Thread: Just came out of the stone age...

Thats what my wife told me. I just signed up on Facebook. Now if i can figure out how to use it.

It dont look simple and it wants me to sign up for all kinds of stuff. Not too sure about this stuff. So if your a facebooker and got some pointers for me, please help. PMs are welcome too.

I wont be snapchatting or tweeting anytime soon but i figured it was about time for the facebook thing. I guess.

Welcome to the evil empire Jerry!

Knowing how careful Facebook and its apps have been with user data in the past, I'd caution against installing anything unless you know what it is, and actually have a use for it. For example I find the messenger app useful on my phone (for facebook messaging), but I think I've removed virtually all other apps that I once had installed. It was kind of fun to play scrabble with old friends on the other side of the world way back when, but whenever you install something, you give someone permission to do stuff with your data. Not worth it in many cases IMHO.

However, that having been said, I find facebook extremely useful, particularly for keeping in touch with friends who have scattered all over the place.

Enjoy, and good luck avoiding the garbage.

Just install Facebook and Messenger. You don't need anything else. Send friend requests to all your friends and add photos if you would like.

Read the "Timeline" to see what your friends are doing and make a comment yourself from time to time.

My FB use is limited. Friends are limited for the most part to people that I could pick out of a line-up or at least have interacted with online. I don't accept friend requests from random strangers. Also, and I guess this part is odd, I don't "like" anything.

Well, being a troglodyte I have nothing to do with Facebook. I don't need it or want it.

One of these days when the space aliens arrive they're gonna use it to track all it's members down and vaporize all of them with their ray guns.

this we agree on I don't see a need for facebook considering what has gone on around here on the other side. I had an account but really didn't like it, closed it and deleted. my friends I can email or just pick up the phone Tc

I don't get what's not to like about Facebook? I'm not arguing that someone has to have it if they don't want it. I just don't see much downside.

I use it with software that allows me to ignore political posts, ads, etc. so for those with friends spread out across the country (and world) it's a convenient way to keep up with each other.

Most of the abuses or annoyances of Facebook can be easily overcome with knowledge of how it works and 3rd party software that allows you to customize it.

I like email but most younger people rarely use email. It's mainly texting or FB Messenger.

Jerry....When my daughters insisted that I get a Facebook account, "to keep in touch,"
I reluctantly picked up my club and stuck my nose out of the cave. For awhile....

I didn't like the idea of being so exposed online, so I deleted myself from that slice of
contemporary reality. Email is good enough for me.

I may yet use my club on my so-called "smart" phone. Even that borders on being too
connected, in my opinion. Everybody I care about knows where I live, and I prefer a
face-to-face above all else. Come on over, y'all, and we'll talk. A pox on your tweets
and your 128-character blurbs and your silly selfies!

The way I see it every service, game, program out there is a money making proposition for someone. Everything you do on-line is recorded and compiled and sliced and diced and packaged for sale to someone. Even the "protection" programs. If you are really IT smart and have a few ideas you can get very rich in this business.

One day folks will be astounded as to just how much of their lives is sitting in data bases out there and much of it will some day come back to bite them.

In a way it's like someone who forgoes credit cards and debit cards and even checks and does everything by cash.

Someone makes money when I drive my car but I still drive my car.