Getting Onto Facebook

Please quote me correctly.
Where did I ask the question is that not enough
I said GN was all about connecting with people I didn't say it was the only/best way. Guess what I use Whatsapp too.

Now I remember why I don't post much on GN these days!

You do it your way Mawbroon and I'll do it mine. I prefer the more direct way.

To be honest, if some of you are so precious that you feel offended at anything I've posted, up until now anyway, I feel sorry for you.
All my comments have been aimed at those who don't yet know how FB works.

Here's some advice
If the post doesn't apply to you, stay off the thread

Oo-er missis!!
Here's my rather more respectful reply.
If you want to have a private conversation with a poster, there is the PM facility.
Otherwise, all comments on all threads are open to all. And nobody is a self-appointed moderator to say who may or may not comment on a thread.

All this "advice" about using Facebook reminds me of eggs, Granny, teaching and to suck.
Feel free to rearrange these words to make a well known saying.

Mawbroon

Ninathenana quoted me as saying 'I know lots of older women who would love to be able to connect with others'

And went on -

'Isn't that what GN is all about confused'

She then replied to my further comment that she knew all about FB settings because she uses them in which case her comment asking isn't GN enough contradicts her use of FB.

But you're right. I'm on here trying to help a few people understand the merits of the workings of social media so they can escape the exclusion of loneliness. But others seem to think it's all about them being not being tech savvy enough.
Here's some advice.
If the post doesn't apply to you, stay off the thread.

It's a personal choice, isn't it? Our close family all use FB, we have chosen not to.. We have friends who don't own a computer, again that's their choice. Not right or wrong, just different, no judgements involved.

Sorry ninathenana I was responding to nina1959.

Why is this getting so snippy?
Does FB use or access deserve the accusatory
oh so GN isn't enough for you? like some jealous spouse?

I like FB to keep,up,with the family, cousins, nephews etc. I can see where they've all been on holiday etc. Our road has a private Residents' group, where we ask to borrow stuff, recommend plumbers etc, have a moan about parking etc. I am also in a couple of midcentury furniture groups where we buy and sell and discuss, and a couple of sewing groups, it's great for keeping up with things you are interested in. I also met a friend I was at school with 50 years ago through FB and we now meet up regularly.

And the big supermarkets.

JackyB, the book The Circle is a redone take on the conspiracy theory long before we had the internet. It offers nothing new in terms of warning measures.
Who do you think carries all our most personal details? Not FB.
It's our banks.

I can see how useful FB is to keep in touch with distant family and friends. I must try harder to see what it could offer me.

Oh so you do have FB Ninathenana? In which case GN isn't enough for you?

None of my sons is on Facebook, as they distrust it. Well, one had to join some years ago because of a project he was working in, but AFAIK doesn't use it now.

If you read the book "The Circle" by David Eggers you would certainly think twice about it. It's an awful book (badly written, illogical plot-line) but the basic idea could easily be the truth. I think they're making a film of it.

So far I have managed to escape its claws, although I reluctantly joined Whatsup because that is how our choir, and the girls at work, are all connected.

It doesn't worry me personally if my data is out there for others to find, but Son No 1 is dead against anything like that, and he ought to know as he is a nerd who lives and works in Silicon Valley.

But so many millions of people are now on FB that it probably doesn't matter any more. Go ahead and join, it is certainly a way of keeping in touch especially with people who are housebound or not so mobile, and who are lonely because of that.

Yes nina1959 I do know it has privacy settings and I use them.
The statement I quoted has nothing to do with privacy. I was merely saying that GN is a way of connecting with people too.

For those who clearly don't know Ninathenana, FB is private. You can talk to your friends without the world seeing. Unlike GN which anyone can read. But it's more than this. It has far more visual interaction and the best thing is, if someone gets on your nerves or pulls your comments down, you can just delete them.

My DD encouraged me to have a fb account, mainly for sharing photos of my DGC. I have found old school friend's that I haven't seen for years, and relatives who I've never met.
I'm also in three groups. One is for sharing photos if Northumberland, one is for crochet enthusiasts, and one is a support group for grandparents if children with disabilities.
You get out of Facebook what you put into it, and you can chose what to see and what not to see.

Christine which nina is that aimed at ?

Please can we cut out these snide comments. It is certainly putting me off GN at the moment.

Nina I didn't mention you but if the cap fits.

I'm on Facebook. Use it a lot to keep up to date with distant DD1 as she rarely has time for phone chats but throws one liners and shares pictures on FB frequently. I share with Friends Only and have just 38 friends including my cousins in Australia and Italy - and my cousin's SiL who's like a modern pen friend. I doubt we'll ever meet in person as Australia is a long way off!

I follow two or three groups and pages like Gransnet and The History Geek but try not to 'Like' too many banal things which pop up or do silly tests as it only encourages more! It is what you make it.

Just what I was going to say ninathenana
I don't see FB as a way of making new friends at all and never accept friend requests from people I don't know. I use it to keep in touch with hextended family and friends.
However I have made friends in RL through Gransnet.

nina1959
I know lots of older women who would love to be able to connect with others
Isn't that what GN is all about

Bluebelle, I'm sure there would be. I know lots of older women who would just love to be able to connect with others. It would take them out of their daily routine and open up their world view. FB is great portal for being involved and seeing life through a new lens.