Author Topic: Are you on Facebook? (Read 128175 times)

Ian H · « **Reply #400 on:** 23 December, 2015, 11:56:44 pm »

Quote from: simonp on 23 December, 2015, 11:32:39 pm

Quote from: Ruthie on 03 September, 2015, 08:31:37 pm
Well, this is annoying. Got a 'friend' request from someone called Jason, who I didn't recognise, but I do meet an awful lot of people so I sent a polite 'do I know you?' message just in case.

He just replied:

Dear, i must confess When I saw your profile picture,
i felt something very strong for you...

And they said romance was dead.

Set friend requests to 'friends of friends' only (that's the current minimum on FB).

Kim · « **Reply #401 on:** 21 January, 2016, 04:07:21 pm »

Facebook may be a work of Stan, but it's also a killer app:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-35103292

Tigerrr · « **Reply #402 on:** 19 February, 2016, 06:34:44 am »

I have been on Facebook for ages but frankly have no idea what for. I gather now though that I must start to get active, and learn how Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc work because I will need these media when I start working as a humanist celebrant. So I am starting to do stuff. Initially I am blogging linked to Facebook. I am looking for friends too.

Torslanda · « **Reply #403 on:** 19 February, 2016, 10:13:51 pm »

I'll be your ~~dog~~ friend. Follow the link to the John's Bikes page below.

mattc · « **Reply #404 on:** 24 March, 2016, 10:20:55 am »

I belive some posts are visible to those Luddites without a Facebook login. Is there a simples way to identify these? (e.g. something about the URL)

And is there a way to make my posts/shares/whatevers visible to the Luddites?

Ian H · « **Reply #405 on:** 24 March, 2016, 01:03:34 pm »

I don't think so, unless, in a member's privacy settings, they have ticked "Allow search engines outside of Facebook to link to your Profile" and that shows posts in search results.

Otherwise, only FB pages are visible to the outside world. There is an AUK page just for that purpose, which refers you to the group (hit Esc to clear any obscuring invitation to log-in).

SteveC · « **Reply #406 on:** 18 April, 2016, 08:50:39 pm »

Earlier this evening I introduced my 77 year old mother to Facebook.
She's had an account for ages but does not appear to have looked at it!
I suspect I will be doing a bit more 'mentoring' over the next week or so.

(Would it be safe to introduce Skype, I wonder?)

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #407 on:** 30 September, 2016, 04:16:58 pm »

Decided I was missing out on too much interesting Stuffs in the WHPSC group so signed up again. As Sebastian Weetabix.

mattc · « **Reply #408 on:** 07 October, 2016, 07:41:05 pm »

The psycholgoy of facebook posts (and profiles) can be revealing.

A couple I know have used the same picture for their profiles. Except:
- hers just shows the two of them, smiling away.
- his piccie is a less cropped version, showing another pretty lady on his other arm, smiling away.

Phil W · « **Reply #409 on:** 07 October, 2016, 07:55:34 pm »

Quote from: mattc on 24 March, 2016, 10:20:55 am

I belive some posts are visible to those Luddites without a Facebook login. Is there a simples way to identify these? (e.g. something about the URL)

And is there a way to make my posts/shares/whatevers visible to the Luddites?

Yes, you need to make the post public. Then click on share -> copy link and then send link via email etc. There's nothing in the URL to identify them. But you can share a link to all your posts and they'll just see the public ones if not Facebook friends with you and logged in.

Kim · « **Reply #410 on:** 07 October, 2016, 08:21:41 pm »

Quote from: mattc on 07 October, 2016, 07:41:05 pm

The psycholgoy of facebook posts (and profiles) can be revealing.

A couple I know have used the same picture for their profiles. Except:
- hers just shows the two of them, smiling away.
- his piccie is a less cropped version, showing another pretty lady on his other arm, smiling away.

I'm not quite sure what that reveals though. Probably depends on who the other pretty young lady is.

She might be better at using image processing that software than he is.
She might not have had consent from the third person (though consent is rarely given much consideration on Facebook) to use their photo.
Either way, having a photo with someone else in as your profile pic would seem to imply a certain amount of luserdom. I wouldn't be surprised if the couple share an email address^[1].

