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B27 · 10-30-2012, 03:32 AM

I am not only not on Facebook....I don't have any idea how it works.

But lately more and more friends who I respect greatly have been telling me that I am missing out.

Maybe this is the reason.....

B27 · 10-30-2012, 04:23 AM

Well I am now and that was pretty amazing...about three or four dozen Persians both here and in Iran have sent me junk.

People I don't even know.....all because I work for an American Iranian who travels back to Iran frequently....pretty cool.

NRA_guy · 10-30-2012, 06:07 AM

No. Nor Twitter or whatever.

I'd probably get in trouble with the government or my wife or my job.

Nothing you send is private and it never goes away and you can't take it back I hear.

wv hillbilly · 10-30-2012, 06:45 AM

flintlock · 10-30-2012, 07:24 AM

No twitter, no facebook, no need.

JohnHenry · 10-30-2012, 07:44 AM

flintlock ......

+1 .....

cpttango30 · 10-30-2012, 07:58 AM

I am all over facebook. It lets me keep in touch with childhood friends and my fmily 3000 miles away.

We use skype a lot too to talk it gives you a face to face and even at 36 years old I miss seeing my mom.

lonewolf204 · 10-30-2012, 08:09 AM

howlnmad · 10-30-2012, 08:19 AM

NOPE. NO. NEVER.

hobby_mesa · 10-30-2012, 09:00 AM

In today's era, with the gov. back door into even "private" sections of fb - was on the news...now the gov. has (or is very close to having) good facial recognition software that they say will go into the social media sites and add people to their data base by photos they find on facebook...I cancelled my account with fb some time ago...research does show it takes a couple weeks, but your pics, etc. do get deleted if you delete your account. How long it'll stay like that, who knows...don't have much to hide, but I don't really like some entity keeping tabs on me...that and fb admits it tracks the sites you visit (the urls, etc. are sent back to fb) to target you for advertising and other things...I installed a privacy package that stops any and all such tracking when I dropped association with any social sites except this one...even here I see two ad networks and 1 company attempting to track my movements. Very annoying to me.

Appliancedude · 10-30-2012, 09:10 AM

I have a facebook account I use to keep in touch with family back east. Its how my cousin got a hold of me a few weeks back to let me know my uncle past away. And also some friends from high school

I also use it to tick off what few liberal friends I have. I post more political stuff I get from here, than I do personal stuff.

I spend maybe a total of 2 minutes on it a day

hogger129 · 10-30-2012, 10:56 AM

Nope. I tell my friends that take pictures to black out my face too.

Dennis C · 10-30-2012, 11:01 AM

i am not interested in any social media sites, I like my privacy.

CampingJosh · 10-30-2012, 11:35 AM

I'm on Facebook because I have to be for work; we use a page to keep in contact with customers.

I post maybe four times a month to my personal account.

jlloyd73 · 10-30-2012, 12:05 PM

I am.........I use it to keep in contact with people all over the country. I ain't doing anything wrong, so I am not worried about the government.....besides, if they want to kick in my door they will anyways.

ka64 · 10-30-2012, 12:26 PM

Maybe.........

firefighter1635 · 10-30-2012, 04:56 PM

No facebook, tweeter or anything else. This is the extent to my social media.

norahc · 10-30-2012, 08:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CampingJosh

I'm on Facebook because I have to be for work; we use a page to keep in contact with customers.

I post maybe four times a month to my personal account.

I work for my ISP, and leave Facebook, Twitter, and all that other crap to those that want to do it. Forums are my facebook...and a lot more respectful of your privacy.

stumpjumper · 10-30-2012, 09:31 PM

my facebook account was lost in a horrible boating accident. same as all my guns

north tex · 10-30-2012, 10:08 PM

Rockyja · 10-31-2012, 09:39 AM

My son signed me up to facebook years ago, and I must admit, I did put photos of my family on it. BIG MISTAKE! Every one on earth, still me e-mail. Most of them, I don't even know.

