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.
The Founders spin in their graves as Tyranny increases daily.
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.
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!
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.
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I guess they’ll know all about my fake persona.
I predict that this ruling by the FTC will ultimately result in the establishment of a new “sociability rating” similar to the current credit rating system used by lenders.
How long before we must actively monitor our “sociability” score in order to get/keep a job, obtain a security clearance, gain entrance to colleges and organizations, etc.?
Don’t work for an employer that would use such a screening criteria. Publicize those that do and ostracize them. I cannot understand why people assume such a posture of helplessness in the face of such an outrage. If they have a problem with something you’ve said, say it louder!
The same culture of corruption that has led to rampant identity theft in this country. The sale of personal social security numbers, banking information, employment information, property values, etc.
It’s one thing to walk into a court house, register to look a the records, and transcribe a figure or two, it’s another to download them wholesale and sell them to anyone and everyone.
This sh*tstorm’s been brewing since the 1980s when the lobbyists for commercial mailings bought congress.
My Husband and I have never used Facebook.
My Husband and I will never use Facebook.
I just can’t wrap my head around posting your entire life for everyone to see.