_{[1] Something that squicks me even more than Facebook.}

Dibdib · « **Reply #411 on:** 07 October, 2016, 08:38:34 pm »

Quote from: Kim on 07 October, 2016, 08:21:41 pm

Quote from: mattc on 07 October, 2016, 07:41:05 pm
The psycholgoy of facebook posts (and profiles) can be revealing.

A couple I know have used the same picture for their profiles. Except:
- hers just shows the two of them, smiling away.
- his piccie is a less cropped version, showing another pretty lady on his other arm, smiling away.

I'm not quite sure what that reveals though. Probably depends on who the other pretty young lady is.

She might be better at using image processing that software than he is.
She might not have had consent from the third person (though consent is rarely given much consideration on Facebook) to use their photo.
Either way, having a photo with someone else in as your profile pic would seem to imply a certain amount of luserdom. I wouldn't be surprised if the couple share an email address^[1].

_{[1] Something that squicks me even more than Facebook.}

The most squicky are the couples who share a facebook account. Janetandjohn Smith, I'm looking at you. *shudder*

Kim · « **Reply #412 on:** 07 October, 2016, 08:49:50 pm »

I'd no idea that was a thing...

mattc · « **Reply #413 on:** 08 October, 2016, 08:37:20 am »

My manager recently retired at a ripe old age. For years his wife has been using Alan's facebook account. There was frequent hilarity when she posted (what's the right word here?...) raunchy-but-SFW links to stuff like male strippers, or just jokey comments that no bloke would make, let alone one in his late 60s.

Probably not unusual!

mattc · « **Reply #414 on:** 09 October, 2016, 04:37:06 pm »

Things I Didnt Know:

You can post, then Disable Comments to your post. Basically shutting down any possible response if you say something daft/provocative/unpleasant.

Seems very odd, in the current social media landscape.

Kim · « **Reply #415 on:** 09 October, 2016, 05:00:11 pm »

Or alternatively, it makes perfect sense in the current social media landscape.

Ruthie · « **Reply #416 on:** 20 October, 2016, 09:52:50 pm »

Been getting a lot of nasty Facebook posts about Syrian child refugees, so I clicked on a link to see whether they were just a wind-up, and got an insight into the Brexiteer Trump-supporting mindset and it's scared the crap out of me. These are people I actually LIKE.

If this is the majority mindset then these are dark times.

hellymedic · « **Reply #417 on:** 20 October, 2016, 10:29:09 pm »

Thankfully, there seem to be few Little Englanders amongst my FB friends.

Ham · « **Reply #418 on:** 21 October, 2016, 07:14:59 pm »

Somewhere, somehow, I appear to have a Trump supporter in my "feed" .....

hellymedic · « **Reply #419 on:** 04 November, 2016, 09:00:39 pm »

Partner informs me a 'Friend' (more a friend of a friend, really) was 'Live' washing her dishes.
PERLEEEZE!

mattc · « **Reply #420 on:** 10 November, 2016, 07:55:44 pm »

(click to show/hide)

And breath ...

TigaSefi · « **Reply #421 on:** 10 November, 2016, 10:09:51 pm »

Breathe btw!

hellymedic · « **Reply #422 on:** 10 November, 2016, 11:13:56 pm »

I tried to 'friend' someone I knew from previous cyber contact on Facebook and she only discovered my Friend request when I contacted her through her business FB account some years later so concur with rr

mattc · « **Reply #423 on:** 11 November, 2016, 08:14:49 am »

Quote from: TigaSefi on 10 November, 2016, 10:09:51 pm

Breathe btw!

Your supposed to spell like that on Facebook!

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #424 on:** 15 November, 2016, 12:33:19 am »

If Facething gives me "Britain First" as a 'Suggested Page' once more I'm going to be using Agent Orange on Mr Zuckerberg's Walled Garden

Poll

Have you signed up to Mr Zuckerberg's walled garden?

Author Topic: Are you on Facebook? (Read 128175 times)

Phil W