I like my privacy to much. Besides, I don't play well with others. Maybe a selected few. LOL

Blackhawk Dave · 10-31-2012, 10:53 AM

I use it to keep track of family around the country. Found out last week via Facebook that we lost a family member due to a heart attack in mid 50's, wouldn't have gotten a phone call for a couple of days due to family being so torn up.

Nice thing about it that you can "unfriend" those you don't want to deal with, and subscribe to pages like Midway, Hornaday, Springfield Arms, etc. Lots of good stuff about things that go bang!

Buckshot · 11-01-2012, 02:40 AM

No Facebook. Not now, not ever.

WHSmithIV · 11-01-2012, 03:13 AM

I am on EVERY site I can find for getting information out and finding out what information is available. I am a computer engineer and I certainly did my part to make this internet happen where the information can flow. I also have sworn to die to protect our Constitution against All Enemies Foreign and Domestic.
Do you want to know who may attack your own town? That attack shows up on the internet before it happens.
Ambassador Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty died in Libya - the Arabic jihadist websites were already talking about it before it happened, then praising their 'courageous' brothers who did it.

Our government tried to blame it on a video. Our President was complicit in the attacks. New info is coming to light that he may have helped the attacks happen on purpose. The Blind Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman is still in a US prison for the first WTC bombing and the Muslim Brotherhood has promised to get him home.

The current info coming out is that there was a plan to have Ambassador Stevens taken hostage, then Obama would make a political coup by trading his life for the Blind Sheikh. This certainly would have put a feather in his cap for the voters - nobody cares really if a rag head gets sent back instead of us feeding him and giving him free medical. We should have shot the a-hole to begin with.

This may have backfired on Obama because two Navy SEALS ignored orders to leave it alone and went to save him. Next, Emergency attempt at cover-up.

There is only ONE piece left to find. Who did Obama meet with who was Muslim during this past August and then sent as an Envoy to Egypt or Libya?

IShootBack · 11-01-2012, 04:48 AM

I do and don't have a lot of personal information on it. Don't visit it much more than a couple times a month to keep in touch with family and friends. I find many that use it for ill intent, gossip fodder, and to create division amongst the brotherhood.

Social Media is now what cell phones were 30 years ago. Who would ever thought back then that they would be replacing land line phones?

10-30-2012, 03:32 AM	#1
B27 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 415	Are you on Facebook?... I am not only not on Facebook....I don't have any idea how it works. But lately more and more friends who I respect greatly have been telling me that I am missing out. Maybe this is the reason..... __________________ "Do not stand beside the road and argue with a fool...lest others in passing take you also for a fool." -->

10-30-2012, 04:23 AM	#2
B27 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 415	Re: Are you on Facebook?... Well I am now and that was pretty amazing...about three or four dozen Persians both here and in Iran have sent me junk. People I don't even know.....all because I work for an American Iranian who travels back to Iran frequently....pretty cool. __________________ "Do not stand beside the road and argue with a fool...lest others in passing take you also for a fool."

10-30-2012, 06:07 AM	#3
NRA_guy V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mississippi Posts: 287	Re: Are you on Facebook?... No. Nor Twitter or whatever. I'd probably get in trouble with the government or my wife or my job. Nothing you send is private and it never goes away and you can't take it back I hear.

10-30-2012, 06:45 AM	#4
wv hillbilly Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: mountains of wv. Posts: 2,016	Re: Are you on Facebook?... no !

10-30-2012, 07:24 AM	#5
flintlock Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Upstate NY Contributor Posts: 896	Re: Are you on Facebook?... No twitter, no facebook, no need.

10-30-2012, 07:44 AM	#6
JohnHenry Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Livingston county, Michigan Posts: 1,215	Re: Are you on Facebook?... flintlock ...... +1 ..... __________________ Freedom .... Is Never Free ! We need Term Limits .... Send the "Professional Politicians" home .

