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Across the Fence:  I'm divorcing Facebook  |
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msdoolittle
True Blue Farmgirl
1143 Posts
Amanda
East Texas
USA
1143 Posts |
 Posted - Feb 11 2012 : 10:18:58 AM
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I'm sick of FB. I've been spending too much time on it, and also just tired of the whole social commenting thing. Also, the privacy on FB seems to be completely eroding. Anyone else?
FarmGirl #1390
www.mylittlecountry.wordpress.com |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
13055 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2012 : 10:21:37 AM
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I only check FB when someone sends me a message. I agree with you on the privacy issue. FB is just not for me.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Lieberkim
True Blue Farmgirl
839 Posts
Kimberly
Sunnyside
WASHINGTON
USA
839 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2012 : 10:27:12 AM
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Gave up on it a while back. Don't miss it even a little bit!
Excuse the mess & the noise, my children are making happy memories |
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Simple Living
True Blue Farmgirl
1402 Posts
Joan
Staten Island
NY
USA
1402 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2012 : 11:35:58 AM
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I also gave it up....too much nonsense on it...and scams
Happy Trails
Farmgirl 3842 |
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Annie S
True Blue Farmgirl
756 Posts
Annie
Custer
S.D.
USA
756 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2012 : 12:03:12 PM
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| Add me to the list of those who gave of FB - a long time ago in fact. Just was such a waste of my time and energy. Don't miss it at all. If someone wants to get hold of me, they can call on the phone the old fashion way. Also was concerned about the privacy too. |
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
2027 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2012 : 12:19:16 PM
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Gave it up as well. Was tired of extended family members(who all live within five miles) forgetting how to talk to each other and getting upset with my family when we didn't know the latest gossip at family get togethers. :)
--* FarmMilkMama *--
Farmgirl Sister #1086
Be yourself.
Everyone else is already taken.
-Oscar Wilde
www.farmfoodmama.blogspot.com
www.thehmmmschoolingmom.blogspot.com |
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goneriding
True Blue Farmgirl
1599 Posts
Winona
Central Oregon
USA
1599 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2012 : 12:38:54 PM
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I am one of those people who don't 'get' FB. I have a page and have happily found a lot of childhood friends. That's the good news. The bad news is I'm afraid of losing my privacy PLUS, it seems, quite a few friends are just reposting pictures and cute sayings. I locked my FB page down but not sure how much of my info goes out on others' pages.
Also, I don't quite understand Twitter. I think it's mainly for advertising blogs and news info pieces. I can read news sites for that.
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Okie Farm Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
1674 Posts
Mary Beth
McLoud
Oklahoma
USA
1674 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2012 : 12:49:08 PM
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Still active on my business FB site, but the personal one is starting to go by the wayside. Good grief..family on FB is like purposely looking for a fight. Write something that is taken the wrong way and kablooey. Soooo...I am starting to move away from my personal site.
Mary Beth
www.OklahomaPastryCloth.com
www.Oklahomapastrycloth.com/blog
The Sovereign Lord is my strength - Habakkuk 3:19 |
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pinkroses
True Blue Farmgirl
2350 Posts
Sheila
Virginia
USA
2350 Posts |
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rough start farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3331 Posts
marianne
The Beautiful Pacific NW
Washington State
USA
3331 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2012 : 4:36:29 PM
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I never started FB, so I don't have any quitting issues. But, I think Sheila is smart to use FB to keep her mind off her pain. Whatever works when it comes to pain!
Marianne |
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laurentany
True Blue Farmgirl
3259 Posts
Laurie
Patchogue
NY
USA
3259 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2012 : 4:39:23 PM
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Never had it never will. Seems like nothing but trouble if you ask me.
Whatever one chooses to do or whatever makes them happy...as for me...I love my "FARMBOOK" (that is what my husband calls MJF) LOL!
