Facebook, am I the only one not interested?

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I've just seen a bit in the H&H news saying that H&H has a record number of subscribers on Facebook.

Am I the only person in the known universe who has absolutely no interest in divulging my private life and inner thoughts to the whole of cyber space?

Perhaps it's my age, I am after all over the age of 15........ CONSIDERABLY over the age of 15, but I really cannot raise the merest hint of enthusiasm for Facebook or any of the other similar web sites.

Am I a lone grumpy old fart? Or do other not quite 'get it'?
 
LOL oh no im guilty of being on face book im afraid but I cant say Im interested. Its just a place to brag and show off ooh look at me my lifes great every-things fab. ...Really....But really its not they sit biting their nails waiting to see how many people write a response or like their status. I know cause hardly any1 replies to mine hee hee All jealous i reckon
I mean seriously if their lives were SOO great how do they have the time to sit telling everyone on face book right lol ;)
 
I use Facebook without revealing anything to cyberspace. What you reveal, and who you reveal it to, is up to you. I'm not even available in searches, and I only add people I consider to be friends. There's certainly no personal info on there.

Not sure why people are so 'against' social networking sites when at the end of the day they're in control of what they put on there.
 
Munchkin said:
I use Facebook without revealing anything to cyberspace. What you reveal, and who you reveal it to, is up to you. I'm not even available in searches, and I only add people I consider to be friends. There's certainly no personal info on there.

Not sure why people are so 'against' social networking sites when at the end of the day they're in control of what they put on there.
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ditto

I love it, as I have little free time these days, but I can catch up on most of my friends, and they me, quickly and easily wherever I am through an iphone etc. I also have lots of different 'groups' of friends from different areas/times of my life, and with fb I can follow all of them together.

And once it even saved me a few hundred quid, but that's a different story.
 
No you're not alone. I can't be bothered with fb either. I always think that those who know me have my phone number and email address so can talk to me if they're interested in what I'm up to. There may be advantages to fb that I am unaware of so interested to see what others say.
 
No i'm 23 and i thoroughly dislike the idea of it.

I had a bebo pg from ages 19 - 21 and it caused problems for me - people private mailing me etc telling me nasty things about my boyfriend etc.
It scares me how people are so happy to put up so much personal information about themselves / photos and then not have the page private.

My friend has facebook and we managed to go onto her boyfriends 9yr old daughters page even though we were not connected as a friend and she had loads of photos of herself pouting and such like and i just felt it was very very wrong.

Everyone seems to be connected to everyone else in one way or another and people who dont know you try to connect with you - it just makes me feel uneasy.

I hated hearing about that Raoul Moat support page it just shouldnt have been allowed!

I feel that there is the ability with facebook to cause a lot of bullying, hurt etc and it just scares me.

I am weird though :)
 
i use it, not as much as i used to but i mainly use it to keep in touch with family, all of my faimly live in london and they all have facebook now see we stay in touch that way.
 
Not interested in Facebook, Twitter on any of those other sites. Personally as a full time working mum of a teenager, owner of 3 horses and a house to look after I don't have the time. (And thats all I'll ever reveal about my personal life!) Barely have the time to read some of the forums on here but find some of the information very useful.
There's more to life and life is too short to spend hours behind a computer.
 
Munchkin said:
I use Facebook without revealing anything to cyberspace. What you reveal, and who you reveal it to, is up to you. I'm not even available in searches, and I only add people I consider to be friends. There's certainly no personal info on there.

Not sure why people are so 'against' social networking sites when at the end of the day they're in control of what they put on there.
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I'm not against social networking, it's just not my thing. Mind you, I know a huge number of people, but have very few close friend's, so perhaps it is just that I have no need of FB or the other sites.

I do have an old friend who is a member of the Dutch Special Forces and who has a FB page that says things like, 'on special ops training in Ireland for the next month" :eek: You'd think he'd kinda want to keep that one quiet :confused:

Well, it's a comfort to know I am not the only one who thinks 'FB; thanks, but no thanks'.
 
I can't stand the idea of Faceache - sorry, Facebook. If I want to tell someone something, I will phone, e-mail or go and see them and if I want to hear something about someone, I will do the same. I have no interest in people I have worked with in the past, or been to school with. If I had any interest in them, then I would be in touch with them by other means......I was also further disgusted with Faceache when they refused to remove that tribute page to the murderer Raoul Moat.
 
