Are you on Facebook?

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by Barrykgerdes

Hi Rom
I notice no one has commented on your "spelling" of facebook but I agree that that about sums it up.

Barry

Barry, there are half a Billion people who enjoy FACE BOOK and I am one of them.
All the information the detractors quote as being used and abused by Face Book and others is available from many different sources, some legitimate and others not
I don't drink Coca Cola use any of the stuff quoted in an earlier post, so it is no detriment to me
I think that the people who are using it are quite happy to be putting their stuff out there and to most there is no detrimental effect
No one is forced to join any Social Network.
If you don't like it don't join it but then don't preach to others as to why they shouldn't be part of it, and use rotten names to describe it.
Conspiracy Theorist are having a ball on this thread,
Anyone would think the World is going to end for all us Face Book user's
I far as I am concerned I am quite happy to be part of it and will be for some time to come

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by astroron

No one is forced to join any Social Network.

Hi Ron, it's all about choice really, you're absolutely right there. I won't argue.

Just do this little exercise for me. It won't hurt your facebook profile, don't worry. Go through the procedure of de-registering (i.e. opting out). When it is done and you have received the confirmation email, go back to www.facebook.com and type in your (old) login details and see what happens.

[PCH (Paul)]

Hi Marc,

for those of us that aren't members of FB, do tell - what does happen when you do what you just said ?

Cheers

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Hi Ron, it's all about choice really, you're absolutely right there. I won't argue.

Just do this little exercise for me. It won't hurt your facebook profile, don't worry. Go through the procedure of de-registering (i.e. opting out). When it is done and you have received the confirmation email, go back to www.facebook.com and type in your (old) login details and see what happens.

Thankyou Mark, I have already done that in the past.
I de-registered a couple of years ago and then came back on some time later and put in the same details and wella still there.So What
The world didn't end with them having the miniscule amount of information I had given them to set up my "Profile"
Most of that Info is in the "Public Domain"

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by astroron

I de-registered a couple of years ago and then came back on some time later and put in the same details and wella still there.

Thank you. So still there heh? Now why is that?

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by PCH

Hi Marc,

for those of us that aren't members of FB, do tell - what does happen when you do what you just said ?

Cheers

Rego's a one way trip. You opt-in, you can't get out. Twitter, linked-in and a few others are based on the same model. Basic de-activation but all data retained. For archival purposes.

[Barrykgerdes]

Originally Posted by astroron

Barry, there are half a Billion people who enjoy FACE BOOK and I am one of them.
All the information the detractors quote as being used and abused by Face Book and others is available from many different sources, some legitimate and others not
I don't drink Coca Cola use any of the stuff quoted in an earlier post, so it is no detriment to me
I think that the people who are using it are quite happy to be putting their stuff out there and to most there is no detrimental effect
No one is forced to join any Social Network.
If you don't like it don't join it but then don't preach to others as to why they shouldn't be part of it, and use rotten names to describe it.
Conspiracy Theorist are having a ball on this thread,
Anyone would think the World is going to end for all us Face Book user's
I far as I am concerned I am quite happy to be part of it and will be for some time to come

OK Ron if you like facebook, good for you, I don't like or dislike it. I just use it very sparingly. It has its uses but they are of very little interest to me. My comment was on a technicallity of spelling.

Barry

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Thank you. So still there heh? Now why is that?

Mark,Who cares not I
We Are on so many Data Bases it is not funny, and to most people it makes not one Iota of difference to their lives what so ever
Cheers

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by Barrykgerdes

OK Ron if you like facebook, good for you, I don't like or dislike it. I just use it very sparingly. It has its uses but they are of very little interest to me. My comment was on a technicallity of spelling.

Barry

Thank you Barry, the spelling you refered to was of an intentionally
derogatory nature and was not worthy of A comment,so I chose not to dignify it with one
Cheers

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by astroron

Mark,Who cares not I
We Are on so many Data Bases it is not funny, and to most people it makes not one Iota of difference to their lives what so ever
Cheers

Oh but it does for some believe me. I'm on a receiving end as a service provider and as a result of this kind of practices. It's turned the internet from a great tool to an unmanageable mess clogged by 80% of junk. I guess seeing the other side of the story is not obvious to the front end users as it's business as usual and as long everything is tickin' everybody's happy... But on the other side to keep it tickin' it has become increasingly more about security and filtering these days than doing any productive work most of the time. Email being the main vehicle. It has turned into a nightmare and you can pinpoint that to the mid 2000s, around 2005 I'd say when all those network spawned. That is my experience and some of my previous employers have been part of the problem so I was in the middle of it actually. I long lost my virginity, naivety and illusions about it all.

[iceman (Mike)]

This thread wasn't intended as a debate about the merits of Facebook, and for those that don't use it or don't like it, I believe they've had their say.

This thread was intended for those people who ARE on Facebook, enjoy it and use it, and to prompt them to Like IceInSpace on Facebook.

Nothing more.

I'm sure there's many other sites out there to debate Facebook privacy or bag it, or intentionally mis-spell the name of it for cheap laughs, or to talk about internet privacy in general.

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Oh but it does for some believe me. I'm on a receiving end as a service provider and as a result of this kind of practices. It's turned the internet from a great tool to an unmanageable mess clogged by 80% of junk. I guess seeing the other side of the story is not obvious to the front end users as it's business as usual and as long everything is tickin' everybody's happy... But on the other side to keep it tickin' it has become increasingly more about security and filtering these days than doing any productive work most of the time. Email being the main vehicle. It has turned into a nightmare and you can pinpoint that to the mid 2000s, around 2005 I'd say when all those network spawned. That is my experience and some of my previous employers have been part of the problem so I was in the middle of it actually. I long lost my virginity, naivety and illusions about it all.

Mark, it looks like us Face Book users will go on happily using Face Book and enjoy the sites like iceinspace.
while you people at the "Coal Face" battle the Demons who would undermine us.
Cheers

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by astroron

Mark, it looks like us Face Book users will go on happily using Face Book
while you people at the "Coal Face" battle the Demons who would undermine us.
Cheers

Damn right! You'll hear me screaming at the bottom