Facebook hilarity, willfull stupidity,

WolfeMacleod · 06-08-2011, 03:24 PM

Put down the coffee. And if you have some, get out your monitor wipes.

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masraum · 06-08-2011, 03:28 PM

Hahahahah, that is some REALLY funny stuff.

asphaltgambler · 06-09-2011, 08:55 AM

I swear my wife and I just had a discussion about this very subject. Neither of us have facebook or any other networking profile - She is 44 and I'm 51 - we don't see a need since we are happily married and middle-aged w/no kids.

She is also very private by nature and feels that the whole personal networking sites are a gold mine for wrong-doers to steal info/intel/pics from profiles.

Just this past weekend - her brother (who is a OTR truck driver) was out of town since Sunday and his wife posted that info on FB - Monday night two (strangers) guys knocked on the door and then tried to break in and rob her. She was able to shut the door and called the po-po and nothing really happened after -

We later found out she has her address posted w/her profile!!! Good G*d !!!

Hugh R · 06-09-2011, 09:43 AM

Some funny stuff. I'm 57 and have never been on Facebook, My Space, or Twitter.

masraum · 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by asphaltgambler

I swear my wife and I just had a discussion about this very subject. Neither of us have facebook or any other networking profile - She is 44 and I'm 51 - we don't see a need since we are happily married and middle-aged w/no kids.

She is also very private by nature and feels that the whole personal networking sites are a gold mine for wrong-doers to steal info/intel/pics from profiles.

Just this past weekend - her brother (who is a OTR truck driver) was out of town since Sunday and his wife posted that info on FB - Monday night two (strangers) guys knocked on the door and then tried to break in and rob her. She was able to shut the door and called the po-po and nothing really happened after -

We later found out she has her address posted w/her profile!!! Good G*d !!!

Wow, very scary. I hope she's going to change her ways. (the type of info that she shares)

masraum · 06-09-2011, 09:52 AM

I have a facebook account, but I don't really use it. I have some family in other states that I'm connected to, and I am connected to a bunch of folks that I used to work with. I'm also connected to a bunch of folks on Linkedin. Even if I don't do anything on either one, the fact that the folks occasionally see my name is low key networking. It's been years since I've gotten a job any way than by a referral of someone that I used to work with.

I just keep my activity to all of those things to a minimum.

id10t · 06-09-2011, 09:59 AM

Daughter wanted a facebook acct, so I got one to keep track of what she posts, etc. as well as play wtih the privacy settings and such

oldE · 06-09-2011, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Hugh R

Some funny stuff. I'm 57 and have never been on Facebook, My Space, or Twitter.

+1
Les

motion · 06-09-2011, 10:24 AM

Everything in moderation, fellas.

Tervuren · Tervuren's Garage

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Originally Posted by id10t

Daughter wanted a facebook acct, so I got one to keep track of what she posts, etc. as well as play wtih the privacy settings and such

Your post is confusing, do you log on into her account, or did you make one for yourself?

Anything a person posts, they can exclude certain people from seeing. I have my facebook in groups, and often, I may exclude a group from seeing a post, or limit it to just one group.

About 50% of my facebook are people I know from racing, most of my friends are not into racing, so I'll often make a post that only those involved in racing can see, or a post those involved in racing won't see. You can also make a post only one person sees, or exclude only one person.

jeffgrant · 06-09-2011, 10:29 AM

id10t · 06-09-2011, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Tervuren

Your post is confusing, do you log on into her account, or did you make one for yourself?

Anything a person posts, they can exclude certain people from seeing. I have my facebook in groups, and often, I may exclude a group from seeing a post, or limit it to just one group.

About 50% of my facebook are people I know from racing, most of my friends are not into racing, so I'll often make a post that only those involved in racing can see, or a post those involved in racing won't see. You can also make a post only one person sees, or exclude only one person.

Both actually.

Amail · 06-09-2011, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by jeffgrant

Where's the "Like" button when you need it?

masraum · 06-09-2011, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Tervuren

Your post is confusing, do you log on into her account, or did you make one for yourself?

Anything a person posts, they can exclude certain people from seeing. I have my facebook in groups, and often, I may exclude a group from seeing a post, or limit it to just one group.

About 50% of my facebook are people I know from racing, most of my friends are not into racing, so I'll often make a post that only those involved in racing can see, or a post those involved in racing won't see. You can also make a post only one person sees, or exclude only one person.

I had no idea, I wanted to segregate my family from some folks that I used to work with so I created a group for my family, and a group for the folks that I used to work with. Apparently, when you add folks to your own little group, they all get a notification that you've put them in a group. So it's best if you don't create a group named something like "people that I really don't like".

Fortunately, I did NOT do that.