Why do parents do this? - Page 3

CelticCrafter · ‎03-09-2010

@ThinkOutsidetheBox wrote:
I am totally not into Facebook at all due to all of the reasons posted by the posters here before me. What I do not get though, is why not having a social media presence is seen as a strike against you by so many prospective employers these days. I am a private person, I know how much risk is involved in using social media, and I am too busy with many other things. And yet, many interviewers respond negatively if they ask about your social media activity and you state that you have none. It is just so weird. Wouldn't an employer love to have me, a non-smoker and non-social media person, who would not be wasting time at work with either one of those activities? I just don't get it.

Because they can't check on you...

Even if you had the highest level of privacy settings or security settings, they can do it in a round about, back door way.

Mominohio · ‎08-08-2010

@willdob3 wrote:
@Mominohio

Sorry, but I can’t understand why anyone bothers with Facebook. Not just moms who don’t think about what they are doing...

I never bothered with it either, and did so only to be able to participate in a few group pages for selling things.

And I don't use my real name, real location. All information there is totally made up, and I have no friends.

I like FB for the selling groups, but that is the only use I have for it.

Mominohio · ‎08-08-2010

@ThinkOutsidetheBox wrote:
I am totally not into Facebook at all due to all of the reasons posted by the posters here before me. What I do not get though, is why not having a social media presence is seen as a strike against you by so many prospective employers these days. I am a private person, I know how much risk is involved in using social media, and I am too busy with many other things. And yet, many interviewers respond negatively if they ask about your social media activity and you state that you have none. It is just so weird. Wouldn't an employer love to have me, a non-smoker and non-social media person, who would not be wasting time at work with either one of those activities? I just don't get it.

I know someone who has a young adult in high school, and he does no social media whatsoever.

After the last school shootings, they had counselors in for the kids (even though this wasn't even in the state these folks live in) and rather than just having the counselors available for the kids if they wanted to talk, each child was scheduled in to see one, all brought in from outside the school system.

This young man was really questioned (and made to feel suspected) because they had looked and seen he had no social media. They questioned and treated him as if he might be a danger to himself or others, that he might be a social outcast it might be necessary to intervene or be concerned about him.

It makes me sick, that because someone chooses to be private, chooses not to jump on the bandwagon that 98% of their peers is on, is then seen and treated as suspect.

TenderMercies · ‎06-03-2017

My favorite are the people who announce how their whole family is about to get on a plane and go on vacation for a week. I want to reply, "Thanks for letting me know. I'll be robbing your home while you're gone!"

TenderMercies · ‎06-03-2017

Another thing most people don't know about Facebook is that there are all these posts floating around which seem innocent, but they are actually designed to hack you. They will say things like "Type in the comment section the name of your first pet and the name of the street you grew up on and that's your stripper name." Or you'll see a full quiz asking you to answer the questions like, "What was the model of your first car" or "What high school did you attend?" These are not innocent posts. These posts are specifically designed to try to get your most likely passwords.

SahmIam · ‎04-16-2010

Trust me, many don't have a FB account. My DH does not, no one on his team does, no one in his division does and beyond that, the vast majority of family members of those he works with do not. I don't, our children don't. Nor is Instagram, Snapchat or any other place where pictures of you may go used by us or our children.

DH told our sons when they started working/entered HS: if an employer or "friend" questions you as to why you don't do social media, they do NOT have your best interest at heart. If they push, just smile, stay calm and answer repeatedly "because I don't need one". An employer or "friend" who says you MUST is someone to walk away from.

So far, our family and close friends have not been hurt by not haing a "social" presence.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

People who are so into social media that it is real life to them are generally much younger than us, and don't think the same way at all.

SXMGirl · ‎07-07-2010

I think most people who post on FB are quite naive and think that bad things happen to others but not to them. My neighbor posts everything about her life on FB, including where she is currently at and with whom, and she also posts how she is feeling or if she cannot sleep. What is dangerous is that she posts pictures of inside her home as well as her vacation home and people always know where she is at.

I personally use FB to collect recipes and am only friends with people who I actually know. I don't want anyone showing up at my home from info that came from FB.

The next time that I hear salt and ice together, it better be in a margarita!

WenGirl42 · ‎07-05-2012

@TenderMercies wrote:
Another thing most people don't know about Facebook is that there are all these posts floating around which seem innocent, but they are actually designed to hack you. They will say things like "Type in the comment section the name of your first pet and the name of the street you grew up on and that's your stripper name." Or you'll see a full quiz asking you to answer the questions like, "What was the model of your first car" or "What high school did you attend?" These are not innocent posts. These posts are specifically designed to try to get your most likely passwords.

Not passwords...Those are standard security questions (the answers to which can be used to bypass or reset account passwords.) And it's not just Facebook. Occasionally, those sorts of "quizzes" pop up here. I haven't seen one in a while, though!

Venezia · ‎03-09-2010

@TenderMercies wrote:
Another thing most people don't know about Facebook is that there are all these posts floating around which seem innocent, but they are actually designed to hack you. They will say things like "Type in the comment section the name of your first pet and the name of the street you grew up on and that's your stripper name." Or you'll see a full quiz asking you to answer the questions like, "What was the model of your first car" or "What high school did you attend?" These are not innocent posts. These posts are specifically designed to try to get your most likely passwords.

@TenderMercies- LOL. A friend of mine once sent round a group email and it was a questionnaire just like that. The very last question was "Which of your friends is least likely to answer this questionnaire" and she put my name (first only) there. I emailed back with a blank survey "And you're right!"

I've tried to warn family and friends for years that those "innocent, fun surveys" are simply trawling for personal information. No way!

"" A little learning is a dangerous thing."-Alexander Pope