Purged facebook and never looking back lol. Still cluttered, still spamming, still not necessary
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Was reading an article yesterday where a Russian intelligence officer stated that Social Media is a "dream come true" for gathering information on people, what they like, current photos, who they associate with, and more. He stated that FaceBook would have put the KGB out of business.
No privacy concerns here folks....move along.
No privacy concerns here folks....move along.
I like Facebook, but their iPhone app is atrocious and always has been. It is dog-slow, crashes frequently, buggy, sucks down battery life, and overall so frustrating that sometimes I want to throw my phone against the wall.
Typical example: I'll scroll down in my News Feed, see a photo I want to expand, and tap on it. The entire UI freezes for a good 7-10 seconds while it loads the photo. Sometimes even longer.
If I tap the Home button while it's doing this, then come back to the Facebook app, then I'm treated to a blank white screen for 5 seconds or so. After that, there's about a 50/50 chance I'll see the photo or news feed, versus being dumped back to the launcher because the app crashed.
Pile of junk.
In Soviet Russia, KGB Pokes you!
But really, if you're doing sketchy stuff or illegal activities and posting things on FB, then it's your own fault.
"Hey everyone, like my post! I just killed the neighbors and had them for dinner...the recipe is below".
It's true, we live in a scarily connected world.
The other day I was in Costco and someone walked by with a varsity jacket with their last name written on it. It was an unusual last name so I took notice. As an experiment, I decided to see how easy it is to "stalk" someone online. So I searched the name in Facebook, quickly found the account with photos and videos of the guy, found out we had mutual friends, found out where he had recently checked in, and I used a 411 website to find out the guy's address and phone number.
Of course I didn't save any of that information, but the point is, if I found it "just like that", anybody could have.
Moral of the story: if you have a distinctive name, don't flash it in public
It's true, we live in a scarily connected world.
The other day I was in Costco and someone walked by with a varsity jacket with their last name written on it. It was an unusual last name so I took notice. As an experiment, I decided to see how easy it is to "stalk" someone online. So I searched the name in Facebook, quickly found the account with photos and videos of the guy, found out we had mutual friends, found out where he had recently checked in, and I used a 411 website to find out the guy's address and phone number.
Of course I didn't save any of that information, but the point is, if I found it "just like that", anybody could have.
Moral of the story: if you have a distinctive name, don't flash it in public
Or do a reverse search, and stay far away from you...stalker.
You don't do clown acts at birthday parties do you? I recall a certain person who used to do that...?
Hahaha. It's probably pretty common. Someone told me that a police officer went into their school to do a talk on internet safety and that's exactly what he did, live and in front of them. Find a thread and pull on it to see what else he could find.
Oh I'm sure. A number of police busts, and federal busts of late have come from FB posts. Same is true for people abducting kids, and identity theft...
Like you, or the other poster stated, we're now constantly connected and getting/feeding information 24/7.
Well, as I scroll over the other front page new stories today, I see Justin Bieber, a graph about Android susceptibility to viruses, a story about T-Mobile's catfight with AT&T, an old Swatch product from 10 years ago, a story about Samsung, Beats and their CEO, and a Ferrari.
They DO have this, its called marking a person as a favorite. You see all their posts, what they're liking and commenting on (that is defined as open to friends of friends or global).
Exactly what I thought. I can't count how many times it switches me to Top Stories when I set it on Most Recent. Even then, I've seen posts on friends' pages that never showed up on my news feed. I just want to see a list of every post in reverse chronological order for all my friends/group/liked pages.
Great, I always wanted the "LIKE IF YOU HATE CANCER, IGNORE IF YOU WANT YOUR FAMILY TO DO" style of images to take up more of my screen estate.
Seems like a silly thing to make a video for. And the emo music....
Go outside and talk to someone in real life!
Go outside and talk to someone in real life!
Do you mean "close friends"? Selecting that gives a notification for every post they make (which I don't want, just for all their posts to show up in my feed), and it doesn't work for organizations. I just want a news feed preference, not that other stuff.
You also reminded me, I wish there was a way to turn off having comments you make on posts show up in other people's news feeds. I know other people can turn that off, but I really wish I could do it from my end, I don't want other people annoyed by that. Same goes for "Joe is now friends with Sally" posts, I just don't see the point.