I’m curious, who is registered on facebook?

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Originally posted by Mark440:
Facebook - for my taste - just simply has too many security issues. I'm sure I'll get pounced on, but I'll take privacy over broadcast.

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Originally posted by Mike McNally:

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Originally posted by Mark440:
Facebook - for my taste - just simply has too many security issues. I'm sure I'll get pounced on, but I'll take privacy over broadcast.

Mark, I'm with you. I've already had my identity stolen a year ago. Who knows where my security breach was accessed. I have more to do with my time than spend weeks and $ restoring my credit just to have a presence on Facebook or any other similar site.

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Originally posted by jms2222:

For all the paranoids out there the only thing others will pick up about you is what you post on your page. Even if some head banger hacks you they still are not going to find out any more than what you put on it.

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Originally posted by Joe Hohmann:
I'm on it to get family photos and news...not for hobby reasons.

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Originally posted by Mark440:
Facebook - for my taste - just simply has too many security issues. I'm sure I'll get pounced on, but I'll take privacy over broadcast.

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Originally posted by jms2222:
I poo-pooed facebook until I finally got on it to shut up family members and now I love it. I am more connected to extended family members than I ever was in "real life" and have reconnected to dozens and dozens of old friends and high school and college friends that I never would have known anything else about them other wise.

For all the paranoids out there the only thing others will pick up about you is what you post on your page. Even if some head banger hacks you they still are not going to find out any more than what you put on it.

I wish that it would have been around 25 years ago.

I'm on FB. I use it for family. I use OGR Forum for trains. My secretary put the office on FB. Its mostly dormant, however.

Our modular club uses FB, so I registered.

I am on Facebook as well. For close friends and family.  

I'm on Facebook but only for my local and school friends. Great way to stay in touch and up to date.

A lot of people complain about the privacy issues but it's just a matter of knowing how to work the privacy settings and exercising the general practice of not putting sensitive info on the internet (duh?). As for not wanting to get updates or friend requests from the more obnoxious people, they don't have the blocking feature for nothing.

And if you're really tech savvy, download the F.B. Purity browser extension which allows you to selectively display or eliminate any aspect of the website. It works so effectively that Facebook has been trying to shut them down for years.

I'm on it and Google+.  I got on fb because there was this girl I really liked when I was single, and she told me to get on.  It didn't turn out, and instead I now never use it and am happily married to a better girl.  G+ just came as I was using other Google services (Wave anyone?).

I'm on it, but very rarely post anything to my wall...can't even remember the last time.  I do check on others from time to time (including the MTH and Lionel pages), but certainly not on anything approaching a regular basis.

I'm not intimidated by technology or the various other forms of social media, but I'm certainly not enamored with it and I prefer to live in the real world as often as possible and for as long as possible.  I see and personally know so many people who are absolutely hooked on this stuff to the point where they devote precious little of their time and attention to anything else.  With the younger generations it is something of an unfortunate epidemic.

I see that Facebook is now considering exposing everyone to 15-second ads when they log on.  Wonderful!  

I am on Facebook using my name as the contact. I can communicate easier with my kids and grand kids. Also I have found a lot of old friends on Facebook. I use this forum to contact my train buddies and Facebook for my family and friends. Also, I have had a few good buys sent to be and saved me some $$$ on my household items.

N O P E

Not here

No.  I have no use for any of it.

Ditto......so much DRAMA and not much else......all I hear from those on it is 'he said she said etc'.....

I'm on there but hardly ever use it.

NOPE

Jerry

I've been on Facebook for nearly five years.  An exceptional way to keep in touch with others (including family) and an incredible information tool.  I can get updates on most train-related items that I care about in a matter of minutes.

Privacy?  As someone wrote...it's a matter of settings and diligence.  You probably should have more privacy concerns when you "Google" something than when you use FB.

I am on it  scot pensgard.

Yup!

Nope!

Never have and never will!!!

I signed up about a year ago.  Then closed my amount after one week!  Had trouble with my avatar picture.  Then was bombarded with friend requests.  All for a bunch of he said she said, etc. JUNK!  Plus 80% of my online time is spent right here on this forum.

 ABSULUTELY NOT - Who needs it?

I am....

I have all the confidence in the world that the gurus at Facebook will come up with a way to get around ad-blocking software.  Just give them time if they do go ahead with this project, which they probably need as a revenue generator.  After all, the free ride that a gazillion people have been getting on Facebook for years now has to come to an end sometime. 

I came across this thread only because it appeared on the recent list.

