Facebook Versus Forums

[droid]

facebook for short-term organisation/'live' discussion

Forum for medium term archiving/reference and notifications.

Works for me.

Mind, anyone that takes comments *seriously* from anyone they don't know personally needs their head read. On any format.

 

[2xw]

Facebook is brilliant and has increased our connectivity like nothing else. We can have live, club wide conversations whenever we want and for free. The savvy user gets past the data collection issues you've all talked out.

You shouldn't be surprised that all the youngsters live through it. You all ruined the economy, now we can't afford to go to the pub  :-\

 

[Fulk]

You all ruined the economy

'You' ? who exactly are you referring to?

To me, the Facebook thing (and why I'm not part of it) is as much about the 'powers that think they are' keeping tabs on us, which, allegedly is facilitated by Facebook and such-like social media.

 

[ZombieCake]

The savvy user gets past the data collection issues you've all talked out.

Not a chance if you've signed up.

 

[royfellows]

No such thing as a free lunch. People will never learn.

 

[ZombieCake]

Yep, almost as bad as the complete retards that sign up for DNA 'ancestry' profiling.  Which will be sold, hacked, or lost at the earliest convenience.

 

[JasonC]

I agree with Nick.

  I recognised the 2010 election campaign reference, even if no-one else did ! 

 

[cooleycr]

Is that because we are either
A: too old
or
B: too young

to remember 2010 !?!?! 

 

[Laurie]

Is that because we are either
A: too old
or
B: too young

to remember 2010 !?!?! 

Probably

 

[royfellows]

I agree with Nick.

  I recognised the 2010 election campaign reference, even if no-one else did ! 

The greatest non event of the year, hence easily forgotten?

 

[droid]

Is that because we are either
A: too old
or
B: too young

to remember 2010 !?!?! 

Probably

Or maybe when you get to a certain age, stuff that seems vitally important to some people pales into insignificance compared with watching your mind and body crumble around you?

 

[ZombieCake]

A lot of data breaches last year http://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/data-breaches-exposed-42-billion-records-in-2016/d/d-id/1327976
Not saying necessarily down to Facebook or whatever but various scraps of data are collected from assorted sources and linked together for various nefarious purposes by some dodgy people.  Plus you have the more 'legitimate' side of flogging data for a pile of cash (I think various charities were fined by the Information Commissioner for such activity) to pretty much anyone for targeted advertising etc.

 

[2xw]

The savvy user gets past the data collection issues you've all talked out.

Not a chance if you've signed up.

An enormous amount of data is collected about you as soon as you own a mobile phone, use the internet or use a car. Avoiding Facebook to protect your data privacy is like fencing off a square metre of crops in an acre.

 

[mrodoc]

I must say that we get a lot of stuff for free but now pay for it by sharing our lives with others.  Those who worry about people knowing what we are doing should remind themselves there are something like 9 billion individuals on this planet. If they are out to get you they have plenty of choices.