Got Facebook?

[Jaylotw]

I’ve had a fake account for years to help manage my band’s page. It’s an easy way to communicate to our small following when and where we’ll be playing, a necessary evil. We haven’t posted on it in over a year. All of us in the band have fake accounts to log in to it.

I have certain family who are on it 24/7. They’re constantly riling each other up with batshit conspiracy theories, “news,” and whatever other garbage they dredge up from the muck. It’s like they don’t even live in the real world anymore, because someone sent them a Facebook post that said “PROVEN: The World Is Fake.” It’s a sad thing to watch people eat it all up, virtually argue over it, and then turn those virtual things into real life hate and mistrust. My mom won’t talk to one of her sons now, because his wife disagreed with something someone said on Facebook. Yeah, really.

It’s for fools. And getting people to come to your shows and buy you beer.

 

[ophiuchus]

Hell, I feel hacked every time a local supermarket chain mails me a foldout flyer of coupons. Just a little too spot on.

There are a number of social media platforms that can be very useful and fun tools, keeping families, graduating classes, and people with similar interests connected ... when used moderately. Too bad so many users are too lazy to maintain extraplatformic, real-world connections. On top of that, these data-greedy platforms themselves have drawn such big targets on their backs.

(On my part, anyone who might be following me on Facebook is a couple past-lives behind. )

 

[jrharrigan]

I make almost all of my living at the end of things like Facebook, so I'll be keeping it. I can't imagine not having it. It's an excellent tool for all kinds of applications.

 

[Old School 3319]

Not having facebook is like paying cash at the store people look at you funny

 

[3rdguy]

All your bases are belong to us!!!

 

[KafkaStoleMyBike]

My passwords are always my bank PIN number- it's so idiotic, the hackers will never think to try it!

 

[mikethompson]

Not having facebook is like paying cash at the store people look at you funny

So it is just like pipe smoking then?

 

[Gus]

I think the question is what you have Facebook for and how you use it.

I've read that some of you use it to keep in touch with your families, so that's a good option.

I use it only for commercial and advertising purposes for my photographic work. And thanks to it I have had more than 30 international exhibitions in two years and quite a few sales, the last one through a gallery in NY, a work for 1300 USD.

I only use it for that, my photographic work, no personal publications, nor do I have "friends" outside the photographic field.

Whether we like it or not, FB today is one of the biggest advertising platforms out there, also Instagram, so, it's up to each one how he/she uses it.

Our data is exposed?.... the moment we connect to the internet we are already exposed.

I remember some time ago, I was with some friends, we had our mobile phones on the table while having coffee and a few beers, we were talking about fridges and washing machines, about brands to replace a washing machine, specifically .... guess what we got advertising as soon as we connected to the internet with the mobile... yes, washing machines, appliances, etc.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I think the question is what you have Facebook for and how you use it.

I've read that some of you use it to keep in touch with your families, so that's a good option.

I use it only for commercial and advertising purposes for my photographic work. And thanks to it I have had more than 30 international exhibitions in two years and quite a few sales, the last one through a gallery in NY, a work for 1300 USD.

I only use it for that, my photographic work, no personal publications, nor do I have "friends" outside the photographic field.

Whether we like it or not, FB today is one of the biggest advertising platforms out there, also Instagram, so, it's up to each one how he/she uses it.

Our data is exposed?.... the moment we connect to the internet we are already exposed.

I remember some time ago, I was with some friends, we had our mobile phones on the table while having coffee and a few beers, we were talking about fridges and washing machines, about brands to replace a washing machine, specifically .... guess what we got advertising as soon as we connected to the internet with the mobile... yes, washing machines, appliances, etc.

Yep, I was talking with a friend about divorce and it’s affects on kids. And, I got back in my truck and boom, ads for books on raising kids during divorce, lawyers, and child psychologists, all on Google.

 

[olkofri]

Not having facebook is like paying cash at the store people look at you funny

Now they berate you for using cash: you're being 'unsafe'.

 

[sablebrush52]

From the standpoint of business use, Linked In has done well for me. I may widen antisocial media use for hawking my personal artwork after I retire from the BIZ next year.

 

[olkofri]

I remember some time ago, I was with some friends, we had our mobile phones on the table while having coffee and a few beers, we were talking about fridges and washing machines, about brands to replace a washing machine, specifically .... guess what we got advertising as soon as we connected to the internet with the mobile... yes, washing machines, appliances, etc.

Yep, I was talking with a friend about divorce and it’s affects on kids. And, I got back in my truck and boom, ads for books on raising kids during divorce, lawyers, and child psychologists, all on Google.

Have you been hit with ads related to topics discussed during a phone call via your cell phones?

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I use facebook and Instagram for my art jewelry also. It works. But, I’ve found Instagram is a better platform. Facebook nickels and dimes me to death to get my work in front of people. But, IG may eventually go that way since FB owns them now.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Have you been hit with ads related to topics discussed during a phone call via your cell phones?

Yep, my daughter was telling me about her piano lessons, and boom, piano ads, lessons, etc... nothing is sacred.

 

[olkofri]

Yep, my daughter was telling me about her piano lessons, and boom, piano ads, lessons, etc... nothing is sacred.

Creepy. Thanks for confirming.

 

[Gus]

Have you been hit with ads related to topics discussed during a phone call via your cell phones?

no, we didn't talk on the phone, we had our phones on the table, from time to time someone would check the wasap, or something, but there were no calls....

 

[Gus]

Yep, my daughter was telling me about her piano lessons, and boom, piano ads, lessons, etc... nothing is sacred.

That's right,

 

[olkofri]

no, we didn't talk on the phone, we had our phones on the table, from time to time someone would check the wasap, or something, but there were no calls....

Yeah, that's standard, sadly. As I've said to many people, your phones are listening in on you 24/7. So do any other voice-operating devices like that crap Alexa, et al. This is by design: the device needs to be in perpetual listening mode if it is to respond to commands. It's also a big privacy breach and a security risk, but most people have become inured to accept that as 'normal' and right and proper. Trying to advise caution only nets you all kinds of epithets related to lunacy and paranoia and 'conspiracy'. Whatever. I have my phone's cameras permanently covered with a leather sleeve, and I take the phone out of the room if I want to have a private conversation.

 

[Gus]

Yeah, that's standard, sadly. As I've said to many people, your phones are listening in on you 24/7. So do any other voice-operating devices like that crap Alexa, et al. This is by design: the device needs to be in perpetual listening mode if it is to respond to commands. It's also a big privacy breach and a security risk, but most people have become inured to accept that as 'normal' and right and proper. Trying to advise caution only nets you all kinds of epithets related to lunacy and paranoia and 'conspiracy'. Whatever. I have my phone's cameras permanently covered with a leather sleeve, and I take the phone out of the room if I want to have a private conversation.

that's right, this is how it works, we are not sure anywhere anymore if there are electronic devices nearby .....

 

[daveinlax]

I enjoy both Facebook and Instagram even more. I spend way more time on those platforms than I do at traditional pipe forums. ?