Printer-friendly versionRecent news stories trumpet the fact that Facebook now has half a BILLION users. I'm NOT one of them and I find it hard to see what all the excitement is about. Why would I want to use a web site that tries to violate post privacy considerations every time they try out a new "feature" to increase their number of users?
I already have more than enough people trying to send me spam emails and I definitely have way too many people trying to find and exploit vulnerabilities on my servers and the software they run.
I just don't see what the attraction is at the moment. Anyone want to try explaining it to me?
Bob
well, Bob
I would try to explain it to you, but like you, I figure I don't need the grief, and have no use for it.
You Are Not Alone Bob...
As with other forms of electronic media sheep software I like to call Myspew and Twoilet, Faceboob is just another way for humans to prove once again that they are..... sigh. Oh, and by the way if you have figured it out yet? I am not one of those who has subscribed to any of the above so you are not alone Bob. YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
Maybe you are
Bob,
I'm not there either. Waste of bandwidth.
However, several people have reported having "Walls"(?) without their joining. Seems Facebook has no interest in checking if you are the person who you claim to be.
And since, as far as I know, you can't check without becoming a member...
Bear
Bear
FB is a little annoying...
I use it, but only really for a certain game, and even then I'm starting to get bored of it. Privacy-wise, I have everything locked down to Friends Only (or even stricter), have implemented Friend Lists, have a fiendishly complicated security setup so that certain friends see certain bits of my profile, but not others, and have opted out of being shown on Google searches. Heck, you can only search for me as a registered FB user if you're a friend of a friend. Anyone else can't find me, full stop.
The real pain is that by default, all your actions are immediately made visible to all your friends. There is a padlock button you can press to specify custom security for your post, but it has to be done on a case-by-case basis. It cannot save custom posting security settings as default.
Having said that, there is a social networking site where everything I do is visible to the world + dog. And it's the one that prevents you rambling on for paragraphs at a time, or indeed anything longer than 140 characters. And I don't use that as much as I used to.
At least part of the reason is that I'm spending most of my home computer time split between Crystal Hall, BCTS and the BBC Radio 4 PM Blog... with occasional visits to Stardust and OtherWorlds of course :)
--Ben
Face book
I know this post is 2 months out of date... I just wanted to explain the billion #.
Firstly... every teenage has 2 or more facebook pages, every sport player has a fan page, and 10 to 100 unofficial fan page, same for every other kind of celebrity.
A new annoyance is product advertising sites. A lot of companies are marketing products through face book. My local veggie store has a page.
Then there are politicians... they have a page for each face.
I have a facebook page...cuz my mother begged me. "I want to send you stuff" *la sigh*
Then there are the porn promoters... and well... 'nough said.
Nobody.
Being an old old timer, I
Being an old old timer, I suppose I could be classed as a grumpy old woman, I still believe in the Royal Mail. What's wrong with letters or using a phone as a phone and not as a mobile pc. And no I haven't got a facebook account or are on twitter or anywhere else.
Sam
Facebook?
What's that?
If you don't know...
Don't worry about it. From what little I've seen you really aren't missing anything.
Bob