"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 9/6/2013 11:12 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Fri, 06 Sep 2013 20:26:48 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> On 9/6/2013 7:31 PM, Kalmia wrote:
>>>> Jill,
>>>>
>>>> Glad I'm not the only person who never joined Facebook. Are people
>>>> so insecure they have to blast all their business to their friends?
>>>>
>>> I didn't say I never did. I did, and found absolutely no use for it.
>>> And then they made it extremely difficult to "unsubscribe". For a while
>>> I was getting an email every time someone said "oh!" or "Cool!". They
>>> hid how to turn off email notifications pretty well. I finally figured
>>> out how to unsubscribe. The I deleted the account. They hide that
>>> pretty well, too.
>>>
>>> And again, I hate it when retailers jump on that bandwagon. I'm not
>>> joining FB just to get a coupon or a discount for some product. I'll
>>> take my business elsewhere. It's their loss, not mine.
>>
>> You just have to spend a little bit of time learning how to use and
>> tune Facebook effectively. Then it's acceptable.
>>
>> At least until Facebook changes everything up again which is every 4-6
>> months.
>>
>> Huffing and puffing about it every time the subject comes up just
>> shows that you're not very adaptable and snooty.
>>
>> -sw
>>
> Huffing and puffing? No, I'm rather glad the snooty ones like Terwilliger
> and his fan club would rather spend time on FB.
>
> Snooty? Not at all. I simply don't like or need the interface. You
> yourself said they change everything every few months. What's the point?
> If it works, leave it alone unless you're applying bug fixes.
>
> They make it very difficult to unsubscribe. You have to jump through
> hoops to turn off notifications. And even then, they don't actually
> delete the account.
>
> Hell, they even had a fake account allegedly created by my father, who
> never touched a computer in his life. Yeah, that's ethical. <sarcasm> My
> oldest brother pitched a fit and they removed that "account".
>
> I am not adverse to change. I did software QA for years. Of course that
> was business software, not social media crap. The programmers weren't
> constantly changing things just to make it seem more "cool".
>
> There are plenty of other ways for me to stay in contact with family and
> friends (the ones I want to) than FB. If people love FB, more power to
> them. I'm simply not one of those people.

AMEN!!!

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