As it's becoming the de facto way to sign into things (I remember MS Passport ;D), are you in or still resisting?
*strokes Stallman beard*
I have so far been able to resist the appeal of online scrabble and being able to see people's photos that are hidden behind a login page. I occasionally rant/grink at people using facebook canonically in an official organising capacity, as it inherently excludes people with perfectly legitimate privacy concerns. To their credit, the local cycling campaign seem to have got the point. But the rot really set in when the LGBT groups started doing it. :facepalm:
I am, no doubt, losing out socially as a result, but that's nothing new. Zathrus no mind, Zathrus used to it.
Tried once, privacy was not sufficient, gave up.Considering it is up to users as to what personal information they write on their Facebook profiles, I have never understood the poor privacy argument. If you don't put the information on Facebook, then privacy is not an issue.
I like being able to play scrabble with clarion (and others) when I'm babysitting miles away :).
I'm on fb & use it quite a bit, never had any issues with security though.
I have a fair few people from yacf on my friends list too :thumbsup:
Fairly standard with polls, to get the maximum responses. At least for a while. As well as being personally interested in the march of the pseudo-monopoly that is FB, there is some relevance to the forum. For instance, a FB group may be a better place than Twitter for notifying people that 1and1 have poured hot German Kaffee into the server again.Is there a yacf twitterer then?
It's currently 2:1 users vs non-users, which is higher than I thought.
Is there a yacf twitterer then?
I would have thought members could check for tweets without registering anywhere.
Fairly standard with polls, to get the maximum responses. At least for a while. As well as being personally interested in the march of the pseudo-monopoly that is FB, there is some relevance to the forum. For instance, a FB group may be a better place than Twitter for notifying people that 1and1 have poured hot German Kaffee into the server again.There are a number of ways of posting messages on both Facebook and Twitter at the same time.
My offspring refuse to have me on their friends list- should I be worried?
And obviously, there's the whole keeping track of teenage offspring.
My age/era means that many people I'd rather like to catch up with are lost forever.(This is more about t'Web in general, not FB:)
Many people spend their entire lives moving from place to place, country to country, I like the way FB allows you to maintain a virtual village of acquaintances. You can interact or not, it's your choice.
My children use it - as they're away at school I don't get any say in the matter - but I'm not sure I'd want to be fb "friends" with them. It would seem a bit intrusive.Yeah, but I actually am friends with my children. There isn't a very strong adult/child divide in this house.
You're right, but the flipside is that it discourages physical interaction. For every photo emailed to grandfolks in Oz, there is a couple emailing each-other from adjacent rooms.Google chat across the table, anyone?
My children use it - as they're away at school I don't get any say in the matter - but I'm not sure I'd want to be fb "friends" with them. It would seem a bit intrusive.Yeah, but I actually am friends with my children.
You're right, but the flipside is that it discourages physical interaction. For every photo emailed to grandfolks in Oz, there is a couple emailing each-other from adjacent rooms.
I don't use FB much but was delighted when my 98-year-old great uncle accepted my FB friend request...He's uploaded pics of today's walk in the SNO.
And? It's hardly the end times, is it?I don't think anyone said it was. You seem very defensive about this.
Ha, not at all - you just seemed to be suggesting Facebook went from pictures of grandchildren to this terrible end point :)"went from" - that's an odd interpretation. I'm saying there are two sides. Nothing went anywhere.
Lamebook is a selection of indiscreet or ill-informed photos and comments taken from FB, and is worth a read. The best stuff usually gets lifted from there and posted on happyplace.com, though.
http://www.happyplace.com/13713/the-most-humiliating-accidental-status-updates-ever-posted-on-Facebook
I'm on it. Only because I have an international background and it became the easiest route for people to stay in touch. However, I rarely log in and even more rarely post anything.
My children use it - as they're away at school I don't get any say in the matter - but I'm not sure I'd want to be fb "friends" with them. It would seem a bit intrusive.
As a side note - it's worth logging off. If you don't, it tracks where you go and lets other people know. I once forgot to log off and, reading an article on the Indy, was surprised to see a box telling me that Friends X and Y had also read the article. That sort of sharing is not something I'm entirely (or, rather, at all) happy with. Good job it wasn't something embarrassing such as the Daily Mail. A bit like bumping into a pal in the queue for a brothel.It only does that if you have added The Independent app to Facebook. Which will post to your wall whever you read an article. I think you can set the privacy settings to stop others from seeing what you are reading.
It appears that I am "friends" with my children. It's just that I log on so rarely that I'd forgotten.
