Ok, I caved in last night. I opened up a Facebook account. 

Why 

Farcebook is as bad as Tw@tter ...

How old are you? 12? I hope you've posted what you had for dinner today and every movement you've made since you signed up or you'll never be accepted 

It's all down to how you use it. Immediately block all apps and set your visibility to friends only. Then set the option for who can friend you to friends of friends only. Next is simply to only link to friends you know aren't the sort to post constant drivel and 'inspirational' photos or LOLcats. Then once it's safe, like the N Gauge Facebook group

Hopefully it might help me to shift some of my  books I've written and earn some pennies to spend on 

I've tried using it a few times and it makes absolutely no sense at all to me.
I simply cannot work out how to get started or (for that matter) what I'd use it for !!

In all honesty I've always seen it as a mini internet within the proper internet and I really can't understand WHY it works. The wife uses it and from what she says there's nothing there which you can't get elsewhere, ie the internet. We used to use chatrooms when I was younger so I can only guess it's like the next step, or steps, up from that.

I stopped using it about a month ago.
Found it a waste of time. (just my opinion)

i've been tempted a couple of times, mainly because firms have said details of something are 'on our facebook page', but have so far resisted.

can't really see the point of any of these sites, but then perhaps I'm a dinosaur !

When I was looking in to setting up my own business a while back I opened up a Facebook page for it just to see if there would be any interest. Even after a few weeks the response was great and worth the effort. Unfortunatley a lack of funding put the brakes on that venture.

The wife has always been at me to shift all the books I have so I thought I'd give this a go. Putting them on Ebay is fine but if they don't sell you still have to pay admin fees. I also have them on Amazon as well.

If it doesn't work then no harm done.

Alex

Good luck Alex  I closed mine down a couple of months ago but I only had it open for a couple of months so I could converse with my Daughters  what a waste of time that was as I found out my Daughters are as nutty as the other fruit cakes on Facebook 

Hi  Alex   

Well  i'm on  facebook i   find it fun as i  have a lot of mates on there from  work  &  a previous site i  was on,  hope the books go  well  on there  had a look  for you but couldnt find you to send a friend request ?   

I like it.  I am in contact with a lot of people who I haven't seen in a long time, and I enjoy reading about how they're getting on in life, and seeing pictures of their families.  I also have family in America and Australia that I can keep up to date with.  Granted you get the odd person who is on facebook 24/7 and needing everyone's attention, but you just ignore them!  LOL

Quote from: upnick on September 10, 2012, 10:44:18 PM
Hi  Alex   

Well  i'm on  facebook i   find it fun as i  have a lot of mates on there from  work  &  a previous site i  was on,  hope the books go  well  on there  had a look  for you but couldnt find you to send a friend request ?

Hi Nick,

I've fixed the facebook thingy below my avatar.

Alex

I closed my account when I discovered several million people of whom I'd never heard, wanted to be my friend!

As for being poked?