I've nothing against the principle of facebook if that's what people want to do but from my limited perspective it is highly intrusive and as one of a generation that values privacy I resent that.
I set up a spoof account a few years back to play a prank on another family member. Other than posting at that time I've probably opened it about once a quarter, if that, since then.
Yet, despite going to great lengths to make myself as private as possible, I still receive a deluge of emails from facebook suggesting I befriend various people or have been tagged whatever that means. The spooky thing is that despite operating a spoof account some of these people are known to me so how the hell has the link been made? I don't understand being essentially a technophobe.
I have briefly looked at Twitter but cannot follow the conversations at all, no doubt because of my inability and general uselessness as the hash tags bamboozle me rather than design faults, so have made no attempt to pursue it any further. I don't think I am missing much!
As regards Charlton Life it is something I fell into after the demise of Netaddicks and has become a habit more than anything else. One I am making a conscious effort to curtail as 14k plus comments tells its own story about the amount of time I've spent on here over the years!
How do they know? Because apps and social media gain access to your email address book and big computers draw up patterns of links and behaviours... no doubt driven by the hunt for advertising revenue to start with.
I expect newspapers will continue to dwindle in circulation and political spin has to change since the web has a way of revealing many angles to a story if one cares to look.
So not just a fad and all the more important to teach ethics in schools as well as the techy side.
I knew nothing about any of this until I joined the Trust committee but now have a simplistic view of how it works- for example 20% of www.castrust.org traffic comes via twitter so we make an announcement or amplify/spin something at the club and people read it.
I'm not quite sure this is 100% accurate, Len. I believe that they copy your unique genome coding through sweat-receptors hidden in the keys of your keyboard. They then use this information to build a virtual clone of you. The clone knows everything that you know and is used to send you carefully targetted adverts for Werthers Original and Viagra. If you have a camera attached to your pc, make sure that this is switched off at all times, otherwise they can use it to steal your soul. And the shocking thing is, there's nothing you can do to stop it, because it's all been approved by top level clandestine Eurocrats.
I'm only joshing though, Facebook would never to that. But I belive the Trust are working on it ;-)
I've nothing against the principle of facebook if that's what people want to do but from my limited perspective it is highly intrusive and as one of a generation that values privacy I resent that.
I set up a spoof account a few years back to play a prank on another family member. Other than posting at that time I've probably opened it about once a quarter, if that, since then.
Yet, despite going to great lengths to make myself as private as possible, I still receive a deluge of emails from facebook suggesting I befriend various people or have been tagged whatever that means. The spooky thing is that despite operating a spoof account some of these people are known to me so how the hell has the link been made? I don't understand being essentially a technophobe.
I have briefly looked at Twitter but cannot follow the conversations at all, no doubt because of my inability and general uselessness as the hash tags bamboozle me rather than design faults, so have made no attempt to pursue it any further. I don't think I am missing much!
As regards Charlton Life it is something I fell into after the demise of Netaddicks and has become a habit more than anything else. One I am making a conscious effort to curtail as 14k plus comments tells its own story about the amount of time I've spent on here over the years!
How do they know? Because apps and social media gain access to your email address book and big computers draw up patterns of links and behaviours... no doubt driven by the hunt for advertising revenue to start with.
I expect newspapers will continue to dwindle in circulation and political spin has to change since the web has a way of revealing many angles to a story if one cares to look.
So not just a fad and all the more important to teach ethics in schools as well as the techy side.
I knew nothing about any of this until I joined the Trust committee but now have a simplistic view of how it works- for example 20% of www.castrust.org traffic comes via twitter so we make an announcement or amplify/spin something at the club and people read it.
I'm not quite sure this is 100% accurate, Len. I believe that they copy your unique genome coding through sweat-receptors hidden in the keys of your keyboard. They then use this information to build a virtual clone of you. The clone knows everything that you know and is used to send you carefully targetted adverts for Werthers Original and Viagra. If you have a camera attached to your pc, make sure that this is switched off at all times, otherwise they can use it to steal your soul. And the shocking thing is, there's nothing you can do to stop it, because it's all been approved by top level clandestine Eurocrats.
I'm only joshing though, Facebook would never to that. But I belive the Trust are working on it ;-)
Ha ha -brilliant. Just because you are paranoid, doesn't mean they are not out to get you...
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I'm only joshing though, Facebook would never to that. But I belive the Trust are working on it ;-)
This one says it all. Love the fact its on a flipchart...