Thread: FB

"graham" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Farm1" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> "Somebody 1.0" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>> why is it so popular...
>>
>> I've never been able to figure out why. Can't see any use for it
>> whatsoever but I know I'm not alone in that. Yound peeps seem to find it
>> fascinating but I'm not young any more and nor do I need to know about
>> every burp of thought that seems to end up being put on FB.
>
> I joined at the behest of friends in the UK. What a bloody nuisance! Every
> time someone farted I received a notification.
> So, I quit the bloody thing but inspite of this, I still get a weekly
> e-mail from them!
> You are wise to avoid it!
> Graham

I try and avoid, but you can find old girlfriends from high school easily...
I was all excited yesterday because it said I had two new notifications.
And I thought someone had written me... When I clicked on it, the
notification was that two people (friends of friends of friends I don't
know) had "liked" some post of someone's.

"Somebody" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:k4jir9$pf7$[email protected]..
> "graham" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> "Farm1" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:k4io5h$22k$[email protected]..
>>> "Somebody 1.0" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:k4htbg$r72$[email protected]..
>>>> why is it so popular...
>>>
>>> I've never been able to figure out why. Can't see any use for it
>>> whatsoever but I know I'm not alone in that. Yound peeps seem to find
>>> it fascinating but I'm not young any more and nor do I need to know
>>> about every burp of thought that seems to end up being put on FB.
>>
>> I joined at the behest of friends in the UK. What a bloody nuisance!
>> Every time someone farted I received a notification.
>> So, I quit the bloody thing but inspite of this, I still get a weekly
>> e-mail from them!
>> You are wise to avoid it!
>> Graham
>
> I try and avoid, but you can find old girlfriends from high school
> easily...

One must be very careful there!!

> I was all excited yesterday because it said I had two new notifications.
> And I thought someone had written me... When I clicked on it, the
> notification was that two people (friends of friends of friends I don't
> know) had "liked" some post of someone's.
>
Exactly!

On Wed, 3 Oct 2012 20:16:40 -0600, "graham" <[email protected]> wrote:

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>"John2x" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> On Wed, 3 Oct 2012 19:38:43 -0600, "graham" <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>>
>>>"Farm1" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>news:k4io5h$22k$[email protected]..
>>>> "Somebody 1.0" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>> news:k4htbg$r72$[email protected]..
>>>>> why is it so popular...
>>>>
>>>> I've never been able to figure out why. Can't see any use for it
>>>> whatsoever but I know I'm not alone in that. Yound peeps seem to find
>>>> it
>>>> fascinating but I'm not young any more and nor do I need to know about
>>>> every burp of thought that seems to end up being put on FB.
>>>
>>>I joined at the behest of friends in the UK. What a bloody nuisance! Every
>>>time someone farted I received a notification.
>>>So, I quit the bloody thing but inspite of this, I still get a weekly
>>>e-mail
>>>from them!
>>>You are wise to avoid it!
>>>Graham
>>
>> I use FB a bit, but I never get an email from them. Just change a
>> setting somewhere.
>>
>That would mean contacting them and running the risk of opening up my
>original account! I've just set my junk mail filter.

Problem solved. Or click Unsubscribe in one of their emails.

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"graham" wrote in message news:HM5bs.19$[email protected]..


"Farm1" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Somebody 1.0" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:k4htbg$r72$[email protected]..
>> why is it so popular...
>
> I've never been able to figure out why. Can't see any use for it
> whatsoever but I know I'm not alone in that. Yound peeps seem to find it
> fascinating but I'm not young any more and nor do I need to know about
> every burp of thought that seems to end up being put on FB.

I joined at the behest of friends in the UK. What a bloody nuisance! Every
time someone farted I received a notification.
So, I quit the bloody thing but inspite of this, I still get a weekly e-mail
from them!
You are wise to avoid it!
Graham

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Turn OFF "notifications". (They don't make it easy.) I gave up on FB
practically the minute I signed up. When you deactivate the account, unless
you turned off all notifications you'll continue to get email every time
someone posts something. I signed up out of curiosity. Suddenly I had all
these "friend" requests from people I don't know. They happen to know
someone I know or some such nonsense, so by extension I should want them to
be my "friends", too. I don't know who you are so no, I'm not going to
"friend" you.

This whole "follow every minute of someone's day" mentality bugs me. Do I
Tweet? Nope. Even if I still had a smartphone, I wouldn't be snapping a
picture of the muffin I bought at The Berry Café and tweet to the world
"Excellent!" Seriously, who gives a rats ass?

Jill

"graham" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I joined at the behest of friends in the UK. What a bloody nuisance! Every
> time someone farted I received a notification.
> So, I quit the bloody thing but inspite of this, I still get a weekly
> e-mail from them!
> You are wise to avoid it!

As did I! A friend asked me to join, which I did. I lasted about one week
and said 'no more!'

