So Facebook users

[Ijineda]

[quote]Signing up to anything online gets the same results ...... Facebook is no different to ordering things from Amazon anything you share online is fair game to people wanting to sell you something, or swindle you.

Get over it ........ and get used to it ........ or stay offline .... off the phone ........ and live in a cave with no connections to the outside world because that's the only way you are going to escape the marketing man's grasp..... and I'm sure he'll eventually find you in a cave.

I've got a lovely set of cave paintings for

[Webb]

Haven't you heard?

[hhomebrewer]

Get over it ........ and get used to it ........ or stay offline .... off the phone ........ and live in a cave with no connections to the outside world because that's the only way you are going to escape the marketing man's grasp..... and I'm sure he'll eventually find you in a cave.

Can we hire one to find Osama ibn Laden?

[U4EA]

FaceBook is "SkyNet"!!!

[U4EA]

This is partly the reason I refuse to sign up for Facebook. I'm pretty much the only person in my school that doesn't have an FB account. (And that annoys them to no end. )

As I've progressed through life, I have realized it as it was happenning that there are perfectly valid reasons I chose to maintain some relationships, while letting others fade/fall/drift/run away.

For me at least, I find way too many more constructive things to do with my freetime than play 'face' or 'tweet'.

[Souichiro]

Meh Facebook is valued at over 50 billion dollars with quite possibly enough potential buyers so it'll never stop. Imho it's currently the pioneer of the future human relation network and Together with Apple they can finally create an Augmented reality!

Either go with it or return to your cave XD

[alrot]

[quote]Haven't you heard?

[U4EA]

..........at 12:12UTC on December 12, 2012, FaceBook became self-aware.

[CHUCK79]

[quote][quote]Signing up to anything online gets the same results ...... Facebook is no different to ordering things from Amazon anything you share online is fair game to people wanting to sell you something, or swindle you.

Get over it ........ and get used to it ........ or stay offline .... off the phone ........ and live in a cave with no connections to the outside world because that's the only way you are going to escape the marketing man's grasp..... and I'm sure he'll eventually find you in a cave.

I've got a lovely set of cave paintings for

[DaveSims]

I was resistant to facebook in the beginning, but have grown to love it.  Having lived in four different states in the last ten years, I have a lot of friends scattered around the country, (and in the case of some of my deployed friends, the world).  I have even been able to reconnect with many long lost friends that I otherwise may not have seen again.  As I said earlier in this thread, you do have to be careful what information you provide to the general public, but properly managed it can be as safe and productive as anything else.

Oh, and I get no spam from my association with facebook or any other site.

[Fr. Bill]

[quote]Haven't you heard?

[Jeph]

If you're getting spam due to Facebook, guess what; you are doing something wrong. That's all there is to it. I too was reluctant to use it at first, but as already stated, it can in fact be a useful tool, especially for things like aviation and space topics. I'm sure there are other fields that facebook might be good with, but speaking from first-hand experience, I've not had a problem since creating an account.

And for the record, the link/article originally posted only works if you have a publicly searchable profile. If you think FB is the cause of your security woes, you might want to change your settings. While you're at it, you might want to stock up on supplies for 12-22-12. 

If you want to find me on the internet, it's really not hard (I just checked), and I have nothing to hide or worry about.