Facebook again

I don't do FB either and am never likely to. But I think this latest news is a good argument for the club sticking with CT as a forum, for all its faults, rather than putting all its eggs in the FB basket.

+ 1  Moulesy  !!

Several  friends  kept  telling  me  of  the  fun  etc  they  derive  from  Faceache  &  talked  me  into  trying  it  so  I  did,  alas.

The  best  thing  I  found  was  the  recent  up-date  of  the  data  protection  system  which  gave  me  a  direct  feed  to  the  "Opt  Out  Smartish"  system  of  which  I  availed  myself  &  got  a  series  of begging  e-mails  from  Faceache  --  long  may  they  miss  me 

Admittedly a majority it is assumed go overboard and post all manner of things, as well as filling in every option such as location, name, age, school etc. Then to top it off their posts are also very revealing.

But all that is needed for a Facebook account is an Email address and password, as does the Caravan Club. An individual can survive quite happily on Facebook without filling in all the additional options, I use messenger more than anything as a live chat to family.

What is annoying is the constant reminders to fill in those empty options about me that I have ignored.

The only people that complain about Facebook are those that for some reason seem to have a dislike of it. For many it provides a means of sharing family news around the world. I am sure there are other ways which I have not yet cottoned onto! If you have no need of Facebook stay away from it. I don't use my own personal page a lot but at the beginning of September we attending a wedding in London of a couple who are both from South American families so I shared my photos with others and it was good to see people from half way around the world being able to see photos they otherwise wouldn't so Facebook does have its advantages. Facebook also hosts lots of groups attached to our hobby be that dedicated to a particular brand of caravan or motorhome and you get far more information from those groups that you do from a forum like this. All types of electronic communication have risks attached to them you just have to be a bit savvy how you assess those risks.

David

It's very much a format that lends itself to "this is me shampooing the hamster" pics rather than an information exchange/discussion medium.

Who's complaiing about FB, David? Certainly not me - I'm completely ambivalent where it's concerned. Like all such forums, used sensibly it can undoubtedly be beneficial, but it's  easily misused.  As I said, I don't use it and I'm never likely to. That's not the same as complaining. 

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"The only people that complain about Facebook are those that for some reason seem to have dislike for it."

That's rather a strange statement, David. How do you know that?

People can be content with something, even like it, but still complain. Caravans spring to mind as an example.

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As is mostly common knowledge ,people will complain even if the reason is self inflicted  far more often than acknowledge the positives of  anything