Facebook

On 10/9/2013 2:22 PM, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:


Christina Websell wrote:
I finally bit the bullet and created an account.

Better you than me!

I've wanted to join Facebook for years and I know it might have seemed
I was totally against it, I wasn't.

Tweed
I AM "totally against it"! It may be different in the UK, but in the
U.S. I've read too many horror stories about identity theft. Never mind
the loss of privacy involved in posting personal info where literally
ANYONE can read it!)

I do identity theft investigations for the police dept. Facebook is
rarely a component. The only problem is when people don't set the proper
privacy controls, and let the whole world read their page. AND when they
list relatives (e.g., grandchildren) and their relationship to them.
Then we see the "grandparent scam." Google it if you're not familiar
with it.

Do a search on Facecrooks on your Facebook page and "like" them. They
have a lot of good suggestions and warnings.

Julie
mom to Booker, Chappy and Snowflake

On 10/10/2013 10:39 AM, Booker wrote:


On 10/9/2013 2:22 PM, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:


Christina Websell wrote:
I finally bit the bullet and created an account.

Better you than me!

I've wanted to join Facebook for years and I know it might have seemed
I was totally against it, I wasn't.

Tweed
I AM "totally against it"! It may be different in the UK, but in the
U.S. I've read too many horror stories about identity theft. Never mind
the loss of privacy involved in posting personal info where literally
ANYONE can read it!)

I do identity theft investigations for the police dept. Facebook is
rarely a component. The only problem is when people don't set the proper
privacy controls, and let the whole world read their page. AND when they
list relatives (e.g., grandchildren) and their relationship to them.
Then we see the "grandparent scam." Google it if you're not familiar
with it.

Do a search on Facecrooks on your Facebook page and "like" them. They
have a lot of good suggestions and warnings.

Julie
mom to Booker, Chappy and Snowflake

The fact that there is such a group as "Facecrooks" isn't exactly a
ringing endorsement.

I simply don't like Facebook. They make setting email and privacy
settings more difficult than it should be. I did software QA for years.
I don't know why end-users put up with all the hoops they have to jump
through on FB.

Jill

"Bobble" wrote in message
...
Christina Websell wrote:
I finally bit the bullet and created an account.

I've been patient as my employers advised against it for anyone working
in a
frontline childcare team, and to wait quite a long time after you left,
so
it will be three years on 31 October. Should be OK now ;-)

OMG, it looks very complicated and I might need some guidance here,
folks.
I probably need a few people to friend me.

I couldn't find any of my previous colleagues (not surprising) and
although
my aunt is on facebook and I sent a friend request, she might not know
how
to - that seems to have generated all sorts of suggestions of "people you
might know." most of which I don't.

I am sure I will get the hang of it with a bit of help.
BTW, this does not mean I won't be posting as usual to rspca.
Fortunately
or unfortunately, YVMV g
I've wanted to join Facebook for years and I know it might have seemed I
was
totally against it, I wasn't.

Tweed




I've "friended you", and yes it will take a bit of getting used to. But I
think you'll like it, eventually. We can control who posts unlike here,
which is nice. Just don't expect to learn it all in one day and you'll be
fine

Bobble (my real name on FB is A.... B.....)

Oh dear. I didn't recognise your name and haven't friended you back. All a
learning curve ;-)

Tweed

"jmcquown" wrote in message
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On 10/9/2013 6:17 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message
...
On 10/9/2013 1:42 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
I finally bit the bullet and created an account.

I've been patient as my employers advised against it for anyone working
in a
frontline childcare team, and to wait quite a long time after you left,
so
it will be three years on 31 October. Should be OK now ;-)

OMG, it looks very complicated and I might need some guidance here,
folks.
I probably need a few people to friend me.

I couldn't find any of my previous colleagues (not surprising) and
although
my aunt is on facebook and I sent a friend request, she might not know
how
to - that seems to have generated all sorts of suggestions of "people
you
might know." most of which I don't.

(snip)

Tweed

That's why I don't like Facebook. Just because I know one person
doesn't
mean I know everyone they know. The email notifications I finally got
turned off. Then they changed the program and I started getting them
again. I gave up. Good Luck!

Jill

There are some people I know, from rspca years ago so should I try to
friend
them?
|Maybe they would lke to hear from me, but perhaps they wouldn't.
Tweed


I can't advise you about that. Some people like the application and are
more comfortable there. I'm not ready to abandon Usenet yet. Especially
not since FB made it so darn difficult to unsubscribe.

Jill

I'm not going to abandon Usenet. I liked the idea of connecting again with
the old-time posters of rpca in the Facebook group is all.

If I regret having a Facebook account, I will find a way to unsubscribe, but
I hope I won't ever have to.

Tweed

"ann791" wrote in message
...
On 10/9/2013 6:17 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message
...
On 10/9/2013 1:42 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
I finally bit the bullet and created an account.

I've been patient as my employers advised against it for anyone working
in a
frontline childcare team, and to wait quite a long time after you left,
so
it will be three years on 31 October. Should be OK now ;-)

OMG, it looks very complicated and I might need some guidance here,
folks.
I probably need a few people to friend me.

