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Yesterday I joined Google+ and immediately Circled (or whatever they call it) everyone I knew from the various boards I'm on. However, I didn't see any of you people there. Assuming you haven't...
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well you have to take the term friend with a pinch of salt on facebook. I mean if I wouldn't friend anyone there unless they were a true true friend then I wouldn't benefit from what Facebook is all...
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Oh, sure. That's why I used the term "contacts". There are some I haven't had the chance to get to know at all, some I probably never will. And there are some who are artists who just 'friend' people...
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I can understand why it wouldn't appeal to Q. I've said plainly why it doesn't appeal; it's not safe and it trivialises contact with people (i.e. your "friends" are usually not your friends, as you...
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^ I'm aware of what you think about the risks. As you said, you've stated that plainly. As for trivialising contact with people, how trivial or meaningful those contacts are does depend a lot on...
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theres one point I have to make about the benefits of facebook: mum is like any other middle aged housewife is mostly devoted to us. I mean all she does since she wakes up in the morning is all...
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^ Nice post, Suli. I think ultimately it may be older people who'll get the most out of social networking - people whose lives are very home-centred because of age, ill health or other circumstances....
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yeah but wouldn't it b hard teaching elderly ho to use computers! I tried to teach my grandfather once (he needed it for business purposes) and I reached a point where I said to him "dad, if this...
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Another good reason to avoid FB and its like is the damage they wreak on the standard of written language. For example, instead of a perfectly adequate "how exciting" illiterate nonsense like "OMG...
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Oh, I know, Suli. That's why I said "ultimately". I think eventually, when people who've grown up with computer skills get old, they'll get a lot out of it. For my parents' generation it is difficult...
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^ Excellent. Thank goodness I got the internet when I did. A few more years, and who knows?
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I've just been looking at controlling FB's "new features" (not all are new; some are merely getting significant public exposure for the first time). In case you are wondering, this is part of my work....
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I'm quite happy to use Facebook although i don't use my real name, don't put any pictures of myself on there, haven't put my location and don't put my mobile number on there. All Facebook has is an...
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I'd probably have done things differently when I joined FB had I known then what I know now, but I feel it's too late now to worry about some stuff. It would probably remain in the FB archives if I...
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bathlamp wrote:All Facebook has is an e-mail address...This should be a disguised address used for FB and for no other purpose. Never supply FB with an e-mail address that can be traced to you easily...
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Helen Bywater wrote:a mobile number (I haven't got my own mobile) or give them a credit/debit card number. Ha! F off FB.Quite right.I noticed yesterday that even though FB appears to give you the...
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I joined facebook a couple of years ago and deleted my account after just a week simply because i got fed up with getting friend requests from people i hardly remember and i kind of felt obliged to...
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Qrobur wrote:Helen Bywater wrote:a mobile number (I haven't got my own mobile) or give them a credit/debit card number. Ha! F off FB.Quite right.I noticed yesterday that even though FB appears to give...
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Try reading previous posts before writing, Steve. You may find your understanding is increased though I admit the possibility this is not a given in your case.
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