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I have decided to join Facebook again, so feel free to friend me.
 
I just started using Facebook again last week. 

 We shall see how long before I pull the plug this time.   :-/
 
I checked into using Facebook a few weeks ago, and couldn`t bring myself to do it, at least not yet anyway.
They climb so far up your butt with all of the info they collect on you, I just said hell no. Its none of there damn business
what I like, what sites I visit, or the friends I have (or don`t have).
 
I could not find you on FB.....
 
I am on facespace using a pseudonym because I learned my lesson about having my real private info online for all the public to see. I very much protect my identity after a stalking incident, credit hacking and abusive ex-husband. I also try very much to avoid having my picture taken because of this so while I'll be in Ehrenberg and Quartzite, I avoid cameras and may not participate in certain events if I know there will be a lot of them.

I'm more than happy to have more "friends" as long as you never reveal my real identity publicly and no, I'm not famous or anything. PM me your info if you wish, my name there is Alex Smith. If you look the name up and find a profile pic of a blonde woman holding a handgun stating "This is my rape whistle" you have found me. :)
 
I'm under my full name Matt Ridder or email [email protected]. Facebook is a love/hate relationship for me. Can't survive in the business world with out it these days and thus it sort of forces my hand even though i'm currently on disability I've stayed up to date and current with all my business contacts and have always left one foot in the door for when I am ready to return.

As far as privacy is concerned, no one has any and anyone that thinks they do is living an illusion.
 
I tried to add the ones I could find, some I couldn't find. If you get a friend request from Pamela, that be me.
 
I avoid Farcebook, Tweeter and other "teeny bopper social media" like the plague.
Tried FB once, at the insistence of two buddies. Big mistake. Had a very bad experience on it, and no desire to do it again. Just not for me.
 
Facebook is a big part of my business, so I have no choice.... but managed properly it isn't any better or any worse than most anything else online. 

That said, I'm connected to a lot of my clients, so I do have to be pretty careful about what I do and say online. 

If you want to connect PM me and I'll send you my profile. I have a pretty common name.
 
Headache said:
I also try very much to avoid having my picture taken because of this so while I'll be in Ehrenberg and Quartzite, I avoid cameras and may not participate in certain events if I know there will be a lot of them.
There are plenty of people who attend the RTR who don't wish to have their pictures posted. Everyone's always been very respectful of that. The question is asked, repeatedly.
 
Joined FB years ago to keep up on family and friends......then I noticed the various groups that might interest me including Vandwellers. Now, its so cluttered I have to hunt for family and friends......I wish FB was like the forums, where you can go to the individual sections.
 
My Facebook feed can get cluttered, too. I've thought of having one account for my closest friends and family, and another for forums and more casual friends. But that's too much bother.
There is a setting in FB where you can choose to view just friends and family, just people in your neighborhood, just ones at your job, etc. You could toggle back and forth between the different groups, to be efficient and prioritize your FB time. I don't have enough friends to make that worthwhile. Instead I block the worst offenders, friends that post dozens of times per day and quick scan the rest a couple times per day

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Looks like you figured out a way to weed out what you dont want to see, but for any others that don't know how, here's an effective method.

You can unfollow any friends you have on fb that aren't close friends or family.  That's what I usually do so then I only see the posts I want too.  When you see a post from someone you'd rather not see them from....look at the top right and there is a little down arrow.  Click on it and scroll down to the unfollow  icon.  Then you will no longer see posts from them.  After a few weeks, you'll have weeded out all the people you don't want to see posts from and only posts from people you care about will remain.
 
Not on FB.  Never have been.  Never will be.

Waiting for someone to invent anti-social media, then I'll consider joining THAT.  :p
 
I am now!

I joined because it seemed to be the only way to keep in touch with my kids...they'll text me if I text them...sigh! But to find out what's actually going on in their lives Facebook works.

I'm under my real name so anyone that wants to can PM me and we'll get together.
 

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