As a side note - it's worth logging off. If you don't, it tracks where you go and lets other people know. I once forgot to log off and, reading an article on the Indy, was surprised to see a box telling me that Friends X and Y had also read the article. That sort of sharing is not something I'm entirely (or, rather, at all) happy with. Good job it wasn't something embarrassing such as the Daily Mail. A bit like bumping into a pal in the queue for a brothel.
As a side note - it's worth logging off. If you don't, it tracks where you go and lets other people know. I once forgot to log off and, reading an article on the Indy, was surprised to see a box telling me that Friends X and Y had also read the article. That sort of sharing is not something I'm entirely (or, rather, at all) happy with. Good job it wasn't something embarrassing such as the Daily Mail. A bit like bumping into a pal in the queue for a brothel.It only does that if you have added The Independent app to Facebook. Which will post to your wall whever you read an article. I think you can set the privacy settings to stop others from seeing what you are reading.
The Guardian has a similar sort of Facebook app.
It appears that I am "friends" with my children. It's just that I log on so rarely that I'd forgotten.http://www.happyplace.com/3511/the7-best-examples-of-horrific-and-embarrassing-parenting-on-facebook/page/1
As a side note - it's worth logging off. If you don't, it tracks where you go and lets other people know. I once forgot to log off and, reading an article on the Indy, was surprised to see a box telling me that Friends X and Y had also read the article.
I was shocked to see that Facebook tells me which articles other people have read: on the web, not elsewhere on Facebook. That's their affair, not mine. Thanks for tip about logging off.
I don't need to know what 2 YACFers and my niece were looking at.
(http://www.opakovanie.sk/naviac/lester/yacf/facebook-tracking.jpg)
I don't need to know what 2 YACFers and my niece were looking at.
(http://www.opakovanie.sk/naviac/lester/yacf/facebook-tracking.jpg)
And that is precisely why I'm only ever logged in to FB when I'm actually intending to go on there.
Anybody who stays permanently logged-in deserves all the auto-dobbing-in that they get from FB-affiliated websites. :demon:
That's nothing to do with being logged in or not. That person has accessed those pages via facebook and allowed facebook to post that they have done so. If they had accessed those pages by going direct to them in their browser rather than via facebook, even if they were still logged into facebook, facebook wouldn't know they had read them and would not post about it.
The best use of facebook ever?I quite liked the synchronised posting by Whitney and Britney.
What's HJ? Or am I reading it wrong?
What's HJ? Or am I reading it wrong?
The best use of facebook ever?I quite liked the synchronised posting by Whitney and Britney.
(Is there a "quite liked" button? )
The clumsy system of public gatherings had been long since abandoned;
neither Vashti nor her audience stirred from their rooms. Seated
in her armchair she spoke, while they in their armchairs heard her, fairly
well, and saw her, fairly well. She opened with a humorous account of
music in the pre Mongolian epoch, and went on to describe the great
outburst of song that followed the Chinese conquest. Remote and
primæval as were the methods of I-San-So and the Brisbane school, she
yet felt (she said) that study of them might repay the musicians of today:
they had freshness; they had, above all, ideas. Her lecture, which lasted
ten minutes, was well received, and at its conclusion she and many of
her audience listened to a lecture on the sea; there were ideas to be got
from the sea; the speaker had donned a respirator and visited it lately.
Then she fed, talked to many friends, had a bath, talked again, and
summoned her bed.
..
By these days it was a demerit to be muscular. Each infant was examined
at birth, and all who promised undue strength were destroyed.
Humanitarians may protest, but it would have been no true kindness to
let an athlete live; he would never have been happy in that state of life to
which the Machine had called him; he would have yearned for trees to
climb, rivers to bathe in, meadows and hills against which he might
measure his body. Man must be adapted to his surroundings, must he
not? In the dawn of the world our weakly must be exposed on Mount
Taygetus, in its twilight our strong will suffer euthanasia, that the
Machine may progress, that the Machine may progress, that the Machine
may progress eternally.
Facebook just has too many kids on it,
This thread has just reminded me to get on and delete my account. I don't care if other people use it as long as they don't talk to me about it. I find it sinister.
This thread has just reminded me to get on and delete my account. I don't care if other people use it as long as they don't talk to me about it. I find it sinister.Is it creepy too?
Yes. But am idly considering not being for a while. Apart from anything else there's a significant overlap between there and here.
I don't know if the ads on facebook are targetted as they are in Gmail, but I was intrigued and had to click on this product when it came up as an ad when viewing facebookLoads of friends have reported seeing that one. They've decided it's probably age related. :demon:
http://www.coloplast.co.uk/products/samples/speedicath_compact_male/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Banner&utm_campaign=SCCM
I see far too many Facebook ads referring to women of 53 for this to be a coincidence.
I see far too many Facebook ads referring to women of 53 for this to be a coincidence.
