Facebook.....weird language

06Fargo wrote:
what's a "Facebook" ?

that's funny.

I think the jest of staying away from Facebook is the fear of "identity theft" .....but with that being said, let me also add this as, I didn't post a question about the popularity of Facebook, I asked a specific question about a specific problem(one that I eventually figured out all by my lonesome). Simply put, if Facebook is or isn't your thing, that's up to you, so, yes, I'll continue to CLICK away just as those other 1.35 BILLION others do. Was it confusing when I said, "To each his own"? Now go out and HAVE Fun....:)

Oh, by the way, last time I checked, most every bit of info on my Facebook account is, well lets just say, false or left blank.

Also, don't get me wrong, I'm not an advocate of Facebook as stated but I have nothing against anyone who wants to utilize it.

While I'm not an avid fan of Facebook, I don't have to access it 10 times a day or respond immediately to someone's topic BUT with 1.35 billion active users as of March 2014, I guess they all can't be victim's of identify theft. Heck, your Home Depot card (Visa, MasterCard) is more likely to get hacked than your facebook account. To each his own, I do enjoy the many "groups" available(RV'ing, Pets etc)...even a RV.Net Facebook page.

:? It's not just identity theft. Except for those that feel the need to input EVERYTHING about them phone, address etc.:R

I opened one just to be able to see my friends. Because NOW you HAVE to log in to view. I spent an hour unchecking everything I wanted to keep private and there are MANY things 'they' will NOT let you check to keep private.

What then happens is that everywhere you go and everything you might join there is a box, or within the policy box you have to check which is on everything it says you give them permission to hook it up with google/facebook. It's epidemic how they have managed to take your facebook and connect it to everything. Just Try and find a site with out a F or bird logo on it. And if the logo is there you have given them permission to link back to yours.

I've been to sites just to purchase something and if you actually read the policy before you check it? It states they will hook all the info back to google/facebook and often many times twitter. I've yet to go to a site that i don't have to find the facebook connection to decline it.

Once you put your email on a facebook account you have given it to the internet universe. So if you have actually put ALL your private info on your email account.......thru facebook you've given it to all that may choose to use it. IMHO, JMHO Read, read instead of clicking clicking away.

Switch to using Fluff Busting Purity http://www.fbpurity.com/, a browser extension the cleans up your facebook.

Best thing I ever did for my sanity.

From the FB Purity site:
Fluff Busting (F.B.) Purity lets you Clean up and Customize Facebook. It has a myriad of features for eliminating the junk and clutter on Facebook.

what's a "Facebook" ?

Change your password and make it a little complex.

While I'm not an avid fan of Facebook, I don't have to access it 10 times a day or respond immediately to someone's topic BUT with 1.35 billion active users as of March 2014, I guess they all can't be victim's of identify theft. Heck, your Home Depot card (Visa, MasterCard) is more likely to get hacked than your facebook account. To each his own, I do enjoy the many "groups" available(RV'ing, Pets etc)...even a RV.Net Facebook page.

rockhillmanor wrote:
...Open up a private blog or better yet buy a dot com for a couple of bucks and keep in touch privately with your family that way.

that's the choice we made. we use IX Webhosting.

filthy beast wrote:

K Charles wrote:
log out Facebook and don't log back in. The only thing you will lose is the strange language, there is nothing else there of any value.

I disagree, it is the way I keep in touch with the family 1500 miles away. We are there because that is the preferred way the Nieces and Nephews and great Nieces and great Nephews communicate these days.

There is so much on facebook that you can NOT keep private AND it automatically connects your info to a million other sites.

Open up a private blog or better yet buy a dot com for a couple of bucks and keep in touch privately with your family that way.

OK.......finally got into the right settings page on Facebook. It wasn't easy, but with a single click on my Chrome book, it fixed both that and the Window's 8 machine. Still don't understand how the settings were set like that unless they both came that way from the factory....wherever there made? Thanks for all the help.