Community Chat

[LilacTree]

I read yesterday an article listing apps that should be removed from our devices because of malware and other dangers.  Most of them were games and other apps I have never heard of.

One was huge though.  It was highly recommended that we remove Facebook in its entirety, saving whatever we wanted to keep to the cloud or another storage facility first.

Would anyone here do that? I‘m thinking about it but I’m not sure how to go about it. I know one can temporarily shut it down, but delete it entirely . . . Is that possible?

[cherry]

My son has an account and I will tell you , he never accepts cookies ,or wants anyone tracking him. I guess he doesn't feel threatened, so no. I only have allowed 1 person to friend me and I know they are absolutely  beyond reproach

I use it to sign into stuff

[GAQShopr53]

I am not surprised...I have never used the Facebook app on my phone of any of my other mobile devices.  I remember a friend downloading the app and immediately the app accessed her phone contacts. I thought this was a little too intrusive and recommended she delete the app immediately. To this date her contacts are all mixed up and she still has to verify the number and names before placing some of her calls.  

I do have my Facebook account and sign in and out on my desktop...I don't use the messenger, always change my passwords, and never stay signed into the account. 

[Annabellethecat66]

Both of my daughters convinced me to get rid of facebook maybe 8 or so months ago.

I didn't understand why, but I did it.  I hated to do it because it was a good way of keeping in touch with my friends from the time (actually) I was born.  

We all grew up together, went to the same schools and kept in touch through facebook.  

It was an easy way to see how they were doing without being intrusive.

But, I don't go on it anymore.  If you think about it, it is an easy way for anyone who wants to do devious things, or know someone's business can find out what they want to know.

I don't know anyone that this has happened to but I've read about people being robbed because they posted pictures on their trip WHILE they were away.  Ha!

[Anonymous032819]

You can't believe everything that you read on the internet.

Just because it's on the internet, does not mean that it's true.

I've been a member of Facebook for well over a decade, and I have NEVER had one single problem with FB.

It is what one makes of it.

I am not the person that posts every five minutes what I am doing, eating, etc.

I have gone dayS without posting a single thing.

I do use it to keep in touch with family and friends, groups and tv shows that I am interested in.

It is neither as innocent as the driven snow, nor is it the evil entity that some would love to have everybody believe.

As I said, FB is what *YOU make of it, and how *YOU decide to use it.

It's just a tool, like a hammer is just a tool.

Nothing more.

Nothing less.

* "YOU"  = general meaning.

[cherry]

I have no information at all ,that would be of use to anyone ,on my account

[RetRN]

@LilacTree,actually it is probably not a bad idea. It seems kind of creepy to me. Lots of pictures and personal info that should probably be kept private in many cases. Anybody can stalk anyone.

[Suzeecat]

I use Facebook daily, it's become more of a mind-numbing, time wasting habit than anything else.  I never, ever do any of those "what's your animal poet name"  or "what career are you most suited for" tests, if you get my drift.  I basically just use it to see what people are up to, sometimes get a recipe, or see some good photography. 

I'm getting more and more irritated, though, with all the ads.  It's getting to be one ad for every legitimate friend's post.  I delete every one and tell Facebook to hide them in the future.  I deleted all my "interests", and it makes no difference.  If this keeps up or gets worse, I am pretty sure I will be deleting the app as it is becoming more irritating than entertaining.

[LilacTree]

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@cherry wrote:

My son has an account and I will tell you , he never accepts cookies ,or wants anyone tracking him. I guess he doesn't feel threatened, so no. I only have allowed 1 person to friend me and I know they are absolutely  beyond reproach

I use it to sign into stuff

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@cherry 

I don’t accept cookies either, and I never have put personal issues on there.  But I have posted hundreds of photos over the years.

And I do belong to a couple of forums about my health issues that are Facebook based.  I wouldn’t care that much about them. They don’t show up on my personal page, but I realize they are probably linked somehow. 

I am seeing more negatives than positives about Internet use than I used to.  It’s discomfiting.

[Bhvbum]

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@cherry wrote:

My son has an account and I will tell you , he never accepts cookies ,or wants anyone tracking him. I guess he doesn't feel threatened, so no. I only have allowed 1 person to friend me and I know they are absolutely  beyond reproach

I use it to sign into stuff

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The New York Times this summer reported:  the United States government spent months coming up with a punishment for Facebook’s long list of privacy-related bad behavior, and they will be fined $5 billion.

The Federal Trade Commission has approved a fine of roughly $5 billion against Facebook for mishandling users’ personal information, according to three people briefed on the vote, in what would be a landmark settlement that signals a newly aggressive stance by regulators toward the country’s most powerful technology companies.