You want to buy one?
You're not going to get me into trouble that easily.I see far too many Facebook ads referring to women of 53 for this to be a coincidence.
You want to buy one?
No. Do you? ;) ;D
According to The Register, some employers now ask for your username and password to FB if you apply for a job.
It's always fun to walk out of job interviews when you realise you don't want to work there anyway.
My age/era means that many people I'd rather like to catch up with are lost forever.(This is more about t'Web in general, not FB:)
Many people spend their entire lives moving from place to place, country to country, I like the way FB allows you to maintain a virtual village of acquaintances. You can interact or not, it's your choice.
You're right, but the flipside is that it discourages physical interaction. For every photo emailed to grandfolks in Oz, there is a couple emailing each-other from adjacent rooms.
I think it's time you made the tea. And don't put the empty milk carton back in the fridge this time >:(My age/era means that many people I'd rather like to catch up with are lost forever.(This is more about t'Web in general, not FB:)
Many people spend their entire lives moving from place to place, country to country, I like the way FB allows you to maintain a virtual village of acquaintances. You can interact or not, it's your choice.
You're right, but the flipside is that it discourages physical interaction. For every photo emailed to grandfolks in Oz, there is a couple emailing each-other from adjacent rooms.
That's tragic, when people resort to electronic discussions rather than face-to-face.
Let's try to avoid ever stepping onto that slippery slope.
What do you think Matt?
I'm on Google+ too. The good thing about Google plus is that it's empty.Even moreso since they unveiled the godawful 'new look' ;)
I'm on Google+ too. The good thing about Google plus is that it's empty.Even moreso since they unveiled the godawful 'new look' ;)
I noticed yesterday that Facebook have now shoehorned the 'timeline' into the iPhone app (probably the iPad app too, but I don't use that) and they've succeeded in making a bad thing even worse.
That, along with a vague feeling that it's all too 'corporate', without knowing what that means or whether it's worth caring about privacy/data protection, I'd like to find a less glossy, less advert-laden alternative.How much would you be prepared to pay for such a service?
That, along with a vague feeling that it's all too 'corporate', without knowing what that means or whether it's worth caring about privacy/data protection, I'd like to find a less glossy, less advert-laden alternative.
MyIt appears it's not cool to have mum and dad on their friends listMy offspring refuse to have me on their friends list- should I be worried?
And obviously, there's the whole keeping track of teenage offspring.
I have just had an email to 'confirm' my FB 'Friendship' with Unknown Female.Sounds like a chunk of spiced pork and ham to me ... I get these from time to time; I just ignore 'em (or in the case of Twitter, report them as spammers)
Clicking on her Profile gives me WikiBigCockJunk.
I need neither Spam nor a big cock.
What should I do next.
Unknown Female is not on my list of friends.
The guy at the back could have wandered in from the Sheraton.
Oh, him!
I have absolutely no idea who he is. They probably dragged him in out the Sheraton for the photo to make up the numbers. No doubt we'll be acquainted at my next disciplinary meeting eh?
It is pretty crap, time line seems to be even slower and more bloaty than the normal pages, at least on the devices I use.
It is pretty crap, time line seems to be even slower and more bloaty than the normal pages, at least on the devices I use.
You have new notifications.
A lot has happened on Facebook since you last logged in. Here are some notifications you've missed from your friends.
10 friend requests
View Notifications
I shouldn't care, but when I get "friend requests" emails from FB I feel guilty not checking the things. So - I get something like this every few months:QuoteYou have new notifications.
A lot has happened on Facebook since you last logged in. Here are some notifications you've missed from your friends.
10 friend requests
View Notifications
If I click on the link, I then login, and there are no requests to be seen! (In fact I'm not sure I've ever actually seen one of these things since I signed up!) Is it all a lie? :'(
I've had malicious e-mails claiming to be from facebook recently.Well, anything is possible on the dark side of the internet. And yet all the URLs in the mail are legit, no executables or the like. Odd.
They contained a 'photo' which it invited me to open.
it was of the form :<filename>.gif.exe
Might your e-mails be malicious too?
Or is it an attempt at identity theft by someone hackers?
There's now a vid on Facebook showing my 98 year old great uncle on the cable car crossing the Thames, with his son (62) and carers pointing out features of the view.
IMO FB is worthwhile just for this.
Joining fb is like going through a trapdoor, which has always inhibited me from joining. The functionality offered isn't really unique, so is it the convenience, the breadth of the userbase, or some pre-existing personal relationship with other fb users that makes it so beguiling?
Does anyone access the site on a feeble device - my netbook really doesn't like it much. Is there a "mobile" version that I can get to with my archaic Firefox version? Or Something?Mobile version here: https://m.facebook.com/
.............the only one that had a little trouble with spam was someone who it transpired had previously set up a twitter account but forgot about it. Maybe that is your case?
