Why are you afraid of Facebook?

[gungirl65]

I keep seeing posts about fellow Ingo'ers who can't participate in certain activities / events because the events or parts of them are on Facebook. Why are some people so afraid of Facebook?

It seems like it is mostly men that run scared when you say the word Facebook. Mentioning Facebook seems to be worse than inviting someone to a religious revival. Why is that?

Note to the ladies; if you are trying to scare off unwanted advances from certain men, you can now try inviting them to be your FB friend. For the right few FB is as scary of a word as marriage.

 

[adam]

Most people do not like the practices of facebook and people's information.

 

[Scutter01]

Every few weeks, Facebook goes out of their way to show more people things that they weren't meant to see. They keep changing their security settings and hiding controls. They want all of your friends and any strangers that see your page to see everything you've posted. It's bad enough that they're handing over a detailed dossier of all of your activities, personal connections, addresses, phone numbers, etc. to any government agency that asks for them (warrant or not), but it's even worse to hand all of that information to any random stranger who stumbles upon it.

 

[mcolford]

Facebook... I got it, and its ok I guesas. That twitter thing, now thats another topic. Thats for people that are begging to get a stalker. I mean seriuously, you are putting it all out there, everything you do, and everywhere you are, just for people to read or whatever. Seems kinda sketchy to me. What the hell do I know though??

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

For many, it's a matter of maintaining a small cyber footprint. I have a Facebook account but do very little on it...only what I don't mind the whole world, and I mean the whole world, knowing about.

 

[mrjarrell]

Facebook... I got it, and its ok I guesas. That twitter thing, now thats another topic. Thats for people that are begging to get a stalker. I mean seriuously, you are putting it all out there, everything you do, and everywhere you are, just for people to read or whatever. Seems kinda sketchy to me. What the hell do I know though??

Not a Twitter user, myself, but it shows a lot less info than Facebook. It only shows what you type. Your profile is only what you put up. It's a lot more "private" than Facebook. Facebook is OK, too. If you use your privacy settings correctly and post only what you're comfortable posting.

 

[Magneto]

People need to learn you don't have to post everything. I don't post my personal business on fb unlike some of my friends. Like the insecure prescription drug addicted anorexic that post pictures of herself with too much makeup and laments not being able to find a man and who has fits of rage at the drop of a hat at other women.

 

[handgun]

I wouldn't mind a stalker if she was hot and loved guns and liked to give me dessert... :-D but i can only seem to attract ugly ones that like to dance on bar tops :-D

I personally don't fear Facebook.. too much!

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Facebook is OK, too. If you use your privacy settings correctly and post only what you're comfortable posting.

People need to learn you don't have to post everything. I don't post my personal business on fb unlike some of my friends.

People are, generally, afraid of what they're ignorant of.

Facebook won't "know" anything that you don't tell "it". Period.

-J-

 

[Scutter01]

People are, generally, afraid of what they're ignorant of.

Facebook won't "know" anything that you don't tell "it". Period.

-J-

The problem is that Facebook makes it amazingly easy to tell it everything. And then it will tell that information to everyone you know, often whether you want it to or not.

 

[paddling_man]

I wouldn't mind a stalker if she was hot and loved guns and liked to give me dessert... :-D but i can only seem to attract ugly ones that like to dance on bar tops :-D

I personally don't fear Facebook.. too much!

I saw what you did there.

 

[Benny]

I avoided FB until this year...Honestly I was tired of my out-of-town friends hounding me about it.

I don't post anything personal or incriminating (I don't do illegal stuff, so why would I lie about doing it?) and have my privacy setting set to only "friends (not that it matters."

I usually just post funny pictures and keep up with old friends I've lost contact with over the years.

You will never see me post a status update about hitting the gym, why girls are poopy or the delicious reece's cup I just had. I've lost track of how many people I've blocked that post nothing but their life. Newsflash: We. Don't. Give. A. ****.

 

[rockhopper46038]

I know quite a few women that have gotten addicted to it. They spend all their time on it. Kinda like INGO.

 

[2ADMNLOVER]

Data mining , "they" doos it .

I may be a little nuts but I'm not a criminal , I've been vetted by local and federal police and have nothing to hide . However , I've little to share .

I'm also not narcissistic enough to think anybody really gives a flying **** what I'm doing every minute of the day .

I have real friends that I can call or go see . Who-n-tha hell has 200 "friends" anyway ?

I can barely stand the people I know , let alone wanna be a facebook friend .

 

[Benny]

I know quite a few women that have gotten addicted to it. They spend all their time on it. Kinda like INGO.

You mean like 99.9% of all females with a smart phone? Yeah, I know a few myself.

 

[Dave Doehrman]

It seems like it is mostly men that run scared when you say the word Facebook. Mentioning Facebook seems to be worse than inviting someone to a religious revival. Why is that?

Facebook reminds me of an inconsiderate loudmouth on a cell phone in a public setting blabbing out details and information I really don't care about or want to hear.

If I have something to say to someone, I'll call them, send an e-mail or maybe even post on a forum. If it is important enough to express, then do it in a more personal or confidential manner.

 

[CTC B4Z]

nobody gots to know what i be doing with who i be doing it yea mmmkkkkk

 

[joslar15]

Facebook is for lemmings.

 

[Rocket57]

I do Facebook as a way to see what my kids are up to. Sad to say but social media is the communication device of today's young people. I rarely post anything myself.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Facebook is for lemmings.

Of course, that cultural reference to which you allude has been debunked as having been done completely for the filming of that video.