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Author Topic: Privacy update for FT members using FaceBook Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 12-16-2009 11:44 PM                     When you edit your privacy settings, Facebook actually has a pop up that says a lot of the indexing stuff people have been panicking about is a bunch of bullshit. Well, they don't put it like I just did. But it's basically just that. FB gives you a preview of what Google could index. Unfortunately, that alone made me change my privacy settings to a more restrictive stance.  |  IP: Logged Caleb Johnstone-Cowan Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 593 From: London, UK Registered: Mar 2006 posted 12-17-2009 09:42 PM                     So I put John's post as my status on Facebook, hopefully someone copies and pastes it, very good one!  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-17-2009 10:27 PM                     quote: Brad Miller Without that picture, it makes searching for an old acquaintance extremely difficult! Similarly they should permit searching by high school, college and such to help narrow things down. I can search that way. You need to post what High School you went to in order for your classmates to find you...  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 12-17-2009 10:39 PM                     I've gotten in touch with former classmates I haven't seen in nearly 30 years. Yeah, elementary school classmates. Pretty damned amazing considering I was a "Marine Corps brat" who moved from one duty station to another every 2-3 years! Two of the guys in my friends list were classmates in Iwakuni, Japan when I was in grades 4-6. Another one was a classmate both in Iwakuni and Quantico, VA. Most of my classmates from high school in Quantico, VA are in my friends list. That totally kicks the shit out of that classmates web site where you have to pay $30 per year for the privilege of writing those classmates. I've had much better luck on Facebook and with zero cost.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-18-2009 12:16 AM                        Yeah, and Facebook doesn't annoy you with those stupid "You have 2 new notes" emails like Classmates does, trying to get you to pay up. I suckered into their free membership but finally deleted myself due to all the junk emails they were sending me, and I still get crap from them sometimes.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 12-18-2009 09:08 AM                     One of the keys to Facebook is to control WHAT it emails you (if anything). You can let it bother you as much or as little as you want. Same with the various apps. You don't want to know about some game posting...move over the upper right and click the "hide" button to block ALL of the posts for that game. Yeah, the defaults for the emails are almost always "on" but that is changeable with just a little bit of effort.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 12-18-2009 01:22 PM                       I have very good luck with Facebook. I'm totally happy. I have reconnected with a ton of people I went to school with, as well as people I have worked with over the years! Some I haven't seen in 15, 20, 30 years! Moreso than I did on Classmates.com - which was a pay site! My first time on Facebook, however, was a couple years ago and it was dead. I only found one classmate. I gave it up and stayed with my Myspace page, where I'd met up with a couple of my school friends. When I tried Facebook a year later, however, it had really opened up. I couldn't believe how many people from my graduating class were on there... and more join every week or two. It's great.  |  IP: Logged

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