I didn't actually turn anything off, I got requests for a while and then it
just stopped. This was a few years ago so maybe that it the reason. My
children and grandchildren still try to persuade me to go back on. No
chance!
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On 10/4/2012 10:04 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> "graham" <[email protected]> wrote
>> I joined at the behest of friends in the UK. What a bloody nuisance!
>> Every time someone farted I received a notification.
>> So, I quit the bloody thing but inspite of this, I still get a weekly
>> e-mail from them!
>> You are wise to avoid it!
>
> As did I! A friend asked me to join, which I did. I lasted about one
> week and said 'no more!'
>
> I didn't actually turn anything off, I got requests for a while and then
> it just stopped. This was a few years ago so maybe that it the reason.
> My children and grandchildren still try to persuade me to go back on. No
> chance!

I turned off notifications - they didn't make it easy, but I eventually
figured it out. Now, I look at FB when I want to, and am not bothered by
constant emails.

On 10/3/2012 10:25 PM, Steve Pope wrote:
> dsi1 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> [facebook]
>
>> The interface looks like something you'd see over 10 years ago. My guess
>> is that Google + will gain ground as Facebook fades. Well, eventually,
>> anyway. Google's social network is a universe while Facebook is a
>> website. That's the breaks.
>
> you must be smoking maui zowie.
>
> G+ has gone down, just like previous Google social networks
> like "Buzz" and "Orkut".

That's just my fearless prediction. It's not going to happen tomorrow.

>
> I'm not saying FB isn't going down either. The history is,
> Social Networks make a splash and then fail. FB, probably
> no exception to the rule.

I think FB is going down. No doubt, things change. Who would guess that
Microsoft would look like the little guy and that Apple would be the
biggest corporation in history and that Linux would be the most popular
OS in the world?
>

>
> Steve
>

"Ophelia" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I didn't actually turn anything off, I got requests for a while and then
> it just stopped. This was a few years ago so maybe that it the reason.
> My children and grandchildren still try to persuade me to go back on. No
> chance!

My sister is addicted to Farmville, as was the ex. She told me to try it for
5 minutes. After 10, I said: I don't like this. Then she starts clicking on
things for me. Planting corn, etc. After 15 minutes, I got up walked away.
Then she sat down and started planting all kinds of crap, with my account.
(Then she could send me and herself "prizes")

I was at my sister's house and walked in her room while she was on
Farmville. She says, without looking up: This is so much work! Her face
glued to the VDU.

"dsi1" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I think FB is going down. No doubt, things change. Who would guess that
> Microsoft would look like the little guy and that Apple would be the
> biggest corporation in history and that Linux would be the most popular OS
> in the world?

I have a Linux cert, but never really understood the hoopla. Or how to use
it. I tried.

I hope FB goes down.... though crap floats to the top... actually, not
always. I don't think that saying is true.

On Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:24:35 -0400, S Viemeister
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On 10/4/2012 10:04 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> "graham" <[email protected]> wrote
>>> I joined at the behest of friends in the UK. What a bloody nuisance!
>>> Every time someone farted I received a notification.
>>> So, I quit the bloody thing but inspite of this, I still get a weekly
>>> e-mail from them!
>>> You are wise to avoid it!
>>
>> As did I! A friend asked me to join, which I did. I lasted about one
>> week and said 'no more!'
>>
>> I didn't actually turn anything off, I got requests for a while and then
>> it just stopped. This was a few years ago so maybe that it the reason.
>> My children and grandchildren still try to persuade me to go back on. No
>> chance!
>
>I turned off notifications - they didn't make it easy, but I eventually
>figured it out. Now, I look at FB when I want to, and am not bothered by
>constant emails.

That's all there is to it. I'm sure older people hated the phone in
the beginning too. Croaky voice, bony finger in the air: "They call me
about every little thing!".

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"John John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> That's all there is to it. I'm sure older people hated the phone in
> the beginning too. Croaky voice, bony finger in the air: "They call me
> about every little thing!".
>
> --
> John



The people with 0's were real jerks. Had to move your hand all the way to
the bottom.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miQ1vnLInZg

"John John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:24:35 -0400, S Viemeister
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On 10/4/2012 10:04 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>> "graham" <[email protected]> wrote
>>>> I joined at the behest of friends in the UK. What a bloody nuisance!
>>>> Every time someone farted I received a notification.
>>>> So, I quit the bloody thing but inspite of this, I still get a weekly
>>>> e-mail from them!
>>>> You are wise to avoid it!
>>>
>>> As did I! A friend asked me to join, which I did. I lasted about one
>>> week and said 'no more!'
>>>
>>> I didn't actually turn anything off, I got requests for a while and then
>>> it just stopped. This was a few years ago so maybe that it the reason.
>>> My children and grandchildren still try to persuade me to go back on. No
>>> chance!
>>
>>I turned off notifications - they didn't make it easy, but I eventually
>>figured it out. Now, I look at FB when I want to, and am not bothered by
>>constant emails.
>
> That's all there is to it. I'm sure older people hated the phone in
> the beginning too. Croaky voice, bony finger in the air: "They call me
> about every little thing!".

lol well I might not like FB but I love Skype and my phone)
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"Ophelia" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> lol well I might not like FB but I love Skype and my phone)


it had better be an iPhone... or into the killfile.

