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[Mrs Rooster]

I agree.  It's just a way for women to gossip and get up in everybody's kool-aid.....I don't think men use Facebook.....it's a woman thing. 

 Don't tell my male CVO friends that or Andy's son in-law Brandon....I dare you 

 If you live your life right one should have nothing to be ashamed of. 
I originally joined so I could monitor employees when AT WORK. Those bad habits were quickly stopped.
I enjoy everyones pictures and keeping up with friends that I have not seen in years. Terry doesn't have a facebook account but he sure enjoys looking over my shoulder as I did his with this site.
 CVOHarley's Facebook account lets us know when this site is having problems 
My favorite picture for today on Facebook is Ponch and John...aka Marty (110mofo) and Dave (Wrongway) on Mark's (Ironhorse) bikes. 
 Facebook isn't for everyone...some have too many skeletons in the closet and they can not keep the closet door closed. For those people Facebook isn't their only problem...but it makes for a good scapegoat.
 I choose to wake up everyday with no regrets about yesterday.

[JCZ]

I hooked up with a couple of old girlfriends. I mean OLD. Time hasnt been nice to a couple of them but they were cute in their time.

Funny chit Van......they were probably thinkin the same thing about you.  

[JCZ]

Don't tell my male CVO friends that or Andy's son in-law Brandon....I dare you 

 If you live your life right one should have nothing to be ashamed of. 
I originally joined so I could monitor employees when AT WORK. Those bad habits were quickly stopped.
I enjoy everyones pictures and keeping up with friends that I have not seen in years. Terry doesn't have a facebook account but he sure enjoys looking over my shoulder as I did his with this site.
 CVOHarley's Facebook account lets us know when this site is having problems 
My favorite picture for today on Facebook is Ponch and John...aka Marty (110mofo) and Dave (Wrongway) on Mark's (Ironhorse) bikes. 
 Facebook isn't for everyone...some have too many skeletons in the closet and they can not keep the closet door closed. For those people Facebook isn't their only problem...but it makes for a good scapegoat.
 I choose to wake up everyday with no regrets about yesterday.

You're funny Karen......I had to laugh.  But truth of the matter is.....I feel how I feel about it and have no problem with being true to thine own self.  I'll be sure to tell Brandon how I feel the next time I see him.  I'm sure he'll laugh, too!

Now ask me how I feel about texting.   That's why I have texting blocked on my phone.

[Midnight Rider]

Facebook has it's place.  I'm on it for a few minutes 4 or 5 times a week.  It has enabled me to connect with a few people from here on the site, and some old friends from the past that I haven't thought about in decades.  I still haven't SEEN them in person, but it's good to know they are still alive and well.  Even if some of them look half dead     It also lets me keep up with my sister, nieces, and nephews who I otherwise would know nothing about.  Some of it is mindless banter, but some of it is nice to know, particualarly some of the photos people post.  Since I don't really like talking on the phone much, it's a short and sweet way to keep in touch.

Time has NOT been kind of some of my old girlfriends I've found, or who have found me...but, they may be saying the same thing about me.

Just don't put anything on there that you don't want people seeing/reading.  The same holds true for e-mail, especially at work...some people have learned the hard way that e-mail is NOT private within certain environments.  Google tracks every single search you do, according to IP address.  If you use the internet, your actions are being tracked in a database, even if nobody is using the information...presently.

Several people from here on the site are my "friends" on Facebook, and some of their posts are quite entertaining (in a good way).

Some people are totally addicted to it though and will post useless stuff, or things that would be better left unsaid.

[Mrs Rooster]

You're funny Karen......I had to laugh.  But truth of the matter is.....I feel how I feel about it and have no problem with being true to thine own self.  I'll be sure to tell Brandon how I feel the next time I see him.  I'm sure he'll laugh, too!

Now ask me how I feel about texting.   That's why I have texting blocked on my phone.

