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GregW

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After all this time, I am thinking of joining Facebook. I located an old friend online back East and the only link I've found was his Facebook page.

My question is what should I do or avoid to keep my info out of the general public's eye. Any help would be, ummmm, helpful.
 
Don't do it Greg, you'll get sucked in.
We'll never see you again!


I'd tell you to have your teenage daughter do it for you, but don't think it is applicable
 
Here's one trick.
I use Fluff Busting Purity (FB Purity). They can't save Face Book Purity, so....

Free program, constantly updated as Zook and his morons change the FB program.
You can kill pokes, chats, ALL ads, period, as in full stop.
Whole page of things to select or unselect.
DO NOT fall into their social trap and give where you live. None of their business.
Click the part that says nobody can tag you in one of their photos without your approval.
I have a whole CSS set I can send you. Stops all the extraneous BS and stuff like poker, casino....you can stop all games requests.
Usable for family and friends.
You can select things you put up to be viewed only by friends, or friends of friends....and maybe not the whole nosy world.
It's a royal PITA. Zook seems to be trying his best to rival google in privacy elimination, and I for one won't have anything to do with that part of it.
https://www.fbpurity.com/install.htm?v=9.9.1 and select your OS
 
Email your friend. I don't see the need for Facebook just to contact one person. Once you're in Facebook, you'll be amazed at how Facebook sends your contact info to people it "thinks" know you. Then you've got bazillions of "Natty Bumpo is waiting to contact you. Click here." messages.

If you can *only* reach the guy via Facebook, join adding as little info as possible, get his email address, then close the account.

BTW, there's always the possibility your friend doesn't even use FB any longer - but his account is still open.

Let the games begin!

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Paranoid? Me?
 
NutmegCT said:
Email your friend.
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Last time I spoke with him, email didn't exist. I don't even know what state he lives in. His Facebook page has a photo, so I know it's him.


NutmegCT said:
I don't see the need for Facebook just to contact one person. Once you're in Facebook, you'll be amazed at how Facebook sends your contact info to people it "thinks" know you.
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I haven't had the need so far, I have had invites in the past from friends who mistakenly surrendered their address book. Facebook had 6 possible people I'd know in that invite email. Four I did know from unrelated places. So they have information on me without being a member.

NutmegCT said:
If you can *only* reach the guy via Facebook, join adding as little info as possible, get his email address, then close the account.
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Will do

NutmegCT said:
BTW, there's always the possibility your friend doesn't even use FB any longer - but his account is still open.
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True, but I'd like to try anyway.
 
I think FaceBook harmless enough... though I keep privacy settings fairly high (yeah, I know that might not mean much). It's easy to get caught up in all the "feeds" and I try to avoid all that stuff. It can quickly become political as well, and I certainly don't need that. What bugs me the most, though, are those people that (for whatever reason - shallow lives?) seem to feel compelled to post what they eat last night for dinner... or other, frankly, vapid stuff. Personally, I won't friend anyone that has more than about 75 friends (unless family) as I figure those folks are collecting them. I, too, joined when I was getting ahold of some old high-school chums, and it's been good for that. Little else.
 
Simple, don't have any friends and you won't need it, problem solved! :encouragement:


I go in (under a different name), do what I gotta then deactivate my account.
 
"What bugs me the most, though, are those people that (for whatever reason - shallow lives?) seem to feel compelled to post what they eat last night for dinner..."

Did you read my facebook post last night?
 
Warning though: AVOID "games" on FB. They're everywhere (and I block them). Don't mean to offend anyone here though. :wink-new: Just sayin'.
 
GO to spokeo.com and look the guy up and stay off that site :hammer::nonono:
 
Pm me a link to his page and any info you have on him, I'll find 'im.
 
I joined many years ago by the advice of friends who lived in another part of the world so we could communicate with each other. They have both passed away and now I have no use for the program. How can I get rid of it? Is there any way of deleting any of my information or is it there forever? PJ
 
PAUL161 said:
I joined many years ago by the advice of friends who lived in another part of the world so we could communicate with each other. They have both passed away and now I have no use for the program. How can I get rid of it? Is there any way of deleting any of my information or is it there forever? PJ
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Deactivate t, go under settings, (top right arrow thingy), then to security, click that and it's at the bottom of the list. You can deactivate forever too.
 
I've found most of my old friends on linkedin. Occasionally get invites to link to people they think I know but not that often. No games or other stuff and it allows me to email those I want to reconnect with. And, I don't have to know what they ate for breakfast, who they think is the hottest celeb, or any of that other nonsense unless I ask. Kinda like a limited facebook for actual adults....
 
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