Facebook is the worst thing that has happened to the internet IMO. It has ruined so many lives and still people are so hooked on it that personal interaction is gone by the wayside and will never be the same again. Facebook creators are more than aware of the damage done and lives being ruined daily yet they sit up there in their castle and rake in the cash without a care for the families left to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives. A study was done comparing FB to the online dating sensation of yrs back when so many lives were ruined by infidelity and marriage breakdowns and now to add to it, the amount of suicides through FB bullying, racism, and infidelity rates soaring etc. FB alone is responsible for more suicides of our kids than any other form of interaction.
I myself fell victim to a bitter ex-partner who decided to make a page using my name and invited everyone I knew to join her friends list and wham. The slander I copped was unbelievable. People were ringing me every day until the page was taken down. This took 4 weeks of reports by everyone for FB to finally remove it. There was nothing the police would do as supposedly it isn't a crime. I don't use FB, nor have I ever used it and this shows how easy it is to have your life electronically violated and the potential for irreversible damage to be done to ones personal and professional life is huge.
FB has a lot to answer for and I personally hoped that the threat to delete the whole site from the internet by "Anonymous' some time ago would be carried out.
I hate to rain on anyones parade but next time you log on, just pause for a second and think about the shattered lives because you just never know you or one of your loved ones may become FB's next victim.
Sorry but I had to vent as my dislike for FB goes very deep.
Yep gotta agree . But the average person seem oblivious to what it can do. And the privacy or lack of is surreal. You can poke into the lives of every person in a small town within a few hrs if you want too.
All you have to do is have one friend that knows someone in that town.
From there you can sneak through to their friends, then theirs, then theirs and on and on you go - and some of the stuff people put on it , especially your kids.
Anyone can easily track and follow your kids, talk to them , see all their pics , friends , and theirs and theirs and easily find out anything they wanna know about them .
lt's one scary fkg monster l reckon and l don't think most people realize just what can go on in it.
Not to mention the type of things you've talked about .