Facebook announcements...

[ladymoreta]

That's the article I read, MissCrabette. It's a good idea to check your authorized apps periodically and clear out anything you don't specifically want accessing your information (chances are, there aren't many).

[scarlett09]

There apparently will be the ability to remove things from your Timeline before others see it: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technolo...203742379.html

And here's some more pictures of what it is supposed to look like: http://www.tecca.com/pictures/facebo...ew-in-pictures

I'm just going to be locking everything down even further once this rolls out. I really think that any details about me will only be shared with close friends and family.

I don't get upset about defriending either. I know it happens, and I've tried to figure out who it is, but I look at my friend list and can't remember who is missing from it, lol. The only one that has gotten me miffed was DH's former roommate (who was in our wedding) and his wife because they couldn't take a joke. More because of the immaturity of it all than anything else.

[Cinderella]

It seems like aesthetically it's becoming more like a personal blog. That's kind of cool because instead of starting a blog and getting followers you already have your friends and family. The new format started rolling out officially on Sept 29th but others could sign up for the beta version much earlier than that. My friends that have it can see others that have it and when ours convert we should be able to see it too soon. The friends that have it seem to all like it which is surprising because most people complain about the constant facebook changes. I read that too about you have to approve the applications first before it posts your activity or you have to adjust your setting when you get an app on facebook because of it's automatic settings. Kind of like with the iPhone and adjusting the automatic GPS setting.

One person that defriended me was my Aunt which really bothered me because I don't know why she would do that. I always wonder why people do that to me when they do. And my other Aunts wouldn't accept my friend request but then I don't think they used it to much because they were on my Mom's list and I never saw activity from them. When I went through a weeding process I took out inactive friends but later it seemed they picked up their activity and I wished I hadn't defriended them. Now I've learned to let it be and see what comes of it if people use it or not or friend me or not or deactivate their account multiple times. Sometimes people just need time or have other things going on.

[scrub-jay]

Well, everyone with FB should go in and change their settings in their own account so that only their friends (not Friends of Friends or Everyone) can see their comments, wall posts, etc. That reduces the ticker activity tenfold.

I'm VERY creeped out by what FB has become. I'm considering deleting my account completely and starting over with a new, scaled down version with only a handful of friends, etc. I don't know.

http://news.yahoo.com/no-1-danger-us...201400671.html

I'm with you. I've been waffling for a while on this same issue.

[MissCrabette]

Well, everyone with FB should go in and change their settings in their own account so that only their friends (not Friends of Friends or Everyone) can see their comments, wall posts, etc. That reduces the ticker activity tenfold.

I'm VERY creeped out by what FB has become. I'm considering deleting my account completely and starting over with a new, scaled down version with only a handful of friends, etc. I don't know.

http://news.yahoo.com/no-1-danger-us...201400671.html

I'm with you up until the article whose link you posted. Nobody HAS to have a facebook account. I can take it or leave it. We don't have to have an account to do anything. We have one because we choose to. It's like all those daily deals websites we feel overwhelmed about every time a new one springs up. We don't HAVE to have every single deal out there, just like we don't have to be connected every single moment of out lives. Frankly, I feel like I've reached the point of information overload. There's always email, calls, and texts to keep in touch with the truly important people in our lives. And speaking of email, does anyone think that all this whining about facebook is at least slightly reminiscent of people freaking out about Google "reading" their emails? Does anyone still worry about that?

[scrub-jay]

I'm with you up until the article whose link you posted. Nobody HAS to have a facebook account. I can take it or leave it. We don't have to have an account to do anything. We have one because we choose to. It's like all those daily deals websites we feel overwhelmed about every time a new one springs up. We don't HAVE to have every single deal out there, just like we don't have to be connected every single moment of out lives. Frankly, I feel like I've reached the point of information overload. There's always email, calls, and texts to keep in touch with the truly important people in our lives. And speaking of email, does anyone think that all this whining about facebook is at least slightly reminiscent of people freaking out about Google "reading" their emails? Does anyone still worry about that?

You are fortunate if that is still true for you. In my world, all events are planned as FB events... all communications via FB, no one emails anymore. It is incredibly frustrating. Furthermore, more and more jobs are requiring their employees to have a FB account, it sucks, but it is ever-present. Remember when having an email address was optional? Or a cell phone?

[Vanquisher]

You are fortunate if that is still true for you. In my world, all events are planned as FB events... all communications via FB, no one emails anymore. It is incredibly frustrating. Furthermore, more and more jobs are requiring their employees to have a FB account, it sucks, but it is ever-present. Remember when having an email address was optional? Or a cell phone?

Yup.


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[L.Jane]

You are fortunate if that is still true for you. In my world, all events are planned as FB events... all communications via FB, no one emails anymore.

This is exactly the only reason my sister's fiance has FB. He NEVER checks his FB. He simply has it set up so when his friends post an event he gets the email.

[ladymoreta]

I really don't keep track of my friend count, so I have no idea who is defriending me if anyone does. I accept almost anyone I know, so if I've rejected anyone's request, it was unintentional. Please send another!

Nobody HAS to have a facebook account.

That's actually not true anymore. There are jobs / classes where the communication occurs via Facebook. It seems wacky to me, but it's true.

I've always had my stuff only visible by friends. I'm not terribly worried about the defriending thing -- if I don't notice you're gone, then oh well. I periodically go through and unfriend people I don't see anymore, etc. I've also become pretty tight about who I friend from here. Generally if I've met you (which is a LOT), or if you've been on here forever and ever like I have and I "know" you better than I know people IRL. No offense intended to anyone -- it's just that I purposely keep my husband's first name out of things on here (our last name is so common it doesn't matter), and on FB, that's available to anyone/everyone I'm friends with. I'm the one who chose to join this site - not him. That's why I opted out of the iMSN facebook group, too.

[MissCrabette]

That's actually not true anymore. There are jobs / classes where the communication occurs via Facebook. It seems wacky to me, but it's true.

That IS wacky. I would've thought most companies would be making use of their own email servers for obvious privacy concerns. Maybe I really do live in a different world where many companies I do business with want me to access their own private communication system for an extra layer of privacy. As for the personal side, I don't deny that facebook is extremely handy in many ways, just not absolutely essential if you're hell-bent on not having an account. And I'm not, by the way.

Oh and I know people who STILL don't use email, and they seem to function well enough even in this day and age. First world problems, right?

[TulipsAndSunscreen]

That IS wacky. I would've thought most companies would be making use of their own email servers for obvious privacy concerns. Maybe I really do live in a different world where many companies I do business with want me to access their own private communication system for an extra layer of privacy. As for the personal side, I don't deny that facebook is extremely handy in many ways, just not absolutely essential if you're hell-bent on not having an account. And I'm not, by the way.

Oh and I know people who STILL don't use email, and they seem to function well enough even in this day and age. First world problems, right?

There are a lot of companies that see Facebook as an advertising medium. Social networking is an incredibly powerful way to grow your brand. So, a lot of companies now require it. I don't get it either, it seems risky to tie your company/brand to employees personal profiles since that employee may do questionnable things outside of work but nonetheless, a lot of companies do it.

[AmeliePoulain]

Mrs. Crabette,
I don't know that anyone would actually sit for hours reading emails but you shouldn't put any info in emails you wouldn't shout across a crowded room is what I have been told. This was by a professor discussing the schools privacy policy about grades and why he refuses to discuss them by email.

[corn poffi]

Same should go for Facebook. But it's filled with people saying stupid shit. No I don't care what you had for breakfast.

[Beth]

I don't like when other people post my business before I have the chance to. Let ME post MY kids birthday pics !