I have no confidence that, if I sign up, there will be a global setting which I can choose so that I receive messages from only those senders I choose.
re Twitter:OK, just so's I'm clear here..............
.....You can turn some or all notifications off when you've properly signed up. So you can be confident now I've told you.
Activity related to you and your Tweets
Email me when
My Tweets are marked as favorites My Tweets are retweeted My Tweets get a reply or I'm mentioned in a Tweet I'm followed by someone new I'm sent a direct message
Activity from your network
Email me with
Top Tweets and Stories Updates about activity from my Twitter network
Updates from Twitter
Email me with
News about Twitter product and feature updates Tips on getting more out of Twitter Things I missed since I last logged into Twitter News about Twitter on partner products and other third party services Participation in Twitter research surveys Suggestions about people I may know on Twitter.
Yes I use Twitter and have checked the options.Ok, that's helpful. Thanks for taking the time to post.
As a signed-up member, you don't normally get an email when someone you are following tweets. In fact I don't know how you do (if you can). The idea is that you read tweets (from all you're following) whenever you fancy via the website or an application. It's not meant to be a mailing list service.
Here's a rough copy and paste of the notification options:QuoteActivity related to you and your Tweets
Email me when
My Tweets are marked as favorites My Tweets are retweeted My Tweets get a reply or I'm mentioned in a Tweet I'm followed by someone new I'm sent a direct message
Activity from your network
Email me with
Top Tweets and Stories Updates about activity from my Twitter network
Updates from Twitter
Email me with
News about Twitter product and feature updates Tips on getting more out of Twitter Things I missed since I last logged into Twitter News about Twitter on partner products and other third party services Participation in Twitter research surveys Suggestions about people I may know on Twitter.
In total I manage 5 pages and 3 groups, it is a very effective way of connecting with groups of people, coordinating events and sharing news.
A little bit of Monica in my life
A little bit of Erica by my side
A little bit of Rita is all I need
A little bit of Tina is what I see
A little bit of Sandra in the sun
A little bit of Mary all night long
A little bit of Jessica here I am
A little bit of you makes me your man
Does anyone access the site on a feeble device - my netbook really doesn't like it much. Is there a "mobile" version that I can get to with my archaic Firefox version? Or Something?Mobile version here: https://m.facebook.com/
What's Facebook ?
Yours faithfully,
A. Luddite.
What's Facebook ?
Thanks RR. I didn't really want to "dislike" the page, but I clicked there anyway, as a last resort ... and lo-n-behold you get tickboxes for newsfeed/notifications! Why there?!? Who is this Zuckerberg guy and who put him in charge of everything?!? :facepalm:He's CEO...bitch.
Sadly yes, but not intentionally.
My "best mate" has posted a picture of me and him on his wall, taken at the Reading Rock Festival 1978.
One of my other "mates" showed it to me on his phone, whilst wetting himself laughing.
Can't see what was funny really, I mean didn't everyone have long hair, an ELP World Tour 74 t-shirt, an RAF Greatcoat, faded denims and cowboy boots in those days ?
didn't everyone have long hair, an ELP World Tour 74 t-shirt, an RAF Greatcoat, faded denims and cowboy boots in those days ?Of course. Certainly. I did.
Has anyone else noticed (on m.facebook.com anyway) that posts are not appearing in time order?I'd noticed that as well. Very annoying.
I've seen this twice this week. Even took a screenshot in case I was going mad!
Has anyone else noticed (on m.facebook.com anyway) that posts are not appearing in time order?
I've seen this twice this week. Even took a screenshot in case I was going mad!
Bizarre website, just bizarre ...
Er ... thanks ... but how the f**k else would they choose to order replies to a post?!?Has anyone else noticed (on m.facebook.com anyway) that posts are not appearing in time order?
I've seen this twice this week. Even took a screenshot in case I was going mad!
Bizarre website, just bizarre ...
Have you tried
Settings - Most recent
Compared to Top stories
Bizarre. And why f**k with something that worked OK before? :facepalm:
And if you try to use the "most recent" setting then:This has long been a gripe of mine. It just reinforces the ephemeral nature of stuff on FB. You can't have a conversation with anyone for more than 5 minutes - there is only ever time for users to post the briefest inane replies, anything else gets lost.
...
b) You'll discover their interpretation of most recent is most recently posted topic, not topic with most recent posts. So ongoing discussions disappear down the page.
...
