Posted on 06/20/2011 3:07:56 PM PDT by PubliusInFlorida
They have a canine’s version of Facebook now....called FaceBark.
I have no use for either.
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Glad I’ve never used Facebook.
However, I wonder whether we have reached the point to where NOT being on Facebook would be considered a ‘negative’ by a potential employer.
Big brother on steriods.
Another reason to not use FB.
Great....add another 250,000 to the unemployment ranks.
FB just opens you up to all sorts of nasty stuff. Nope, don’t want anything to do with it.
“However, I wonder whether we have reached the point to where NOT being on Facebook would be considered a ‘negative’ by a potential employer.”
Yes...because obviously you are anti-social.
Just don’t post pics of your latest party.....or of where you live or what you live in, or what possessions you have. Don’t post your political views, religious views or personal views. Don’t make friends with people you don’t know in real life.
The Founders spin in their graves as Tyranny increases daily.
For that matter, what’s to keep an employer from requiring you to open up your privacy settings so they can see it?
The company I work for has a policy that says you can’t say anything about them on social media without permission, although I don’t think they’ve ever tried to enforce it. I don’t talk about my job and I’m not friends with any of the clowns from work anyway.
It’s hard not to use it.
I’ve never liked facebook, but lots of friends do, and after a lot of cajoling, I signed up. The non-privacy attitude of folks on the site scared me. They post maiden names, schools they went to, things they like, causes, etc, and they are very easy to see, especially if you have a mutual friend, and even if you don’t.
People will write they underwent surgery. They always go to certain places. Etc.
Dangerous.
I finally gave in and created a RL F/B page so I can stay in touch with my family and a VERY SMALL circle of friends.
I lied about my b/date and post NO information (I email people — no posts, no “likes,” no comments, no nothing) and have all the privacy settings to the highest possible settings. The underlying email address has my name in it but I delete all emails (inbound and outbound) every day and clear spam.
Even so, I am already being spammed 10X from before when I joined (even with all the so-called “security” settings) and have random “friend me” requests from people I have never heard of (I block them) and am seriously thinking it was a bad idea.
I can’t believe how much information my friends and family post on FB. It would take a child of 12 to put it all together to create an identity close enough to the RL people to be accepted, friended then run with the fake ID.
I love my family and respect my friends but they are all dumber than dirt.
God damned stupid if you ask me. I've gotten into arguments with a relative of mine that's a LEO - he loves putting pics of his wife, kids, the kids soccer games, vacation spots, etc. on FB.
Like no one with a grudge might ever seek retaliation.
Idiots are just BEGGING to have their identities stolen and used for bad when they post every possible inanity on FB.
All it takes is one “right click” and it's saved forever.
The Facebook haters will flock to this thread like moths to a light.
Facebook is no more dangerous than FR. Just lock it down and don’t share your social security number.
You folks think your anonymous hiding behind a screen name?
Ha!
Stolen identities? I can get more information about you from the county auditor’s website than I can from Facebook!
Go shoo some children out of your yard and take your Geritol.
And it’s the left click not right click.
The whole point of Facebook is to put things out there for people to see.
My future employer will be looking at my Peony’s and Asiatic Lilies.
Even if you do use all the privacy settings, Facebook can, and has, many times, turn the settings off without notifying its customers. If you're not monitoring your page, etc. on a daily basis, your stuff could be exposed and you'd never know.
FB sucks.
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