10-30-2012, 07:58 AM	#7
cpttango30 Former Guest Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Stafford, VA Contributor Posts: 3,071	Re: Are you on Facebook?... I am all over facebook. It lets me keep in touch with childhood friends and my fmily 3000 miles away. We use skype a lot too to talk it gives you a face to face and even at 36 years old I miss seeing my mom.

10-30-2012, 08:09 AM	#8
lonewolf204 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Oklahoma Contributor Posts: 789	Re: Are you on Facebook?... No! __________________ Fear is only a word in the mind of the weak!

10-30-2012, 08:19 AM	#9
howlnmad Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Harriman, Tn Contributor Posts: 2,566	Re: Are you on Facebook?... NOPE. NO. NEVER. __________________

10-30-2012, 09:00 AM	#10
hobby_mesa V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Fort Worth Posts: 357	Re: Are you on Facebook?... In today's era, with the gov. back door into even "private" sections of fb - was on the news...now the gov. has (or is very close to having) good facial recognition software that they say will go into the social media sites and add people to their data base by photos they find on facebook...I cancelled my account with fb some time ago...research does show it takes a couple weeks, but your pics, etc. do get deleted if you delete your account. How long it'll stay like that, who knows...don't have much to hide, but I don't really like some entity keeping tabs on me...that and fb admits it tracks the sites you visit (the urls, etc. are sent back to fb) to target you for advertising and other things...I installed a privacy package that stops any and all such tracking when I dropped association with any social sites except this one...even here I see two ad networks and 1 company attempting to track my movements. Very annoying to me.

10-30-2012, 09:10 AM	#11
Appliancedude Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The true northern Cal Posts: 1,562	Re: Are you on Facebook?... I have a facebook account I use to keep in touch with family back east. Its how my cousin got a hold of me a few weeks back to let me know my uncle past away. And also some friends from high school I also use it to tick off what few liberal friends I have. I post more political stuff I get from here, than I do personal stuff. I spend maybe a total of 2 minutes on it a day __________________ It ain't broke it just lacks duct tape. The nice thing about opinions is everybody has one.

10-30-2012, 10:56 AM	#12
hogger129 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 4,064	Re: Are you on Facebook?... Nope. I tell my friends that take pictures to black out my face too. __________________ Samuel Adams once said, "among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life, secondly to liberty, thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can."

10-30-2012, 11:01 AM	#13
Dennis C Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: South Dakota Posts: 789	Re: Are you on Facebook?... i am not interested in any social media sites, I like my privacy. __________________ "Laws that forbid the carrying of arms. . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." - Thomas Jefferson

10-30-2012, 11:35 AM	#14
CampingJosh TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Contributor Posts: 4,787	Re: Are you on Facebook?... I'm on Facebook because I have to be for work; we use a page to keep in contact with customers. I post maybe four times a month to my personal account. __________________ Nothing posted on TheFirearmsForum.com constitutes legal, accounting, gunsmithing, or other professional advice. Readers are encouraged to consult with qualified professionals for real advice. Your life is lived at your own risk. Don't blame me for the dumb things you do.

10-30-2012, 12:05 PM	#15
jlloyd73 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Contributor Posts: 1,931	Re: Are you on Facebook?... I am.........I use it to keep in contact with people all over the country. I ain't doing anything wrong, so I am not worried about the government.....besides, if they want to kick in my door they will anyways. __________________ --------------------------------------------------- The only thing better than good family is good friends. J and D Lloyd Get ready...it's getting "real" and really fast!

10-30-2012, 12:26 PM	#16
ka64 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Michigan Contributor Posts: 1,412	Re: Are you on Facebook?... Maybe.........

10-30-2012, 04:56 PM	#17
firefighter1635 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: US of A Contributor Posts: 1,837	Re: Are you on Facebook?... No facebook, tweeter or anything else. This is the extent to my social media.