Mattc is, of course, quite correct (not that I know which web site he is referring to) but I would prefer to have no reason to moan and to learn not to even when I have cause to.Could be you're on it now. :)
Could be you're on it now. :)
Gosh, did I really miss such an obvious hint? I do find YACF to be better than FB so it's a pity that most Slovaks seems to use Facebook so I need to be on it.
Yes, I have always used my real name, both on the account that was blocked/deleted and now the new one.Pleased to see you back!
Latest picture of 99.5 year old great uncle shows him lounging in his garden in July sunshine while his 63 year old son shows him something on his smartphone.
Son is wearing hi-vis FFS!
Latest picture of 99.5 year old great uncle shows him lounging in his garden in July sunshine while his 63 year old son shows him something on his smartphone.
Son is wearing hi-vis FFS!
Perhaps great-uncle is hard of seeing and bumps into things.
Dez suggested to me that I might like to find music by signing up to something called "Spotify" but it wouldn't let me create an account without being a facebook person.
Year ago it was still possible to create an account without Facebook credentials.Dez suggested to me that I might like to find music by signing up to something called "Spotify" but it wouldn't let me create an account without being a facebook person.
That sounds a bit odd...I don't have Faceache but do have Spotify
I'm currently getting plaintive emails from FB, telling me how much I've missed since my last visit.
Magnoliette numero uno is approaching official face book age.
She has no FB that we know of,and is ambivalent about wanting one.
Apparently its 'ok for mums, but it's not really for people my age'
Whereas mine is a succession of Mighty Grease Laden Breakfasts
:thumbsup:
So over the next couple of weeks I'm going to be repeating this post as I tidy up my facebook affairs, remove content, and ask friends to send me their email address so I can stay in touch. I hope that I don't lose contact with my friends because of this
It's got even worse and wants you to log ridiculous amounts of personal details and 'life events'.
Got this from DNTM--
Hello,
It seems that Facebook has just made some changes to their site, and in order for it to function properly, you will need to allow Doubleclick to track you on Facebook.
To allow Doubleclick to track you, click your DNTme icon, and then click under the companies that are tracking you. Slide the green toggle switch associated with Doubleclick from green to red and refresh your page.
I do wonder how many accounts on there are completely fake; a trawl of the profile pictures for stock images might be illuminating for them :)
The men's profiles look considerably more fake than the ladies'.
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Facebook is b0rked for me today. Anyone else?
I have wished Great Uncle Happy Birthday on Facebook.It's only special cos you're an old fuddy duddy.
It might be cheesy but it's still special. I am still amazed how the technology has allowed us to share so much so easily.
Shame the knobs abuse it.
I have wished Great Uncle Happy Birthday on Facebook.It's only special cos you're an old fuddy duddy.
It might be cheesy but it's still special. I am still amazed how the technology has allowed us to share so much so easily.
Shame the knobs abuse it.
click (http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/27/facebook-dead-and-buried-to-teens-research-finds)
:)
...Most of those I encounter using it seem to be cycling clubs/organisations attempting to show how modern/hip they are ... ::-)
No-one uses it, apparently.
http://techland.time.com/2014/01/27/how-much-time-have-you-wasted-on-facebook/
Calculating....
I also suspect that the more important number is the dimensionless ratio of time spent on Facebook to time spent riding one's bike. (Sorry CL)I think you'll find some of us manage both at the same time.
I also suspect that the more important number is the dimensionless ratio of time spent on Facebook to time spent riding one's bike. (Sorry CL)I think you'll find some of us manage both at the same time.
(http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b496/22xjR2Udt/YACF/facebook_like_zpsd533e587.jpg)
IRL (in real life) no one has ever asked me, "Could I invite you to like ...?" Rather, "Could I introduce to ...," or, "Would you like to meet my friend ...?" It must be a strange world at Facebook where IRL doesn't exist.
When Facebook tells me that
Bob,
Sue,
Chris Froome &
Kitty Triplehorn
... are "people I may know",
is there a button to tell me who our "mutual friends" actually are? ???
Just read this:
The Audax UK Facebook Group. A calm and relaxed place for audax chat. No horribleness - just nice people making positive contributions
This sickened me so much, I nearly left the "Group". Must resist posting grumpiness, Must resist posting grumpiness, Must resist posting grumpiness, Must resist posting grumpiness ...
I need some help, from those who understand these things.
I've been signed up to farcebook for yearsanyearsanyears although I almost never "use" it. I recently found that my strategy of not using my birthdate or real name on my profile has backfired, but that's not why I need help.
Currently, I am using it regularly to follow my daughter in Australia and Tarzan. Most of the time this isn't a problem, and it can be interesting to see what others are sharing in idle moments. But, there are two friends (who are actually friends) who post nsfw stuff. One I'm reasonably cool about as (a) It's normally not that bad (b) he is a glamour photographer these days (c) his fb posts are infrequent. The other chap's likes are far less discreet, and currently daily.
