Facebook.....Yea or Nay?

desertgrandma · 11-03-2010, 12:27 PM

I know how I feel about "Facebook" contest entries.

I'm wondering how others feel about Facebook period.

As always, posts clarifying your position are welcomed.

Mulitple choice, and votes are confidential.

mrscoach · 11-03-2010, 12:35 PM

I'm assuming you took your own poll. It looks like we feel exactly the same way. My family tries to get me to join, but I refuse. Too many horror stories that I've heard. I also do not want to be 'found' by ex classmates.

I have enough time wasters in my life (like this site) to join Facebook. I can read a book, and do, instead of getting on FB.

desertgrandma · 11-03-2010, 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrscoach

I'm assuming you took your own poll. It looks like we feel exactly the same way. My family tries to get me to join, but I refuse. Too many horror stories that I've heard. I also do not want to be 'found' by ex classmates.

I have enough time wasters in my life (like this site) to join Facebook. I can read a book, and do, instead of getting on FB.

Yes, I took the poll.

I joined facebook at the behest of my daughter, and closed the account one week later.
with her.

I could not believe the people who wanted to 'befriend' me, that I didn't know!

I figure if people want to contact me, they can come here.......

dsvick · 11-03-2010, 12:53 PM

Not a member, don't wanna be one, but will check for people I may know every so often.

jbcohen · 11-03-2010, 12:55 PM

None of the above, I understand the technology behind it and I can see the appeal, I am rather nutral.

TGS · 11-03-2010, 01:25 PM

Don't know if it's allowed but I gave multiple answers. As mrscoach knows, and has been very sympathetic to my plight, I am very conflicted about the whole Facebook thing.

desertgrandma · 11-03-2010, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbcohen

None of the above, I understand the technology behind it and I can see the appeal, I am rather nutral.

So........."I am not a member" didn't apply?

phenomshel · 11-03-2010, 01:53 PM

I am a member. I enjoy it, for the most part. I "hide" all games and most applications, and use it for keeping in touch with family, and friends both old and new. I have about 50 cozy mystery authors on my friends list, and those contacts have been invaluable to me about keeping up with new releases, etc. Some of those authors I am now proud to count as genuine friends. I've met new people that are now good friends via author comment threads as well.
It's a very easy way to get pictures from family that is far away, and to make plans with people that I don't see often. I would have to spend hours on the phone to get the same results I can get in a ten minute Facebook session.
To be honest, I don't see the fuss. Be careful about who you add. Lock down your profile so not every Tom, Dick, and Harry can add you. Don't air your dirty laundry. Block apps and games. Common sense stuff like that can make Facebook a nice addition.

kindlekitten · 11-03-2010, 02:15 PM

I am a member simply because an old high school friend DID track me down through my folks and told me I was impossible to find (that was kind of the idea anyway). all I have is my email address. no story, no history, no pictures. folks can contact me then we can do everything else via email or texting

Musette · 11-03-2010, 04:50 PM

I used to be a member but I deactivated my profile months ago. The only reason I signed up was due to co-workers screaming "try it out" and I got sucked into Bejeweled

.

After a very short while I simply got tired of everything about it: status updates that slip into TMI City, all those invitations, people adding me all over the place when I thought I had my security locked down. Now, I realize my complaints could have been taken care of with a few setting tweaks, but what it really boils down to is I'm not a social person - online or off. I'm just not interested.

wodin · 11-03-2010, 08:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

I joined facebook at the behest of my daughter, and closed the account one week later.
with her.

How'd you do that? Facebook, like Google and Amazon NEVER forgets you! Even if it says it does.

desertgrandma · 11-03-2010, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Musette

I used to be a member but I deactivated my profile months ago. The only reason I signed up was due to co-workers screaming "try it out" and I got sucked into Bejeweled

.

After a very short while I simply got tired of everything about it: status updates that slip into TMI City, all those invitations, people adding me all over the place when I thought I had my security locked down. Now, I realize my complaints could have been taken care of with a few setting tweaks, but what it really boils down to is I'm not a social person - online or off. I'm just not interested.

I understand "bejeweled" is just like the game I'm hooked on at the "fantage" site. Opened an account for the 7 yr old granddaughter, and now I can't get enough of the stupid game.

Quote:

Originally Posted by wodin

How'd you do that? Facebook, like Google and Amazon NEVER forgets you! Even if it says it does.

Okay........I "de-activated" then. I just know I'm not going back......by now its probably developed a life of its own....

nohmi2 · 11-03-2010, 08:14 PM

I tried it a couple of years ago, and hated it.

Cheers.