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"John John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:24:35 -0400, S Viemeister
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On 10/4/2012 10:04 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>> "graham" <[email protected]> wrote
>>>> I joined at the behest of friends in the UK. What a bloody nuisance!
>>>> Every time someone farted I received a notification.
>>>> So, I quit the bloody thing but inspite of this, I still get a weekly
>>>> e-mail from them!
>>>> You are wise to avoid it!
>>>
>>> As did I! A friend asked me to join, which I did. I lasted about one
>>> week and said 'no more!'
>>>
>>> I didn't actually turn anything off, I got requests for a while and then
>>> it just stopped. This was a few years ago so maybe that it the reason.
>>> My children and grandchildren still try to persuade me to go back on. No
>>> chance!
>>
>>I turned off notifications - they didn't make it easy, but I eventually
>>figured it out. Now, I look at FB when I want to, and am not bothered by
>>constant emails.
>
> That's all there is to it. I'm sure older people hated the phone in
> the beginning too. Croaky voice, bony finger in the air: "They call me
> about every little thing!".

lol well I might not like FB but I love Skype and my phone)
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As an "older" person, I'll bet "John John" doesn't remember a world without
cell phones. LOL Used to be you had an operator to connect your phone
calls. She was probably listening in on the call if you lived in a small
town or village (yes, they called them villages in Ohio, US). The house
had only one telephone and no one was allowed to use it for more than 10
minutes at a time. Oh, and it was a phone with a cord... attached to socket
in the wall. Imagine that, "John John". <G>

Please spare me the newfangled "social media". As to the original subject,
yes, turn off notifications before deactivating the account. I think there
is even a way to *delete* your FB account. But they don't make that easy to
find.

Jill

On 10/5/2012 5:23 AM, Ophelia wrote:

> lol well I might not like FB but I love Skype and my phone)

Modern phones and Skype are a marvelous combination.

"jmcquown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Ophelia" wrote in message news:k4m8v5$ljc$[email protected]..
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>
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> "John John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:24:35 -0400, S Viemeister
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>On 10/4/2012 10:04 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>> "graham" <[email protected]> wrote
>>>>> I joined at the behest of friends in the UK. What a bloody nuisance!
>>>>> Every time someone farted I received a notification.
>>>>> So, I quit the bloody thing but inspite of this, I still get a weekly
>>>>> e-mail from them!
>>>>> You are wise to avoid it!
>>>>
>>>> As did I! A friend asked me to join, which I did. I lasted about one
>>>> week and said 'no more!'
>>>>
>>>> I didn't actually turn anything off, I got requests for a while and
>>>> then
>>>> it just stopped. This was a few years ago so maybe that it the reason.
>>>> My children and grandchildren still try to persuade me to go back on.
>>>> No
>>>> chance!
>>>
>>>I turned off notifications - they didn't make it easy, but I eventually
>>>figured it out. Now, I look at FB when I want to, and am not bothered by
>>>constant emails.
>>
>> That's all there is to it. I'm sure older people hated the phone in
>> the beginning too. Croaky voice, bony finger in the air: "They call me
>> about every little thing!".
>
> lol well I might not like FB but I love Skype and my phone)
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> http://www.shop.helpforheroes.org.uk/
>
> ******************
> As an "older" person, I'll bet "John John" doesn't remember a world
> without cell phones. LOL Used to be you had an operator to connect your
> phone calls. She was probably listening in on the call if you lived in a
> small town or village (yes, they called them villages in Ohio, US). The
> house had only one telephone and no one was allowed to use it for more
> than 10 minutes at a time. Oh, and it was a phone with a cord... attached
> to socket in the wall. Imagine that, "John John". <G>
>
> Please spare me the newfangled "social media". As to the original
> subject, yes, turn off notifications before deactivating the account. I
> think there is even a way to *delete* your FB account. But they don't
> make that easy to find.

How does one delete the FB account???
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"S Viemeister" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 10/5/2012 5:23 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>> lol well I might not like FB but I love Skype and my phone)
>
> Modern phones and Skype are a marvelous combination.

Yep

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"Ophelia" <[email protected]> wrote in message >
> How does one delete the FB account???
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http://www.wikihow.com/Permanently-D...cebook-Account

Graham

"graham" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Ophelia" <[email protected]> wrote in message >
>> How does one delete the FB account???
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> http://www.wikihow.com/Permanently-D...cebook-Account

Thanks, Graham.

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