Off the FB grid

[kcaja1]

I just deactivated my FB account indefinitely. I want to explore living off the FB grid. I want to experience real life again pure and simple. And, where there is no more real or perceived pressure to do and share awesome experience to the world. Really! Who's with me?

[FrugalNinja250]

I've never been on FB, have no intent of ever being so.



I don't want to be the product...

[Alex]

[Jiggles]

Yea I deleted mine too. Who needs it!

[CynicalC]

I have it because that's where all the party and event invitations go out. Makes it easier for the hosts if the guest list is all in one place. But there will always be one pretentious douche who won't show up because he doesn't have facebook and "didn't get a call"

[Z-Trob]

^ this, plus i enjoy "creepin" sometimes hahaha

[Reswob]

Deleted mine last week. Wasn't using it, and all the people who I want to talk to have my cell # anyway.

[kyrider]

I don't have a facebook but my dog does. I honestly know people who are addicted to it. I have enough on my plate.

[Zombiphone]

Link to original page on YouTube.


No really though, I don't see facebook as being anymore evil than having a cellphone. It gives me less incentive to just ignore and lose touch with people all the time, and it turns out that some of the people who I'd have otherwise blown off are more interesting than I'd have ever given them credit for otherwise. Who knew?

The only thing that sucks about it is having to talk to guys like @chode and @alex.s
Everyone else is cool though.

[choneofakind]

hey. I make your day when alex.s is being a dick.

how'd you get it to mention me without using my username??

[Zombiphone]

What are you talking about? I did use your username

[alex.s]

holy batman, what the douche? putting me in the same category as chode?

/unfriend.

[alex.s]

besides, tiffani loves when i'm a dick. she hates nice people.

[choneofakind]

alex, it's time to admit it. You and I are like brothers, only closer.

Link to original page on YouTube.

[Zombiphone]

I could have been worse, Alex. I could have put you in the same category as @Cody or @Kevin

[Zombiphone]

Originally Posted by alex.s

besides, tiffani loves when i'm a dick. she hates nice people.

And this might be true. But I like that you and chode are now decidedly forming a bond

[choneofakind]

AHHHH! you did it again?!!! how do you keep mentioning people without their usernames??

[alex.s]

Originally Posted by Zombiphone

I could have been worse, Alex. I could have put you in the same category as @Cody or @Kevin

fair enough.

[alex.s]

Originally Posted by choneofakind

alex, it's time to admit it. You and I are like brothers, only closer.

Link to original page on YouTube.

by far one of the creepiest things to come from spongebob

[alex.s]

-- side note: Another thread, jacked by socal hoodlums.

[Live2ride]

Originally Posted by Zombiphone

I could have been worse, Alex. I could have put you in the same category as @Cody or @Kevin

Tiff, I am most certainly not in any category with Kevin. T_T

[rusninja]

Dude fb is my second home when im home! XD

[akima]

I never made a FB account. I have enough people-related stress in my life without it. I feel like hooking into FB would just make life more complicated and stressful.

The only appealing thing about FB is the event organising aspect. I doubt I could make an account just for that though and not get drawn/forced into the wrest of the site.

[Jono]

Ninjette.org>Facebook


I don't use my facebook that much ever since joining this site. Might just check it like twice a week or less. Most of my time on the internet is spent on Ninjette. Or on website for doing HW, which usually leads to me killing time on Ninjette instead of doing my HW. This site is addicting!

[akima]

Originally Posted by Jono

Ninjette.org>Facebook

+1

It doesn't have "walls", but it's got friendly advice on how to avoid walls.
It doesn't record everything that happens in your life but... but... well, that's good!

It does have profile pictures, galleries, community and event pages (sadly mostly only for Americans).

[Mocha Man]

You deactivated yours the same day I deactivated mine haha I was so tired of all the things being said on it. Social networks are basically consuming peoples' lives and a lot of people have absolutely no person-to-person skills anymore. It's ridiculous. I'm not saying that all people with a FB account are like that, but I know a lot of my "friends" on there are.

[TheGemte]

Phone has it on it but i have to reset my password every bloody time as i just don't use it often enough.

Last time i checked FB it was 2 months ago. Good to have as an address book. I lurk on the forums instead.

[Alex]

[CynicalC]

Originally Posted by Alex

But if it gets 1,000,000 more likes, it will save those kids in Africa!

[mustang5.0]

i hate facebook and most people

[akima]

Originally Posted by mustang5.0

i hate facebook and most people

What about squirrels?

* Akima offers @mustang5.0 a nut to throw at a human of his choosing *

[MikeBudd]

Originally Posted by choneofakind

AHHHH! you did it again?!!! how do you keep mentioning people without their usernames??

The mention thing uses a numbering system? of some sort and is contained within the [mention=XXXX] brackets. He can just post the "@choneofakind" and then change it to whatever he wants @HurrDurr

[Heed]

I find myself constantly deactivating and reactivating mainly to keep an eye over an old friend's shoulder (who i haven't talked to in months :/) I guess this makes me at least somewhat of a creeper.

[mustang5.0]

Originally Posted by akima

What about squirrels?

* Akima offers @mustang5.0 a nut to throw at a human of his choosing *

are you kidding... I love squirrels to the point where we had wild ones coming around daily and eating from our hands when i was lil..

