How Many SF members use FACEBOOK? I would appreciate your comments.

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Lon

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I have been using Facebook since it's beginning and have discovered that it makes aging more tolerable. I communicate with family, friends and others with similar interests as mine. So far, I have had no negative things occur because of my use. BTW---I just viewed a video clip on Facebook that was posted by a step daughter vacationing in Costa Rica.
 

I use mine like you do, Lon. Especially with high school friends I have not seen in years. I don't post everything that happens like a lot of folks do but I do enjoy it.
 
I use FB to keep up with family and a few acquaintances but I rarely post anything other than a thumbs up.

I also check the trending news items to see if anything catches my eye.

I get a little annoyed with all of the nonsense and suggested posts, etc...
 

I use Facebook to keep up with authors and musicians so I know when a new book or CD will be released. I also use it to learn of sales in stores where I shop. I do not use it for any family connections.
 
I also use Facebook to communicate and interact with my family and friends. Most of the time, I do not post very much, and just scroll through to see what my family has posted.
I have unfollowed everyone except my children, so my page is no all cluttered up with silly posts, jokes, and game results. When I want to see what someone has posted, I just look through my friend list and go to their page and see what is now on there.

One of the things that I like best about Facebook is “Groups”. It seems like there are lots of groups for almost anything that you might be interested in, and I belong to at least a dozen Facebook Groups. I seldom post there, either, but I do like to read through and see what new things are being posted.
Several of the groups are historical ones, and I really enjoy seeing the old-time pictures that show up on those groups.
 
Lon said:
I have been using Facebook since it's beginning and have discovered that it makes aging more tolerable. I communicate with family, friends and others with similar interests as mine. So far, I have had no negative things occur because of my use. BTW---I just viewed a video clip on Facebook that was posted by a step daughter vacationing in Costa Rica.
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terry123 said:
I use mine like you do, Lon. Especially with high school friends I have not seen in years. I don't post everything that happens like a lot of folks do but I do enjoy it.
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Happyflowerlady said:
I also use Facebook to communicate and interact with my family and friends. Most of the time, I do not post very much, and just scroll through to see what my family has posted.
I have unfollowed everyone except my children, so my page is no all cluttered up with silly posts, jokes, and game results. When I want to see what someone has posted, I just look through my friend list and go to their page and see what is now on there.

One of the things that I like best about Facebook is “Groups”. It seems like there are lots of groups for almost anything that you might be interested in, and I belong to at least a dozen Facebook Groups. I seldom post there, either, but I do like to read through and see what new things are being posted.
Several of the groups are historical ones, and I really enjoy seeing the old-time pictures that show up on those groups.
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Ditto...Friends and Family..
 
I use it to keep up with my grandbabies, also to play some games. I have connected with some of my old school mates, which is very cool. I also like to keep tabs on my moma ;)
 
Seeker said:
I use it to keep up with my grandbabies, also to play some games. I have connected with some of my old school mates, which is very cool. I also like to keep tabs on my moma ;)
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In my opinion, playing games and replying to posts on Facebook,(other than family posts) opens yourself to ID theft!!
 
No. I do not use Facebook.
Most of my friends do but I just don’t wanna be THAT in touch with people. I don’t really care what uncle Bob had for dinner. Not that I have an uncle Bob but you know what I mean I’m sure.
 
I do use it, But....Only for Business. I own a business where announcements are made via Facebook and our webpage. Many people follow it.

Personally, I do not use Facebook for myself.
 
Actually liked Facebook, kept up with my family. Stopped using it back in Nov '16 (many reasons), got hacked through FB games (WWF). It was my fault I used same password for both FB & Gmail, bad idea. Google caught it because of the origin of the hack, (Ukraine), they blocked the attempt & notified me. I immediately freaked closed my FB acct, changed my email passwd & never opened my FB acct again. Don't miss it although my family mentions this or that posted by my someone & I feel a little out of the loop but hopefully not exposing my life to the world as much.

On another note, yesterday was installing a new modem, needed to call my ISP for userID & passwd. Spent 30 minutes playing on their automated phone system merry-go-round, finally triggered a request to close my account. That got me a human response! After explaining my quest to her, she offered to connect me to tech support & gave me a monthly $10 (1 year) discount on my account. Saved money, got tech support, installed my modem successfully, decided the 2 hours were not wasted.
 
If you are still on FB, you're crazy! It is the US Government's way to (eventually) monitor all of your daily comings and goings. The Zuckerberg hearing was a sham. It happened because the government was caught with its pants down, and had to make MZ the sacrificial lamb. If you think, for one minute, that all of what you post is not easily available to FB senior staff, because of your security settings, please re-read the first line of this reply. I tried it when it first went national, saw what it actually was, and canceled my account, after one month.
 
Falcon said:
Tried it once. Didn't like it. There are old pilots and there are bold pilots,

But there are no old bold pilots.
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There are old, tree-climbing, Certified Arborists and there are bold, tree-climbing, Certified Arborists, but there are no old, bold, tree-climbing, Certified Arborists.
 
I have used FB for several years. In the past I was more active with old friends and such. Now, not so much. Lately, I just play a couple games I like on the site and that is a bout it. I unloaded some high school friends when I realized that I had little in common with them THEN and even less now. Many of them I friended back when we were all new to it and everyone just wanted to connect. Plus, of late I am cautious about sharing much personal information there.
 
I love FB, been using if for a few years, never had a problem. I only have about 175 friends, and I don't play any of the games or take quizzes to see if I'm a genius, etc. But I visit it multiple times every day. Have the app on my phone, too.

In fact I reconnected with my current Significant Other thru FB. We had gone to 1st grade together, and later high school, never dated, and went our separate ways. 52 years later, we started using Messenger to chat, then started calling, etc. (At the time we lived 5,000 miles and 6 times zones apart.)

So if you are still not on Facebook, you're crazy! :cool:

YMMV
Hoot and/or Annie
 
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