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Read it, and yes I posted it on Facebook.

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Originally Posted by JCL (Post 981584)

Back to Facebook.

I found this entertaining. If I used Facebook, I would send it to others via Facebook.

7 Ways To Be Insufferable On Facebook | Wait But Why

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Originally Posted by AVB-AMG (Post 981338)

There have been a number of threads here on Xoutpost regarding Facebook and Twitter, which I have read, so I believe that I am in the minority here…

I have never had any interest in opening a Facebook or Twitter account, let alone use Instagram or Pinterest. As vocal and opinionated as I am, I cannot rationalize or justify why anyone would be interested in reading and knowing what all of my interests are, what I am constantly doing or seeing the photos of things that interest me. Also, with all that has been discussed and revealed to date about how anything you post to these social media sites are used by these sites to generate revenue by selling your information in massive marketing exercises, why would anyone want to subject their information to this type of use? Maybe it is generational and I am just comfortable in other forms of communication, especially face-to-face.

As a middle aged professional, I do admit to having a LinkedIn profile that has been beneficial for my business purposes. Yet I view it as essentially an online resume of my education and work experience. I use LinkedIn to check out profiles of potential customers prior to meeting them, as I assume they do with me, and do not have a problem with that.

I have been an active blogger on Xoutpost and a number of other automotive blogs for the past 7-8 years and enjoy this form of communication with others with the similar specific interests. I view the Facebook and Twitter connections to be redundant, in addition to being a real waste of my time, IMHO.

I find that sharing information and photos with family and friends is easily accomplished via email which does not expose that information as readily as by doing so on Facebook, keeping my communication private between me and the recipients, (and yes, sadly in all likelihood the National Security Agency…). I acknowledge and understand that based on what we have learned from Edward Snowdon, our email is copied into some massive NSA computer server farm somewhere in the country to be trolled for various key words that they or the various US security apparatus may search for either now or in the future. Currently, I do not have a practical problem with that, even though I am sad that our US Constitutional rights have been eroded in the all-consuming name of ‘security’. But back to the topic of this post, I am curious. How many of you share similar sentiments and:

1. Never had a Facebook or Twitter account and have no interest in starting either?
2. Have either a Facebook or Twitter account but do not really use it?
3. Have either a Facebook or Twitter account and have closed one or both or are planning to do so in the near future?

AVB-AMG

I stopped reading at the bold part. :D

There is no difference between posting on a message board and using FB or twitter, the medium doesn't matter, it's the content. You could sign up for FB or twitter and just get info on what matters to you.

I am the gtf off my lawn old man of social media. I have Twitter & FB accounts I never use. I hate the whole thing.

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Originally Posted by Thunder22 (Post 983323)

...There is no difference between posting on a message board and using FB or twitter, the medium doesn't matter, it's the content. You could sign up for FB or twitter and just get info on what matters to you.

:iagree:

As I wrote further up this thread, FB is really decent medium for us Geezers and the aging pop, imo: it allows us to see our kids, kids' friends, our friends, and other stuff. One can control our FB 'friends', who sees what, etc.

As for us being the 'product', we all are the fookin product, on the net.

If one doesn't like FB, et al, that is a choice. If one uses any of the SocMedia, it is also one's choice to use it as we choose, and keep it as tightened down as one can, as with any internet posting.
GL, mD

I am the gtf off my lawn old man of social media. I have Twitter & FB accounts I never use. I hate the whole thing.

No FB, T or LI for me. I do have G+ but hardly use it. I use different screen names for different sites. Sometimes, the same one for a group of related sites.

Funny, because I started using the Internet around 1985 (via 1200 baud modem, for the most part!).

^lol I went to WANG school in 1981, we had a PC AT with dual floppies (literally) & a "color" monitor.

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Originally Posted by e30cabrio (Post 983374)

^lol I went to WANG school in 1981, we had a PC AT with dual floppies (literally) & a "color" monitor.

Those were the days, 128 KB RAM, dual floppies, if you were lucky, CGA monitor (320x200x4 colors in the most popular "graphics" mode).

I think the AT came out around 84 though... PC 81, PC XT (with 10 MB hard drive!) 83 and then PC AT 84. Could be wrong, it has been a long time.

XT was first with the horrible green screen, then the AT. I'm thinking 81 then 84 but it is hazy.

Bottom line they were slow & a pita to get to do anything.

lol

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Originally Posted by e30cabrio (Post 983374)

^lol I went to WANG school in 1981, we had a PC AT with dual floppies (literally) & a "color" monitor.

The IBM PC AT wasn't released until '84... you probably had just an IBM PC