy - The Washington Post

Maybe he will change his tune when his identity gets stolen and the person cleans out a few of his accounts.

 

[Sirka]

I use Facebook to communicate with family. That is where we post news & pictures. Email is now secondary to fb, just like texting overtook phone calls. It is hard to keep up.

 

[splitwdw]

I use Facebook to communicate with family. That is where we post news & pictures. Email is now secondary to fb, just like texting overtook phone calls. It is hard to keep up.

This is the part I don't understand. You can send a group email with the pictures to the same people and not have FB send you notifications or pokes about "do you know this person" or "so and so wants to be your friend".

 

[GalaxyBoy]

One of these days I'm going to find out what all this talk about Face-something is all about.

But seriously, nope, never signed up and don't intend to.

Several times I've seen some younger folks at w*rk suddenly mad at each other and not talking for no apparent reason. Turned out they had some kind of fight on something called a wall or whatever after hours.

 

[easysurfer]

... It's worth bearing in mind that the CEO of Facebook doesn't believe in privacy...

That's why I found the irony humorous when he called POTUS to complain about the NSA.

ummmm.....it's called KARMA

 

[Eagle43]

I use it... rarely. I keep up with the grandkids and relatives in other cities.