Instagram users beware
- Thread starter Shewie
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No, nothing wrong with a blog at all, even if its just pictures of bricks you pass by in your day to day life, its art of a sort or at least creative and of course there are some quite amazing blogs out there. Are the some 'quite amazing' facebook pages? Is there anything in there worth signing up for just so you can look at someones facebook page and history? Possibly, but probably not.
I travelled a great deal during the nineties and met and kept in touch with a lot people via email, in those days email was not disimilar to writing a letter, there was no skype, little or no mobile telephony and it might be weeks before the person you were writing to would be able to read and reply, These days the act of writing letters paper or otherwise has...
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I updated my FB profile picture... it now shows a stick figure dropping instagram logos into a waste basket.
greensurfingbear
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Must admit falling out of love with Facebook but unsure of any other way to share my pictures where distant friends and family will see them regularly.
Orric
Orric
That's kind of why I set up a blog, my friends and family who don't do the forum thing can still see what I get up to
No they won't take any notice of it whatsoever. Nor is there any legal requirement for them too. When you sign onto FB you automatically agree to THEIR terms of use. You cannot alter a contract by this or any other notice. Run it through SNOPES.
greensurfingbear
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
I've had a FB account for a couple of years now and use it regularly. The thing to remember about privacy is simply don't ever say anything on there (or post any pix) that you don't want to be public. It's exactly the same thing as if you said something in a pub or on a public sidewalk (or tacked up a pic on a lamp-post on the street) In either case, there's no reasonable expectation of privacy.
resnikov
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Its handy for keeping in touch with workmates, just don't put anything on there you don't mind the rest of the world seeing, its as watertight as the Titanic.
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greensurfingbear
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
totally agree. I run my FB page with a pg/12 rating and I keep it free of anything other than vague general stuff but I don't like the idea of folk using my images to sell stuff without my permission, or at the very least asking me first.
Never had an account and never will, I like forums and email. Bit of goggle and that's about it. Glad I stay away from all of that.
Absolutely. If you choose to post it on FB, it's like shouting it in the middle of the high street. I try to keep my posts as clean as if I was talking to my mother. With a potential employer in the room. And I'm convinced that FB was set up by the NSA to see who gets connected with whom.
Speaking of potential employers, many are now requesting access to you FB (and/or other social media) account rather than a resume (CV) it's becoming difficult in some circles to get a job without one.
resnikov
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
I have heard of this .Any company that asked for access to my FB account can get stuffed, I would not work for them. They can ask but they cannot force you to hand over private data.
For now I agree with you. But as we've said, FB isn't really private data. And even if they cain't force you to hand it over (the access) you cain't force them to hire you.
As I said, for now I agree with you (I'm retired anyway) But as more and more companies follow suit, there will be less opportunity to tel them "stuff it" and look elsewhere for employment.
TBH I see their point of view. You choose only the best info to put on your CV whereas your socila media tells a more accurate story of how you really behave.
