Community Chat

[grandma2pkmh]

Do you feel like Facebook is trying to force everyone to sign up? I really don't want to join but it is becoming difficult to read public pages without that dumb white bar covering half the page. Also, I have noticed several talk shows occasionally have contest that you must enter thru Facebook.  I just don't like to feel "forced" to use Facebook to participate in things.

[beckyb1012]

Nope.  I joined very early in the beginning and canceled after only a couple of months.  Too much information people offer about themselves I just do not need to or care to read.

[deepwaterdotter]

Since I have never felt "forced to join" facebook, I am not a member.

[MalteseMomma]

How can FB possibly  force you to sign up????  Pardon me but   That is the dumbest thing I ever read.

I must tell you you are missing out on a lot of good stuff!!! Friendships far and near,family updates ,far and near. current events ,far and near.

IMO FaceBook is the best thing that was ever invented to bring the world closer together. and Mark was Blessed by God to be given the idea to invent it!!!

FB only does what you want it to do.you do not have to show anything or talk to anyone or read anything you do not want to.You can keep entirely private or let the world know you are here.......lol

I absolutely love it and wonder what we ever did without it!!!

God Bless Mark Zuckerberg!!!!

[proudlyfromNJ]

No, haven't seen that.

[Noel7]

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@grandma2pkmh wrote:

Do you feel like Facebook is trying to force everyone to sign up? I really don't want to join but it is becoming difficult to read public pages without that dumb white bar covering half the page. Also, I have noticed several talk shows occasionally have contest that you must enter thru Facebook.  I just don't like to feel "forced" to use Facebook to participate in things.

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@grandma2pkmh

I'm not on FB and I've never felt forced to join.

[grandma2pkmh]

Sorry you think I am dumb. Please forgive me for having an opinion.

[JaneMarple]

Here we go again! It's the 26th of January and this is probably the 3rd or 4th anti fb thread!

[Noel7]

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@grandma2pkmh wrote:

Sorry you think I am dumb. Please forgive me for having an opinion.

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@grandma2pkmh

I never said you were dumb.

Just say No to FB.  I've never felt pressured.

[Mominohio]

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@MalteseMomma wrote:

How can FB possibly  force you to sign up????  Pardon me but   That is the dumbest thing I ever read.

I must tell you you are missing out on a lot of good stuff!!! Friendships far and near,family updates ,far and near. current events ,far and near.

IMO FaceBook is the best thing that was ever invented to bring the world closer together. and Mark was Blessed by God to be given the idea to invent it!!!

FB only does what you want it to do.you do not have to show anything or talk to anyone or read anything you do not want to.You can keep entirely private or let the world know you are here.......lol

I absolutely love it and wonder what we ever did without it!!!

God Bless Mark Zuckerberg!!!!

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Oh puleeessss!

There are a million other sources for current events. Other ways to stay in touch with family and friends.

And I do get what the OP means about being 'forced' (and so did you but you preferred to grandstand).

There are more and more things that you cannot participate in unless you have a FB to register, or to vote, etc. I simply think, oh well, I don't need to participate that bad. 

I'm not missing out on a thing. I don't need to be hearing about my friends and family's every move all day long. I don't need to get their political views or their sports leanings or a million pictures of their grandkids clogging my everyday life. 

And privacy on FB is a joke. It is only as private as those you share things with allow or keep. You choose who you share with, but they can easily share those things with others without your knowledge. 

And FB itself is just too snoopy to suit me. Nope, I'm not missing a thing.