I couldn't find any of my previous colleagues (not surprising) and
although
my aunt is on facebook and I sent a friend request, she might not know
how
to - that seems to have generated all sorts of suggestions of "people
you
might know." most of which I don't.

(snip)

Tweed

That's why I don't like Facebook. Just because I know one person
doesn't
mean I know everyone they know. The email notifications I finally got
turned off. Then they changed the program and I started getting them
again. I gave up. Good Luck!

Jill

There are some people I know, from rspca years ago so should I try to
friend
them?
|Maybe they would lke to hear from me, but perhaps they wouldn't.
Tweed


If you would like to join the private facebook page for RPCA contact Yowie
and she can add you.

Debbie has already done it (thank you, Debs)

Tweed

Christina Websell wrote:

Debbie has already done it (thank you, Debs)

No problem :-)
I like Facebook mainly for its visual aspect which you just can't get on
Usenet anymore. I like to see what everyone looks like, what their
kitties are like and where they all live, and to psot the occasioanl pic
of my own gang too. But I am a very vusally-oriented person anyway. Iam
very careful to make all my settings 'friends only'. I don't play any of
the games or take part in the round robin requests for sharing, causes
and this and that. It adds a nice dimension to knowing all my online
friends.

Deb.
--
http://www.scientific-art.com

"He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would;
He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield

What terrible typing I did just then, I apologise for the typos!

Deb.

--
http://www.scientific-art.com

"He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would;
He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield

jmcquown wrote:

On 10/9/2013 6:17 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message
...
On 10/9/2013 1:42 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
I finally bit the bullet and created an account.

I've been patient as my employers advised against it for anyone working
in a
frontline childcare team, and to wait quite a long time after you left,
so
it will be three years on 31 October. Should be OK now ;-)

OMG, it looks very complicated and I might need some guidance here,
folks.
I probably need a few people to friend me.

I couldn't find any of my previous colleagues (not surprising) and
although
my aunt is on facebook and I sent a friend request, she might not know
how
to - that seems to have generated all sorts of suggestions of "people you
might know." most of which I don't.

(snip)

Tweed

That's why I don't like Facebook. Just because I know one person doesn't
mean I know everyone they know. The email notifications I finally got
turned off. Then they changed the program and I started getting them
again. I gave up. Good Luck!

Jill

There are some people I know, from rspca years ago so should I try to friend
them?
|Maybe they would lke to hear from me, but perhaps they wouldn't.
Tweed


I can't advise you about that. Some people like the application and are
more comfortable there. I'm not ready to abandon Usenet yet.
Especially not since FB made it so darn difficult to unsubscribe.

It's not an either/or choice. I'm on both. There are some people here
(such as you, Jack, Evelyn and, until now, Tweed) that I would never
have contact with if I left Usenet. But there are several people on
RPCA-FB who joined via FB and haven't even heard of Usenet.

Facebook annoys me a lot, but it does make it easy to be in touch with a
lot of people, so I can't bring myself to give it up.

--
Joyce

If your kid comes out of the bedroom and says he just shut down the
government, it seems to me he should at least have an outfit for that."
-- John Waters, on the sorry style of today's rebels

On Thursday, October 10, 2013 9:39:56 AM UTC-4, ann791 wrote:
On 10/9/2013 6:17 PM, Christina Websell wrote:

"jmcquown" wrote in message

...

On 10/9/2013 1:42 PM, Christina Websell wrote:

I finally bit the bullet and created an account.



I've been patient as my employers advised against it for anyone working

in a

frontline childcare team, and to wait quite a long time after you left,

so

it will be three years on 31 October. Should be OK now ;-)



OMG, it looks very complicated and I might need some guidance here,

folks.

I probably need a few people to friend me.



I couldn't find any of my previous colleagues (not surprising) and

although

my aunt is on facebook and I sent a friend request, she might not know

how

to - that seems to have generated all sorts of suggestions of "people you

might know." most of which I don't.



(snip)



Tweed



That's why I don't like Facebook. Just because I know one person doesn't

mean I know everyone they know. The email notifications I finally got

turned off. Then they changed the program and I started getting them

again. I gave up. Good Luck!



Jill



There are some people I know, from rspca years ago so should I try to friend

them?

|Maybe they would lke to hear from me, but perhaps they wouldn't.

Tweed





If you would like to join the private facebook page for RPCA contact

Yowie and she can add you.

How do we contact Yowie?

Christina Websell wrote:
"Bobble" wrote in message
...
snip

I've "friended you", and yes it will take a bit of getting used to. But I
think you'll like it, eventually. We can control who posts unlike here,
which is nice. Just don't expect to learn it all in one day and you'll be
fine

Bobble (my real name on FB is A.... B.....)

Oh dear. I didn't recognise your name and haven't friended you back. All a
learning curve ;-)

Tweed


Yes, you've accepted. Not to worry though, we all know the learning
curve is steep!

Bobble