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Heh, I never thought of the identity threats that coincide with FaceBook. I ended up getting sick of all the crap which people posted or tried to invite me to. There is also only so much quarrelling you can withstand as well, I mean come on the catfights people get into are hilarious at first, but they soon become a toothache. I can tell you now that my productivity when up a heck of a lot as soon as I ditched the leach.

Funny thing is, people here are all talking about using FaceBook for family connections.. I wouldn't even allow cousins, except one, to befriend me. I know that my family would read things the wrong way and it'd end up with questions thrown at me, so FaceBook was for friends only.

There's certain 'groups' of people on FaceBook which I have noticed. Most are either posting depressing content and complaining about life, or those who post unrealistic exaggerations of their 'great lives', as if it's a pissing contest as to who can outdo who.

My advice: Get an unlimited call+text phone plan and keep in touch with those who matter that way (costs me $40 a month for this so it's not expensive). If you want to show your friends/family a photo/video, your phone can send them it. If it's a big file, then Youtube/Photobucket are good alternatives.


Disclaimer: This is in regards to observations on a FaceBook crowd who're <30 years old.
 
ROE said:
I have twitter accounts not to use but to collect infomations on market...very good tools to pull information...
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I use Twitter in a similar manner. I don't post anything, but follow particular individuals or organisations that are of interest to me.

One might ask what possibly could they say of interest in 140 characters. They post links to articles/videos/talks etc. that they made elsewhere and the 140 characters is just to give you the topic title and link to it.

So, for instance, I follow Marketwatch which links to Wall Street Journal articles which means I get to read them as soon as they go on line. I follow Paul Krugman who links to articles he writes for the NY Times and other sources. Richard Dawkins gives links to articles on his website or new You Tube videos of talks he makes.

Admittedly many people use Twitter for social gossip, but it can be used intelligently and by following those who only post useful stuff, you are not bothered by all the noise.

Interestingly I used to follow Stephen Fry, of whom I am a great admirer. However, he does engage in a lot of useless (to me) banter about having a meal in such and such a place etc that I dropped him from my list.

Occasionally I use Twitter to follow a hot topic of interest and it can be very informative particularly if you hit on the correct keyword to follow. During the uprising in Libya I found the Twitter code used by some insurgents to try and get information out to the rest of the world. Through it I was getting details of incidents that didn't get reported on CNN or the BBC until several hours later.
 
Twitter - handy for (as said) "pulling" information. Sports results, market results etc. I wouldn't call it "social media" the way I use it, more a "news feed". Stephen Fry - no thanks (seems like a great guy but his twitter is useless).

Facebook - a great way to keep in touch with people who live afar (a lot of my family and friends are overseas), but, as has been said, the amount of information people post is scarey at times.

The biggest traps IMO is these two (or more) websites not only 1- convincing people to divulge personal and sensitive information - default FB privacy settings are bad people, but if you change them to more private/secure will it still stop "someone" getting your information? I doubt it. and
2- becoming a big drain on your/our personal time. Read a book, go outside, meet real people for a coffee/beer/meal kick the footy. Most importantly, don't risk your job spending countless unproductive hours reading what some person you met years ago is having for lunch!

Life's for living.
 
I only completed my LinkedIn profile properly, and received multiple contacts from well-known recruiters looking to hire for specific roles. If I was actually looking for a permanent full time job right now I would have found it invaluable. I've also started entering into communication with other people in the industry (financial services), giving and receiving advice etc.

So yeah...that's something.

With regards to FB and Twitter. I quite like twitter, far more privacy than Facebook and you can easily filter out the crap. FB is good for staying in contact with people out of the country, and being invited to social events. Aside from that I'm not a fan.
 
I'm not on FB. Never have been. I use Twitter for the same reasons as ROE and Bellenuit.

Wrt the story about Dawson that Julia posted, I don't want to sound cold but it seemed more like a publicity stunt. That seemed to be confirmed when she made a speedy recovery and was able to appear on Sixty Minutes to discuss it a few days afterwards.