I find it amusing that the author of the question does not have a picture or avatar of them self, yet asked the question about face book.

Hmmm, you do not expose your face here, but in face book, really?

I have resisted it all this time, I don't plan to start now. My wife has an account which is more than enough for our house.

Yes. I'm on Facebook. 

Ive got family on Facebook. 

Ive got friends on Facebook. 

Ive got co workers on Facebook. 

But seriously, who cares?

I am on it .

Was a few years ago, didn't use it. Cancelled the account. Signed on again after searching for an old friend, turns out someone was using their photos and info from their previously hacked FB account to start a false account. I found them and told them of the hacker, but I cancelled again. This experience also kept me from joining this site for about a year and a half. But don't think I wasn't watching!

Absolutely am on it. Also manage the pages for Notch 6 and for Stout Auctions. In a world built on the need to communicate instantly, this is a necessary. 

"Staying in touch"- I still "Reach out and touch someone?" IE, I find the phone much more personal. It communicates "instantly",much faster than text, and less often misunderstood...If the idjit on the other end would just answer their cell. In some ways modern tech is overrated, it has been the cause of many new habits that I believe are socially undesirable. Despite my being witness to a bad experience, I did use FB for a bit, made a couple contacts etc. I just didn't see the fascination. I found it unintuitive, hated looks of the page layouts, spam that rolled in..etc etc.). It was too much "work" overall. Not fun.

I have been on for several years.I work away from home 10-11 months out of the year.It's a great tool for keeping in touch with family and friends.I post lots of photos of my travels for everyone to enjoy.

I'm still on it.  I joined because a) I wanted to check up on the grand kids and b) I had to be on social media for the NASA Social event when they swapped the shuttle Discovery for the Enterprise here in Washington.  So I lurk on FB and I lurk here.

I use my computer for many purposes, and am not intimidated by technology.  I use as much technology as I feel is useful to me.  I see no useful purpose in Facebook, and I feel it would be foolish to place my personal information and trust in the hands of a guy like Zuckerberg.

Phil

I do not and will not, for privacy reasons. Facebook's privacy settings are designed to provide the maximum of information to advertisers or anybody who will pay for your information. Facebook is basically a means to extract personal information and sell it for a profit. I considered using it as a tool to promote a seminar that I lead at the local community college, but decided that the downside outweighs the upside. 

I am on under my name suzukovich.

i am on it Bill Karrow

I am disgusted with the people that pirate the names of my relatives and friends on Facebook, and use them to send me junk email. Facebook and Twitter are not for me.

Yep

No.

No and have no intention to join.

Joe B.

Twice, JIM LAROCCO & my radio show MISCELLANY WITH JIM.

For all the reasons you can and can't imagine, NO WAY.  BigRail

I am Facebook to keep in touch with family and to promote the hobby through my postings and managing the TTOS-Southern Pacific Division Facebook page. I have gotten a couple of new members to join our club through Facebook so I consider that a success. I feel the more we can do to connect to people and the hobby makes the extra work for me worth it.

I am on Facebook and Twitter. It so happens that METCA is also on Facebook and Twitter. So check us out next time visiting.

Just to let you know ... If you are not on Facebook, we don't miss you.   Carry on.

That's a relief.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDwQJ64UpFQ

And I don't miss being on Facebook.

Rusty

I'm on it........but rarely use it.

Peter

Very useful for keeping up with family spread out through the world. Fifteen minutes once a week to view photos and highlights of our ever extending family is great.

I really don't do anything train related with Facebook but you never know. 

We tend to use Instagram more and more. 

Has to be with the millions of dumb and dumber people walking around loose. 

I've got family and friends spread out from Guam to the British Virgin Isles and everywhere in-between, so Facebook is the way I keep in-touch!

Jon

NEVER. As an Information Systems Security Professional, the risks out weigh the rewards.

NO SPACEBOOK for me.

I use Facebook, but only as a means of keeping up with information released by companies and organizations that interest me -- like Lionel and MTH. I don't use it for social connections; I really prefer face-to-face or more direct communication with friends and family instead of using an advertising platform.

I don't use my real name on Facebook, either, and didn't register that way, despite their requirements. But I come from an older generation of Internet users, from is early days when it was understood that while the Internet was (then) a small and safe place, putting out too much personal information in public spaces was considered fundamentally unwise. I've dealt with identity theft before, and giving your information freely to an advertiser is not likely the safest thing to do.

My wife uses Facebook more, but still from behind a pseudonym and carefully controlled and obfuscated account information. She was a domestic abuse victim and can give far more and better explanations than I for why one should not put everything out on the public Internet.

