Where did it come from? Farcebook advertising I suppose. I joined FB accidentally, I got an email from them saying someone had mentioned me on a photo and I had to join to look, so I thought I would for bit just to see what they were on about and they automatically checked my address book and sent an email to everyone with an FB account that I now had one!
Turned out to be good though as I got to see loads of people I hadn't seen for years but I wouldn't put personal details up, I also decline when I get a link to look at but have to accept that the site in question gets to look at my data and friends etc. What do they do with all the data? I get paranoid that some hideous New World Order will acquire it and use it to enslave us but it's probably just for advertising, which doesn't affect me anyway coz I use an Adblocker. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote: This is what I find scary about the whole thing: people think one HAS TO be on FB! Now where in the heck did that meme come from?! On Friday, February 21, 2014 11:06 AM, Bhairitu <noozguru@...> wrote: Yeah, I get old friends finding me since I own my name as a domain and asking why I'm not on Facebutt. Duh, I am easy to find on the Internet so why have a Facebutt account? I can get that Facebutt is a good way for people not tech savvy to have some central bulletin board but I don't need it. On 02/21/2014 04:21 AM, Share Long wrote: Doc, Emily and Noozguru, FB is a good way for me to stay in touch with my family who are about 975 miles away. Unfortunately, I joined and friended some people and groups before knowing how it works. Some stuff was appearing on my wall that wasn't representative of me, like inflammatory political pieces. Anyway, the whole phenomena is fascinating. One thing I read recently is that the young are abandoning FB for other sites not used by their parents and grand parents LOL! On Friday, February 21, 2014 12:17 AM, "emilymaenot@..." mailto:emilymaenot@... <emilymaenot@...> mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote: I will check out the documentary. Thanks. I don't have a FB page, but have insisted my younger daughter give me her password (which she changes as often as I ask for it) and I check intermittently, but mostly, I give her her privacy online. I found the Frontline piece informative and fascinating as it highlighted real generational differences in mindset and relationship to media, or its evolution to "social media", including completely different takes on the concepts of identity and privacy that I didn't quite understand up until now, as I am admittedly not up to speed. It helped me understand my teen. Yes, a goldmine of data for market and product research. Facebook is trying to acquire "WhatsApp" now. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> mailto:no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: I find it VERY common, that in order to post to almost any media site (except Yahoo News articles - yay), a Facebook "membership" is required. People get pissed off, whenever the specter of a National ID card, is raised, yet, that is what "Tracebook" IS. The genius of what Facebook has achieved, is that it tracks millions of users, worldwide, who happily over-share too much about their lives, *voluntarily*. What a goldmine! And it dovetails with probably the most unfortunate aspect of social media; the, "everyone is a celebrity", meme - ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> mailto:noozguru@... wrote: You mean the generation that is screwed up because they were raised being told that "everyone wins?" Here's a BBC documentary in three parts called "Century of the Self" which explains the mindset. https://archive.org/details/TheCenturyOfTheSelf https://archive.org/details/TheCenturyOfTheSelf Those who have their own web sites and blogs don't need Facebutt. :-D On 02/20/2014 06:03 PM, emilymaenot@... mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote: Clearly, you aren't part of "Generation 'Like'". Did you see the Frontline show on this? I think the reality is more likely that the unemployed who don't "update" (smile) their social media skills are the ones losing out. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> mailto:noozguru@... wrote: I don't have time for all this social networking crap. I get 20 somethings from Google+ and LinkedIn telling me what to do for social networking like I care. No wonder we have some many unemployed in the US, they spend all their time social networking! :-D On 02/20/2014 01:17 PM, Share Long wrote: noozguru, I have recently been horrified by what was appearing on MY Facebook page and was not put there by me! So I unfriended a lot of people I had friended in the past before I knew what that meant. Anyway, I know some people love FB but I think it's a gigantic spider web of whatever! Instead, give me a troll ridden forum any day! (-: On Thursday, February 20, 2014 1:14 PM, Bhairitu <noozguru@...> mailto:noozguru@... wrote: Arianna Huffington decided she hated "anonymous" comments on Huffington Post. I had an account there for years to comment though I didn't post comments very often. So the last time I tried to post a comment they wanted to verify it with my "Facebook" account. Dumb woman, doesn't understand that not all of use want to be on Facebutt. Arianna, like Bill Maher, is a limousine liberal who espouses liberal views for the money but probably vote conservative in a heartbeat if it suits their pocketbook. On 02/20/2014 10:17 AM, Share Long wrote: Trolls and snarks and goof offs, oh no! (to the tune of *lions and tigers and bears, oh no* from The Wizard of Oz) On Thursday, February 20, 2014 10:58 AM, Bhairitu <noozguru@...> mailto:noozguru@... wrote: On02/20/2014 07:17 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: On 2/19/2014 7:13 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > The article is more about comment trolls than trolling on forums or > groups. > There's a difference? Go figure. I wouldn't even call what he is talking about "trolls". It's mainly goof-offs posting snarky comments and not trying to get anything started. There will be a few that will try to troll a comment section but most are off to another article to post snarky comments. Sometimes the snarky comments are funny and to the point and that wouldn't be trolling either. And of course Morford claims not to read the comments section as his solution (bet he does sometimes). Sure, we get snarky posts here but then they will stick around to see if their "troll" worked. > Mark maybe doesn't hangout in any groups or forums. > The description of a "troll" posted by the two Barry's and Judy don't seem to match the one described in the report. Why do you suppose they would be so insecure that they would post fibs about trolls on FFL? Where is Dr Pete when we need him? Go figure. "Sociopathic, sadistic, narcissistic, cruel by nature, highly unpleasant to be around. They love to cause pain. They delight in ruining the beautiful. The more pure and integrity-filled something is, the more they enjoy corrupting it." http://blog.sfgate.com/morford/2014/02/18/how-to-eat-an-internet-troll/ http://blog.sfgate.com/morford/2014/02/18/how-to-eat-an-internet-troll/