10-30-2012, 09:31 PM	#19
stumpjumper Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: swflorida Contributor Posts: 654	Re: Are you on Facebook?... my facebook account was lost in a horrible boating accident. same as all my guns __________________ after three rounds you're just making noise Guns have only two enemies rust and politicians

10-30-2012, 10:08 PM	#20
north tex V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Leonard, Tx Posts: 284	Re: Are you on Facebook?... NO! __________________ Project 404 (1974) Vet

10-31-2012, 09:39 AM	#21
Rockyja Former Guest Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Living in Burnsville, MN, a Transplant from Los Angeles Posts: 155	Re: Are you on Facebook?... My son signed me up to facebook years ago, and I must admit, I did put photos of my family on it. BIG MISTAKE! Every one on earth, still me e-mail. Most of them, I don't even know. I like my privacy to much. Besides, I don't play well with others. Maybe a selected few. LOL

10-31-2012, 10:53 AM	#22
Blackhawk Dave Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Denton, TX Posts: 593	Re: Are you on Facebook?... I use it to keep track of family around the country. Found out last week via Facebook that we lost a family member due to a heart attack in mid 50's, wouldn't have gotten a phone call for a couple of days due to family being so torn up. Nice thing about it that you can "unfriend" those you don't want to deal with, and subscribe to pages like Midway, Hornaday, Springfield Arms, etc. Lots of good stuff about things that go bang!

11-01-2012, 02:40 AM	#23
Buckshot Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Southern AZ Posts: 882	Re: Are you on Facebook?... No Facebook. Not now, not ever. __________________ United States of America - Born July 4th, 1776 - Killed by 50 million brain-dead zombies November 6th, 2012 Mack: Shame what this town's come to. Charley Waite: You could do something about it. Mack: What? We're freighters. Ralph here's a shopkeeper. Charley Waite: You're men, ain't you? Mack: I didn't raise my boys just to see 'em killed. Charley Waite: Well you may not know this, but there's things that gnaw at a man worse than dying. - Open Range MOLON LABE

11-01-2012, 03:13 AM	#24
WHSmithIV Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Moore, Idaho contributor Posts: 2,608	Re: Are you on Facebook?... I am on EVERY site I can find for getting information out and finding out what information is available. I am a computer engineer and I certainly did my part to make this internet happen where the information can flow. I also have sworn to die to protect our Constitution against All Enemies Foreign and Domestic. Do you want to know who may attack your own town? That attack shows up on the internet before it happens. Ambassador Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty died in Libya - the Arabic jihadist websites were already talking about it before it happened, then praising their 'courageous' brothers who did it. Our government tried to blame it on a video. Our President was complicit in the attacks. New info is coming to light that he may have helped the attacks happen on purpose. The Blind Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman is still in a US prison for the first WTC bombing and the Muslim Brotherhood has promised to get him home. The current info coming out is that there was a plan to have Ambassador Stevens taken hostage, then Obama would make a political coup by trading his life for the Blind Sheikh. This certainly would have put a feather in his cap for the voters - nobody cares really if a rag head gets sent back instead of us feeding him and giving him free medical. We should have shot the a-hole to begin with. This may have backfired on Obama because two Navy SEALS ignored orders to leave it alone and went to save him. Next, Emergency attempt at cover-up. There is only ONE piece left to find. Who did Obama meet with who was Muslim during this past August and then sent as an Envoy to Egypt or Libya?

11-01-2012, 04:48 AM	#25
IShootBack Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Virginia Posts: 2,306	Re: Are you on Facebook?... I do and don't have a lot of personal information on it. Don't visit it much more than a couple times a month to keep in touch with family and friends. I find many that use it for ill intent, gossip fodder, and to create division amongst the brotherhood. Social Media is now what cell phones were 30 years ago. Who would ever thought back then that they would be replacing land line phones? __________________ "The Lord is a warrior, the Lord is his name." Exodus15:3