Community Chat

[ms traditional]

i never bought the idea of broadcasting personal information a la Facebook.  none of my info got sold to campaigns, to advertisers, etc.  

[cherry]

I know that now @Trinity11 and that's why I will never accept anyone but Gloria as a friend

[Trinity11]

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@cherrywrote:

I know that now @Trinity11 and that's why I will never accept anyone but Gloria as a friend

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@cherry....I must be missing something. You would not accept family members or your children as Friends? I understand never accepting strangers as a friend but what about family?

[cherry]

My family doesn't do facebook stuff. My kids are single and my sisters aren't on the net @Trinity11

[TX-starlight]

You can out more info with Google than Facebook, I've done it. You can find many records, such as arrest records, from county records. I've looked up MANY people & info on Google. 

[JaneMarple]

@cherry I understand your feelings towards fb but to me it has been a wonderful tool. For instance one of my sisters has leukemia and she doesn' get a traditional treatment. She joined a private group on fb and I was allowed to join as well because of me being a close relative. Through that group sharing such great information and support, she can relate with the other cancer survivors.

[cherry]

@JaneMarple  I don't know anyone who does facebook in my family. I don't want to get tied up with total strangers

I can see the appeal of sharing things with family, but I don't have that option

[JaneMarple]

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@cherrywrote:

@JaneMarple  I don't know anyone who does facebook in my family. I don't want to get tied up with total strangers

I can see the appeal of sharing things with family, but I don't have that option

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I understand @cherry, this same sister joined fb reluctantly only a few years back and is very happy that she did. Sometimes I think talking with strangers is better than family because people on the outside can relate to certain circumstance much better.

[cherry]

I enjoy our chats @JaneMarple  but I feel here we are in a zone of safety. I know we get trolls, but it's not like the rest of the web, which can be like the wild west

I feel we reach a meeting of minds ,very often

[ms traditional]

what personal info that Facebook users sign away in terms of privacy is their problem.  societally i am more interested in their maintaining a fair and open forum, using their internal tools to help maintain national security -  and feel they have fallen down on the livestreaming feature, with suicides and murders having been broadcast.  let's see if any of those questions come up in Z interview.