Is there any way of stopping the feed from a friend without "unfriending"? I doubt there will be in fb, but possibly a plug-in?
Maddow is the first openly gay anchor to host a major prime-time news program in the United States
I like to be as 'anonymous' as I can on FB. I don't play games, I don't share extremist stuff etc.
I rather quickly drop 'friends' who are constantly sharing Britain First shite but I'm increasingly annoyed with FB itself for not being content with me dropping something or someone and constantly asking 'Why?'
'Have we not loved you? Have we not shared and enjoyed with you . . . ?' What's worse is that there isn't a checkbox for 'This is an arrogant, sexist, dickhead and I wouldn't be seen dead in the same crem!' Nor is there a box marked 'Look! I don't want to see ANY FUCKING ADVERTS!'
I seem to have set up a facebook account. I remain to be convinced that this is a good idea. Dez persuaded me to do it because "everyone else" in the local Green Party is on.
Small world.
I notice that recently embedded videos start playing as soon as they come into view. I have looked through the preferences and security setting but I cannot see how to stop this. If you know do please tell as it is driving me mad and so I now look at friends' pages less than before (which was rarely).
Since this morning, it appears that I am no longer able to view Facebook pages without having an account and logging in. Is it just me
Why is this thread stickied? I've wondered for ages.
Well ... I do in fact have an account. This week - for the first time in months - my Timeline/Wall thingy has featured Kurt's daily posts. I havent noticed this with any other pages/accounts.Since this morning, it appears that I am no longer able to view Facebook pages without having an account and logging in. Is it just me
It's not just you. I can no longer access Tarzan's FB account >:(.
Since this morning, it appears that I am no longer able to view Facebook pages without having an account and logging in. Is it just me
It's not just you. I can no longer access Tarzan's FB account >:(.
Since this morning, it appears that I am no longer able to view Facebook pages without having an account and logging in. Is it just me or have FB changed access rights to previously public pages?
I really don't want to give my data away to FB so am not going to sign up, but it does make it a pain to follow progress of Kurt, Steve and Miles in the OYTT.
Only likely to work if you have an <ESC> key. Is there any way of fooling a tablet into believing it's got one?
it seems a few work colleagues are facebook friends with each other including bosses!. Sorry, but that isn't a thing I'm going to do!
There one aspect I really loathe about Facebook (OK, more than one) and that is the way they appropriate content - pics, video - from other sources without credit. So much of it goes on, which is weird as I would have thought the original provider (eg Youtube) would complain. Apart from anything else it strips away the context, leaving only the asinine comment of the re-posting Facebook person.
Surely this has to break copyright?
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. It will be a
privilege to comment to the fact that you are pretty
Your lovely lips, pointed nose, and your spotless face,
your sweet and responsible mode of dressing. it
sooth something deep inside me while at the same
time, it stirs a romantic passion that can make me
forget everything else .So I decided to write you this
short mail to express how I feel about you. please i
want to know more about you.
My profile picture at the moment is a picture of my feet. From behind. Wearing odd socks. FFS.
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. It will be a
privilege to comment to the fact that you are pretty
Your lovely lips, pointed nose, and your spotless face,
your sweet and responsible mode of dressing. it
sooth something deep inside me while at the same
time, it stirs a romantic passion that can make me
forget everything else .So I decided to write you this
short mail to express how I feel about you. please i
want to know more about you.
My profile picture at the moment is a picture of my feet. From behind. Wearing odd socks. FFS.
Hey, be nice. That's Nigerian royalty you're speaking to, and he needs your help to move this big pile of cash... ;-)
Tell you what Dibbers. Have a jelly baby. No, really, it's on me.
Still haven't had it explained to me why this thread is a sticky.It's so long ago that I can't remember. Probably because at one point it looked like FB might have taken over from Internet fora, but I think everyone has realised it's banal, commercial and dangerous. FB, I mean ;D
Bit random isn't it?
Just going back a few posts, I'm friends with my work colleagues 'IRL', I'm also friends with my work colleagues on FB. I don't have anything to hide, so don't understand the issue. I like my work colleagues, perhaps this is rare!Does that include the nasty mean boss that you moan about?!?
I don't have anything to hideDo friends/work know about your life as a Super Randonneur that posts on YACF?
Still haven't had it explained to me why this thread is a sticky.It's so long ago that I can't remember. Probably because at one point it looked like FB might have taken over from Internet fora, but I think everyone has realised it's banal, commercial and dangerous. FB, I mean ;D
Bit random isn't it?
A mother has been jailed for five years after her toddler son drowned in a garden pond while she chatted on Facebook.