 I know what you mean...I had it blocked also, why can't someone just pick up the phone and call. I soon realized employees don't answer phones but they will a text. I have caved into texting...but I still prefer a good ol' phone call. I don't have all of the LOL...OMG...LMFAO down..I still use you and not u etc..
 We are waiting for spring and drier weather so we can ride south and meet up for another one of your famous rides.   I'll text you when we leave  

[porthole]

When my daughter lived in the UK it was fine, used it along with Skype to keep in touch.
But FB has changed dramatically in the last two and just too much to try and keep up with.

Don't use it anymore and all of the FB only promotions I guess I will miss out on. Oh well, I know I am not alone for the disdain I now have for it.

[Supershooter]

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Facebooks isnt the problem. its how people choose to use it thats the problem. people will put stuff on FB that they wouldnt say to their wife/boss/child directly.
people have posted dumb things on forums before learning how to act on them. i'm sure a few wives think this site is a problem, the guys are always on it spending money.

Supershooter

[JDOFLHRIDER]

I think it's like anything else good if used properly ,bad if not. I ride with a group that posts rides on facebook and uses events for planing and that works great.

[DDavidson]

Saw a local news story showing a guy who created an APP for his iPhone that uses facial recognition.  The APP cross references the faces of pedestrians to Facebook photos using Facebook's facial recognition software.  So as the News Camera is rolling he points his iPhone at pedestrians and it gives him the name and some other Facebook info of the person walking by.  He stated that it probably wouldn't be too hard to get phone, work, address and other info from other data sources using the FB info.  He didn't want to get other personal info in front of the TV Cameras because he thought it might be breaking the law. He could point the iPhone at somebody and then call out to them using their first name "Hi Sheila".  Great tool for stalkers "Hi Sheila, remember me from your Vegas posting last week" , burglars, private investigators as well as law enforcement. (Facial recognition camera systems are used by Law Enforcement on street corners in Britain. Software that scans faces and software that compares the scan to a "WANTED Persons" database.)

Human Resource departments now have processes to check Facebook for current and future employees.

I know, paranoid!  What I don't willingly give up is private and yes I have a lot to hide whether I have a legit reason to or not.

The Nazi's used an IBM banking system to select Jews for robbing and then silencing.  In the Chechen war real-estate records were used.

A lot of information such as "I'm really looking forward to the family being in Hawaii June 6 - 13" on public sites leaves you vulnerable to a burglary.

These are great tools for communicating and without them many couldn't.  Just understand them. 

[charles05663]

I found this interesting.  Also, Facebook runs the facial recognition software to on all photos.  

Also, photos from smartphone typically have GPS coordinates embedded into photos.  Why is this a problem?  
http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/local_news/special_reports/warning%3A-smart-phone-images-use-gps-trackers-to-mark-your-location

Follow up to DDavidson post this is a research project at CMU:
http://www.rmtracking.com/blog/2011/09/05/carnegie-mellon-university-study-your-photo-could-reveal-your-ssn/

Bottom line, Facebook is in the business of selling information; your information.

 

[JCZ]

Big brother.....and the rest of the world....is watching you!

[CVOThunder]

While I keep my chit locked down tight and have nothing to hide I can see where this would be an issue. Guess I am an Idiot. LOL WTF

[grc]

Folks like Zuckerberg or the guys at Google aren't spending all that money setting up these networks just because they love doing stuff so others can have free services.  The idea from day zero was to sell advertising and ultimately to sell user's information.  Anyone who hasn't figured this out by now is in need of a little intervention.  And the constantly changing policies at places like Facebook, and changes to default privacy settings, should be a tipoff as well.  Change the default privacy setting, make the user figure out something changed, then make them search for the settings they need to change to regain the privacy they thought they had set up previously.  And pretend it was all inadvertent, right before you do it again.  If they were totally honest and aboveboard the default would always be for maximum privacy until the user changed it himself, not the other way around.

Think of it as something similar to how a lot of drug dealers operate.  Start you out with some free stuff, get you hooked, then drop the hammer on you.  It's a business model that's been appropriated by lots of people and companies.


Jerry

[BANDANAGIRL]

Love Facebook!  Most of my friends on Facebook are from this CVO site .     love you all

[dlaws01]

What's a Facebook?