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AIBU?

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Facebook or Fadebook?

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jollydiane · 25/05/2012 21:20

AIBU to think that Facebook has had its time? There is nor 'dislike' button for a start. Perhaps we should return to 'private' lives, who knows, maybe pick up the phone every now again? Why are you still in love with the mighty FB? Do tell.

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monkeymoma · 25/05/2012 21:22

well you people are still taking about it

Tee2072 · 25/05/2012 21:23

Because it's fun.

UnCharteredromaeosaur · 25/05/2012 21:23

i like fb because you can hide people that wind you up

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jollydiane · 25/05/2012 21:28

So are you happy with marketing companies analysing what you 'like' and targeting you. Maybe future employers checking your Facebook pages? How much time would do you spend on it? You know you should be down the gym. tut

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stressheaderic · 25/05/2012 21:29

I think it's going under too. For me, it was all about nostalgia and old friends popping up, and now that I've caught up and seen all there is to see, it's just a load of old advertising guff and feeling like you're at Zuckerberg's mercy with his agenda for change and timelines and whatnot.

I only stay on it because I'm a nosey cow but I only log in a couple of times a day for a minute or two these days.

WorraLiberty · 25/05/2012 21:29

I'm neither in nor out of love with it...it's just a website I use now and again.

It's particularly handy when I have a burning desire to know someone's toddler has done a large shit, when I simply have to see what someone's friend has eaten for dinner...and to find out how many times my teenage cousin has been in/out of a relationship in the space of 3 days.

Yep, I don't know what I'd do without it.

janelikesjam · 25/05/2012 21:30

Interesting, Jollydiane. I see your point about the romance of a 'private life' .

I have wondered if I have been missing out to be honest, but perhaps won't have to think about it now .

Most of all, I wonder how people have time ...

Tee2072 · 25/05/2012 21:31

"So are you happy with marketing companies analysing what you 'like' and targeting you. Maybe future employers checking your Facebook pages? How much time would do you spend on it? You know you should be down the gym. tut"

Well, so should you, but you're on MN.

And yup, I have no problem with that.

Sirzy · 25/05/2012 21:32

Dont like it don't use it. Others like it so use it. Not sure what ther issue is really!

VickityBoo · 25/05/2012 21:35

Time? Phone app while waiting for the spuds to reach boiling point or the toast to pop.

I use it mainly for groups, buying and selling is fabulous on there in my area. Mums groups to keep up to date with local events for children and advice also useful.

UnCharteredromaeosaur · 25/05/2012 21:35

we are targeted by marketing companies each time we open a magazine or switch on the tv - humans by very nature analyse each other constantly

Chubfuddler · 25/05/2012 21:36

Wouldn't bother but for the brother with three kids in oz. through fb I get to feel part of their lives.

ChaoticismyLife · 25/05/2012 21:39

I use it, don't post on there very often lately although I do tend to post quite a bit then very little/nothing for a while.

Wrt future employers...I don't use my real name on there so they'll have a hard time finding me.

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jollydiane · 25/05/2012 21:39

I think what surprises me is just how much you can find out about someone. Its probably a generation thing. Marketing people are now listening to twitter and FB chat and targeting their adverts very carefully.

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twolittlemonkeys · 25/05/2012 21:40

I do feel that it's not as good as it used to be, that it's perhaps 'had its day' as you put it. However, it's still really convenient for keeping in touch with friends, particularly as most of my friends and family live a long way away and I don't see them often at all.

A group of my friends frequently arrange last-minute get togethers and it's a quick way to let 20 odd people know that if they fancy a natter at Waitrose cafe on Friday lunchtime (for example) that's where you'll be - usually 5-8 of us turn up, so it works!

I have changed my security/privacy/account settings so FB & FB advertisers know as little as possible about me. I dislike the new format. And I hide all the stuff that bugs me (or as much as possible)

poshbird1 · 25/05/2012 21:47

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The OP has privacy concerns and so we've agreed to take this down.

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jollydiane · 25/05/2012 21:52

Interesting views. Posh what made you leave? I get the impression that anything you posted etc is still 'out there'. For example if an employee phoned in sick, an employer might have look at FB page to see if anything had been posted that might suggest they were not as unwell as they claimed. You just don't know. The privacy settings are not what (in my personal view) what they should be. But then I am old old old fart. Nuf said eh.

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VickityBoo · 25/05/2012 21:53

Are we going to see Matthew wright talking about this on Monday?

YouGoonie · 25/05/2012 21:54

I'm over it now. I deleted my account Monday and I'm quite enjoying not knowing random crap intimate details of my friends lives.
I am however still on Twitter which is totally different

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jollydiane · 25/05/2012 21:59

I've never Tried Twitter. I think someone would have to be very sad to follow me so I would basically talking to myself. I have a mirror should I get the urge.

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OutragedAtThePriceOfFreddos · 25/05/2012 22:00

I think fb will survive, but there will come a time when it has to work extremely hard to do that.

Many people look at fb on apps on iStuff, and there is no advertising on those so companies are likely to not want to pay as much. I can't remember the last times looked at fb on anything other than an app, and there are plenty of other users who only joined up through a phone and have not seen even one advert through them.

Also, fb is only as good as the people that are on there. I have a few people on mine that I don't see often but I enjoy reading their updates, but the novelty of writing updates every few days had long since worn off for many, and when it wears off for most, other will login less and less.

whackamole · 25/05/2012 22:04

I neither love it nor hate it.

It is useful for keeping in touch with family, and for showing off pictures of the children and family. I don't use any of the apps on it, and I tend to only post things that I think might be of some interest.

I have always tried to rein myself in with regards to comments though, I don't think there is anything incriminating that my current or any future employers would be interested in.

squeakytoy · 25/05/2012 22:06

I cant really be bothered with it anymore. That Timeline thing is just too difficult to read, and the chat/messages thing is annoying too. If they had left it how it was, say 12 months ago, it was fine.

WorraLiberty · 25/05/2012 22:08

I hate the bloody timeline thing

Whatmeworry · 25/05/2012 22:09

There's a new one every few years I think. The trick is to sell the f*ckers before they collapse.

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