Smiles,
~Laurie
"Little Hen House on the Island"
Farmgirl Sister#1403
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.. |
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gspringman
True Blue Farmgirl
387 Posts
Gail
Bonanza
Oregon
USA
387 Posts |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13621 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13621 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2012 : 8:09:08 PM
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I spend almost NO time on FB . . . once in a blue moon I see pics from family members there. Some are good and I've seen some from family members that I've just been baffled, embarrassed and astonished by! I kept hearing that you'll be able to communicate with your family. BOSH!!!
I said that if they can't communicate on the phone or acknowledge an email or even be polite, they're not going to conmmunicate on Facebook!
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665.
2010 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
Mother Hen: FARMGIRLS SOUTHWEST HENHOUSE
From my Hands - www.cjscreations-ceejay.blogspot.com
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From my Heart - www.fromacelticheart.blogspot.com
Through my lens - http://ceejayscamera.shutterfly.com/
From my Hubby - www.aspenforge.blogspot.com |
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Ruby V
True Blue Farmgirl
220 Posts
Ruby
Chilliwack
BC
Canada
220 Posts |
Posted - Feb 12 2012 : 12:35:11 AM
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The only reason I occasionally check Facebook is to see pics family members have posted. Otherwise, I don't use it, never post myself. I do spend alot of time on the net though, living in a virtual world, which I love. It's been a real life-saver for me. So I can understand that some folks feel the same about Facebook.
Ruby ~ Sister #3597 |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Feb 12 2012 : 03:49:21 AM
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I keep in touch with my old highschool buds and work plas in other states. Some days we do carry on "conversations" in realtime.
True- not the same as hearing a voice but still keeping in touch just the same and quicker than letter writing
For these winter months it passes the time. True, I could be reading a good book, but that's my choice. When summer gets here, I'll be out the door 'till it's dark |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Feb 12 2012 : 03:52:47 AM
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I've had more security issues here lately by way of dishonest people at gas stations lifting my credit card number from the pump.
Thought it could only be done with debit cards, but it can also be done with credit too. So be sure to press the CLEAR button - or better yet use cash!
And be sure to check you statements!! |
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
1572 Posts
Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - Feb 12 2012 : 04:28:30 AM
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I win prizes from business I like. I'm not giving it up. I get all my favorite chicken updates in one place! If I don't know you, we're not friends. I only have three FB friends that I have never met, Marilyn Edlund, The Chicken Whisperer, who I have talked to, and some hilarious horse lady in Florida. I feel like that keeps it real for me. Most of my friends ae my cousins.
“It always looks darkest just before it gets totally black.”-Charlie Brown |
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prayin granny
True Blue Farmgirl
1874 Posts
Linda
Kansas
1874 Posts |
Posted - Feb 12 2012 : 05:01:10 AM
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I still use fb, have reconnected with old friends on it and enjoy the pics shared by family/friends.
Wish they would work on the privacy thing tho!
I use email, text and Mjf forum more tha fb tho! Loved the 'Farmbook' phrase Laurie!!!
Enjoy your day, ladies!
Blessings,
Linda
www.scatteredlittleblessings.blogspot.com
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queenmushroom
True Blue Farmgirl
985 Posts
Lorena
Centerville
Me
USA
985 Posts |
Posted - Feb 12 2012 : 06:20:30 AM
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I have my own policy on FB. I post nothing personal on it. Basically a hi what's up? deal and cute things my little man says or does. Alot of my family lives out of state so I rarely get to see them. I did have to ban a childhood friend from it because she posts alot of her beliefs on there, which I don't necessarily agree with (mostly christian bashing. She's an atheist, which, if that's what she want's to be then fine, but don't cram it down my throat.), then turns around and says to me, when I call her out on it and tell her that I'm offended, Oh, I know you don't do this stuff or feel this way. So I dumped her. I also dump alot of people that post their fb games on my page too. Basically, if you don't want anything posted on the front page of your local paper, then don't put it on fb.