Dawson recently also had a run in with Chris Murphy (the solicitor) on Twitter when she supported Derryn Hinch's naming of a child sex-offender. Murphy made the valid point that in naming the offender he had also revealed the likely identity of the victim. Dawson accused Murphy of being a bully.:rolleyes:
 
I use FB to keep in touch with a couple hundred people i know through high school, college and university. Having lived in 5 different places in the last 8 years it is very useful.

I check it once or twice a day spending probably half hr a day max. For me the best use is coordinating events in a central location where everyone can post ideas/questions.
 
Julia said:
I have zero interest in Facebook, Twitter or any of that stuff. I can't believe people make tweets that say "going out to bring in the washing now", "time to collect the kids from school".!! Who on earth cares?

If I'm interested in keeping in touch with someone then I'm happy to do it via phone and email. I'm not keen on the 'public display' aspect of these media and I wouldn't trust any privacy 'protections'.

I hope I haven't offended the people who have invited me to be a friend on this forum by refusing. It's nothing personal. Just don't see the point.
I hear teenagers boasting that they have 500 friends on Facebook. Really? Doesn't fit my definition of a friend.

I suppose I'm being old fashioned because I also detest having to do the supermarket shopping amidst people having intensely personal loud conversations on their mobile phones. Somehow, believe it or not, we all managed to conduct our lives in a reasonably satisfactory way before being driven to such a maniacal extent by technology.
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+1. Websites, email, telephone, it's enough already.
 
McLovin said:
Wrt the story about Dawson that Julia posted, I don't want to sound cold but it seemed more like a publicity stunt. That seemed to be confirmed when she made a speedy recovery and was able to appear on Sixty Minutes to discuss it a few days afterwards.
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My impression also. She apparently has a book out. It's difficult not to conclude the publicity was to aid her book sales.
 
Julia said:
My impression also. She apparently has a book out. It's difficult not to conclude the publicity was to aid her book sales.
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Unfortunately, it looks as though the damage is already done. Barry O'Farrell, ever the politician to jump on some populist token bandwagon that avoids making difficult decisions like whether to have turkey or ham on his sandwich, has already suggested that we need new laws. Herr Conroy isn't far behind him, even getting his office to issue a media release congratulating the Daily Telegraph on their "Stop the trolls campaign". :rolleyes:

No doubt trolling will be used by Conroy and friends when they try to impose their next bizzare invasion of privacy on us all.

/rant:)
 
I already waste more than enough time on real fora like this one. Why on earth would I want to waste even more time on crappy ones like Facepalm and Twitbook? Seriously, what would be the point?

LinkedIn sounds sort of OK but I'm not interested in looking for a job so it's a bit pointless in my case. (Maybe there are other reasons to join Linkedin. If so, file them under "Facepalm" and "Twitbook".)
 
Julia said:
And the other aspect that thoroughly gets me is how so many people actually have time to put up these meaningless comments to anyone who cares to read them?
And conversely that those reading that drivel have nothing better to do!
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With respect, probably no different from making a post on ASF.

Even if a post is 'meaningful', who will remember it tomorrow? Likely no one!

Why did I make this post?

It's just a form of socializing while I'm trading. Occasionally I might say something that is of help to someone, but I think that would be pretty rare, not just fro me, but for all posters.
 
Gringotts Bank said:
With respect, probably no different from making a post on ASF.
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I did consider that before having my rant, GB.
However, in many years of membership of ASF, I've yet to see anyone posting photos of a handful of pills accompanied by the caption "You win" after the rest of the forum had been urging that poster to take their own life.

Neither do we see posts advising others that the poster is just reaching home and will be there to say hi soon. Or about to take the dog for a walk, etc etc.

Nothing wrong with a forum such as ASF where many of us are helped by the sharing of information, and some steam is perhaps dispelled amongst a mood of political disenchantment.
 
Julia said:
Oh Lord, it's even worse than I'd supposed.:(
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Yes, but the quote on page two is priceless. I've been laughing about it all day.

"Jesus loves you" - a nice thing to hear in church, but a horrific thing to hear in a Mexican prison.
 
A year later, I still dont have facebook and still not interested.
I wouldnt put ASF the same as Facebook.
Agree with your comments Julia, regarding Charlotte Dawson.

I just find it amazing seeing people out absorbed on their phones, checking their facebook or whatever else.
 
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