Ah freedom!

[beardy01]

Never had fb never will. My missus is never off it...... not interested in pictures of peoples dogs or what there doing or where theyve been , its utterly tedious surely if they were real friends you would be with them.... back to jake bugg at glastonbury now!

 

[vernon]

Never had one and never will, same goes for twatter!

Is that the site for those with a penchant for violent assaults?

You do right to stay clear.

 

[vernon]

back to jake bugg at glastonbury now!

Using Facebook is more appealing than listening to/watching Jake Bugg.

Sticking pins in my eyes is more appealing than using Facebook.

I lied about the pins.

 

[vernon]

I like FB, I think the trick is to only be "friends" with people you know and not just any twat. And to be mellow.

Restricting the number of friends and applying the hide/ignore function judiciously maintains a great tool for asynchronous communication with those who you want to share information with and co-ordinate group activities. It's a lot less fuss than using group emails.

 

[speccy1]

I basically binned it because I HATE having my photo taken, I really can`t stand it, and I have asked and asked till I am blue in the face for people not to do, but up come more and more on my profile with all the p*ss taking that comes with it (I suppose some would call it banter). So if the so-called friends on there won`t listen to me, then the site can be deactivated and they can all go to hell

Phew!!

 

[swee'pea99]

I've been doing my best to get into the whole social media thing, on account of it's supposed to be good for my business, but the truth is I'm just out of my comfort zone. I have tweeted, but I read somewhere recently that the average user tweets 22 times a day. Who has 22 things worth tweeting about a day? I think I've been running at about one a week, and I don't always manage that. Have to say, my kids and missus use FB all the time, and seem to get real benefits out of it. 'Er indores uses it mostly to find out about stuff, the childers to communicate with mates...or that seems to be how it is.

I'm a bit baffled by hostility. Seems a bit like hating telephones or the telly. If it's not your thing, you don't have to use it...but surely you don't have to hate it?

 

[Vapin' Joe]

I don't hate Facebook, it's just not for me. I am however baffled by the childish naivety of many people who do use it, the information and photos they put on about themselves are lurking there forever waiting to come back and bite some time in the future. A few years ago somebody I know was involved in a very high profile case where she was initially blamed (But later exonerated) for the death of a child. She had to put up with media stalking for a while and spent one whole day frantically deleting everything about herself from FB and begging everyone she knew to take down any pictures of her they'd posted. You just never know when your ordinary life is suddenly going to be thrown into the spotlight by an unexpected event and you're going to be attracting unwelcome attention into your private life.

I despaired last year when the daughter of a cousin shared her marriage breakup and subsequent divorce with the whole online community, whining about the cheating bastard of husband and the slut he'd taken off with. For every "Ah, we feel your pain hun" posted by her inner circle there were probably another hundred people wetting themselves laughing as the followed the daily soap opera. Madness.

 

[ufkacbln]

I do Twitter, as my employer uses it to communicate... otherwise I would also be completely social media free

 

[Lullabelle]

Our family is well scattered so I use it to keep in touch.

That is what I use facebook for, unfortunately some use it to voice their homophobic/racist opinions. I have un friended a few people due to this, yes we all have a right to our opinions but don't share them on a social media site that can and does offend others.

 

[ufkacbln]

"Unfriending" is another issue

Two people I know had a minor "Spat" and one "unfriended" the other

From the next few weeks you would have though that entire generations of the family had been murdered, their houses had been burnt down, or something equally severe...it mad the Hatfields and McCoys look like good naighbours!