Who is still using FarceBook??

AndrewJ · #1 07-06-2018, 02:06 PM

Gotta say i am stunned to see the latest revelations re them flogging all your data ( and your linked friends ) to Chinese manufacturers????
After all the earlier revelations of who they gave your data to, i wonder whats next.

Starting to wonder if Suckerberg is actually worse than the banks or not???

Andrew

FlashDrive (Poppy) · #2 07-06-2018, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by AndrewJ

Gotta say i am stunned to see the latest revelations re them flogging all your data ( and your linked friends ) to Chinese manufacturers????
After all the earlier revelations of who they gave your data to, i wonder whats next.

Starting to wonder if Suckerberg is actually worse than the banks or not???

Andrew

Andrew ...I've never had a Face Book Account ....

... no problem here.

Col...

multiweb (Marc) · #3 07-06-2018, 02:10 PM

People won't drop out because of this. Content on FB is light and not like private files. Only a social platform to be used as such. Cloud services are more of a worry IMHO.

AndrewJ · #4 07-06-2018, 02:14 PM

Gday Col

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I've never had a Face Book Account

Me either, but from what i read, if you are linked by some one with an account, or graze on someones facebook "site" without logging in, they also hoovered up all yr info. Not sure how true that is, but i can see it as being easily done. Even getting an email addr that way opens up more spamming.

Andrew

leon · #5 07-06-2018, 03:43 PM

Never even considered using it Andrew, or any other social media for that matter.

Leon

LewisM · #6 07-06-2018, 03:51 PM

Not there for quite some time. Most useless baseless crap in ages. I could care less what some moron ate for lunch or dinner.

Imme (Jon) · #7 07-06-2018, 04:15 PM

I’m forced to use it for work purposes...as a promotions tool.

Seems to have moved away from ‘what I had for dinner’ to this is my family’.

Facebook metrics now show main users now are women with children in the 32-44 age group. That figure is more or less reflected in the followers of the page I manage for work....84% middle aged women wiht kids.

Business pages are a lot different to personal pages, they record a lot of data on your users, where they click, how long they look for and what else they look at........pretty crazy really that this info is so easily farmed and passed on.

I once went to a data mining workshop that was sold as ‘use the internet to increase sales’ workshop........let’s just say after attending that I will never use a public wifi service again......shocking the amount of info you give them access to by clicking that ‘I agree’ button to start your access

Lognic04 (Logan) · #8 07-06-2018, 04:19 PM

I use it - mostly for the extremely useful ASV groups and Messenger! Never post anything there except astrophotography.

el_draco (Rom) · #9 07-06-2018, 04:20 PM

Was only ever a platform for wankers and wannabes... Virus central

FlashDrive (Poppy) · #10 07-06-2018, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by el_draco

Was only ever a platform for wankers and wannabes... Virus central

..!! ( Pop Up City )

billdan (Bill) · #11 07-06-2018, 04:42 PM

I agree with what Jon said, my wife and her female friends and my sister and her female friends all use it. All of the blokes I know don't touch it including me.

LewisM · #12 07-06-2018, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Imme

I’m forced to use it for work purposes...as a promotions tool.

Seems to have moved away from ‘what I had for dinner’ to this is my family’.

Facebook metrics now show main users now are women with children in the 32-44 age group. That figure is more or less reflected in the followers of the page I manage for work....84% middle aged women wiht kids.

Business pages are a lot different to personal pages, they record a lot of data on your users, where they click, how long they look for and what else they look at........pretty crazy really that this info is so easily farmed and passed on.

I once went to a data mining workshop that was sold as ‘use the internet to increase sales’ workshop........let’s just say after attending that I will never use a public wifi service again......shocking the amount of info you give them access to by clicking that ‘I agree’ button to start your access

Indeed - this is why I always set our phones and tablets to ASK which network to join, rather than auto-joining etc. It let's me opt out. I have not used a free wifi in perhaps 4 years - no Maccas, no Target, no Ikea...I use our mobile data or home wifi only.

LewisM · #13 07-06-2018, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by billdan

I agree with what Jon said, my wife and her female friends and my sister and her female friends all use it. Most of the blokes I know don't touch it including me.

My wife works cyber security and digital conversion - she won't go near Facebook, and has all the laptop cameras covered. If we need to discuss anything, we leave the phones at home and go for a walk.

Hans Tucker (Hans) · #14 07-06-2018, 04:47 PM

I use FB to keep in touch with ex-RAAFies along with keeping tabs with some Astronomy groups...I don't consider myself to be a wanker and wannabe.

el_draco (Rom) · #15 07-06-2018, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Hans Tucker

I use FB to keep in touch with ex-RAAFies along with keeping tabs with some Astronomy groups...I don't consider myself to be a wanker and wannabe.

I guess I should amend that to "mainly"

Stonius (Markus) · #16 07-06-2018, 05:15 PM

Guys....I hate to break it to the 'holier than thou' crowd, but Ice in Space *is Social Media!

:-D

LewisM · #17 07-06-2018, 05:32 PM

It is, but what data do we share?

I run ad blockers, Ghostery and a VPN continually, so good luck with data mining too

Nikolas (Nik) · #18 07-06-2018, 05:41 PM

pffft so much paranoia her and really labelling those who use it as wankers?
Use an adblocker, Use a VPN if you need to, Set your privacy to max and friends only, BLOCK those you suspect are suss, Only share what is lighthearted or peruse pages that interest you.
I use it to keep in touch with relos the other side of the world and also to organise social functions with my friendship group.
If you are stupid enough to have your guard down because you are careless then it's your own stupid fault. In other words get off your high horses those of you who don't use the platform and know only what they read in the alarmist media. (wankers? Seriously?)

dannat (Daniel) · #19 07-06-2018, 06:04 PM

i use it to keep track of events, so many things are now advertised solely on F&^%book, trouble is FB is f*&^ing with me & showing what they want to in my news feed, some items i see from friends a day or 2 after they have happended

el_draco (Rom) · #20 07-06-2018, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Nikolas

pffft so much paranoia her and really labelling those who use it as wankers?
Use an adblocker, Use a VPN if you need to, Set your privacy to max and friends only, BLOCK those you suspect are suss, Only share what is lighthearted or peruse pages that interest you.
I use it to keep in touch with relos the other side of the world and also to organise social functions with my friendship group.
If you are stupid enough to have your guard down because you are careless then it's your own stupid fault. In other words get off your high horses those of you who don't use the platform and know only what they read in the alarmist media. (wankers? Seriously?)

Yep, wankers, absolutely. The VAST majority of users are, "look at me, look at me exhibitionists..., or worse." You connect to that garbage system and you are being mined, whether you think so or not. Your so called privacy settings mean nothing to suckerberg, he's selling your data and does not give a rats bum about your privacy...