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   promytius1
   Member

   I do not like Facebook. I do not like other sites promoting a business that sucks out my personal information and manipulates my data, as in "SELLS IT TO OTHERS"! It drives me crazy when TV stations and public programs and others encourage people to use the site - it is a FOR PROFIT site, not a public service.
   OK. I hate all social media. If you would like to comment, I'd like to hear for anyone else that agrees, and from those who think I am completely wrong, and think Facebook is as necessary as toothpaste.
   For those who will make the Google analogy, I will say the difference is that the search engine is so embedded into the culture and so good at what it does and so easy to use that it is beyond control. I know it makes billions and if it wasn't so generally useful, I'd dislike them as well.
   Facebook has one of the worst interfaces ever; I think the programmers from Resident Evil had something to do there with it (worst player interface ever).
   Anyway, Facebook: thumbs UP or thumbs DOWN?

   Posted 13 years ago #
2. 

   2-SHEDS
   Member

   Thumbs down for Facebook. I could get into all the reasons and post links as evidence, but it really amounts to privacy. Too many stories of photos being grabbed for dating sites, or stories about Facebook thinking about releasing data (mobile phone numbers for example), or even stories of stalkers.

   You're setting up an account with your private data, and giving facebook the OK to do whatever they want with it. They may not be doing anything with it now or you may accept the conditions under which you set up your account, but Facebook can change the terms of the agreement and conditions of a facebook account anytime they want and all they have to do is notify you via e-mail or maybe a notification on their site.

   I like social networking, I just think when you're dealing with your private data over the world wide web, alias' work just as well to be social.

   Posted 13 years ago #
3. 

   Anonymous
   Unregistered

   I don't like just wish my kids not go as it full of spyware I don't Like & I don't care
   To log in fist you need to not run NoScript that to help the spyware to get in & so Facebook can spy on you better as for https see be now now no good ?

   I refuse to get a Facebook account (it's not safe; Facebook downloads spyware onto your system).

   http://cyberoam.blogspot.com/

   HTTPS- The Switch from Safe to Unsafe
   Everyone loves “extra-security”. So, everyone, read “all and sundry websites”, started shifting to HTTPS protocol for that added bit of safety. So much so that today, even our day-to-day communication sites like Gmail and Facebook run on HTTPS.
   Once a port and protocol combination that was used for productive purposes, HTTPS is now being used for day-to-day communications by common surfers. This popularity has led to HTTPS becoming a chosen vector for malware attacks. In other words, the secure socket layer is no more secure.

   Posted 13 years ago #
4. 

   Whiterabbit-uk
   Games Guru

   I never bothered with Facebook until friends here on this site asked if I had an account. I though it would be a good way of keeping in touch and sharing images (though I'd never upload my dearest images), We have family in Australia, America and Poland and Facebook has proved to be a good way of sharing images rather than Emailing them - I only use low resolution images so if someone did want to use them for whatever reason, they would be hard pressed to get a decent quality image and to be honest I've found it a great way to keep in touch regularily. I've given very little personal information out so do not feel threatened. As 2-sheds points out you can easily create a false identity if you wish; you just need to let your friends know that it's you via email or which ever other way you use for communicating (personally I favour Skype as its given me free access to chat/video chats with my relatives abroad - we used to have to pay £2 for every minute on the phone when we wanted to talk to my Australian relatives way back in the 1960's, now it's totally free with video as well), so all the scare mongering about security isn't such a big deal IMO. I'm sure if you use Facebook with no regards to security, then identity theft and other problems could arise; it just takes a little effort to ensure you are safe. If Facebook decide to change the goal posts and you are not happy with it, you can simply deactivate your account. It really all depends upon what you want to use the thing for.

   I created an account last year, but have only been using it regularily over the past three months for playing games like Backyard Monsters (an excellent TD game), Cityville & CityZen (two excellent city building games), Mafia (a text based adventure game) and a few other excellent games all for free. I was even thinking of creating a new games section here in these forums that covers all of the facebook games that are available; most of which are IMO very good games.

   I've been playing a couple of those games (the city builders) for about 3 months now and have hardly missed a day, in fact they have held my attention more than all of the recently released triple A games like Call of Duty: Black Ops, Mafia II, ArmA II, Operation Flashpoint: Red River, Dragonage II, Shogun 2: Total War, Need for Speed: Shift 2 and Dirt 3 to name just a few. That's saying something. I've never been so addicted for so long (apart from Battlefield 2 and ArmA II) to simple games like the ones on Facebook.

   It really does depend upon what you want to use Facebook for as to whether you feel it's an inappropriate medium.

   So for me, who only uses Facebook for gaming it's a big Thumbs Up

   p.s. if you're worried that there are things that you don't want to go public, you can now download a document that contains all the information that you've allowed on facebook. It's an easy way to ensure that you've not allowed something by mistake. Then as a last resort you can always deactivate your account. :)

   Some Simple rules to follow:

   1) ... Don't post any important information like bank details, national security numbers, national health number

   2) ... Use a disposable Email

   3) ... Use an alias rather than your true name, maybe a nickname that your friends are familiar with. That said my name is very common. I've even worked with someone with the same name and once was initially refused credit because someone with the same name was a big debtor. (I cleared that up simply by proving that I lived in a different part of the country)

   4) ... Never disclose telephone numbers and addresses

   Posted 13 years ago #
5. 

   NolafromNZ
   Member

   I was with 2-SHEDS on this - absolutely - until I read what you had to say Stephen. I have heard so many horror stories of problems with Facebook that I was steering well clear, but I must admit that some of the games advertised on Facebook really tempt me (like Farmville). And a friend has been on Facebook for ever, especially for the games, but she obviously put too much information out there for all, and now has nothing to do with Facebook at all. (Its a long story!) So, maybe eventually I will look into it following your guidelines Stephen, but for now I'm still staying well clear. (Personal Aside - This is why I haven't taken up your Facebook invitation Stephen, not because I'm ignoring you. As a matter of fact, I have sent you two emails over the past few months and I have tried to PM you but your inbox was full so that didn't work either. Will try another email some time soon.)

   Posted 13 years ago #
6. 

   Lester (Chip)
   English Mod

   Thumbs up! Like everyone my age I loveeee Facebook and could really care less about privacy xD

   Posted 13 years ago #
7. 

   Anonymous
   Unregistered

   http://www.techspot.com/news/44049-google-rolls-out-1-button-for-websites.html

   Google today released the +1 button to the whole Web. You should thus start seeing the +1 button appear on various sites all over the Internet.

   The search giant has already partnered with a few sites that have adopted the +1 button: AddThis, Mashable, The Huffington Post, Rotten Tomatoes, Nordstrom, O'Reilly, Reuters, The Washington Post, Best Buy, TechCrunch, and Bloomberg. As for its own properties, Google says the button will be adopted on the Android Market, Blogger, Product Search, and YouTube.

   Less then three months ago, Google added the +1 button to its search engine, allowing users to upvote search results.
   We already have Facebook and Twitter buttons at the bottom of our articles, so we're not sure if we need yet another one. What are your thoughts on the +1 button and do you want GOTD to add it?

   so may be we come we need to click Facebook ,Twitter and Google +1 button Like it or not ?

   Posted 13 years ago #

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