Tag: Facebook

Video: The Problem with Facebook

Thanks to one of my astronomy Facebook friends, I watched a video on Faster Than Light Travel (don’t get your hopes up) by Veritasium (an element of truth), which led me to this excellent post on the Problem with Facebook:

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ZqXlHl65g?rel=0]

Article: Here’s A New Way Facebook Is Pushing You To Share Your Contact Information

Here’s A New Way Facebook Is Pushing You To Share Your Contact Information

http://readwrite.com/2014/01/28/facebook-contact-information-request

I use Twitter much more these days than I do Facebook.  I’ve locked down ally personal information months ago and I did not include phone or address info even then. If a “friend” I don’t personally know sends a request for such information, the non response silence will be deafening.

Posted from WordPress for Android via my Samsung smartphone. Please excuse any misspellings. Ciao, Jon

And Now, For No Particular Reason, a Rant About Facebook (via Whatever)

Scalzi on Facebook

A friend of mine noted recently that I seemed a little antagonistic about Facebook recently — mostly on my Facebook account, which is some irony for you — and wanted to know what I had against it. The answer is simple enough: Facebook is what happens to the Web when you hit it with the stupid stick. It’s a dumbed-down version of the functionality the Web already had, just not all in one place at one time. Facebook has made substandard versions … Read More

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