Well, I am on FB. I have a small number of very close friends (the sort that the drop of a very tiny hat would see me by their sides and who are on my mobile numbers list) but I also have a larger group of friends of whom I am very fond and care about, but don't (honestly) have the time to keep up with on a week to week basis.

FB lets me see what they are up to and makes me feel privileged to be party to their lives, hopes and happenings.

FB also allows me to get back in touch with those who have been away from my life for a long while and I from theirs. If they contact me, I am delighted to 'see' them and catch up with their news.
 
i love FB, however not when annoying people from another forum are mean and make fake accounts to bug you!!

People who brag on fb eg 'woohoo got new *insert expensive make here* tshirt today!' next day...'got my horse new *insert posh make here* tendon boots today gunna look real good at the champs tomorrow!' sort of thing...oh and people updating their status every minute of the day eg 'i'm going out to buy some chocolate' 'i'm walking to the shop' 'i'm deciding what chocolate to buy' 'i'm walking home eating chocolate' 'i'm back'

Also i don't see my friends every day, if we did not have FB or MSN we would hardly talk to each other!
 
CaveCanem said:
OMG we have a Dutchman staying at the moment!!!!!
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:D:D:D

Does he have knives under his pillow?

I quite like FB to keep in touch but I limit it to people I'm interested in. But, they have lives and don't generally post about the state of their kid's nappy etc. //Insert yawn smilie//

It has a place but not much more than Friends Reunited - remeber that?
 
Im not on it, cant be bothered with it atall. Doesnt interest me in the slightest. Probably useful for keeping in touch with family etc who are spread out all over the place but other than that, I would rather ride my horses.
 
Oh and after the person on another forum 'stole' my pics to make fun of me people who arent my friend can't see ANYTHING on my FB page, but they can see my info and profile pic and add me, but they can't message me unless i message them first!!
 
I have no interest or even idea how to use it. When anyone puts a link on here and I press it it asks me to join to see? Why so I never even bother to click links. Don't do twitter either:)
 
I have no 'fb friends' that I don't know. I've got family and close friends who live all over the country and I do find facebook is a really brilliant way to keep in touch with them all, and we can all see what we've all been up to. I have strict privacy on my fb account too, so no one who isn't friends with me can see anything about me or any photo's. :)

I don't understand the popularity of twitter though. I can't see what the point of that is. I tried it, but I found it impossible to find anyone else I actually knew, and any complete stranger can 'follow' you, and I kept getting freaks advertising nude pictures wanting to 'follow' me, so I cancelled my account. :o
 
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Personally I think that many of the discussions held on this Forum, would be better had on FB - especially between those people who know each other well, and use the Forum to have relatively non-related diverse discussions. The instant chat feature on FB is great, because one can do just that, without ever needing to post a 'show off' status - such as I just won Badmonton......!! The beauty of this Forum - or its real use, is to have opinions / give advice / share views etc. etc.
 
Well I am well over the FB age, but I use it - a lot! I keep strict privacy controls and choose not to divulge personal information/where I am etc. It helps me stay in contact with family abroad, share photos, collar friends for quick catch ups. To be honest, Linked in (which I also use a lot) has found me more ex friends! and if someone wants to link I don't know/not sure I want to get back in touch with I don't accept them!
 
Nope, Im not interested either. Cant see the point - whats wrong with phoning or email? both usualy have picture ability, so why use FB? I talk to my friends all the time, one mate knows eveything there is to no about me - even more than my hubby! the others not so much, post one bit of info on FB all mates can see it.

My daughter is on it all the time - i do regulate her use, as these sites can be dangerous and frankly if FB wont take down the moat page, i will not allow her back on the site - disgusting. (she is banned untill this page is removed, i will not have her exposed to imbecillic, creatures that have the nerve to clall themselves humans)
 
I have absolutely no interest in it! I can't see the point of collecting all the so called "friends". I love the chance of a phone call or quick visit if close enough to see my friends, and think that life must have lost its purpose if you "don't have time to catch up with them" any other way than in cyberspace. It doesn't matter how literate you are and what your typing speed is, nothing beats a proper gossip & chat!
 
luddite that i am - i dont have FB/tweet or even own a television:)
as a teacher in an inner city secondary school I have NO desire to share images or information from my personal life. I do post on a number of horse forums - but only because I am fairly confident that my pupils are unlikely to have any awareness of them & would never disclose my name or anyother traceable info
 
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