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. It will be a
privilege to comment to the fact that you are pretty
Your lovely lips, pointed nose, and your spotless face,
your sweet and responsible mode of dressing. it
sooth something deep inside me while at the same
time, it stirs a romantic passion that can make me
forget everything else .So I decided to write you this
short mail to express how I feel about you. please i
want to know more about you.
My profile picture at the moment is a picture of my feet. From behind. Wearing odd socks. FFS.
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.
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?
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.
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.
Breathe btw!
Yesterday Farcebok appeared to go on an advertising-announcement blitz. I have been offered motor-cars from every major Japanese manufacturer, three exclusive homes in exclusive developments, a hair styling experience in Saffron Walden, half a dozen shit video games and some bucket of wank from "Conservative Woman", which is a fail on so many levels it makes me shudder.
Oh, and a used tractor. £9,250. Bargain.
I can get you one for £9,750. Tomorrow.Yesterday Farcebok appeared to go on an advertising-announcement blitz. I have been offered motor-cars from every major Japanese manufacturer, three exclusive homes in exclusive developments, a hair styling experience in Saffron Walden, half a dozen shit video games and some bucket of wank from "Conservative Woman", which is a fail on so many levels it makes me shudder.
Oh, and a used tractor. £9,250. Bargain.
All I get [quick look] is two cycling holidays and a picture of a dog in specs.
I have a friend who wants a tractor.
...wishing FB had a 'don't look at POBI' option, at least for the next 50 days.
...wishing FB had a 'don't look at POBI' option, at least for the next 50 days.
You could use the ' Dont look at FB' option. Works for me. :D
Whereas a friend is complaining 'FB's gone all political' and I'm inclined to point out that some are political because they CARE about what's happening.
I'd agree with both of you.Whereas a friend is complaining 'FB's gone all political' and I'm inclined to point out that some are political because they CARE about what's happening.
Don't disagree about the caring. It's just that there's a lot of heat and very little light in most cases.
Better stop now or this will be banished to POBI as well.
Data is quickly becoming the 21st-century version of oil – a resource essential to the entire global economy, and the focus of intense struggle to control it. Platforms, as spaces in which two or more groups interact, provide what is in effect an oil rig for data. Every interaction on a platform becomes another data point that can be captured and fed into an algorithm. In this sense, platforms are the only business model built for a data-centric economy.
More and more companies are coming to realise this. We often think of platforms as a tech-sector phenomenon, but the truth is that they are becoming ubiquitous across the economy.
First, the company admitted a “fail” when its advertising algorithm allowed for the targeting of anti-Semitic users.
Then on Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg said he was handing over details of more than 3,000 advertisements bought by groups with links to the Kremlin, a move made possible by the advertising algorithms that have made Mr Zuckerberg a multi-billionaire...
..Facebook’s wild profits - $3.9bn (£2.9bn) between April and June this year - are due to that automated process. It finds out what users like, it finds advertisers that want to hit those interests, and it marries the two and takes the money. No humans necessary.
But unfortunately, that lack of oversight has left the company open to the kinds of abuse laid bare in ProPublica’s investigation into anti-Semitic targeting...
....His [Zuckerberg's] naivety about the power of his own company sparked an immense backlash - internally as well as externally - and an investigation into the impact of fake news and other abuses was launched.
On Thursday, the 33-year-old found himself conceding that not only was abuse affecting elections, but that he had done little to stop it happening.
"I wish I could tell you we're going to be able to stop all interference,” he said.
"But that wouldn't be realistic. There will always be bad people in the world, and we can't prevent all governments from all interference.”
A huge turnaround on his position just 10 months ago...
.. the political mood in the US taken a sharp turn: Big Tech’s algorithms are out of control.
..“All of these problems are the result of the fact Zuckerberg has created and profited from a system that has grown to encompass the world… and harvest information from more than two billion people."
Does anyone use Faecebook on a real computer these days? MY EYES! It's tolerable on a phone except for the vacuous "Roger, Rain is forecast for tomorrow, Stay dry" sort of crap that appears in your feed. However, on a laptop or PC, there is an absolute tidal wave of spam, rubbish and pointless lists overwhelming the screen and even the adblocker chokes on it.
It's worse than a local newspaper site - these work quite well if you have an adblocker that suppresses the "turn off your adblocker" banners ;D
... notable Nazi sympathiser Tom Robinson...Really?? I've always liked the guy :(
Much of F$B Book and Tw@tter is run on algorithms. Which is why the news feed sucks, because F$B Book's programming douche bros think they know best about whatI wantthey want you to see in the news feed.
... notable Nazi sympathiser Tom Robinson...Really?? I've always liked the guy :(
That's another 6Music programme I'll have to boycott ...