    I guess it boils down to personal choice. There is no right or wrong and nothing to do with intelligence. If you can post here you can figure out Facebook. For some it is a Godsend and others like me have no need for it. Things and people change. A few years ago I was a prototype Ho scale modeler. Was one for nearly 40 years. Now I am a toy train O scale 3-rail operator and having a blast.

     Who knows maybe in the future I may change and love Facebook. Others who love Facebook now may turn against it as some have done. So to correct my earlier post I now say "Never have and probably never will!!!"  

Yep, all OGR friend requests welcome.

Nope.

Looks like I'm part of the minority in that I don't do either facebook or twitter.

I figure that I already spend waaaaay to much on my time on the internet, without having even more distractions!

My wife does spend some of her time on facebook to keep up with friends and family.  If something exciting happens, we use 'old school' communication - she tells me.

Jim

Guilty as charged!  And so is favorite person !  And she's as close to a steam locomotive as I'm gonna get !

Why does it matter?

I'm not on facebook.  I couldn't face the consequences of it.

I'm on there from time to time{unlike my wife} under Robert Chawgo, but you won't see my face there as a profile pic...using my old plymouth since she's aged better.

I'm also on photobucket too under 70 cougar{last car I had}...mostly car and model stuff there though.

No and don't plan to. I hardly have time for this forum anymore.

Alex

I'm on Facebook under my name.  I use it to see what my kids & grandkids are up to. They live too far away for visits.  The sad thing about Facebook is that it gives the illusion of being close to family & friends.

Hey, BadHorse, I'll see you on Lionel Trains. 

gandydance

I am on there, and set up a page for my layout. Its a lot easier to update that than anything else. Link is below.

Ditto!

Gilly

Same with me.

Who wants to "Like" me?

https://www.facebook.com/Scara...rtPhotography?ref=hl

Scaramouche Fine Art Photography

Hey Scrappy.....I like you!!!

Alan

I'm there and hooked up with many friends from the past outside of the hobby.

I use FB for to keep up with friends in Public Safety and keep an eye on the kiddo's postings

https://www.facebook.com/frank.s.severino

Also on Twitter

https://twitter.com/franksansev

Regards

I would still like to know the purpose of this question.  What is the originator going to do with the information?

Alot of folks keep their pages in FB or PB open to the public, so there's no keeping away from anyone that way...my PB{photo bucket} account is an open book as well as my FB page to my friends...it's not all big brother stuff honestly, and some folks might want to share pics and info. 

I am on Facebook. Easy to keep up with friends and family strung out over the globe. Also belong to several model railroad related groups on Facebook. While this is still the premier place for information about our hobby I must say most of the FB O-Gauge discussions are refreshing as the brand loyalty wars hardly ever come up.

The New Jersey Hi-Railers Train Club 

https://www.facebook.com/pages.../281740423615?ref=hl

Some would say that I am out of date with the "social media" scene (Forum not included). Before I retired, it was mandatory to be on Facebook. I got so much stuff I did not want that it really turned me off. Rich Melvin has covered the cons very well. So the answer is absolutely no.

Ill like you scrapper, but not on FB.

Best reason to be on FB I've read!  "carry on"(hope your smiling Tim)

Tried it and ditched it like a hot potato when they asked for personal information. That irked me, along with postings that I could care less about from friends of friends.

Too much useless chatter and blah, blah, blah. Here is my dog, Fluffy. I could be I am an old crank but it suits me.

Bruce

I dug-up this old thread because I've been "exploring" Facebook rather actively lately just to see what it really has to offer.  Turns out it is kind of a neat way to connect with people you like or care about.

On my "wall" you'll not find any political stuff or commentary on world affairs or events, but if you like trains and dogs, in particular, you might find some entertainment and information.

I, like most here, use my real name, just as I do on this and most every other site.

I've been a registered member of Facebook for some years now, but only recently started actively participating.  I could use a few thousand more "Friends," so consider "Friending" me if you are a forum member and haven't yet done so.  

Just sent you a friend request!

Hi Allan,

I connect to family and friends all the time!

Best Regards,

Frank

Thanks, my new friend George!  

Allan,

I had to go check, LOL we are already Friends on Facebook!

I apologize in advance for some of my rantings on FB that do not have anything to do with trains or dogs.

Friend request sent.  Lot's of Allan Millers - I think I got the right one.

YES • Check my Facebook Page every day.............

Check on all my fellow retirees, family, friends, Model Train Guys and the OGR, "Summer of Free Stuff."

