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• I've noticed a number of people posting "don't use Facebook". Why I ask? Curiosity got the best of me. *NM*
  • Because I despise liars, fakes and two faced people. *NM*
    • I run into those kind of people just in my daily life. *NM*
      • Good point. Lot of them around. *NM*
      • Using FB, you're inviting them into your life.... I'm much more selective than that. *NM*
  • Heard of too many people getting hacked through there and from what I've seen of it from people who use it not much to interest me. *NM*
  • As a retired Senior Computer Systems Analyst of 25 years.......
    • What settings do you recommend if someone does use Facebook? I only have actual persons I know as friends, mainly family members. I do belong to just a few groups, my old hometown history, a couple on model cars, etc. I did use marketplace to buy a bookcase
      • I can only say......... *PIC*
        • Thank you, but what is YT? *NM*
          • Sorry ....Youtube.....thx *NM*
            • Doh. I should have realized. Recently when clicking "watch on You Tube for full screen video" on a small news item, YT says they do not allow ad blockers and would not show the full screen video. I use AdBlock+. Is that just me or general policy now? *NM*
              • Seems to be general policy now. *NM*
        • I love Facebook for model sites, no personal info and I've never been hacked, on FB for over 20 years! *NM*
          • I do not understand why so many people think 'hacking' is such a risk on FB.......
  • I use it. It's a great modelling community. I prefer Instagram though. *NM*
    • YEP!!
    • Instagram is owned by Meta, Facebook's owner. Both have a lot of good model content. *NM*
      • Also, there a number of resin and 3D printing vendors that are only available through Facebook, so it's good to be on there to do business with them. *NM*
        • An IPMS chapter I'm a member of by distance (hometown club, where I don't live anymore) reently pulled the plug on its website in favor of a FB page. Don't know why yet. *NM*
          • Quality web development and maintenance is a full time occupation - FB is no shining star but a lot easier and farther reaching *NM*
  • FaceBook? I've never been a member. I don't use any social media. *NM*
    • Forums like this are part of "social media". *NM*
      • In a broader sense, I suppose, but forums like this do not exist to mine your data. Huge difference, IMHO. *NM*
      • And forums like this have been around long before "social media". *NM*
      • Correct. Forums, usergroups, etc which existed before MySpace, Facebook, and the other platforms are social media
        • Technicalities aside, it should be pretty clear that this site is very different from Facebook, the site formerly known as twitter, Reddit, instagram, etc. I think this is the point that many are trying to make. *NM*
  • It seems to me there have been those who preferred not to join clubs as well. *NM*
    • Back in the day of car clubs and motorcycle clubs, people who weren't members of any club were known as a "lone wolf". This reminds me of a quote from Groucho Marx"....
      • I've been known to say that I'd like to join the Optimists Club....... But I doubt that they'd accept me! *NM*
    • Me. I don't join anything. Last time I "joined", it was the U.S. Navy, and I wound up over seas. *NM*
  • I look at, follow or have joined almost 200 FB groups. Most all are model or 1:1 car related. I learn something interesting every day. In Sept. I had weight loss surgery. Without the support & advice of two men's-only bariatric FB groups, this journey would be a lot harder. *NM*
    • My VERY last post on Facebook ever.......
      • I was responding to Rich’s post. *NM*
        • Not aimed at you.....all the posts overall.....thx *NM*