Patience is worth a bushel of brains...from a chinese fortune cookie |
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msdoolittle
True Blue Farmgirl
1143 Posts
Amanda
East Texas
USA
1143 Posts |
Posted - Feb 12 2012 : 07:28:46 AM
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I agree with all of you! I don't have any people on there that I don't know personally, and I do change my settings to where I can't see what they post (because frankly, some people are very odd/annoying). But I've also learned a LOT about people that are not close to me and often what some people post drives my blood pressure up! Anyway, it's just not worth it for me...I'm not close to any of my family, so I don't need it for that, and I talk to my friends on the phone very frequently. Back to email for me :0)
Fortunately, our winters are not very long at all, so I will be outside again this week as the temperatures rise again, and away from the internet, lol.
FarmGirl #1390
www.mylittlecountry.wordpress.com |
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
1825 Posts |
Posted - Feb 12 2012 : 11:16:47 AM
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| FaceBook has allowed me to reconnect with dear old friends from the past, and to mend some bridges that I thought had long ago been swept downstream. I'm glad I didn't start using it until I'd learned how different online communications are from face-to-face, and how to avoid unintended consequences. I do feel that we are generally spending too much time online -- but look how nice this very forum has been for so many of us! Like any tool, I guess it can be used to build or destroy -- or just as a paperweight! ;-) |
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FarmDream
True Blue Farmgirl
1085 Posts
Julie
TX
USA
1085 Posts |
Posted - Feb 12 2012 : 8:04:10 PM
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I like FB. I think my profile is rather boring. Nothing but gardening and crafting pics. I've learned a lot from some groups that I wouldn't know otherwise. Some things I choose not to click 'like' or comment on due to privacy concerns. I do get tired of sifting through the inspirational sayings and the abused/rescue animal pics/stories.
~FarmDream is Farmgirl Sister #3069
Live Today, Cherish Yesterday, Dream Tomorrow
http://naturaljulie.etsy.com
http://julie-rants.blogspot.com |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Feb 13 2012 : 03:56:39 AM
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Working at a zoo, makes it fun for non zoo friends and especially out of state family to see what's going on
We have been severely cautioned about what can and cannot be posted, so the super sensitive stuff I just save on my camera and wait to show family members when we visit in person. |
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msdoolittle
True Blue Farmgirl
1143 Posts
Amanda
East Texas
USA
1143 Posts |
Posted - Feb 13 2012 : 05:59:57 AM
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It's a great platform for sharing, that's for sure. However, for myself it's just a time waster, which is my fault. I share farm pics on my blog from time to time and I like that format better.
FarmGirl #1390
www.mylittlecountry.wordpress.com |
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acairnsmom
True Blue Farmgirl
1319 Posts
audrey
cheyenne
wy
1319 Posts |
Posted - Feb 13 2012 : 12:51:39 PM
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I guess I am among those that don't care for facebook. I only got on it recently to do a little FB stalking (gasp!). While I was there I searched for co-workers, classmates, friends, family, if I can find them they aren't using it either so I'm not sure what all the fuss is about anyway. And the person I was stalking? Her page was enough for me to understand that what she portrayed to me as her "personality" was not based in truth which went a long way for me to understand the bad vibes I was getting off of her.
Audrey
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Edited by - acairnsmom on Feb 13 2012 12:53:42 PM |
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mickib
True Blue Farmgirl
267 Posts
Michele
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
267 Posts |
Posted - Feb 13 2012 : 4:38:35 PM
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| I have a very small group of Facebook friends (mostly relatives) and we all seem to keep it pretty simple, sharing photos and stories about children and such. I'm pleased to be able to keep up with what is going on with relatives with whom I would otherwise have a hard time keeping in touch. If I don't like someone's post on their wall, I just hide it. I figure we're all entitled to our opinions. |
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Across the Fence: I'm divorcing Facebook |
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I'm divorcing Facebook