What we want is
Freedom from the reds and the blacks and the criminals
Prostitutes, pansies and punks
Football hooligans, juvenile delinquents
Lesbians and left wing scum
Freedom from the niggers and the Pakis and the unions
Freedom from the Gipsies and the Jews
Freedom from leftwing layabouts and liberals
Freedom from the likes of you
Power in the darkness
Frightening lies from the other side
Power in the darkness
Stand up and fight for your rights
Yes, Facebook functions as a reverse phone-number look-up service; under the default settings, anyone can put your phone number into the search bar and pull up your account.
Much of F$B Book and Tw@tter is run on algorithms. Which is why the news feed sucks, because F$B Book's programming douche bros think they know best about what I want to see in the news feed.
Much of F$B Book and Tw@tter is run on algorithms. Which is why the news feed sucks, because F$B Book's programming douche bros think they know best about what I want to see in the news feed.
Thread with a particularly tragic example of why this sort of ranking algorithm is unfit for purpose[1]: https://twitter.com/Hellchick/status/942863353403150336
Of course, this isn't all that different from what Facebook have been doing to non-Facebook-users for years. I remember someone's new partner disappearing from an online community and assuming they'd had an acrimonious breakup that I wasn't privy to (and carefully tiptoed around the subject). A year or so later I discovered that they'd just switched to doing everything on Facebook instead.
I'm not sure what comes next, though? A mass return to the open standards of the early noughties seems unrealistic: The appeal of Facebook was that everyone was on it, and that monolithic simplicity is only likely to be achieved by some tech/media company who happened to be in the right place at the right time. And while long-form blogging and realtime chat are easy, the world[2] now expects their social network to come with photos and video, and making that sort of thing user-proof takes serious infrastructure. (Case in point: The perennial threads about how to embed images in YACF posts.)
Can the Next Big Thing (whatever the specifics may be) *not* turn into another Facebook? Is there a way to make this sort of thing happen *without* selling eyeballs to advertisers?
[1] Except where that purpose is maximising engagement with advertising.
[2] Particularly the next billion internet users, who aren't fluent in text media and are primarily going to be accessing the network with low-end smartphones.
I'm using (and running a small instance of) Mastodon (https://hulvr.com/). It's like twitter, but linked servers so no central place. Each server can have its own rules about what can and can't be posted. You could easily set up a yacf instance for example. You can follow people on other instances (fairly) easily, although it can be a bit clunky.
Those intolerable busybodies at the gates of Mr Zuckerberg's Walled Garden had the sheer nerve to ask me to provide evidence that I actually am who I tell them I am. Scans of my phone bill and polling card left them gasping for more. Those little pink wiggly lines on an EU driving licence are absolute buggers to reproduce in Photoshop. Take THAT, The Man ;D
You're a cereal liar.
What, he repeatedly claims he eats Bran flakes but you found Frosties in his kitchen cupboard instead?
On a Real ComputerTM this Unit uses and recommends the FB Purity browser plugin. Quashes advertising, allows you to set "Most Recent" as your default view option, can filter out cat-related contact and much, much more.Thankyou!
Dez suggested to me that I might like to find music by signing up to something called "Spotify" but it wouldn't let me create an account without being a facebook person.My Spotify is linked to my Facebook account but I don't think you need to have an account
The new mobile site doesn't work on Firefox, so that's me off Faecebook by default. I think they employ all the shitty coders that even eBay won't recruit.
When they say your account is deleted after 30 days, do they really mean it, or do they just sell everything on the dark web?
Also, they ask why you're leaving so I selected "I don't feel safe". I don't feel safe from Facebook itself and its creepy-as-shit tracking (plus the unusable mobile site) but they just suggested ways to block Nasty People. No, Zuck, YOU are the problem.
There are two parts to my question.
The first part is, how do you report scammers on Facebook?
The second part is, why is it so hard to find out? You claim to care about the security of users but when following the instructions to report a user, there is no option to report a scammer, despite Meta operating a "Marketplace" platform that appears rife with scammers. I have created some listings for sale and within minutes I was contacted by two overt scammers, the first who asked for payment for "insurance" the second who sent a fake email trying to fake Paypal, both overt, absolute, scams.
I was able to identify them, but clearly some do not, so reporting these users and having the profile they are using (which is possibly a genuine profile, hacked) blocked very quickly seems a fundamental security process you could implement. I reported the profile, but there was no way I could identify it as a scammer, and I received a reply virtually immediately saying nothing would be done. In this instance the profiles of the scammers were a Peterfi Laszlo and sando sandino
So, please tell me why don't you care about the users of Facebook, sufficiently to take any action against scammers ?