Pegster · 11-03-2010, 08:28 PM

I joined it to re-contact old friends. I turn off all games/applications, have no information posted regarding myself, rarely (if ever) post a status change and have invoked all privacy settings possible. I purely use it to send messages, use their chat function, and find out what's going on in my more vocal friends' lives.

jbcohen · 11-03-2010, 08:35 PM

Actually I am a member.

View Poll Results: How do you feel about Facebook?
I am a member	48	43.64%
I am not a member	33	30.00%
I would not go there to enter a contest, and I ignore any contest that sends me there.	49	44.55%
I would go there to enter a contest, or help someone meet their goal.	3	2.73%
It depends on the prize.	3	2.73%
I am more likely to buy something to win something, than to go to Facebook and enter for free.	12	10.91%
I think Facebook is a great social networking site and I love it!	10	9.09%
I think its a timewasting, brain draining site, and I hate it.	49	44.55%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 110. You may not vote on this poll

11-03-2010, 12:27 PM	#1
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462841 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Facebook.....Yea or Nay? I know how I feel about "Facebook" contest entries. I'm wondering how others feel about Facebook period. As always, posts clarifying your position are welcomed. Mulitple choice, and votes are confidential.

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11-03-2010, 12:35 PM	#2
mrscoach Guru Posts: 763 Karma: 4837659 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: San Angelo Texas Device: Samsung Galaxy tab	I'm assuming you took your own poll. It looks like we feel exactly the same way. My family tries to get me to join, but I refuse. Too many horror stories that I've heard. I also do not want to be 'found' by ex classmates. I have enough time wasters in my life (like this site) to join Facebook. I can read a book, and do, instead of getting on FB.

11-03-2010, 12:53 PM	#4
dsvick Wizard Posts: 2,737 Karma: 635747 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Northeast Ohio, USA Device: PRS-900	Not a member, don't wanna be one, but will check for people I may know every so often.

11-03-2010, 12:55 PM	#5
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,025 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Piper College Device: Samsung A21	None of the above, I understand the technology behind it and I can see the appeal, I am rather nutral.

11-03-2010, 01:25 PM	#6
TGS Country Member Posts: 9,058 Karma: 7676767 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Denmark Device: Liseuse: Irex DR800. PRS 505 in the house, and the missus has an iPad.	Don't know if it's allowed but I gave multiple answers. As mrscoach knows, and has been very sympathetic to my plight, I am very conflicted about the whole Facebook thing.

11-03-2010, 01:53 PM	#8
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	I am a member. I enjoy it, for the most part. I "hide" all games and most applications, and use it for keeping in touch with family, and friends both old and new. I have about 50 cozy mystery authors on my friends list, and those contacts have been invaluable to me about keeping up with new releases, etc. Some of those authors I am now proud to count as genuine friends. I've met new people that are now good friends via author comment threads as well. It's a very easy way to get pictures from family that is far away, and to make plans with people that I don't see often. I would have to spend hours on the phone to get the same results I can get in a ten minute Facebook session. To be honest, I don't see the fuss. Be careful about who you add. Lock down your profile so not every Tom, Dick, and Harry can add you. Don't air your dirty laundry. Block apps and games. Common sense stuff like that can make Facebook a nice addition.

11-03-2010, 02:15 PM	#9
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	I am a member simply because an old high school friend DID track me down through my folks and told me I was impossible to find (that was kind of the idea anyway). all I have is my email address. no story, no history, no pictures. folks can contact me then we can do everything else via email or texting

11-03-2010, 04:50 PM	#10
Musette Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 15000 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Midwest USA Device: Kobo Libra 2	I used to be a member but I deactivated my profile months ago. The only reason I signed up was due to co-workers screaming "try it out" and I got sucked into Bejeweled . After a very short while I simply got tired of everything about it: status updates that slip into TMI City, all those invitations, people adding me all over the place when I thought I had my security locked down. Now, I realize my complaints could have been taken care of with a few setting tweaks, but what it really boils down to is I'm not a social person - online or off. I'm just not interested.

11-03-2010, 08:14 PM	#13
nohmi2 Pensively observing. Posts: 1,758 Karma: 12675456 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Varied.	I tried it a couple of years ago, and hated it. Cheers.

11-03-2010, 08:28 PM	#14
Pegster Devourer of Books Posts: 135 Karma: 508928 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Southeastern US Device: Sony PRS-505, Sony PRS-350, Sony PRS-T1, Samsung S5	I joined it to re-contact old friends. I turn off all games/applications, have no information posted regarding myself, rarely (if ever) post a status change and have invoked all privacy settings possible. I purely use it to send messages, use their chat function, and find out what's going on in my more vocal friends' lives.

11-03-2010, 08:35 PM	#15
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,025 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Piper College Device: Samsung A21	Actually I am a member.

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