Send out birthday wishes, via Facebook.

Along with You Tube Channels.

You got the right one, Gregg!  

I'm not on facebook, my privacy (and security) means too much to me.

And that's perfectly fine, of course.  But the fact is that if you're engaged on the Internet in any way, shape, or form, you've already relinquished much of your privacy.  It's sure not something most of us like, but it appears to be a simple fact these days.

I'm on facebook and anybody more then welcome to add me. Under  Jeffrey Allen Bennett.

I am on FB under David Warburton.  As jms2222 said, I was skeptical at first but now use  FB every day. I have reconnected with people from 50 years ago in school, etc., thanks to FB. If you use it wisely, it is a great resource.

I'm on Facebook, but not really active--so far.

I'm there, under Mario Evangelista.

Nope, I prefer to spend 'that time' on something else.

I have witnessed many people waste a lot of time on things like,

". . .  Guess what? Peter, Ann's neighbor's cousin's little boy just graduated from Kindergarten!"

No thanks!

Alex

I have several friends that participate in Facebook and understand their desire, but have no interest in it myself. I simply don't wish to maintain it or spend the time responding to it. I tend to seek simplicity and essentially low tech solutions to life. I will not text message nor accept them. To insure this, I own a phone not dissimilar to this...

I joined a few years ago because it was the cool thing to do. I shut it off 5 days later when Face book sent me a message telling me to invite all my friends. They had sent me my contact list from my computer! That was it for me. Once you go on Face book there is no telling who (other than NSA) is looking at everything and every site you go to!.

I cannot, Future employers and my current employer can monitor these and statements that are made. This can affect my future employment and future career as well.

Staying off the grid is imparitive for my position.

Big Brother is always watching...

No way, no how. In my professional career, I learned enough to never want to be part of this form of social media.

I'm on FB and manage to check once every week or two. It can be addicting and soak up a lot of time. I do like to see what's happening with friends and family, although some people post too much information. Mainly though, I like to use it to keep in touch with my teenage daughters and understand some of the technology they are getting into. 

I have a Facebook, but I'm not what you call a "Facebook addict". I mostly use Facebook for the groups.

-Adam

66 days til York

my badges just arrived

Yes, Facebook has much meaningless drivel

even if everything is fake?

You all know you can maintain a VERY private FB account so outsiders can't look at it other than your cover or profile picture, right?

I have an FB account.  Have had one since there's been a FB.    I use it strictly for family and a few very close friends.  other than that, no one at large can look at it without my permission.

That being said, as Allan said, one you participate in any online realm, people CAN find you..

You can take steps to mitigate that, but it's not hard to track.

For example, the email I use for OGR, is ONLY used to OGR.

The email I use for FB is only used for that.  The email I use for Amazon is only used for that...same with Ebay, Pay Pal.....etc.. passwords for each online service are vastly different.

None of my personal or business emails are commingled, and so forth. You get the idea.

"Everything" being what?  Fake screen name?  Not a problem for any bright 16-year-old who fancies himself or herself to be a hacker-in-training.  If you are on the Internet, you are not able to hide from anybody who is truly determined (and technically able) to find out all about you.

Request sent Allan...

NO, and do NOT plan to in the future!

I registered, to contact a racing buddy I hadn't talked to in 9 years, and to enter the OGR contest. After only 3 days I had so much junk, friend requests etc, that I hit the NUKE button. Tooooo much junk. I realize I could have made this and that private. But the short was I don't have the time or the interest to go thru all that B.S. So I'll leave Social Media to the yung uns. I'll have nothing more to do with F.B. M.S. or any other such junk. I do not like the idea of anyone being able to see who I know, what I do. I realize that even being on the internet may put me in the same position. But I don't know that. Ignorance is bliss. For all I know, or any of you for that mater, we may be under FBI or CIA, or who ever surveylance, (crap cant spell) NOW.............................................

I use Facebook to promote my radio shows and keep in touch with some of my friends I haven't seen in a long time.  

Not me.

Facebook borders on a cult in my opinion. People who live on it cannot grasp a large, happy world of people who have no need for it.

What baffles me is all the people who have pages set up for events and things they're looking to sell, but you gotta friend them just to see it. And you can't see it at all if you're not on FB. I tell them all they've lost my money or attendance right there if that's the only way to reach them.

A completely closed channel is downright silly. Like this forum; you don't have to a member to look at stuff. Otherwise, keep thing you want to be public off a closed loop!

Nope, I have no need for that, that's what I have email for.

Request sent...Jeff Taylor on FB.