[akima]

Originally Posted by mustang5.0

are you kidding... I love squirrels to the point where we had wild ones coming around daily and eating from our hands when i was lil..

[Mocha Man]

Originally Posted by mustang5.0

i hate facebook and most people

Finally someone I can relate to!

[Jiggles]

Relevant

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/job-se...071251682.html

Job seekers getting asked for Facebook passwords

SEATTLE (AP) — When Justin Bassett interviewed for a new job, he expected the usual questions about experience and references. So he was astonished when the interviewer asked for something else: his Facebook username and password.

Bassett, a New York City statistician, had just finished answering a few character questions when the interviewer turned to her computer to search for his Facebook page. But she couldn't see his private profile. She turned back and asked him to hand over his login information.

Bassett refused and withdrew his application, saying he didn't want to work for a company that would seek such personal information. But as the job market steadily improves, other job candidates are confronting the same question from prospective employers, and some of them cannot afford to say no.

In their efforts to vet applicants, some companies and government agencies are going beyond merely glancing at a person's social networking profiles and instead asking to log in as the user to have a look around.

"It's akin to requiring someone's house keys," said Orin Kerr, a George Washington University law professor and former federal prosecutor who calls it "an egregious privacy violation."

Questions have been raised about the legality of the practice, which is also the focus of proposed legislation in Illinois and Maryland that would forbid public agencies from asking for access to social networks.

Since the rise of social networking, it has become common for managers to review publically available Facebook profiles, Twitter accounts and other sites to learn more about job candidates. But many users, especially on Facebook, have their profiles set to private, making them available only to selected people or certain networks.

Companies that don't ask for passwords have taken other steps — such as asking applicants to friend human resource managers or to log in to a company computer during an interview. Once employed, some workers have been required to sign non-disparagement agreements that ban them from talking negatively about an employer on social media.

Asking for a candidate's password is more prevalent among public agencies, especially those seeking to fill law enforcement positions such as police officers or 911 dispatchers.

Back in 2010, Robert Collins was returning to his job as a security guard at the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services after taking a leave following his mother's death. During a reinstatement interview, he was asked for his login and password, purportedly so the agency could check for any gang affiliations. He was stunned by the request but complied.

"I needed my job to feed my family. I had to," he recalled,

After the ACLU complained about the practice, the agency amended its policy, asking instead for job applicants to log in during interviews.

"To me, that's still invasive. I can appreciate the desire to learn more about the applicant, but it's still a violation of people's personal privacy," said Collins, whose case inspired Maryland's legislation.

Until last year, the city of Bozeman, Mont., had a long-standing policy of asking job applicants for passwords to their email addresses, social-networking websites and other online accounts.

And since 2006, the McLean County, Ill., sheriff's office has been one of several Illinois sheriff's departments that ask applicants to sign into social media sites to be screened.

Chief Deputy Rusty Thomas defended the practice, saying applicants have a right to refuse. But no one has ever done so. Thomas said that "speaks well of the people we have apply."

When asked what sort of material would jeopardize job prospects, Thomas said "it depends on the situation" but could include "inappropriate pictures or relationships with people who are underage, illegal behavior."

In Spotsylvania County, Va., the sheriff's department asks applicants to friend background investigators for jobs at the 911 dispatch center and for law enforcement positions.

"In the past, we've talked to friends and neighbors, but a lot of times we found that applicants interact more through social media sites than they do with real friends," said Capt. Mike Harvey. "Their virtual friends will know more about them than a person living 30 yards away from them."

Harvey said investigators look for any "derogatory" behavior that could damage the agency's reputation.

E. Chandlee Bryan, a career coach and co-author of the book "The Twitter Job Search Guide," said job seekers should always be aware of what's on their social media sites and assume someone is going to look at it.

Bryan said she is troubled by companies asking for logins, but she feels it's not a violation if an employer asks to see a Facebook profile through a friend request. And she's not troubled by non-disparagement agreements.

"I think that when you work for a company, they are essentially supporting you in exchange for your work. I think if you're dissatisfied, you should go to them and not on a social media site," she said.

More companies are also using third-party applications to scour Facebook profiles, Bryan said. One app called BeKnown can sometimes access personal profiles, short of wall messages, if a job seeker allows it.

Sears is one of the companies using apps. An applicant has the option of logging into the Sears job site through Facebook by allowing a third-party application to draw information from the profile, such as friend lists.

Sears Holdings Inc. spokeswoman Kim Freely said using a Facebook profile to apply allows Sears to be updated on the applicant's work history.

The company assumes "that people keep their social profiles updated to the minute, which allows us to consider them for other jobs in the future or for ones that they may not realize are available currently," she said.

Giving out Facebook login information violates the social network's terms of service. But those terms have no real legal weight, and experts say the legality of asking for such information remains murky.

The Department of Justice regards it as a federal crime to enter a social networking site in violation of the terms of service, but during recent congressional testimony, the agency said such violations would not be prosecuted.

But Lori Andrews, law professor at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law specializing in Internet privacy, is concerned about the pressure placed on applicants, even if they voluntarily provide access to social sites.

"Volunteering is coercion if you need a job," Andrews said.

Neither Facebook nor Twitter responded to repeated requests for comment.

In New York, Bassett considered himself lucky that he was able to turn down the consulting gig at a lobbying firm.

"I think asking for account login credentials is regressive," he said. "If you need to put food on the table for your three kids, you can't afford to stand up for your belief."